Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33014, for Abraham Losee, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Jose Abraham
S 33014
CONTENTS
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15.077 Massachusetts
Abraham Losee
of Southampton in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ogden of the New Jersey line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 21 of May 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of Sep 1819 and sent to Samuel Hinckley Esq. Northampton Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep 1819  27.87    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Mar. 1820  48.00    B No. 11  4     31  30       $ 75.87  
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
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15.077 Massachusetts
Abraham Losee
of Southhampton in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Ogden of the New Jersey line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 21 of May 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of Sep 1819 and sent to Samuel Hinckley Northampton Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep 1819  27.87    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Mar. 1820  48.00    B No. 11 4 31 30   $ 75.87  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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33014 Rev INVALID.
File No. 88,014
Heaham Louise
His Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5062
Abraham Losee
15, 877, 7000 189
Stamps
63, 110
Served 34
mostly unproductive
no stock
— Mar 1820
Con

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, begun and holden at Northampton, within and for the County of Hampshire, on Wednesday, the fifth day of July, and de die in diem to the sixth day of said month A. D. 1820 :
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County, created such by the Laws of the Commonwealth, Abraham Lofee in said County, who, aged sixty three years, resident in Southampton 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:
he enlisted in 1777 into Capt. Mitchell's Company in Col. Dugam's Regt in the New Jersey Line for three years and he served out the time of his enlistment and for said service he applied for a Certificate of Pension on the twenty first day of May 1819 and obtained a pension Certificate for the same service N o 15077
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th 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 following schedule by me subscribed.
Four Acres of land situated on Crooked Ridge so called and 1/2 miles from the Meeting house in Southampton which said a part of said land and buildings being cultivated together with one half of a small one story Dwelling house & half of a small Barn valued in the whole at    One Chest 1.50. One dy. Plats. 67 Five In. Loops & Loosen 14. One bumbler 6  $75.00    Wagg. 17. One Mug 8. six Chains 2.50. One square pooretable 75. Four hoes 37 1/2.  2.37    One Sooty Trap 25. One pot 1.00. One dish bottle 33. One Old Brap. Kettle 1.25  2.83    One Axe 30. One old Meat Pott 33. One Milk Pan 8. One pail 20. One pign pan 30  1.61    One pot Candicans 1.00. One skil & Tonge 75. One tin pail 33 Two Wheels 75 & 1.50  3.58     5  

of being cultivated together with one half of a small one story Dwelling House & half of a small Barn valued in the whole at $75.00 One Chest 1.50. One dy Plats. (17) Fine Iron Spoons & Forks 14. One Bumper 60 2.37 Buzz. 17. One Mug 80. Six Chains 2.50. One square pocket knife 75. Four Knives & Forks 33. 2.83 One Poetry Bks. 250. One pot 1.00. One dish bottle 33. One Old Brass Kettle 1.25 2.83 One Axe 300. One old Meat Pot 33. One Milk Pan 8. One pail 20. One pua pan 50 1.61 One pot Andiron 1.00. One skil & Tongs 75. One tin pail 33 Two Whets 75 & 1.50 3.58
One Pig 5 93.22 Also six acres of land in sight of my Wife situated near the above being poor & very little productive 148 I am a husbandman by occupation but from bodily infirmities am unable to labour 141 72 half my time I have a Wife aged sixty three years & is very infirm & unable to labour. I have one daugh- ter, Martha aged 23 years, who assists her mother when she is able for during the little work of the family
Sworn to, and declared, on the sixth day of July 1820, before the said Court. Attest, Josiah Dwight Clerk.
I, JOSIAH DWIGHT, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule which follows it, 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 sixty one dollars, and twenty two cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of July 1820.  Josiah Dwight

I Thaddeus Paine of Wallingford in the County of New Haven State of Connecticut do hereby certify that in the time of the revolutionary war I was well acquainted with Abraham Luce; that a private in the army of the United States; Service during about three years in the same Regiment Company with him; that he ended the service in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, in a company then commanded by Capt. Dyer Wade, afterwards by Capt. Alexander Mitchell; belonging to a Regiment then commanded by Col. Ephraim Martin afterwards by Col. John Matthias Bedel; in the Jersey line; that I saw Abraham Luce served in the expedition under General Sullivan against the Indians, Delaware, faithfully during the time of three years; that we left the service at the same time; that he is now said to reside in Massachusetts; that for about seven years past I have not seen him while the present time, and that I now rather than know him to be the same with whom I was acquainted in the Army. I have by his request returned to him his deposition Signed April 27. 1818 Thaddeus Paine mark.

