Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6095, for William Lamb, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Lamb, William
R 6095—
CONTENTS

State of Rhode Island County of Barnstable
Concurrence
Be it Known, that on this Twenty second day of February A. D. 185 3 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Betsey Whipple of the Town of Barnstable and address being Barnstable R.R. resident of 2 in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the only surviving child of William Lamb who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of 4 . That she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT , of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of William Lamb for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Betsey Whipple
Sworn to, subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Betsey Whipple to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Joseph L. Williams Justice of the Peace & Warren, Mass.
State of _____ County of _____
It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of _____ that 5 the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the 10 reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that 11 Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this _____ day of _____ 185 _____
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

34,000
X William Lander
R.D.
June 1832
the date
6095
B. Gove
Bridgewater
R.D.
May 22 1838
transferred to...

State of Rhode Island Se
County of Providence
On this 21 st day of November A.D. 1857 personally appeared in open court being the Municipal Court of the city of Providence & a board of Record William Lamb of Cumberland in said county aged 77 years 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 June 7 th 1832 viz. that he served in the War of the Revolution as herein stated but just in answer to the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department he answers and says to the first—
1 st . He was born in Charlestown in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts November 18 th 1760
2 d . His birth is recorded in the town records of said town as he believes & is also recorded in the Bible
3 d . He lived in said Charlestown when he was first called into service & he continued to reside in said town until 1782 when he came to us in Cumberland in the town where he now resides here he continued to reside until 1797 when he removed to Dighton Worcester County aforesaid, where he resided as a Physician that being his profession until five or six years ago when he came back again to said Cumberland where he has resided ever since
4 th . He served as a volunteer, also by enlistment as herein stated
5 th . He served under Col. Hand, General Sullivan, Capt. Henry Clark, Capt. Lamb, Capt. Jewett, & Stone
6 th . He never received any written discharge except at West Point which is now lost
7 th . Daniel Williams, Joel Kelly, Ebenezer Phelps and others can testify as to his services—

And he further declares that in 1777 he served as a volunteer in a minute company commanded by Capt Lamb. He marched from said Charlestown in April to Providence Rhode Island where he was stationed and in the vicinity of that place three months for which he received pay & rations and was honorably discharged he was a private.
And he further declares that in November according to his best recollection in 1778 he enlisted as a private into Capt Henry Clarks company for three months and marched to Providence & thence to South Kingston in Rhode Island where he served out his time & was honorably discharged. He believes said Clarks company belonged to Col. Igleas Regiment of Massachusetts Troops.
And he further declares that in 1780 in June he enlisted for three months in Col. Rands Regiment and Capt. Benjamin How company of Massachusetts Troops & marched to West Point and where he served out his time and was honorably discharged in writing which is now lost.
And he further declares that the reason why he never applied for a pension before was that he was in comfortable circumstances until recently and did not need it. another reason was that he had lost all his papers & he was uncertain whether he could find any one who could testify for him. but upon recent investigation he has found some witnesses who were with him in the service. he served nine months at least for which he claims a pension & he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present & declares that his name is not on the roll of any Pension list in any State.
William Lamb
Municipal Court of the City of Providence November 21 st 1837. Subscribed and sworn to by William Lamb, in open Court. Albert Greene, Clerk.

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 above named application was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states; And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Butternuth, Joel Kelley, Ebenezer H. Phillips & Daniel Hill who signed the preceding certificates, of whom you obtained the said that their statements are entirely to credit.
I Albert Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of William Lamb, for a pension. etc.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have affixed the seal of said Court at the city of Providence, R.I. 1838.
Albert Greene Clerk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
6075.
P. O. William Lamb
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. = _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Hon S. P. Waldo. Com d of Pensions Pension Office

Leon Gambetta
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Act 1838
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissioner

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Providence Dec 12 1832
Sir
The contents of your letter of July 24, 1832 respecting the claim of William Lamb for a pension under the act of June 7 1832 were made known to him & I herewith enclose a further statement on his part & some further testimony in support of his claim
I am respectfully your obed servt Benja Cleeve
J. S. Edwards Esq

Washington City
June 9 th 1858.
Hon S. P. Wells,
Commr. of Pension
Sir
I have the honor to enclose herewith a power of attorney of the heirs of William Lamb - deceased of New York, whose claim under act of July 7 th 1832 has been suspended.
I hope to be enabled to file additional evidence in the case, sufficient to establish the claim before it comes up for examination.
Very Respectfully, Your Obedt Servt. C. W. Bennett.

