Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 5967, for Thomas Kingsbury, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Kingsbury Thomas Esther
R 5967
CONTENTS

Declaration
In order to obtain the arrears of Pension due Esther Kingsbury at the time of her death under the Act of July 7. 1838. &c.
(State of New York) St. Lawrence County ) ss
On this Sixteenth day of September (1846) Eighteen hundred & forty six personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas & Genl Sessions - in & for said County now sitting Sophrona Baker , a resident of the Town of Canton in said County of St. Lawrence aged (37) Thirty seven years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Pension due her mother Esther Kingsbury at the time of her death under the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows." & acts explanatory of & amending the same. That she is the twelveth & youngest child of Thomas & Esther Kingsbury deceased.
That her father said Thomas Kingsbury died on the 6 th day of March 1839.
That her mother said Esther Kingsbury died on the 23 rd day of July 1842.
That her father said Thomas Kingsbury was at the said day of his death a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.

at the rate of $56 67 / 100 per annum. That her said father lived during the War of the Revolution in Hartford in the State of Connecticut, as she has always understood, from whence he entered the service, & was a soldier of the Connecticut Line of Continental Troops.
That her parents said Thomas & Esther Kingsbury were married (as Declarant has always been informed by them) in Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont, in the of the year Seventeen hundred & by the Rev. Lills a Presbyterian Clergyman of that place.
That her said Mother resided at the time of, & previous to her marriage in said Town of Pawlet in Rutland County , in the State of Vermont & bore the maiden name of Esther Baker.
That her father said Thomas died as aforesaid in the Town of Norfolk in said County of St. Lawrence on the six day of March Eighteen hundred & thirty (Nine). That her Mother said Esther died as aforesaid in said Town of Canton at the residence of Declarant on the twenty second day of July Eighteen hundred & forty two, & that her said parents kept no family record.
(And Declarant further saith that her said Mother was confined to her house by sickness for a period of three or four years & during the time she was a widow & consequently was unable to make the application for her pension. She died without obtaining her pension & that

She was at the said day of her death the widow of Thomas Kingsbury aforesaid. That her parents said Thomas & Esther had twelve children of whom Declarant is the youngest, & only four of whom survived their mother said Esther viz: Anna Sullans, Lydia Abbott, Lois Raymond & this Declarant, & only three of whom are now living, to wit, (Anna Sullans living in Stockholm, in said County of St. Lawrence, Lois Raymond living in Norfolk in said County, & this Declarant, That her sister said Lydia died on the Twentyeth day of October Eighteen hundred & forty two in the State of Indiana & that she left no children her surviving.
Subscribed & sworn the day & year aforesaid in open Court before
Joseph P. Bates
William W. Phelps, Clerk Wadsworth
And the said Court do hereby certify that it satisfactorily ap- pears to them that Thomas Kingsbury, named in the foregoing Declaration died on the sixth day of March Eighteen hundred & Thirty Nine; that he left a widow him surviving named Esther who died on the Twenty second day of July Eighteen hundred & forty two, & that she left only four children her surviving viz: Anna Sullans, Lydia Abbott, Lois Raymond

& Sophrona Baker the within Declarant, & only three of whom are now living, to wit, Anna Sul- lans, Lois Raymond, & Sophrona Baker & all of whom reside in the County of St Lawrence in the state of New York aforesaid, & that said Lydia Abbott died on the Twentysixth day of Octo- ber Eighteen hundred & forty two, leaving no chil- =dren her surviving. And further that they have confidence in the foregoing declaration of said Sophrona Baker
By the Comrs
Martin Watchie Clerk of the
Common Pleas of the County of St Lawrence
I certify that the fore- going are the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Sophrona Baker for a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official Seal this Sixteenth day of September A.D. 1846.
Martin Watchie Clerk

