Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10950, for Daniel Kimball, Massachusetts

SERVICE Continental Mass.
Kimball, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 10950
Carded
CONTENTS

2425
New Hampshire
Daniel Kimball
of Stoneville in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] command. by Col. [blank] in the [blank] time for 1 Year 8 Mos
★ Mass. Line.
March 24/05 Issued service
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of [blank] 1832 and Sixty Dollars Dollars and [blank] Pennycents
Awards to 14th of Feb 1832 $99.99 Semi-annual allowance ending [blank] 33.03 $133.02
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by [blank] Clerk Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page 1052

No 8544 -
Daniel Kimball.
March
1
1 year & 8 months
Adm. Ex.
$66.66.
Films Brown
C. H. Alston
Frances Lorne

NO 8544 -
BRIEF in the case of  Daniel Kimball of Hancock  in the State of  New Hampshire - (Act 7 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? 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.     In 1776 Jany 1 - 1 - - - - - Private - Gen. Magill, Col Baldwin   May 1 st 1777 44 - - 8 - - - - - Col Whipple - Col Nichols  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Stillwater - last of last battle -
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ipswich -
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional - & Documentary -
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sam Potts Examining Clerk.

Nº 146.
Daniel Kimball
8544

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
On this
30th
day of August, A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Frances-town within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid.
Daniel Kimball a resident of the town of Hancock in said county
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, aged 76 years
In the latter part of the year 1775 he went to Cambridge as a militia man & served a few weeks. While he was there he enlisted for one year from the first of January 1776 and afterwards served said term in Capt. Pringles company & Col. Loammi Baldwin's regiment. The other officers of the company were Lieut. Crosby & Ensign Bailey. He was stationed at Cambridge till the British army left Boston - was then marched to New London and went by water to New York - stood there till the army left the city - then went to White Plains - was there at the time of that battle - was not in the Battle at that place - afterwards went to New Jersey - as far as Morristown - was taken sick and stood at that place till his term was out, the last of December, & then returned home.
In April 1777 he enlisted for eight months from the first of May following - went to Cambridge and had the small pox & then joined the army at Stillwater & was put into a company, which he thinks, but is not certain was commanded by Capt. Whipple's regiment in the regiment which he thinks, but is not certain was commanded by Col. Nichols. stood at that place on its neighborhood until after the surrender of Burgoyne - was not in the first Battle at Stillwater and in only the last part of the last Battle at that place - after the surrender of Burgoyne he went to Albany & remained there till the last of December when his term was out.

He was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, Oct. 24, 1755 - has no record of his age except a memorandum at home of his own making - supposed his birth is recorded upon the records of Ipswich. When he was called into the service he lived in Ipswich. Since the revolutionary war he has lived and now lives in Hancock N.H. He does not recollect receiving any discharge - from the service Thacher Bradford Esquire of Hancock, N.H. are persons to whom he is known - his present neighbor - hood who can testify as to his character for veracity & true belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He renounces 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to Daniel Kimball
Colman Parker Judge of Probate
We Archibald Burgess a Clergyman residing in the town of Hancock in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Thacher Bradford residing in Hancock aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Kimball who has subscribed and sworn to the above and that we believe him to be 76 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.
Archibald Burgess Thacher Bradford
Colman Parker Judge of Probate
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 Archibald Burgess who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Hancock and that Thacher Bradford who has signed the same is a resident in the town of Hancock and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Colman Parker } Judge of Probate for said } County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Kimball for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton
Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
At the Court aforesaid. On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the on oath David Kimball and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer, at Franconia, New Hampshire, Oct. 20. 1755
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, Have no record, except a memorandum of my own making - at home - suppose my birth is recorded on the Record of Births
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I was living at Franconia when called into the service. Since the war I have lived in Franconia.
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 enlisted.
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, All the particulars within my recollection are required by the interrogatory and stated in my (preamble) declaration.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer, I do not recollect receiving any discharge.
7. 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, Thatcher Bradford & Samuel Gates Esquires of Hancock - also John Whitehorn Esq. of the same place.
Certified by
C. H. Hetheron
Registrar.

J.L.M. Rev. War Section.
November 1, 1918.
Hon. William E. Chilton,
U. S. Senate.
My dear Senator:-
In response to your request of the thirty-first ultimo endorsed on the enclosed letter of Mr. Charles N. Kimball of Sistersville, West Virginia, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S File No. 10,950, it appears that Daniel Kimball was born at Ipswich Massachusetts October 20, 1755, and while residing there late in 1775 he went to Cambridge as a militia man ( officers not stated ) served a few weeks and then enlisted for one year from January 1 1776 and served as a Private in Thomas Captain Wighill 's Company, Colonel Loomis Baldwin's Regiment until the last of December 1776. He also served from May 1, to the end of December 1777 in Captain Whipples Company, Colonel Nichols' Regiment and was at the battle of Stillwater.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 30, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Hancock Hillsborough county, New Hampshire.
Very truly yours,
W. C. Sherman Acting Commissioner. Letter returned

Reborn
10950 INVALID.
File No. 10950
Daniel Kimball
Br. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: A , Page 207
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr. 9, 1904 - to Bertha A. Wilkin Worcester Mass
1916. Nov. 1. Heir to the Hon. W. L. Chilton U.S.S. Adm.

own Apr. 1, 1904.
To the Pension Department Washington.
Dear Sir,
Can I get some information from the Pension Roll concerning the military career of one Captain Joseph Holt of Ipswich Mass. who enlisted from Andover, Mass. in the regiment of Col. Johnson in the year 1775. Apr. 19?
Also Daniel Kimball who enlisted at Andover in Captain

Jacob Guild's Company April 19, 1775.
This information is wanted for the purpose of proving descent from Revolutionary soldiers.
Yours very truly Bertha A. Wilkins.
Haverston, Mass.
2 State St.

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Deacon Daniel Kimball Hancock Hills County N.H.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Edw. St. John of Newburyport.
William Wren, Nanny, Judith, & the heirs of Esau, but legal and lawful commanded and sworn, and a list of the names of the persons in said county, residing in Newburyport, forsooth do hereby certify, and make known, to all whom the same shall, or may concern, that it appears from an ancient roll, contained in the library of the said Esau, that Captain William Wren, who was an officer in the New England colonies, certain military accounts of the same were paid to the sum of said Esau, and that in many years since his decease: That Daniel Wren, who was admitted as a freeman in said Newburyport admitted as a freeman January 1 st 1776, and it appears as for years deceased, and the name of said Daniel Wren, appears continued, as a roll of the officers, and soldiers, and is mentioned in many transactions with them until January 1777, after which no record appears to have been made in which the name of said Daniel is mentioned.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand, and affix my seal of Office, the twenty first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four.
W. W. D. St. John

Newburyport August 22 1832
Deacon Daniel Kimball
Sir
Perhaps you have the Certificate requested, and I sincerely hope it may answer your purpose - but it does seem to me that evidence had better be obtained of those unsworn in the same company - and it may not be too late now - If you should find that you need it, and I can render you any assistance, I will endeavor to do it -
Respectfully
W. W. Gann
The expense of search and Certificate is one dollar -