Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1901, for John Thompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Thompson, John. Betsey
N. 1901 B.L.M. 9534-160-55-
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10.055
New Hampshire
John Thompson
Willsboro' in the State of New Hamp. he was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dodge of the Regt. commanded by Col. Gerrish in the Mass line for 9 months
Enscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 30 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of March 1833 and sent Hon. H. Hubbard Chatham N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $61.00 Pemi-anl. allowance ending Sept. 33 15.10 $75.10
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded By W. H. Mason Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 152 Page 123

51.261
est March 3/55 April 9/55
Betsey Thompson. widow of John Thompson prin;
Maps: State Noops ad: 160 Oct 31 st 1855. Bor. Nov. Gas of Revolution.
Rec Pension Act July 3. 1853
R. No. July 53- no 484
Boston
Red no.
Charles Richardson Amherst New Hampshire
Cut A R Rich. Iron Dept 18/55
Vol I. page 58.

J. D. Stevens July 20/88
484 New Hampshire Isay Thompson widow of John Thompson who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1842 3 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of May 1853 and sent to
J. D. Stevens Concord N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act March 3rd 1842 Page 22 Vol. CH
Act 3 Feb 1853
Reg 3 m 55-51261

51.261
Petsey Thompson widow of John Thompson
Please return the Warrant to Charles Richardson Amherst N.H.,

State of New Hampshire } ss. COUNTY OF Hillsborough
On this 24 th day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for the seventy days State aforesaid, Betsy Thompson aged seventy years, a resident of Antioch in the State of New Hampshire who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Thompson deceased, who was a Soldier in the war of the revolutionary war, and a pensioner under the act of 1832 and continued to receive a pension until his decease, which occurred at Antioch on the 24 th of May 1842 - that she now draws a pension for the services of her said husband John Thompson - under the act of Feb y 3 rd 1853 - for proof of said service reference is had to the rolls of war on file in the pension or war department and to the application of John Thompson and Betsy Thompson for pensions under the acts above mentioned - that she has never applied for or received a bounty land warrant under any act of Congress - except the present application that she believes that there is no public or private record of said marriage, or the death of her said husband
She further states that she was married to the said John Thompson in Antioch N.H. on the day of July A. D. 1812, by one John M. Whiting a Clergyman and that her name before said marriage was Betsy Day ; that her said husband died at Antioch on the 24 th day of May A. D. 1842, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who were engaged in the Military service of the United States," passed March 3 rd 1855, and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her, to Charles Richardson, Amherst, New Hampshire.
her Betsy Thompson Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written, — and I hereby certify that I have no inter- est in the result of this application.
Charles Richardson Notary Public & Justice of the Peace

THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SS.
Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County. April 5th 1855.
I hereby Certify, that at the date of the attestation hereto
annexed, Charles Richardson was a Justice of the Peace and J. W. Moon was Registrar of the Court of Probate in & for said County
in the said State, duly commissioned and constituted, and to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, both in and out of Court, and that I believe the signature of said Justice to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, at the date above written.
Riley Dodge Clerk

State of New Hampshire
Yellowsborough ss.
J. W. Moor Register of the court of Probate within and for said county do hereby certify that sat- isfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court that John Thompson late of Antrim in said county, died at said Antrim on the 24 th day of May A. D. 1842 who was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of A. D. 1832 and left a widow named Betsey Thompson
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Antrim this fifth day of April A. D. 1855.
J. W. Moor Regs.

STATE OF New Hampshire Town of Antioch County of Hillsborough
Personally came Luke Thompson and Sabra A. Thompson residents of the town of Antioch aforesaid persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, say, that they were present and saw Betsy Thompson make her mark & acknowledge the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant, that she is the identical person she rep- resents herself to be; and that they deponents, do reside in the town of Antioch aforesaid, and that they are disinterested. They further depose that they were well acquainted with John Thompson a pensioner when he lived with the present applicant Betsy Thompson as her husband that they lived together as husband & wife many years, and until his decease which occurred at Antioch N.H. on the 24th day of May 1842 that she still remains a widow - and is a pensioner at the present time under the act of 1853
Luke Thompson Sabra A. Thompson day of March
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 24th 1855.
Charles Richardson Notary public & Justice of the peace

BRIEF in the case of John Thompson County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th 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? 72 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.     Nov 2 In 1777 - 4 - - Private Gen. Col. Dodge Col. Garrison   Dec 2 1779 3 " Col. Lord Col. Pickering   June 1776 - 2 " Col. Lord Col. Francis  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? French Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas Cloutier Examining Clerk.