State of Vermont -
Burlington County ss) I humbly assure of the town of Dorset in said County of Burlington being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he is Town Clerk of said town of Dorset, & by virtue of said Office has charge of the records thereof. That he has examined said Records in order to find Evidence of the Marriage of Thomas Kingsbury to Esther Baker. That he finds the following entry upon said Records which is a true copy thereof.
Thomas Kingsbury was married on the 9 th day of Feby 1780 to Esther Baker.
Lothrop Kingsbury was born on the 20 th day of Feby 1780
Polly Kingsbury born on the 22 nd of Feby - 1781
Ezra Kingsbury born on the 6 th of Feby - 1790
Anna Kingsbury born on the 20 th of Feby - 1791
Lydia Kingsbury born on the 14 th of Feby - 1793
Esther Kingsbury born on the 26 th of Feby - 1796
Abner Kingsbury born on the 24 th day of Feby 1797
Attest John Kimball Town Clerk
From whence it appears that Thomas Kingsbury was lawfully married to Esther Baker on the ninth day of February Seventeen hundred & eighty. The date of said Marriage & the date of the births of said Children as above written is expressed upon said Records in fair legible figures.
Thomas Moore
Subscribed & sworn this 7 th day of November A.D. 1846 before me S. Root
Notary Public said Thomas Moore is Clerk
of said town of Dorset. H. Blackmore Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Burlington County ss. {
I Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk of - Burlington County Court do hereby certify that Hiram J. Blackmer whose name is subscribed to the within was at the date thereof a justice of the peace within for the County of Burlington Duly authorized to administer said oath & that I believe his signature is genuine -
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said County this 16 th Day of November A.D. 1846 -
Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk

State of New York } St. Lawrence County } ss.
Anson Parker a resident of the Town of Canton in said County aged (68) sixty eight years on the 25 th day of June 1846, being duly sworn according to law. deposeth & saith that he was well acquainted with Thomas Kingsbury who was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States & who died in the Town of Norfolk in said County on the 6 th day of March 1839. That he was also well ac- quainted with Esther Kingsbury who was the widow of said Thomas Kingsbury & who died in said Town of Canton on the Twenty second day of July Eighteen hundred & forty two. (Deponent himself moved into the Town of Danset in the County of Ben- nington in the State of Vermont upwards of fifty years ago & he then & there became acquainted with said Thomas & Esther Kingsbury who then lived in Danset aforesaid. Said Thomas & Esther then had four children. Deponent knows from common report in the neighborhood in which they then lived in said Town of Danset that they were properly married in Pawlet in said State of Vermont, immediately, or shortly after the War of the Revolution, Deponents uncle Nathan Thomp- son, deceased, was present at the marriage of said Thomas & Esther & witnessed the ceremony which he has frequently told Deponent was duly perform- ed by a Presbyterian Clergyman of that place. That upwards of forty years ago said Thomas Kingsbury moved with his family into St. Lawrence County N.Y. aforesaid in which he continued to live until the said day of his death. (Deponent moved from Danset aforesaid nearly forty years ago into said County of St. Lawrence where he now

resides. Deponent continued to be intimately acquainted with said Thomas & Esther until they died as aforesaid. Said Esther was at the said day of her death the widow of said Thomas Kingsbury. They continued to live together as husband & wife until the said day of the death of said Thomas Kingsbury. And that they had a number of children the oldest of whom if living would be over sixty years of age. I further Deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn this fourteenth day of May A.D. 1846, before me } Anson Parker I certify that the foregoing affidavit was read to said Anson Parker & by him declared to be true & correct before execution & further that said Anson Parker is a credible witness.
Warren Barrows Justice Peace
State of New York St. Lawrence County } ss. Clerk's Office
I Martin Thatcher Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Aaron Barrows Jr. Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Lydia Parker & Anson Parker purports to have been sworn was at the date of said affidavits an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County of St. Lawrence duly commissioned, qualified & authorised to take the same, & further that his signature to the jurats of said affidavits is genuine.
In
Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of Office this 14 th day of May A.D. 1846.
M Thatcher Clerk
By J. R. Tupper Deputy Clerk

State of New York St Lawrence County } ss.
Sydia Parker a resident of the Town of Canton in said County aged sixty five years & upwards who being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith That she was well acquainted with Thomas Kingsbury who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States & who died in the Town of Norfolk in said County of St. Lawrence on the sixteenth day of March Eighteen hundred & thirty nine. Deponent was also well acquainted with Esther Kingsbury, who was the widow of said Thomas Kingsbury, & who died in said Town of Canton on the twenty second day of July Eighteen hundred & forty two. Deponent was born & brought up in the Town of Danseel, in the County of Bennington in the State of Vermont. Deponent became acquainted with said Thomas & Esther Kingsbury when a small girl & has been intimately acquainted with them as far back as she can remember which is more than sixty years ago. Deponent & said Thomas & Esther Kingsbury lived then in the same neighborhood in Danseel aforesaid. Deponent well knows from common report in said neighborhood that said Thomas & Esther were duly married in Danseel in said state of Vermont immediately or shortly after the War of the Revolution by a Presbyterian Clergyman of that place. Deponent has continued to be intimately acquainted with the family of said Thomas & Esther Kingsbury from her earliest recollection. Deponent & also said Thomas Kingsbury moved from said Town of Danseel into St. Lawrence County aforesaid a number of years ago where said

