Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,916, for Timothy Kingsley, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Kingsley, Timothy
S 18916
CONTENTS
Carded

10.082 Massachusetts
Timothy Kingsley of Williams begin the State of MASS who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col May in the Massachusetts line for 4 months 10 days
Enrolled on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of March 1833 and sent Hon. S.C. Bales Northampton Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 $48.88 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept '33 12.22 $61.10
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. Adams Clerk, Book 0 Vol. 2 Page 45

April 6. 1759. Timothy Kingsley Son of Aaron Kingsley and Rhoda Kingsley was born
A true copy of Record Northampton July 24. 1832
Chas. Hooker Town Clerk.

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Timothy Kingsley Abolition
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44 Timothy Kingsley Abolition.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. } Hampshire ss. }
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
We, Henry Lord Clergyman residing in the town of Williamburg, and John Wells residing in said Williamburg, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Timothy Kingsley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; 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 of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Henry Lord. John Wells
Hampshire. 3rd December 3rd 1832
Then personally appeared the above named Henry Lord & John Wells and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by them subscribed. I further certify that said Henry is a clergyman of said Williamburg & a credible person. I further certify that John Wells who has signed the above certificate is likewise a credible person.
Joseph L. Badman Justice of the Peace
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 Timothy Kingsley Henry Lord who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Williamburg and that John Wells who has also signed the same, is a resident in Williamburg and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. They cannot attend in open court without too much inconvenience & expense.
Loammi Hinckley Judge of Probate
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Kingsley for a pension, and that Joseph Badman aforesaid is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified. The above signature hereunto being to be attested as necessary.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two —
Samuel F. Lyman Register

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this eight day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Hon. Samuel Hinsley Judge the court of Probate now sitting, Timothy Kingsley a resident of Williamstown in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged 73 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In 1776 in July or the latter part of June he enlisted into said service as a private at Northampton in said County in the company of Capt Joseph Lyman, Lieuts Elisha Brasee & John Dickinson, Abner Lyman Ensign, in Col Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment & served at Ticonderoga five months. A few days before discharged ordered to Albany, just as the regiment reached, there, their time, being out, they were discharged but not in writing. In July 1777 about the time Ticonderoga was given up, he enlisted into the company of Capt Jonathan Stearnes, Asa Wright & Asahel Pomeroy being Lieutenants, in Col Mays regiment, marched to Hoosic Creek, thence retreated with the army to Stillwater & then stationed till time discharged. served about 5 weeks. About the middle of September he again entered the service at said Northampton on account of the Burgoyne alarm in the company of Capt Oliver Lyman, Lieuts Seth Hunt & Asahel Pomeroy. Marched to Stillwater & stationed there till after the battle of Bemis Heights, thence to Saratoga & there stationed till after Burgoyne's surrender, then discharged having served five weeks. He was born at Northampton 6th April 1759. He never received a written discharge. He has resided at Williamstown 8 miles from Northampton more than fifty two years -
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Timothy Kingsley
Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate
residing in the town of
and
well acquainted with that we believe him to be
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbor-
hood 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 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 who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in and that who has also signed the same, is a resident in and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate
I, Saml F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Kingsley for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eight day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Saml F. Lyman Register

18916 INVALID.
File No. 18916
Timothy Kingsley
Rev. New Haven
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 208
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Timothy Sturgisley Williamsburgh Mass.
Nov 26 69.
Private of Muffs & 10 days
Ha. J. C. Bates Nashville Mass.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Kingsley which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? it does II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? He did III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? He has V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? He has VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? He has VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1852? He has VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes, in his favor IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes - It has an inscription whereby it can be distinguished

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? NO — XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? NO XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? NO — XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are —
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
† QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Asahel Wright Affidavit for Timothy Kingsley -

I Asahel Pomeroy of Northampton County of Hampshire aged between eighty & ninety do testify depose & say that I have always known Timothy Kingsley of Williamburgh from a boy. In July 1777 said Timothy enlisted in the company of Capt Jonathan Stearnes, 1 st Lieut Asa Wright (Died), the 2 nd Lieutenant & Daring adjutant. It marched to Fort Edward on Hoosic Creek, & there served 5 weeks, Col May being the commanding officer of the regiment. In the latter part of September he engaged again in said service as a private, in the company of Capt Oliver Lyman, Col Chapin's regiment. It marched to Fort Stillwater. We were there at the time of the battle at Bemis height, & surrender of Burgoyne & served five weeks. I was Lieutenant in the same company. July 24 th 1832.
Asahel Pomeroy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss July 24 th 1832.
Then personally appeared the above named Asahel & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument by him subscribed before me. Charles P. Huntington Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Charles P. Huntington Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions (2) were taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eighth day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.
Hampshire ss November 5 th 1832. I further certify that the above named Asahel who made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me is a person of credibility & veracity to me known. Chas. P. Huntington Justice of the Peace

I Asahel Wright of Northampton County of Hampshire aged 76 do testify depose & say that Timothy Kingsley of Williamstown in said County enlisted into the service of the Massachusetts militia into the company of Capt Joseph Lyman Col Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment, Gen Brickett, as a private from 1 st July 1776 for 5 months & served said period of time at Ticonderoga in the same company in which I served for the same length of time as I have stated in my application - July 24 th 1882. I have always been well acquainted with said Kingsley from a boy.
Witness C. P. Huntington.
Asahel Wright his mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hampshire ss July 24 th 1882. Then personally appeared the above named Asahel & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument by him subscribed with his mark before me Charles P. Huntington Justice of the Peace.
Hampshire ss Nov 5 th 1882
I hereby further certify that the above named Asahel Wright who made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit before me is a person of truth & veracity to me known - Chas. P. Huntington
Justice of the Peace.