Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,623, for Humphrey Taber, Massachusetts

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6673
Massachusetts
Humphrey Taber
of Bristol, in the State of Mass who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Soper of the Reg t commanded by Col Marshall in the Massachusetts line for 11 Months 25 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 39 Dollars 45 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March 1832 and sent to the H. H. Hodge Esq. N. H.
Arrears to 14th of March 1833 78.90 Penzant. allowance ending 4 Sept r 19.72 898.62
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 86
See letter to of Baptist June 25. 1833

16.778
Humphrey Tabor Bristol
Private
11 Nov 25 days
Alma $39.45
Capt Marshall
J. L. Hodges HR

16,778  BRIEF in the case of  Humphrey Taber of Bristol by in the State of  Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? about  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Shortly after the British evacuated Boston } — 6 — private Gen. Capt Soper — Col. Marshall   In the fall of following year about 1 — — " Gen. Capt Loring — Col. Kempton   Shortly after return home — — 21 " do   Some time after — 3 — " Capt Kempton — forage regt & officers   — — — — — — 1 4 substitute Capt Reed — Genl Cornell's brigade  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? 
Monument
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Dartmouth
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
3 living witnesses
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Right
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
14 Feb 1833

Humphrey Fulver
18778
L. L. Hodge, HR

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ) BRISTOL, ss. )
AT a COURT of PROBATE holden at Dighton — in and for said County on the fifth day of October — one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, before the Honorable HODIJAH BAYLIES, Judge of the Probate, &c. for said County, personally appeared Humphrey Tabor a resident of Fairhaven in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832, make the following declaration, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated; to wit under Capt. Amasa Soper, Lt. Daniel Snow, Ensign Freeman Tabor, Col. Thomas Marshall, other field officers forgotten; again under Capt. Henry Jenney, Lt. James Kempton, in Col. Thomas Kempton's regiment; other officers forgotten; again under Capt. Manasseh Kempton, Lt. Thomas Cook, regiment & officers of it forgotten; and the particulars of his services he will state in reply to the fifth subjoined interrogatory;
and further declares as follows, in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
1. Where, and in what year were you born! Ans. That he was born in Dartmouth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty six . (I have no record of my birth.)
the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty six . 2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? I have no record of my birth.
.3 Where were you living when called into service ; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ?
I have always lived within half a mile of my present residence, the Town has been twice divided; New Bedford being set off from Dartmouth and Fairhaven from New Bedford.
4. How were you called into service ; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute ? and if a substitute, for whom ?
I always voluntarily enlisted in the Militia or State Troops, Except the last time when I was a substitute for a man named Manchester he was of Tiverton in the State of R. Island.
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Under Capt. Goper we marched shortly after the British evacuated Boston from Dartmouth to Boston & arrived while the enemy were still at the harbor  Nantasket , our company was sent to Castle William and employed in repairing the damages which the enemy had made by blowing up & dismantling the works, and in erecting fortifications; we served there six months; in the fall of the following year as I think under Capt. Jenney we marched to Little Compton in the State of R. Island and were stationed awhile between Fogland Ferry & Howland's Ferry, and during our service there a large army, perhaps ten thousand of us attempted in the night to cross to the Island but the wind blew too hard and we failed to get on; so we returned and kept guard there awhile till we were dismissed having served about a month; shortly after our return home we were called out again, the same company marched to Watuspa ponds near Allriver now Troy in this State to the same place and kept guard.