Thomas & Esther died as aforesaid & where Depo- nent now resides. Said Esther was at the said day of her death the widow of Thomas Kings- bury aforesaid. Deponent was also well ac- quainted with the family of said Thomas & Esther & knows from her own age that if their oldest child was living he would be over sixty years of age. And further Depo- nent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn this fourteenth day of May A.D. 1846 before me & I cer- tify that said Lydia Parker the above Deponent is a cred- itable witness, & that the fore- going affidavit was read to her & declared by her to be true & correct before execution.
her Lydia X Parker mark
William Lloyd Jones Justice Peace

State of New York St. Lawrence County 3 ds
William Richardson of the Town of Canton in said County aged sixty four years & upwards being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose & say that he was well acquainted with Thomas Kingsbury who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States & who died in the Town of Norfolk in said County of St. Lawrence on the sixth day of March Eighteen hundred & thirty Nine. Deponent was also well acquainted with Esther Kingsbury who was the widow of said Thomas Kingsbury & who died in said Town of Canton on the twenty second day of July Eighteen & forty two. Deponent was born & brought up in the Town of Manchester in the County of Bennington in the State of Vermont. That he was there well acquainted with said Thomas & Esther Kingsbury who then lived in the town of Pawset in said County of Bennington Vt. about two miles from the residence of Deponents father, John Richardson. Deponent then resided with his father. Deponent became acquainted with said Thomas & Esther Kingsbury when a small boy & has known them from his earliest recollections. That Deponents said father lived during the War of the Revolution a neighbor to said Thomas Kingsbury in Coventry in the State of Connecticut (& as Deponent has always understood) his said father & said Thomas Kingsbury were soldiers together in said War of the Revolution & that in the year 1780 they moved from Coventry aforesaid into Bennington County Vt. aforesaid. (Deponent well knows from common report in the neighborhood in which they resided in Pawset aforesaid that said Thomas & Esther Kingsbury were married in Pawlet Rutland County in the State of Vermont by a Presbyterian Clergyman, immediately, or shortly after said

War of the Revolution, Deponent has frequently heard his said father and others relate that said Thomas & Esther were married as aforesaid at the residence of said Esther's father in Pawlet aforesaid which was but a few miles from Danset aforesaid, Deponent with said Thomas Kingsbury moved with their families from Bennington County Vt, aforesaid into said County of St. Lawrence N.Y. more than forty years ago in which they continued to live until the death of said Thomas & Esther as aforesaid & where Deponent now resides. Deponent was also well acquainted with the family & children of said Thomas & Esther & knows from his own age that if their oldest child was living he would be more than sixty years of age, said Esther was at the said day of her death the widow of said Thomas Kingsbury & further that they had twelve children only three of whom as deponent has understood & verily believes are now living, & further Deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn this 15 th day of July 1846 before me & I certify that said William Richardson is a creditable wit- ness. Note the words "were married" interlined before execution.
Wm Richardson
Joseph Barnes J. Pease
State of New York
County of St. Lawrence ss. Martin Thatcher Clerk of the Common Pleas court of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph Barnes, before whom the affidavit of Wm Richardson was taken, was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly elected & qualified & authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand & seal of Office this 1 st day of October 1846.
Martin Thatcher Clerk

11.20.620 V. 20.621 New York
Thomas Kingsbury
of Laurence (in the State of New York) who was a private in the Co. C. commanded by Captain Stearns of the Regt. commanded by Col. Douglass in the Conn line for 17 Mos.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 10 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to 7 th March 1839. Age. Notified 17 th April 1840
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Sept. 1833 and sent to M rs Luella Cannon
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. 2 nd $ 141.66 Semimont. allowance ending 4 th 24 28.33
$169.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Hiles Clerk. Book C , Vol. 1 , Page 64

