Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10993, for Mitchel Lincoln, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lincoln, Mitchel
S 10993
CONTENTS
Carded

45213.
Massachusetts
Michael Lincoln
of Suffolk in the State of Mass who was a P t of Arty in the company commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Col l Crafts in the (Mass) line for Private of Arty 1 year " " 10 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of (Mass) at the rate of 51 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Jan y 1838 and sent to H on Derby Boston (Mass)
Arrears to 14th of Febr y 1832 $ 76.65
Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 st Mar ch 25.55
$1 02.20
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. No 9 Blair Clerk, Book D, Vol. 2 nd Page 97.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
uf. Ck ss. Boston
On this twenty seventh day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Municipal Court of the City of Boston now sitting at said Boston within and for the County of Suffolk aforesaid
Mitchell Lincoln of said Boston aged seventy three years
Who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
That on or about the fourth day March 1776 he was drafted as a soldier at Hingham Massachusetts & entered the service of that state in a company commanded by Capt. Hovey. of which Levi Lincoln & Reman Lincoln were lieutenants, marched to Dorchester heights & was discharged after four days service. =
In May 1776 he enlisted as a volunteer for one year in Boston in a company of artillery in the Massachusetts state troops commanded by Capt. Winthrop Gray, his regiment was under the command of Colonel Crafts, He was stationed the principal part of his term of service at certain fortifications in Hull near the mouth of Boston harbour with a detachment of the regiment under the command of Lieut. Colonel Revere where they took three British vessels laden with troops. at the expiration of his year he marched up to Berton with his fellow soldiers & was discharged after a years service.
In 1778 according to the best of his recollection he was again drafted in Boston & marched to Rhode Island, reached there just as the British evacuated it. & was discharged after a service of six days. he does not recollect the names of his officers & knows of no service after he was discharged from his service.

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State. before me  Mitchell Lincoln Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Peter O. Tracher Judge
We Charles Wells Mayor of the City of Boston William Callender + William Roque the latter a Clergyman residing in the town of City of Boston Pastor of the first Baptist Church there in the County of Suffolk  Mitchell Lincoln hereby certify that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
before me
Peter O. Tracher Judge
Wm Roque Charles Wells Wm Callender
And the said Court thereupon proceeded to propound the following interrogatories, which he answered under oath, as follows:
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Hingham Massachusetts Feb 20 th 1758.
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have none. It is probably recorded in the records of the first parish in Hingham.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
I lived at Hingham when called into service but removed to Boston about 1789. where I have lived the last forty three years. & have been a collector of taxes there more than twenty years.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer, I volunteered the second time I served, was drafted the first time & the third time.
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I have entered them in my answer.
6. State the names of 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?
Answer, The Reverend Mr Roque & the Honorable Charles Wells Mayor of the City of Boston. = and William Callender a Revolutionary soldier. =

7th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, If so by whom was it given & what has become of it. =
Answer. = I never received a written discharge. It was not usual to give one. I never left the service until the terms of my service expired. Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me Peter O. Thacher  Mitchell Lincoln
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 William Hague who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the City of Boston 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
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
That Charles Wells, who has likewise signed the same is Mayor of the City of Boston, and that Williamfallen der who has also signed the ad. Certif.icate is President in said Boston; that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Peter O. Thacher , Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss.
I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mitchell Lincoln for a pension; also that the Honorable Peter O. Thacher as Sole Judge of said Court that the signatures on these papers, purporting to be his genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at said Boston this twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1832. Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk.

No 5000 Mitchel Lincoln
Meal of City 1 year Do. of Inf 10 days 1 year 10 days
Allen
$51.10.
E. H. Derby Esq. Boston. Mass

(Other cases)
BRIEF in the case of  Mitchel Lincoln of the County of Suffolk  in the State of Mass. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? 71 years 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. In 1776 Mar, — — 14 drafted Capt. Hoarsey " May 1 — — Private Col. Crafts, Capt. Gray " 78 — — 6 drafted Officers not recollected
5. In what battles was he engaged? none 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Shingham 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Tradition 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.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

Rev. May
10993 INVALID.
File No. 10,993
Wortel Lincoln
Prim. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 224
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss; Municipal Court City of Boston
Sworn in open Court this 27 th day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty two Attest Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of said Court
I William Callender of the City of Boston County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts by occupation a Farmer & aged seventy six years on oath declare and say that I have been for more than forty years most intimately acquainted with Mitchell Lincoln of said Boston tax collector who proposes to apply for a pension under the recent act of Congress & believes him to be a man of strict integrity and undoubted veracity. During the revolutionary war from 1777 to 1780. a period of four years I served as a bombardier in a company commanded by Thomas Melville Turner Phillips & William Warner, attached to Colonel Crafts Regiment. I remember well there was a company in the same regiment commanded by Winthrop Gray & that Detachments from our regiment were stationed at Watertown on the fortifications near Mill. I do not remember seeing the said Lincoln in active service but from frequent conversations with him from his recital- =tion of many incidents that occurred, his description of officers stations posts & quarters, & from his well known character for truth I feel well assured that he served a year in said regiment as he has stated in his declaration
W m Callender

Boston August 28 th 1832. 14 State Street.
Sir,
I have the honor to transmit to you the certified case of Mitchell Lincoln, an applicant for a pension - It appears from his own deposition & the Certificate of the Secretary of State that the whole period of his service amounted to about one year & ten days -
By forwarding to me the Pension Certificate you will confer a favor on
Yrs. with the highest Respect
C. Hasket Derby per B. H. Andrews.

5000. 2000
Mitchel Lincoln

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug t . 28 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
Mitchel Lincoln served as a soldier in Capt Hearsey's Company, for four days, in March 1776.
Edward D. Dangs. Secy