5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Under Capt. Goper we marched shortly after the British evacuated Boston from Dartmouth to Boston & arrived while the enemy were still at Nantasket  the harbor our company was sent to Castle William and employed in repairing the damages which the enemy had made by blowing up & dismantling the works, and in erecting fortifications; we served there six months; in the fall of the following year as I think under Capt. Jenney we marched to Little Compton in the State of R. Island and were stationed awhile between Fogland Ferry & Howland's Ferry, and during our service there a large army, perhaps ten thousand of us attempted in the night to cross to the Island but the wind blew too hard and we failed to get on; so we returned and kept guard there awhile till we were dismissed having served about a month; shortly after our return home we were called out again, the same company to the & marched to Watuppa ponds near Mill River now in this State  same places again and kept guard there again for three weeks when we were again dismissed; some time after, but how long or in what year I cannot tell, but know it was in the winter and when there was a very deep snow. I was with the Company under Capt. Kempton stationed in Kingston keeping guard along the coast opposite Rhode Island and served there in said Company three months; for proof of the foregoing services I refer to the annexed affidavits; I do not remember any other regiments or their officers on these occasions; When I went as a substitute it was in a Company commanded by Capt. Reed, in what regiment I do not recollect, but in Gen. Cornell's Brigade; I entered the Company at Kingston and in a few days we crossed to R. Island and encamped on Bull's Hill; staid there awhile during a severe storm which lasted eight days; and afterwards marched to the lines near Newport where I staid till four days after my term had expired, & being then dismissed left the Company, and a day and a half after my return home I heard of the battle at Quaker Hill, and that the Black regiment which I had seen on the Island was almost all killed; I served on this occasion one month & four days; but being a stranger to the rest of the company I cannot find any one now living who recollects my service there.
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6. Were you a Soldier or an Officer? if a Soldier, did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? if an Officer, did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
I was a soldier, and never had a discharge, when my term of service were out, I used to be paid my wages and return home.
7. State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
To the Rev. Pardon G. Seabury & Juber Faber Esq.
And the said Humfrey Faber — doth further declare that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of  Humfrey Faber
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
H. Daylies, Judge of Probate.
WE Pardon G. Seabury a Clergyman residing in Fairhaven and Juber Faber Esq. residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Humfrey Faber — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about Seventy five 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 to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Parson P. Seabury, Juber Faber, H. Daylies, Judge of Probate.
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 abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Pardon G. Seabury who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Fairhaven in said County of Bristol, and that Juber Faber — who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town, and is a credible person, and that their — statement is entitled to credit.
H. Daylies, Judge of Probate. Register of Probate.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } BRISTOL, ss. }
I Anselm Bassett — Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Humfrey Faber — of Fairhaven in said County, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
Anselm Bassett

I David Mitchell of Fairhaven formerly Dartmouth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts of the age of Seventy nine years testify and say that I was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War in the company commanded by Capt Henry Jemmy of Dartmouth, under Col Thurston. I was called out in Spencer Expedition in the year 1777 and went to Rhode Island. Humphrey Tabor of Dartmouth now Fairhaven was a soldier in the same company, and served in Spencer Expedition to Rhode Island in the year 1777. We were out one month at that time. We were called out again in the same company and went to Rhode Island again; We, Humphrey Tabor, & myself were out this time about three weeks. This was soon after our first time of service as above stated, and was also in the same expedition of Spencer. I do not recollect what was the reason of our coming home from our first time of service, but we were at home but a short time before we were called out a second time.
David Mitchell
New Bedford October 3 d 1832
Bristol October 3 - 1832 Then personally appeared the above named David Mitchell & made oath to the above deposition before me Iaber Tabor Justice of the Peace. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said David Mitchell and he is a man of truth & veracity.
Iaber Tabor Justice of the Peace

I John Leavence formerly of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts of the age of seventy years
Testify and say that I was in the War of the American Revolution in the year 1776 six months at Nantasket and on the vessel William, near Boston in the State of Massachusetts in Capt Amasa Dyer's Company, Lieutenant Daniel Snow and Ensign Freeman Dyer and Thomas Marsh's Regiment I commenced the first day of June and left the first day of December
I knew Humphrey Dyer then of the town of Dartmouth now Fairhaven and he was in said Company and served six months that was the term of enlistment According to the best of my recollection and belief Fairhaven September 8 th 1832 John Leavence
Bristol 8 th September 1832 Then the above John Leavence personally appeared and solemnly swore to the above deposition by him subscribed together with his answers to the interrogatories therein contained before me and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said John Leavence that he is entitled to credit
Isaac Dyer Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss -
I Anselm Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Bristol, hereby certify that John Faber is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that the foregoing witnessed signatures purporting to be his, are genuine —
John Faber for Barnesbury Faber
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the eighteenth day of October A.D. 1832
Anselm Barrett

I Deliverance Bennett formerly of Dartmouth now Fairhaven in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts of the age of twenty eight years Testify and say that I was a Soldier in the war of the American Revolution in the year 1777 three months In the State of Rhode Island in Capt Monager Kemptons Company Lieutenant Thomas Cook and Christopher Hammond orderly Sergeant in Colonel Hathaways Regiment
I knew Humphrey Tabor then of the town of Dartmouth now Fairhaven and he was in said Company and served three months which was the term of Enlistment According to the best of my Recollection and belief Fairhaven September 27 th 1832 Deliverance Bennett
Bristol 27 th September 1832, Then the above named Deliverance Bennett personally appeared and said solemn Oath to the above deposition by him subscribed, before me and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Deliverance Bennett and that his Testimony is entitled to Credit
Jabez Tabor Justice of the Peace

18623 INVALID.
File No. 18623
Humphrey Fisher
Rev. Rev. Mrs.
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 443-
[Arrangement of 1870.]