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York County of St Lawrence } ss. On this eighteenth day of December A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Circuit of Am- mer Plaz in and for the aforesaid County of St Lawrence now sitting. Thomas Kingsbury a resident of the Town of Canton in the aforesaid County of St Lawrence and State of New York aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He was born in the Town of Coventry in the (then) County of Windham and State of Connec- ticut on the 1 st day of September 1754. There is a record of his birth and baptism in the Records in the said Town of Coventry.
On the 1 st day of January 1776 the Town of Co- ventry in the State of Connecticut the applicant enlisted as private for three months under Ensign Joseph Hale of Coventry in a company under Captain James Hildreth; 1 st Lieut Allen 2 d Lieut. Palmer; and in a Regiment commanded by Col. Conglass. He marched immediately with his Ensign and part of the Company to Cambridge in Massachusetts, and quartered in the College in that place about two months, when he with a part of the Regiment was marched to Dorches- ter heights, to cause fortification, and was in Dorchester heights when the British left Boston.

a few days after his time expired, sometime in April 1776 he was discharged with his company without any written discharge. There was an immense body of Troops collected around Boston at this time. He was attached a number of cannon- ical regiments. Col. Dunchee's - Col. Storer's - All the General Officers were mounted on Gen. Wash- ington and Gen. Putnam.
In the month of April 1777 (he cannot remember the day of the month) at Beverly a few said the applicant was drafted from the militia to serve two months at Fort Griswold in Groton, opposite New London. He marched directly to Gurton and served two months in Captain Amaziah Root's company, in Col. Experience Storer's regiment. Col. Sedgwick commanded the fort and superintended the fortifications. The ap- plicant and the other draftsmen employed in building the fort. In the last days of June 1777 the applicant and the whole company were discharged having served the term of two months at Fort Griswold. he did not receive a written discharge.
On the 1 st day of July 1777 at Beverly a few said the applicant enlisted for six months in the Massa- chusetts State Troops, under Lieut. Joseph Hall (his Ensign in 1776) in Captain James Dana's Company. 2 d Lieut. Ichabod Brewster; Ensign James Abbott, in Col. John Ely's Regiment. He joined his regiment immediately at the city of New London and was station- ed the rest of the summer in Fort Trumbull, Sometimes in the fore part of the Fall of 1777 the ap- plicant marched with his regiment through Providence, Little Compton - Newton - and Scituate not to the coast opposite Rhode Island. The ap- plicant supposed for the purpose of taking the Island from the British - but we did not cross over to the Island. Gen. Spencer commanded

red the Troops. He was called sometimes "Deacon Spencer" and "Granary Spencer". After being sta- tioned at the Coast two or three weeks we marched back through Providence to New London, where he was stationed a short time & then marched to Norwalk. From this last place the regiment embarked in Sloops for Long Island. After we were embarked, a number of the enemy desired our vessels, and captured one or two Sloops with part of the Regiment. Col. Ely, Adjutant West among the officers were taken prisoners. The Sloop in which the applicant was on board ran aground upon a sand bar called the "Old man". The Sloop was lost, and the Troops in it landed on Long Island, where they all that applicant remain- ed about three weeks, and marched to the east end of the Island, where he embarked in Sloop sent from New London for that purpose and sailed to New London, where he was stationed until the 1 st day of January 1778 when he was discharged by Major Elias Durd, the major of the Regiment at the rest of the Regiment who were not taken prisoners were discharged at the same time, but did not any of them receive written discharges.
In the forepart of August 1778. he cannot state the day of the month, this defendant again en- tered the Service, from County aforesaid, either by enlistment or as a draft - he thinks he was drafted from the militia for two months service at Fort Griswold in Groton in Captain Amos Hussey's Company under the Command of Col. Col. Ely The Company was employed for two months at Groton, mostly of the time in making a covered way from the Fort to a battery on the

has been. The applicant served his two months and was discharged at Gulton sometime in the first part of the month of October 1778, without Company, but received no written discharge.
About the 1 st day of July 1779 at Coventry aforesaid the applicant was again drafted for two months to serve as a guard at Fort Griswold and served two months in a company under Captain William Wilson - Lieut. Amos Avery, in a Regiment or Corps under Col. Ephraim Sturges, does not remember any other officers. His company was principally employed in guarding the fort - part of the time at work in the fort, parting for the two months, and was discharged together about the 1 st day of September 1779 at Gulton, but received no written discharge.
In the year 1780 the applicant was again drafted at Coventry aforesaid to serve two months at Gulton, he thinks the month of July and August 1780, but is not positive of the precise time only it was in the summer time, and he was absent from home on this service, during the haying season. He served in a Company under Captain Wilson, the same captain under whom he served the year 1779. Lieut. Samuel Robinson; Ensign John Hale - Col. Sherman Brown commanded all the drafts. Col. Sedgwick commanded the fort, and was killed the next year at the fort. At the close of this service he was discharged at Fort Griswold, but received no written discharge.
The foregoing comprises the services of the applicant in the revolutionary war. He