X William Lamb R.I.
Set. to B. Cowell, July 24, 1838.
do - do - June 14. 1839.

I John Battenworth of Cumberland in the County of Providence living now almost 78 years of age on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Doctor William Loub well present in Court. I have been acquainted with him at first in the war of the revolution Altho I cannot specify his services I remember of seeing in Providence in 1777. He was then in service but I cannot say to what company or regiment he belonged and I also well remember of being stationed with him two months at a place called Boston Neck in South Kingston. He was then in service of the United States. After he came to Cumberland to reside I knew him to be the same man whom I had previously known in the army John Battenworth
Municipal Court of the City of Providence, November 21. 1837 Subscribed and sworn to, in open Court, by John Battenworth. Albert Greene, Clerk.

I, Joe Kelley of Barre in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of the age of seventy three years do testify and say that in the year 1780 I enlisted, and served three Months in the Revolutionary War, in a Company commanded by Capt. Alton, and at that time I lived in Charlton in said County, from which place I marched, and that I was, before said War, acquainted with William Lamb of said Charlton and was brought up in the same neighbourhood, and that said William Lamb enlisted into said Company and served in the same with me for the said term of three Months.
Joe Kelley
Worcester ss Oct. 24 th 1835 Then the above named Joe Kelley came before me and made Oath to the truth of the above Statement.
Lyman Sibley Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that I have for more than thirty years past been acquainted with the above named Joe Kelley and that he is a man of truth and veracity
Lyman Sibley

I Ebenezer H. Phillips of Chariton in the county of of Worcester a Revolutionary Pensioner, of the age of Eighty one years, do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Dr. William Lamb of Cumberland in the State of Rhode Island, who was an inhabitant of said Chariton at the time of the Revolutionary War - I well recollect seeing him at Exeter and at South Kingston in the State of Rhode Island, as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, he then belonged to Capt. Henry Clark's Company, how long he served I am not able to state positively, but I understand and believe that he enlisted and served at this time for the term of three months in said Clark's Company. - This was according to my recollection in the year 1778. Ebenezer H. Phillips
Worcester ss. November 1st 1837. Then the above named Ebenezer H. Phillips came before me and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed. I further certify that the said Ebenr. H. Phillips is a man of good reputation for truth and veracity. John Davis Justice of the Peace.

I Daniel Williams of Charlton in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy nine years - do testify and say, that I served as a soldier in the army of the revolution at several trips or terms of enlistments, to the amount in the whole to nearly the period of two years; at one time I served, during said period, in Col. Rand's Regiment at West Point, where I became acquainted with several solid then in said Regiment by the name of Lamb, from Charlton and its vicinity. At the close of the war I removed from Shrewsbury from which I enlisted to Charlton, where I now live, and where I found Dr. William Lamb, now of Cumberland in the State of Rhode-Island, and immediately recognised him as one of the soldiers I had seen in the service at West Point. he always had the reputation of being in the Revolutionary service a considerable time, and I have no doubt that he served as long as three months at West Point. Daniel Williams
Worcester ss. November 1 st 1837. Then Daniel Williams personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed before me. and I further certify that said Daniel Williams sustains an unblemished reputation for truth and veracity.
John Davis Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT , Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern
Edward Everett
Know Ye, That Symon Sibley and John Davis Esq rs are justices of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissi- ed, and that to their Acts and Attestations, 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 eighth day of May, A. D. 1838, and in the Sixty Second Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.