Declaration John Thompson
1862
State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the Regiment at the time of the battle of Antietam, and the general circumstances of your service.
Respectfully John Thompson
1. How were you called into service, where you drafted, and the regiment, or were you a volunteer?
2. Where do you now live? Where did you call into service, where were you last seen the Regiment?
3. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
4. Where, and in what year were you born?
5. At the time of enlisting, on the application agreeing, the following interrogations were propounded to you, and the following answers given to wit:
Cons't of Hillsborough, ss.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Addup to Franklin Pierce Hillsborough N.H.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
On this fourteenth
day of August A.D. 1832
John Thompson personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Concord within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid, aged Seventy two years of Austin in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire
Who being 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, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say, In October 1812
he enlisted into the Army of the Revolution in the city of my age Militia for the term of four months, he belonged to a company commanded by Capt John Dodge of Manchester in Co. Regt. The first Regiment of Sturtevant's was encamped was stationed at White Hill and was there during the early part of 1778. In Nov r or Dec r 1779 he again to his recollection he again enlisted into the Army of the Revolution in the Mass s Militia, belonged to Capt Ebenezer Lord's Company in Colonel Timothy Pickering's Regiment - Marched to Providence R.I. thence to Dobbs Ferry thence to Kings Bridge in N.Y. he was in the fight at St. Independence General Lincoln commanding, he went to Morristown New Jersey thence to Bound Brook (so called) when he was dismissed having served the said term of three months - In the Summer of 1776 he entered the Army of the Revolution in the Mass s Militia he belonged to Colo. Francis' Regt and Capt. Dodge's Company was encamped fortifying

he served at this time two months and he thinks more on Woods of Maryland was a Lieutenant in the Company to which he belonged —
relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that time is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, ————— Sworn to subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Thompson Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate — We John M. Whiton a Clergyman residing in the town of Antioch in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and James Nismitth residing in Antioch aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Thompson who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be Sixty two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate James Nismitth
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that John M. Whiton who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Antioch and that James Nismitth — who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Antioch and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Parker — { Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Thompson for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton
Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said John Thompson and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Ipswich Mass - in the year 1760
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I do not know that there is any records of my age
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
When called into the Service at the several times named in my declaration I resided in Ipswich Hambleton now Hambleton Mass I lived for a time in New Boston Vt. I have resided in Antrim where I now reside more than forty years
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer,
I enlisted voluntarily -
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, In 1777 to mor's Service Colo. British Capt John Dodge in 1779 Colo. Timothy Pickings Regt and Ebenezer Lord's Company in 1776 at Dorchester Point Colo. Francis Capt Robert Dodge
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer,
I never received a written discharge
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Hon Jacob Tuttle, Deacon Joel Wilkins Thomas McMaster Esquire James Smith etc
Certified by
C. H. Atkinson
Register.

Betsy Thompson
death Alleged St. May 1842 - advent of Conf. M.R.
L.D. Stevens Concord M.A. 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, JOHN L. HADLEY, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that William Parker is an acting Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hillsborough duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 21 st day of May 1852 and will expire on the 21 st day of October 1860 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State, this 18 th day of March 1853.
John L. Hadley Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord.
March 18, 1853.
I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation William Gysiffin was a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hillsborough.
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; 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 State, the date above written.
John G. Hadley Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough ss. On this eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me William Parker One of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the State and County aforesaid Betsey Thompson a resident of Antrim in said County aged sixty eight years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3d 1853: that she is the widow of John Thompson who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and at the time of his death was in receipt of a Pension from the United States at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum under the Act of June 7th 1832: that her husband aforesaid was paid at the Concord N.H. Pension Agency that she was married to the said John Thompson on the twenty fifth day of July in the year 1811: in the town of Antrim aforesaid: that her name before her said marriage was Betsey Day: that her husband aforesaid died in said Antrim on the twenty fourth

day of May in the year 1842: that her said marriage took place since January in the year 1800 to wit, at the time before stated; that she still remains the widow of the said John Thompson and has never made application for a Pension.
Witness, Thos. Lanch Jr. William Parker Betsy X Thompson Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first before written before me. I certify that the above named declarant is the identical person who represented herself to be in the foregoing declaration. And I further certify that the said declarant is unable to appear in open Court by reason of bodily infirmity.
William Parker one of the Justices of the C.C. Pleas. for the County of Middlesex.