has no documentary evidence whatever to prove his services, never having had a written discharge. His first term of 3 months at Boston, he has the testimony of Thomas Stearns Esq. who served with him at the time in the same company and also served with the applicant 2 months at Boston in 1778. He has the testimony of Elias Page who served with him 2 months at Boston in the spring of 1778; also the testimony of Elijah Ames who served with him six months in the State Troops under Col. Ulysses Major Buel in 1777. In the remaining 4 months of his service he has no testimony whatever, and knows of no person living by whom he can prove the same. He served faithfully at these several terms 17 months, for which service he claims the benefit of the said act. At the close of the Revolutionary war he resided in the town of Pennington in the State of Vermont, from that place he removed to Dorset in the same State where he resided until the year 1802 when he removed to the Town of Carlton afterwards where he has ever since resided and now resides. There is no clergyman residing in his imme- diate vicinity. He is a general has been an- granted from a child with his musical right brothers Anson Parha and John Richardson
residents of the Town of Carlton also can testify to his character for veracity and to their belief of his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present

and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. If no: Henry Sherman Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. C. S. M. clk
We Timothy Parker and John Richardson residing in the town of Canton in the aforesaid county of St Lawrence hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Kingsbury who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Timothy Parker John Richardson
A. C. S. M. clk John Richardson appeared and swore in open Court this 19 th day of December 1832. A. C. S. M. clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 Timothy Parker and John Richardson who have signed the preceding certif- icate are residents of the said town of Canton and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit.
I Alvin C. S. M. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of St Lawrence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Kingsbury for a pension. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19 th day of December 1832. A. C. S. M. clk

State of New York
County of St Lawrence: On this twenty fourth day of Sep- tember 1832 personally appeared before me Silas Baldwin Justice of the Peace of the Town of Canton in and for said County of St Lawrence Elijah Ames, a resident of the Town of Potsdam in the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York to me well known aged seventy one years and being by me duly sworn according to Law, deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Thomas Kingsbury now a resident of the Town of Canton in the said County of St Lawrence and that he knew him well in the revolutionary war. The said Kingsbury resided in the revolutionary war in the Town of Coventry in the State of Connecticut and the deponent resided in the Town adjoining Mansfield in Windham County. The said Thomas Kingsbury served as a private in the year 1777 in the same company with the deponent six months from the 1 st day of July 1777 to the first day of January 1778 in a company under Captain James Dana Lieut. Richard Bosworth in a regiment under Col. John Ely - Major Bul of Coventry Major. They both marched during this service to the seacoast near the New York line and there embarked in Sloops and sailed to Long Island. They remained on the Island about seven weeks, when they marched to the Eastern end of the Island and there sailed in Sloops to New Sweden where they were with the above company dismissed about the 1 st of January 1778. They received no written discharges.
From before me the day and year as aforesaid
G. B. Baldwin Justice of the Peace
Elijah Ames

State of New York County of St Lawrence I the before named Justice of the peace before whom the foregoing deposition of Elijah Ames was subscribed and taken hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with the said Elijah Ames; that he is a man of undoubted veracity and his testimony is entitled to full credit.
J B Dinsmore Justice of the peace
State of New York St Lawrence County } I Sethin A Sise Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Sethin Baldwin Junior before whom the foregoing deposition of Elijah Ames was taken and whose name is subscribed on the affidavit and to the certificate following the same was at the time of taking the said affidavit and making the said Certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe his signature to the said affidavit and certificate to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal of Office at Canton the 21 st day of December 1832
S Sise clerk