State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss. Wallingford April 17. 1818.
Personally appeared Madame Rice whose name is subscribed to the within written deposition, who is well known to me to be a credible witness and whose oath to the truth of the same.
Before me George W. Stanley m.p. Gran
Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That George W. Stanley, of
Wallingford, Esquire, was on the 17th day of April Anno Domini 1818 a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified; That the above signature is the genuine signature of the said George W. Stanley, and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
In faith whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the seal of said State at the City of Hartford the thirteenth day of May Anno Domini 1819.
Thomas Day

I Abraham Losee of Southampton in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do declare & say, That in or about the first of October in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five, at Morristown in the state of New Jersey, (my native place) I entered into a company, in the service of the United States, commanded, according to the best of my recollection, by one Capt. Hymns, was stationed at New York during the winter & in April following embarked by the way of Hudson's River & the Lakes, into the Province of Canada, & actually advanced beyond a place called the Wall-rivers. From thence we were compelled to retreat to Schenectady at which place I was discharged, on account of sickness, a few days before the expiration of the term of my enlistment. That in the winter of the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven I again entered the service, in the first New Jersey Regiment commanded by Col. Ogden, in Maxwell's Brigade, the company commanded by one Capt. Dyer Wade, & after- wards by one Capt. Mitchell, for the term of three years, and faithfully served during the whole of said term. That I was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown & Monmouth, served in the expedition against the Indians under General Sullivan & in various other places. I further declare that I am in such reduced circumstances, as to need the assistance of my Country for support.
Dated May 21 st 1812
Abraham Losee

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss May 27. 1819 Personally came before me the subscriber Abraham Losee within named and made solemn oath that the within declaration by him subscribed is true - and I hereby certify that his not only in reduced circumstances but is in indigent circumstances in the extreme & is in absolute need of assistance from his country for support - The reason he states to me of his not applying before is that he supposed it absolutely necessary. We should produce two credible witnesses of his service which owing to his poverty he was unable to do - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal the Day and year aforesaid
Samuel Hinckley Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said County —
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss.
I The subscriber, Judge &c. as aforesaid do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abraham Losee did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months at one time, on the Continental Establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & sealed up before me to the Hon. Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied he needs the assistance of his country for support - Witness my hand and Seal of Office This fifth day of Aug 9 th 1819 Samuel Hinckley, Judge as aforesaid.

I Asahel Chapman of Southampton in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do testify & say that, for the last eighteen years, I have known & been acquainted with Abraham Luce, who has resided in the town of Southampton during that time - That I have frequently, in years past, heard said Luce give a relation of his services during the revolutionary war, particularly in the expedition against the Indians under General Sullivan Upon my subsequent knowledge of the Country I have no doubt he served in some expedition - That he has uniformly stated that he served in the Army for the term of three years - That during his residence in this town he has sustained the character of an honest man, That he is poor & in such reduced circumstances as to need the assistance of his Country for support Further saith not -
Signed May 28, 1819
Asahel Chapman
Hampshire ss. May 28, 1819 Then personally appeared Capt. Asahel Chapman, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, who is well known to me to be who is a credible & disinterested witness, and made oath to the truth of the same Before me, Asahel Hovey, Justice of Peace

Ab m Losee's application for a Pension —
Private
Col. Ogden's Regt.
New Jersey line 1777-3 years
Corrected
Admitted
This declaration may be Admitted on the evidence of Thad. Rice a pensioner of the Judge certifying he is satisfied of the continued existence of the

The Honble Secretary of the War Depart- ment is desired to consider the evidence of Thaddeus Rice as conclusive without resorting to other evidence as the said Losee the applicant is several hundred miles from the state of New Jersey where he enlisted and is so extremely Poor he is utterly unable to go there for further evidence - It is said Rice the Defendant, has obtained a Pension for the same service with Losee - Asahel Pringe The Justice before whom the within Deposition was taken is a respectable Justice of the Peace in this County (Hampshire Massachusetts) - Respectfully J. Hinkley, Judge H. May 21. 1819
Ab m Losee's application for a Pension - Private Col. Ogden's Regt. New Jersey line 1777-83 years
Corrected J. Admitted
This declaration may be admitted on the evidence of Thad. Rice a prisoner of the Justice certifying he is satisfied of the contents