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough p. Tiron Clerks office
Antrim N.H. February 16 th 1853
"This may certify that on the twenty fifth July eighteen hundred and eleven John Thompson and Betsey Day both of Antrim were lawfully married By me"
"John M. Whiton M. Gospel"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date and figures which are expressed in the records in fair legible characters as follows. "25 th July 1811"
Almus Fairfield Tiron Clerk
I Almus Fairfield of Antrim above named depose and say that I hold the office of Tiron Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exceptions above named as certified by me
Almus Fairfield Tiron Clerk
Hillsborough p. February 16 1853
Sworn and subscribed to Before me
Hiram Griffin Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire, County of Hillsborough, ss.
I Geo. W. Moir, Register of the court of Probate within and for said County do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court that John Thompson was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $30.00 per annum; that he was a resident of Antrim in said County and died in said Antrim on the Twenty fourth day of May A.D. 1842, leaving a widow whose name is Betsey Thompson and who still remains his widow.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Amherst this fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord 1853.
G. W. Moir

October 20, 1930
Honorable F. Dickinson Letts Member of Congress Davenport, Iowa
My dear Mr. Letts:
You are advised that this bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of John C. Thompson or of John Thompson, who served with the New Hampshire Troops. You are herewith furnished the history of John Thompson, the only soldier of that name who was pensioned from the State of New Hampshire.
It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1901, that John Thompson was born in 1760, in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
While residing in that part of Ipswich which was later Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the summer of 1776, and served two months as a private in Captain Robert Dodge's Company, Colonel Francis' Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in October or November, 1777, and served four months as a private in Captain John Dodge's Company, Colonel Gerrish's Massachusetts Regiment.
He also served three months as a private in Captain Ebenezer Lord's Company, Colonel Timothy Pickering's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battle of Fort Independence. The soldier's father, name not shown, was a sergeant in Captain Lord's Company.

Rev.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, while a resident of Antrim, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, where he had lived for over forty years.
He died May 24, 1842, in Antrim, New Hampshire.
The soldier married July 25, 1811, in Antrim, New Hampshire, Betsey Day. Both were then of said Antrim.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 11, 1853, while residing in Antrim, New Hampshire, then aged sixty-eight years.
The names Luke Thompson and Sabra A. Thompson appear as residents of Antrim, in 1855, and one Thomas Thompson was living in 1858, no relationship to soldier and his wife, Betsey, shown.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
Date of death of widow not on A.R.

1929-May 7, Hist to Mr. E. J. Thompson M. E. E. 1929-May 21-E. J. Thompson acc. Gen. Scala etc. MMT 1930-Oct 20. Hist. to Hon. F. Dickinson Sect. E & L
WIDOW, &c. Ray
File No.
1901
Betsy Thompson
(Widow)
John Thompson
Pris. Rev. War.
Act.
1853
Index:—Vol.
M.
Page
269
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 51261
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 9 th 1878.
John Thompson - Dec. Pir. Map - State Line Rev. War
95-34 - 160-55
Chas. Richardson Amherst N.H.

✓ 9534
( 160 Amos

No. 634.
New Hampshire
Betsy Hannah Thompson wid. of Jno. (of Hillsbor.)
$30 - per annum Commg. 3 Feb 1853
37. and
Conc.
Oct 3 Feb 1853

51.261
FREE
Hon. L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

FREE
51261 Betsey and John Thompson Coeymans N.Y. Ref. - 52-487
"Additional evidence" - for bounty land -
Hon. Josiah Mint Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Ph. act. 153, n. 14.
Blythton,

PA 18 May 1843
Will Col Bogan say to relict late John Thompson, pensioned, of Hillsborough N.H., act 7 June 1842, at £30. pr. ann was paid, I believe he died.
Col Bogan 2nd aud. PA
McKee
Died 24 th May 1842
Paid to his death.
B.S.B.

Anhurst N.H., Oct. 25, 1855. Hon Comm r of Pensions, Dear Sir,
Enclose the certificate of service of John Thompson — in the case of the application of Betsy Thompson for County Land under the act of March 3 d 1855. No 51,261
Please forward the certificate as soon as convenient to my address at this place, and much oblige.
Yours. Truly, Charles Richardson