State of New York
Oneida County ss: On this 15 th day of September 1832 personally appeared before me Isaac Nichols one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County Elias Sage a resident of the Town of Marshall in said County to me well known and being by me duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he is Seventy one years of age. That in the time of the revolution war and since that time he was and has been acquainted with Thomas Kingsbury formerly a resident of the Town of Coeymans in the County of Ulster in the State of Connecticut (now in the County of Sullivan in said State) and now a resident of the Town of Coeymans in the State of New York. That in formerly when young lived in the same Town with the said Thomas, and that about the first of April 1777 he and the said Thomas were drafted from the militia to serve for two months at Fort Gishwold in Goshen, and marched immediately in company with the said Thomas in a Company under Captain Amos Ayers to Fort Gishwold and there both of them served for the term of their draft which he believes to be two months and was regularly discharged about the first day of July 1777. He was unemployed in making fence rails during this term. He further says that he has understood frequently in Coeymans in the Revolutionary war that the said Thomas was engaged in the service at other times during the revolutionary war but he does not personally know of any other services of the said Thomas.
Elias Sage
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Isaac Nichols Justice of Peace

State of New York County of Oneida ss: I the before named Justice before whom the within named Elias Page appeared made and subscribed the foregoing disposition do hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with the said Elias Page and that he is a man of honesty and veracity and in my opinion his statement is entitled to credit. 21 September 1832 Isaac Nichols Justice of Peace
State of New York Clerk's office Oneida County ss: I George Brown Clerk of the said County do hereby Certify that Isaac  Isaac Nichols before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and also who signed the above Certificate, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & duly authorized by law to act as such and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe the signature "Isaac Nichols" subscribed to said affida- vit and said Certificate to be genuine
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 15th day of September A D 1832 Geo Brown Clerk Joseph O'Keefe D ty C lerk

In the matter of Thomas Kingsbury Pension application
21342
Adm d.) 17 mo. fore $56.66
L. Rapide Canton Ill. Co. Ill. age 2.

State of New York St Lawrence County } ss
I Alvin C. Sisson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the aforesaid County of St. Lawrence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Kingsbury for a pension, and that I the said Clerk delivered the preceding proceedings of said Court on the 18 th day of December last to J. J. Russell agent for the said applicant as above contained. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 1 st day of June 1833 A. C. Sisson Clerk

Thos. Theisen Affidavit for Thos. Kingsbury

State of New York St Lawrence County ss. On this 24 th day of September 1832 personally appeared before me John Rice first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of St Lawrence. Thomas St. Dumas a resident of the Town of Morris, in the County of St Lawrence, aged forty years, after being duly sworn according to law by me on his oath declares and says that he is well ac- quainted, Thomas St. Dumas Kingsbury of the Town of Canton in the County of St Lawrence, and believes him to be about forty eight years of age, that during the revolutionary war the said Thomas Kingsbury resided in the Town of Canterbury in the then County of Windham, since the County of Rensselaer, and State of Connecticut, that about the first day of January 1776 this deponent was taken into the company of Col. James St. Dumas, and marched to Cambridge near Boston, Allen first Palmer second Lieut. Halsey ensign, the regiment commanded by Col. D. D. D. and quartered in the College in Cambridge until about the last day of February the Regiment was marched to Roxbury, a part of the regiment was detached to Dorchester to fortify Dorchester Point, that before the time of our engagement was arrived, request was made to Col. D. D. D. and regiment to remain longer in the service and the greater part of the regiment remained until the first part of April, and this deponent says

Thomas Kingsbury who then resided in the town of Canterbury and County of Windham and State of Connecticut enlisted in the Capt. Th. Dumas, Company Col.
Company of Regiment, and served in said Regiment and Company, until the 4th part of April 1776 and discharged with this department and the regiment, served three months.
And this Department further says that about the first of August 1778 this department enlisted under Capt. Russell marched to Goshen in New London County, and State of Connecticut, the Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Abbott, stationed at Goshen on the east bank of the harbour, and were employed chiefly in ma- -king a present way from Fort Griswold in the Town of Goshen to a battery about half way from the principal Fort to the bank of New London harbour. And this department further says he is well acquainted with
Thomas Kingsbury, that he then lived in Canterbury County of Windham and State of Connecticut, that he was knowing to the said Thomas Kingsbury in listing into the Company of Capt. Russell, Regiment command- -ed by Col. Joseph Abbott, and marched to Goshen and served in the said Regiment and Company until about the first

