Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,442, for Samuel Thompson, New Hampshire

SERVICE
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Thompson, Samuel Dorcas
NUMBER _____
W. 19.442.
CONTENTS

7718
New Hampshire Roll
Samuel Thompson of Sandwich in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel G. Reed of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of Two years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of March 1819 and sent to Double Well in Badger's Gap, Gilford N.H.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 \frac{7}{30} \times 4 - 21:86 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 - 40:
$129:06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Samuel Thompson Sandwich N.H. line Revolutionary claim Act 18th March 1818

114 New Hampshire,
Whereas Thompson of Sandwich widow of Samuel Thompson, died N.H. who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818 and who died on the 29 Decr 1834 of Manchester in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded by Col Rice in the N.H. Comp line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth N.H. at the rate of 80 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Nov 1838 and sent to David Hoit, Sandwich Centre P.O. N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 38 $200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar 4 39 40.00
$240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D.M. Curdy Clerk Book A. Vol. 1. Page 57.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
STRAFFORD SS.—On this twelfth day of September personally appeared before the Hon Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of the Court of Probate of said county  Dorcas Thompson a resident of Windham in the County of Strafford, aged sixty eight years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Samuel Thompson — who was a a Private in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner under the law of 1818 of the United States — He was out during the whole war as I believe — for evidence would refer to that filed with his declaration when he obtained a pension —
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Thompson on the sixth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine that her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Thompson died on the twenty ninth day of December A. D. 1834 — that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz : at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me marks
in open court
Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of Probate

State of New Hampshire
Shafford vs. The A. Eastman Register of Probate of said county hereby certify that the within named Dan- iel C. Atkinson is Judge of Probate of said county and that the within is his true and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Probate of said county this twelfth day of September A.D. 1838.
Wm A. Eastman Register of Probate

Samuel Thompson and Sabathy Choat both of Sandwich were married. May Sixth one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine by Jacob Sewell. Elder
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on Record in fair legible figures as follows. May 6th 1789 Sept 1 st 1838 • Moulton W. Marston Town Clerk of Sandwich
I. Moulton W. Marston above named Depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Sandwich in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town of Sandwich with the exception above named as certified by me Moulton W. Marston Town Clerk of Sandwich
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss September 1 st 1838 Then personally appeared the above named Moulton W. Marston and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me
Daniel Scott, Notary Public.

State of New Hampshire Strasburg ss I Ira A. Eastman Register of Probate of said county hereby certify that the within named Daniel Hoit was a Notary Public within and for said county, on the first day of September instant duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths in the same manner as Jus- tices of the Peace, and that the within is his true and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Probate of said county this twelfth day of September A.D. 1838.
Ira A. Eastman Register of Probate

We the undersigned Elisha Weed and Polly Weed wife of the said Elisha Weed inhabitants of Sandwich in the County of Stafford the State of New Hampshire. Certify that we are well acquainted with Dorcas Thompson, widow of the late Samuel Thompson a Pensioner of the United States, who has made and subscribed the declaration before the Judge of Probate for said County of Stafford, on the twelfth day of September A.D. 1838, hereto annexed, that she was lawfully married to the said Samuel Thompson on the sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine by the Rev. Jacob Jewell at Sandwich aforesaid, that we were both present at the nuptial ceremony, that her husband died we believe the 29 th day of December A.D. 1834 - That she has never, been married since the decease of her husband and that she is the same person called Tabethy Choot in the certificate of the Town Clerk of Sandwich, as having been married May 6. A. D. 1789 by Elder Jacob Jewell
Witnesses
Elisha Weed Daniel Root
Elisha Weed her Polly X Choot mark
State of New Hampshire
Stafford ss. September 21. 1838 Then personally appeared the above named Elisha Weed and Polly Weed and made oath in due form of law that the above affidavit by them signed & subscribed is true. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial seal the day and year aforesaid
Daniel Root Notary Public.

118 Samuel Thompson
7/7/10
600
Sept 10/19

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is Apr 24 or 25 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 7718 — That his occupation is that of a Farmer and very much troubled with Rheumatic disease — That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
his wife aged fifty years and one daughter aged thirteen years
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the 14th day of July 1820.
Samuel Thompson
Attest, A. Peirce, Clerk.
Witnesses Ezra Brainerd
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Concord within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 14th day of July , 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH, and SAMUEL QUARLES, } Associate Justices of said Court.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Samuel Thompson having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is fifty nine dollars & fifty nine cents . Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
59.59 57.44 2.15
Attest, A. Peirce, Clerk.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath, and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon, are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 14th day of July , 1820.
A. Peirce, Clerk.