I John M Whiton, a Clergyman residing in the town of Centerville in the County of Hillsboro aforesaid humbly tes- tify that I am well acquainted with John Thompson, who has subscribed & sworn to the above, that I believe him to be seven two years of age - also, that when I first made enquiry in the neighborhood as to his being reputed a soldier in the Revolution the persons enquired of generally professed ignorance on this point but that some of these very individuals, & other respectable persons (including the late Gov. Pierce) have on subsequent enquiry expressed their full conviction that he was a revolutionary soldier; that he is thus reputed & believed to be by those in the neighborhood who have made particular enquiry, (so far as I am informed) and that I fully concur in this opinion. I declined signing the original Certificate with James Merrill, because on my first enquiry persons whom I asked did not know what was the fact, and none from any doubt of my own, - I think it unquestionable that he was a Revolutionary soldier. John M Whiton
Sworn & subscribed before me, and by me annexed to the original Declaration. Colman Parker. Judge of Probate -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. October 22 d 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Thompson is borne on pay roll of Capt. Jonathan Evans Comp. Col. Nathaniel Wade Regt. from July 8. 1778 to Jan'y 1. 1779. 6 mos. as private, from Essex Co. Also on roll of six mos. men from the Town of Newbury from July 3. 1780 to Dec 11 1780. 5 mos. 20 days travel included. Allowed in Council Jan'y 26. 1782.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Seal, Chas. D. Lusk Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for certificate of Revolutionary service made by the Attorney of Betsy Thompson Widow John Thompson for the purpose of obtaining bounty land for said Betsy Thompson,
The Secretary of the commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the service of John Thompson in the war of the Revolution.
It is believed that he enlisted from the Town of Ipswich in said Commonwealth but he is unable to say in what company he served or under what officers he enlisted or served, that the said attorney or the widow is unable to give further information in relation to his said service, they only know that the said John Thompson received for many years a pension, and that the said Betsy Thompson has received a pension under the act of 1853 to the present time.
Witness my hand & seal this 13th day of October 1855,
Charles Richardson Attorney for Betsy Thompson
Amherst N.H.

John Thompson
Private
9 Months
Alma
Hon H Hubbard
HR

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Thompson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 161 II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 161 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? 161 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? 161 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 161 VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 161 VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 161 IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 161 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? 161

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? 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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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?
 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."

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office:
CONCORD, June 18 th 1858.
I hereby certify That, at the date of the annexed attestation James Boyd was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hillsborough
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; 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 State, the date above written.
Thos. L. Fullerton Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough ss. On this 15 th day of June A.D. 1888 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the State & County aforesaid personally appeared Betsy Thompson Thompson and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of John Thompson who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and that she is now receiving from the United States a pension at the rate of thirty — dollars per annum under the 2d Section of the Act of February 3d 1853; that she asks for such an area of her pension as she may be found entitled to under any & all Acts and Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case; that she is now a resident of Antrim in said State & still remains a widow. her Betsy X mark Witnesses Thomas Thompson Thompson
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me: & I certify that the said affiant is the identical person she represents her- self to be in the foregoing affidavit James Boyd Justice of the Peace.

Brief in the case of
Rebecca Thompson
County and State of
New Hampshire
act
3 Feb 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned at $30. Act 7. June 1832.
Marriage of Claimant her identity established by town record of Marriage.
Her identity certified by the Justice before whom she made her Declaration
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
J. D. Stevens Concord N.H.
M. H. [unclear]
Examining Clerk.

Caneord N.H. June 18. 1858.
Sir.
I herewith forward the application of Betsey Thompson a Pensioner under the 2d section of the Act of Feb. 3. 1853 for such arrears of her pension as may be due her under the joint Resolution which passed Congress on the 4 th inst
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t G. D. Stevens
Hon Geo. C. Whiting Committee of Pensions Washington D.C.

I James Brown of Haverhill in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy nine years depose and testify That in the Month of December 1776 enlisted into the Army of the Revolution in the militia or State troops of Massachusetts aforesaid for the term of three months - I belonged to Colonel Timothy Pickering's Regt and to Captain Ebenezer Lord's Company Mass Troops and our Station was Linton's in said Company. The aforesaid Company officers at that time belonged to Ipswich, Mass. I was well acquainted with John Thompson then of Ipswich aforesaid now of Antrim in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire and know that said Thompson served as I did the term of three months as aforesaid his father was a Sergeant in said Company enlisted at the same time he did served in the same mess with him and was dis- missed and came home with him James Brown
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County ss October 17 th 1882
Sworn to before me the day and the year last aforesaid Before me Matthew Whipple Justice of the Peace I certify that the above deponent James Brown is a reputable person and that his above statement is entitled to entire credence Matthew Whipple Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Patch of Hampton in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby depose and testify that in the month of November 1777 I enlisted into the Massachusetts Militia or State troops in the Army of the Revolution in Captain John Dodge's Company in Colonel Gerrish Regiment, Lieutenant Samuel Porter of Ipswich, and Lieutenant Perkins of Topsfield according to my recollection was Officers in said Dodge's Company - I enlisted for the term of four months and served that term at Winter Hill. I was then acquainted with John Thompson now of Antrim in the County of Hillsborough State of New- Hampshire and know that said Thompson served as I did the said term of four months, said Thompson was in the same Company with me and was discharged at Winter Hill at the same time I was - Joseph Patch
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex County ss Oct 17, 1832 Sworn and Subscribed the day and the year last aforesaid Before me Matthew Whipple Justice of the Peace
I certify, that the above deponent is a reputable person and that his affidavit is entitled to entire credit Matthew Whipple Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss.
I John Prince jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do hereby certify that Matthew Whipple is a Justice of the Peace in said County and that I believe his signature within is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court at Salem
October 18. 1832.
John Prince, Clk