day of October 1778 and discharged with the regard served two months
Thos. Sheldon
Sworn before me in open Court April 24. 1832
John Thorne
Ass't District Atty St Lawrence
State of New York, County of St Lawrence S.S. I the before named First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of St Lawrence, before whom the foregoing deposition of Thomas Sheldon was taken, do certify that I am well acquainted with the said Sheldon that he sustains a fair character for truth and veracity for many years that he is a true and proper witness of the Peace in the sum of $1000 in said County of St. Lawrence, and that in my opinion his testimony is entitled to full credit.
John Thorne Ass't District Atty St Lawrence
State of New York, St. Lawrence County S.S. I, Alvin Dorr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that John Thorne Esquire whose name appears to the foregoing dep- osition and Certificate following the same was at the time of taking the said deposition and now is first Judge of the County Courts of said County duly commissioned & sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verify that the foregoing signature is his proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21 st day of December 1832 A. Dorr Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Thomas Kingsbury St. Lawrence Co. N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlis: 1776 3 Private Capt. Medman Lt. Allen Col. Douglass Genl. Washington To Cambridge in Mass. to Forsterburg 78 years Living, Witness   Disf. 1777 2 dito Palmer Capt. Rust Col. Stowe Col. Sedgwick to Groton Windham County Conn. Traditionary   Enlis 1777 1 " Capt. Lane Lt. Hall Col. Ely Genl. Spencer through Penn- sylvania to Conyngham   Disf. 1778 2 " Capt. Rust Col. Stowe To New London   Disf. 1779 2 guard Capt. Wilson Col. Stowe From N.Y. East on along Coast to New London   Disf. 1780 2 " dito Robinson Col. Stowe Stationed at Groton  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Oct 25, 1920
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ 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. R 5967
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan 1 1776 3 mos. Pvt. Geo. Stedman Thos. Starr Conn.   Apr 1777 2 mos. Amariah Frost Experience Starrs   July 1777 6 mos. James Munn Thos. Starr   Aug. 1778 2 mos. Amariah Frost Thos. Starr   July 1779 2 mos. Wm. Willson Experience Starrs   Summer 1780 2 mos. " Thos. Brown  
Battles engaged in, New Britain Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cornwall, Conn. Date of application for pension, Dec. 19, 1892 Residence at date of application, Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, 81
Remarks: He was born Sept 9 1739 in Pawlet, Bennington Co., Vt. Esd. in 1760. Father of said place. He died June 6, 1829 in Norfolk, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. He died July 2, 1842 while residing with her daughter, Sophrona Baker (at 2 p.m. in 1846) who was her twelfth & youngest child. July 3 at burial services her: Anna Sullivan, Lydia Abbott & Lois Raymond. For further data - see Supp. Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
October 25, 1920.
Horace M. Payson, 707 South Avenue, Schenectady, N. Y.
Sir:
In addition to the military record of Thomas Kingsbury, R. 7. 2287, Revolutionary War, you are furnished the following fam- ily data taken from the town records of Dorset, Bennington Co. Vt. November 7, 1846:
Lathrop Kingsbury born October 25, 1735. Polly " " February 14, 1736. Ezra " " January 10, 1740. Anna " " October 23, 1741. Lydia " " November 13, 1743. Ebenezer " " February 22, 1745. Oliver " " July 24, 1747.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 11 th , 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Thomas Kingsbury, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Fifty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1838, to the 7 th March 1839, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Abner V. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

He died March 1839 She July 22 1842
1961
REJECTED
Aug 3 - Miss M. K. Talcott - History - Prior 1829
1920, Oct-25 Hill - to Horace W. Raymond - En
P. O.
Esther Kingsbury Service: widow of Thos
Enlisted: _____, 18__
Discharged: _____, 18__
Application filed: _____, 18__
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18__

V No 13171 Esther Kingsbury, do Ms T. J. Slingerland, Dec. 31. 1846, -
Rejected
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act 7 July, 1838

Warrenton Dec r 18 th 1846
Dear Sir,
I herewith enclose you the evidence in the case of the heirs of Esther Kingsbury widow of Thomas who died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in the County of St. Lawrence N.Y.
I am Sir
Very truly Yours
J. V. Hingdon
Warrenton St. Lawrence Co., N.Y.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. Pensions Wash. D.C.