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Woultonboro' within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 14 th  22 nd day of July, 1820.
Samuel Thompson aged 64 years , resident in Sandwich in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1 st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income—his necessary clothing and bedding excepted—as follows:—
One Shoat — One Cow — one yoke Oxen 6 feet — one Calf — one pair wheels & 2 old chairs — 1 base knives & forks 2 old kettles, 1 new kettle 1 pot — 1 chain — 1 yoke, ring & staple — 2 old hoes — 1 axe — 1 Tea pot — old cooking little value —
I owe Sunday persons the amount of Fifty seven dollars and forty four cents —
Witness Geo. Pillsbury
Samuel Thompson Mark
And the said Sam d Thompson in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
I Sam d Thompson do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 18 th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Witness Geo. Pillsbury
Samuel Thompson Mark
And the said Sam d Thompson doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
Seven years in all — eighteen months in the Regiment commanded by Col. Brock Poor in the New Hampshire line continental service Five years in the Corps of rangers — commanded by Major Benj t Whitcomb — The remainder of said time served in the Second New Hampshire Regiment — first commanded by Col s George Read, all in the continental service

State of New Hampshire } County of Strafford } Sam. Thompson
On this 24 th day of April A. D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of common pleas for said County personally appears Samuel Thompson aged sixty three years resident in the Town of Sandwich county and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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, That he the said Samuel Thompson went from Durham in the aforesaid State and the first of July 1775 enlisted at Winterhill in the State of Massachusetts for six months in the company commanded by Captain by Col Windborn Adams and regiment commanded by Col. Enoch Poor New Hampshire line before his time was out he enlisted again at said Winterhill for one year in the company company commanded by Captain James Morrill, th aforesaid regiment and line sometime in the fall of the year 1776 he enlisted at Ticonderoga in the State of New York

for during the War in the company commanded of Rangers so called commanded by Captain George Aldrich there were two compa- nies of said rangers raised and placed under the command of Major Benjamin Whitcomb - he believes they were attach- ed to no regiment or line he continued to serve in said caps until sometime in the year 1778 he was then placed in Capt Hays Dusters company in the regiment commanded by Col George Reed line aforesaid that he continued to serve in said service of the United States in said war on the Continental establishment from July 1775 until the fore part of June 1783 when he was discharged from service at Fishkill in the State of New York he then received an honorable discharge which he has since lost and has no reason to believe that it is now in existence that - he was in both battles at Fort Ann - on Lake George in the gun boats - in the attack on Diamond Island and at Gormley's Flats and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid - - - - - William Badger

State of New Hampshire } County of Strafford } On this 25 th day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of common pleas for said County personally appears Andrew McGeaffy of Sandwich County and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following de- claration to be used in support of the claim of Samuel Thom- pson of said to a pension under the late act of Congress That he the said Andrew McGeaffy was in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war and was personally acquainted with the said Samuel Thompson and know that he served in said service from 1775 until 1777 William Badger
State of New Hampshire } County of Strafford } On this 25 th day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of the common pleas for said county personally appears John Watson of the town of Sandwich County and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration to be used in establishing the claim to a pension in the preceding declaration, of said Thompson That he the said John Watson knows that the said Samuel Thompson served more than nine months in the year 1776 and that he the said John John Watson served in the same regiment with him William Badger

I William Badger Judge &c. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Thompson did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment and that he is in reduced circumstances as stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secy Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress—
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of said
Court to be affixed to the same this 18 th day of July 1818 — — — William Badger Attest David Waldron Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas for said County of Strafford
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss
We the undersigned Selectmen & overseers of poor of Sandwich in said County do hereby certify that Daniel Thompson of said Town is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his County Com. support Dated at Sandwich Ap. 25. 1818
Daniel Root
Nathl French Stephen Fellows
Selectmen & overseers of poor of Sandwich

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19442 Lucas Thompson Widow of Samuel Thompson Brn. Rev. Wm
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. M , Page 272
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Londonderry Centre P.O. New Hampshire Sept 21. 1898
James L. Edwards Esq. Sir,
Accompanying this you have the declaration of Widow Dorcas Thompson relative to her claim to five years pension of her husband, with whom I was intimately acquainted; also the testimony as of her being legally married to him and never entered the marital relation since his death, which I conclude will be fully satis- factory. As soon as her name is placed on the Pension Roll you will please forward the certificate to my care, Londonderry Centre N. Hampshire.
Yours respectfully
Daniel Kost