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. MMHF
May 22, 1929.
E. J. Thompson, Antrim, New Hampshire.
Sir:
I advise you that it is regretted that this bureau has no further data relative to John Thompson, than was furnished you on the 7" instant.
The soldier himself stated that he was born in 1760 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

F. DICKINSON LETTS 2d DISTRICT IOWA ROOM 355 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
RESIDENCE: DAVENPORT, IOWA
Congress of the United States House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Davenport, Iowa. October 15th, 1930.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS.
My dear Commissioner:
If John C. Thompson, of Swanepel, New Hampshire, was a pensioner, I shall greatly appreciate it if you will advise me if his files indicate his birth place, date, time and place of death, marriage date, name of wife and children, place of enlistment and discharge, and number of his pension and when granted.
Thanking you in this connection,
I am
Sincerely yours,
F. Dickinson Letts
Hon. E. W. Morgan, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Antrim. N. H. May 15. 1929.
U. S. Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C.
Sirs:--
Yours of the 15th and later received in answer to my inquiry of John Thompson a Revolutionary soldier. Your letter asks that this matter is to be referred to as "Rev. and 1812 War Section MEE/eel"
The dates given correspond with dates we have but you give his birth place as Ipswich, which was later Hamilton, but my grandfather was born in Scotland and having trouble with his family came to the U. S. I had hoped to trace his birthplace in Scotland and hoped it would prove to be the son of Lord Thompson of Oban, Scotland who turned his son down from succeeding him to the baronetcy. It would seem that there was a good reason for thinking he was the one for my grandfather was a notorious drunkard.
I thank you very much for looking this matter up for me.
Yours Respectfully,
E. J. Thompson

Stamp Enclosed
Antrim, N. H. April 26. 1929.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sirs:--
I am in search of information of John Thompson who Was in the Revolutionary War and am advised by the Navy Dept. to write your dept. for this information.
John Thompson was a Scotchman and our Town History gives it that he was at sea as a privateer and was twice taken prisoner by the British. once taken to Halifax and once to Island of Bermuda. where he was charged with desertion from the British. The officer who examined him being a Tory. and having some knowledge of the town from which he came confirmed his statement of being an American he was liberated or discharged.
He was first married in Beverly, Mass. and for several years afterwards served in the Navy but returned in 1810 and married Betsy Day in Rowley, Mass. July 25 1811. His wife lived to be ninety five years old and received a pension of three dollars per month until her death.
I have always known that John Thompson left his family by reason of a difference with his father when he came to America. This Lord Thompson who left a large estate in Scotland turned his son down and for a very good reason for my grandfather was a drunkard.
I have very good reason for thinking that this Lord Thompson was my great grandfather and I am in search of anything that will help to prove my claim. Please to give this close attention and write me at the earliest possible anything you may find that might help to prove my claim. Enclosed find stamp.
Yours Respectfully.
E. J. Thompson

May 7, 1929
Mr. E.J.Thompson Antrim New Hampshire
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1901, it appears that John Thompson was born in 1760, in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
While residing in that part of Ipswich which was later Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the summer of 1776 and served two months as a private in Captain Robert Dodge's Company, Colonel Francis' Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in October or November, 1777, and served four months as a private in Captain John Dodge's Company, Colonel Gerrish's Massachusetts Regiment.
He also served three months as a private in Captain Ebenezer Lord's Company, Colonel Timothy Pickering's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battle at Fort Independence. The soldier's father, name not shown, was a sergeant in Captain Lord's Company.
Handwritten note: said war was later as conf. said Nov 1776 & 1777 & his military who served with him said Dec. 1776, 1st Continental army full of it. Independence

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, while a resident of Antrim, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, where he had lived for over forty years. He died there, May 24, 1842.
The soldier married, July 25, 1811, in said Antrim, Betsey Day, of that place.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 11, 1853, while residing in Antrim, New Hampshire, then aged sixty-eight years.
The names Luke Thompson and Sabra A. Thompson appear as residents of Antrim, in 1855, and one Thomas Thompson was living in 1858, no relationship to soldier is stated.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.