Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29275, for William Kimball, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Mass.
Kimball, William
S. 29275
CONTENTS
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15. 180 Massachusetts William Kimball
1 - Essex - in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt. commanded by Col Glover in the Mass line for 15 months 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $1 - Dollars 67 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of May 1835 and sent to me Brown  Newburyport Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $103.34 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept., 25.83 $129.17
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Morrison Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 115
76 86

29275 Recy INVALID.
File No. 29275
William Kimbell
Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 1827
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 292
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William Kimball Maps
Peru 15 Min & 15 Days
15104
M. Noarts Newburyport Mass 4 1/2
12 1/2
54.17 1.00 1.83 56.00

BRIEF in the case of  William Kimball bo. of Essex  Mass in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  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. As a Gen.     15 th May In 1776  outstation 7 15 Private Col. Brown Col. Glover   1777. " " 2 " Col. Gage Col. Johnson   June 1778. " " 6 " Col. Foster Gen. Green  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bradford - Essex - Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

William Lambton
15104

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
State of Massachusetts: County of Essex, ss.
On this eleventh day of September A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Honorable Daniel Appleton White, Judge of the Court of Probate, for the County of Essex, of present, now sitting at William Kimball, a resident of Bradford, in the county of Essex, and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy-four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on this oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officer, and served as herein stated:
He first enlisted at said Bradford, and to the best of his present remembrance, on the 15th day of March, 1776, in the company commanded by Captain Moses Brown, then of Bennington, in said county; in the regiment commanded by Colonel Glover, fourteenth Massachusetts regiment, to serve for the remainder of that year, and faithfully served as a private therein at New York, New Jersey, until the first day of January, A.D. 1777, seven months and an half, and was discharged, at New York, and had no further discharge.
Also enlisted at said Bradford, in the company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Gage, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Saltonstall, a volunteer corps, and marched to Saratoga, about the first of the month of October, 1777, and served therein until after the surrender of the Army of General Burgoyne, was present at his surrender, and returned with said corps to Winterkill, having served therein, and was discharged at Winterkill, had no other discharge.
Also enlisted at said Bradford, in the month of June, A.D. 1778, in the company commanded by Captain Root, also known as North Bridge, and served in said company at Rhode Island, and afterwards being attached to the company commanded by Captain and Lieutenant Green, and was at the first day of January, A.D. 1779, the full term of six months, and was discharged at said place, had no other discharge.
That he now resides at said Bradford, and that the only pension he receives is that provided by the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832, and that he has no other claim to a pension, or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. William Kimball Deponent

H We G. B. Perry a Clergyman, residing in Bradford aforesaid, and Jesse Kimball Esquire, a Magistrate, residing in Bradford aforesaid, do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with William Kimball, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and that we believe him to be some forty years of age; that he is, and and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we know in that character. H GARDNER B. PERRY testifies to acquaintance only by general report. Subscribed and sworn to before
Gardner B. Perry - Jesse Kimball Eliphalet Kimball, Justice of the Peace
And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Soldier of the revolution, and denied as he states - And the Court further Certifies that Rev Gardner B Perry who has subscribed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman residing at said Bradford and that Jesse Kimball Esquire who has also subscribed the same, is a Magis- trate residing at said Bradford - (and is a Credible person) and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Dr. H. H. Hildreth Judge of Probate
I, Nathaniel Lord, Junior Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex, aforesaid, do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the orig- inal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Kimball for a pension.
Also that William Kimball is a Justice of the peace for the County of Essex, and that his signature to each of the affidavits annexed is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the eleventh day of September, A.D. 1832.
Nathaniel Lord Jr.

I Jonathan Gage of Newburyport, in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy three years, do hereby certify and declare, that I am well acquainted with William Kimball of Bristol, and do know that said William Kimball was a soldier in the war of the revolution. He served in the company commanded by Captain Moses Brown, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gilmer in the year 1776, and have no doubt that he served in that Company from May 1776 to Aug. 1777, in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. — I do also know that the said William Kimball was a private in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Gage, and that he served therein at Saratoga ten months. — I was then in the same service, with my father who was Major in that Regiment, and have a full knowledge of said Kimball's services.
Jonathan Gage
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. June 1. Newburyport March 21. 1832. Then Jonathan Gage of above named who is personally well known to me personally came and made oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the above written deposition before him subscribed many persons. — I do also certify that the said Jonathan Gage is believed by me to be a credible witness. W. H. Chaplin, Clerk of the Court.

I Amos Kimball of Newburyport in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixty seven years and upwards, do hereby testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with William Kimball of Bradford in said county, who formerly lived in said Newburyport, and I do know that the said William Kimball, who is my brother, served in the army of the United States in the war of the revolution first in the year 1776 in the company commanded by Captain Isaac Brown of Beverly, and afterwards in the year 1777 in the company commanded by Captain Nathan Hage, and also in the year 1779, in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Dyer. I am unable to say how long time he served in said company, but I do know that he did enlist and did serve in each in the above-mentioned campaigns. I have no interest whatsoever in his application for a pension. I am not a pensioner myself, nor an applicant for a pension, not having been at any time entitled to one under the provisions thereof. Newburyport August 24th 1852. Amos Kimball
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Newburyport August 24th 1852. Then Amos Kimball above named, who is personally well known to me, presumably same, and being under oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the above-mentioned deposition by him subscribed in my presence. Satisfactorily certify that said Amos Kimball is before me, to be a credible witness. W. W. Dyer, Justice of the Peace.