Canton So. Law Co NY June 5 th 1883
Hon J. L. Edwards Com t of Pensions
Sir
Accompanying I beg leave to return the original papers & your Statement of the Case of Thomas Kingbury, applicant for a pension. The only objection which appeared to me to reject being demurrer, is the papers not being properly authenticated vid. note "i" - and this is obviated by a new Certificate of the Clerk of the Com t .
Very Respectfully
Yours M c Leslie Russell

ELLSWORTH H. COHEN President H. B. BOARDMAN Treasurer H. W. RAYMOND Secretary
SCHENECTADY BOARD OF TRADE
C. W. JEFFERSON 1st Vice Pres. H. G. REIST 2nd Vice Pres. W. S. FRAME 3rd Vice Pres.
R. 5967
SCHENECTADY, N. Y.,
September 16 th 1920.
To the Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
In re Military Record of Thomas Kingsbury Soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Will you kindly furnish me with as full a record as is possible on the above " Thomas Kingsbury " who I understand was a Revolutionary Soldier. from Connecticut and who emigrated around the years 1800 to 1805 to the town of Canton St. Lawrence County New York State He was probably a pensioner from Canton (St. Lawke) and died there.
Thanking you for the above information Do so the above.
I am yours truly Horace H. Raymond 707 South Ave. Schenectady N.Y.
   Date of enlistment Length of service Rank Captain Col Stat     VC VC VC  

He died in Nashville, St. Lawrence Co. N.Y. March 7 1834
Acting as a soldier Sep 1 1854 at the close of the war he was residing in Bennington Vt from there moved to Dorset, Bennington Co Vt in 1862 to Carlton, St Lawrence Co N.Y. where he died Dec 1882
He enlisted in Vermont Col. in Jan 1861 for 3 months under Capt James Sladen and Col Douglas, going to Cambridge Md, with quarters in the College for about 2 mos when he with most of the regt was ordered to Washington to strengthen the fortifications near there when the Battle occurred at Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
In April 1861 he was drafted for 2 mos to go to Fort Monroe in Va under Capt Grayson. But in Feb 1861 the Stonewall Brigade was organized in building the fort under the superintendence of Col. Sedgwick.
He enlisted for 3 mos in July 1861 with Capt James Davis & joined Col John C. Clynch's regt in Gen. Shields's Div. & was stationed at Fort Monroe until early in the fall he marched into R.R. & was posted on the coast opposite the Island of R.I. at the time Gen. Sherman's Div. was there when the soldiers designated as "dragoons" of Shields's Div. as "Grayson's Battery" after receiving Gen. Shields's orders to move to Washington, then in a short time went to Annapolis where they embarked to go to Washington. During the time they were there they discovered that the rebels had moved into Maryland with part of the army. Gen. McClellan's army was there and they were soon engaged in the Battle of Antietam. The Battle of Antietam was a bloody battle and was run upon a Sunday. The result was that the rebels were driven back into Virginia. In the meantime, Gen. Sherman's Div. had moved into Maryland and 3 weeks before the Battle of Antietam, Gen. Sherman had sent a letter to his wife from Washington. (From London)
In June 1861 he was drafted for 2 mos to go to Fort Monroe under Capt. Grayson. But in July 1861 he was ordered to Washington and on his way from Fort to Ball's Bluff

harbor
In July 1979 he was drafted at Coos Bay for 2 mos as guard at
Track & Ground under Capt. W. Wilson & Col. Edward Stone
1980 he was drafted for 3 mos at Portland, Portland July 1980 under Capt. Wilson & Col. Brown
4. mar in Portland, Portland Oct 6 1986 (married in Portland) & Shidest 1982, 1983 in Portland was ill for 1 year
Sophronia (mar) Baker of Portland age 37 years was the 12th youngest child
only 4 children survived her mother
no children in her list Anna, Julia, Lydia 1860-1880 died Oct 20, 1842
the youngest of Sophronia's children
(Resided in Portland) following children were recorded in Portland
 William born Oct 20, 1866  Anna " July 20, 1868  Lydia " Jan 16, 1870  John " Oct 20, 1871  Lydia " Nov 14, 1873  Arthur " July 26, 1876  Oliver " July 24, 1879 

J. S. Klinglund Dec. 31, 1846.

Pension Office December 31, 1846
The papers presented by you in the case of Esther Kingsbury dec d widow of Thomas Kingsbury have been examined and filed with rejection Claims, under the act of 7 July 1838.
Prior to the passage of the joint resolution of the 23 rd August 1842 no widow was entitled to a pension under the act of 7 July 1838 where husband was living on 7 June 1832.
It appears from the evidence adduced in this case that Thomas Kingsbury died in 1839 and that his widow Elizabeth Kingsbury's death took place on 22 July 1842. At the time of Mr Kingsbury therefore, acquired no right to a pension in her lifetime, which can now be claimed by, or paid to her children, and children have no claim in their own right to a pension.
J. S. Kingsland Esq Wawarsing Schoharie Co N.Y.