Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,556, for Seth Tinkham, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Jinkham, Seth
NUMBER
S 22,556
Mass
CONTENTS
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Vermont 9387.
Seth Sinkham
Rochester in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Wood of the Regt. commanded by Col. Spaul in the Mass. Militia time for
6 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20. Dollars 0 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14. day of May 1833. and sent to S. Haight, Burlington, Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 40.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833. 10.00
$ 50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. F. Francis Clerk
Book E. Vol. 3 d Page 94.

22,556
3-068.
(Old No. 3-649.)
b-20
Bureau of Pensions.
Seth Finkham
off. 29. 1880 Roxbury Vt Aug 25. 1882 - 70
77 Middlebury Mass
Capt Nathl Wood
Cal Sprout
prt. 3 m
78 Lt. Spear
Cal -
prt. 3 m
Born Sept 28. 1761
Middlebury Mass
No Pat.

Revolution
22556 INVALID.
File No. 23,556
Seth Linkham
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 7, 1903. H. 5 W.P. Baxter - Chicago Ill.

11.461
Seth Tinkham
11 Mar 1883
Qj. 16
Hon S. Haight-
Present-
Burlington
Admitted
P - 290
3

11.401
BRIEF in the case of  Seth Tinkham  of Rochester in the State of  Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  How old is he? 70 years  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.     not recollected fall In 17 — 3 — Private Gen Col o Spratt's Reg t Capt Nath l Wood's Co y Major Mili a enlisted   not stated next fall - — 3 — D o Lieut. Spaul Bus g R d Cushman Capt - (not recollected) Ditto  
 In what battles was he engaged? none stated  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middlebury - Mass  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by one witness - in support of 1 st term by the two to be evidence of two others - one a clergyman certified to be credible persons  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not attached according to the regulation 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephens
Examining Clerk.

11461 Seth Linkhorn's Declaration for 6 months service, with an deposition
To be sent S. Haight Burlington St
Admitted Private Mass' militia Private burials

STATE OF VERMONT, WINDSOR COUNTY, ss.
At Woodstock in the Probate district in said county of Windsor On this 25 th day of August — A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting, Seth Tinkham a resident of the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Twenty — 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 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. to wit That, at Middlebury in the State of
Massachusetts, his native place towards the close of the revolu- tionary war cannot recollect what year, he enlisted as a private for three months, in the fall of the year, in the Massachusetts Militia in a company of infantry commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Wood, that he does not recollect his other com- pany officers, that he was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colo. Sprout, the elder, does not recollect his other field officers — That he with his company was marched to the State of Rhode Island to guard the coast, that they marched through Providence and were stationed on the sea coast about thirty miles below that town — That there was one other company of militia with his company whose captain was from Bridgewater Mass. That while there a letter of marque fitted out at Providence, attempted to put to sea but was so closely pursued by two privateers that she took and run in the high tide in upon land and stuck to the amount of one company of our troops were called down to protect her — That he was one of the number that went down that they had a field piece with which they opened ship with the privateers while the crew of the letter of marque and the inhabitants were unloading & dismantling her after she was dismantled her crew set her on fire and after he & his companions returned to their old station, where he served out his time and was discharged — That the next fall he enlisted again as a private for three months in the Massachusetts militia in a company of infantry does not recollect the name of his captain — his Lieut. was Spear and Robert Cushman was his ensign — That he was marched to Boston in Massachusetts and stationed at the barracks

State of Vermont } Windsover County } }
I Holmes Cushman of Hartland in the County of Windsover of sound of lawful age being duly sworn depose testify and say that in the fall of the year about the first of December A.D. 1777 I enlisted at Middlebury in the state of Massachusetts in a company of infantry commanded by Captain Nathaniel Wood in the Massachusetts Militia Samuel Paton first Lieutenant and John Murchock 2 d Lieutenant that I was attached to a regiment commanded by Colo Ebenezer Sproat I further depose testify and say that Seth Tinkham who has sworn to the foregoing declaration was a soldier with me in said company that I was with him in the state of Rhode Island and well recollect the affair relative to the letter of Marquis that he has referred to and that it is correct since that after he was dismissed he was absent I think by the British prisoners and I know that he served on this service three months. I further depose testify and say that in the beginning of the year # 1778 I enlisted for three months in the Massachusetts Militia in a company commanded by Captain Abner Olin Robert Cushman was my Lieutenant rather than my Ensign as the above applicant has stated and that said applicant Seth Tinkham was a soldier in the same company with me and served with me at Boston in the company for three months I further say that my present age is seventy years and that I have also well acquainted with the said Seth Tinkham ever since the revolution and that he has lived in Hartland my present residence until about two years since for twenty years or upwards and further this deponent says not
Holmes Cushman
# does not agree with declaration of the applicant

State of Vermont } Woodstock August 25 th Windsor County } A.D. 1832 Then Holmes Cushman -an known to me as a credible Witness, personal- ly appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth.
Before Walter Palmer Justice of peace
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office 25 th August 1832 - Windsor County } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby Certify that Walter Palmer is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Windsor, and that the above is his Signature —
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal and subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court, the day & year last above —
Benj. Swan
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's April 22 1833 - Windsor County } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby Certify that Walter Palmer was at the date of the above Affidavit, one of the Jus- tices of the Peace within & for said County, and that the above is his Signature; and I do further Certify, That at the time I made the above Certificate it was attached to the fore- going Affidavit, —
In Testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said County Court and subscribe my name the day & year last above —
Benj. Swan

11461 Seth Finkhorn's Declaration for 6 months Service, with an deposition
To be sent S. Haight Burlington St
Admitted Printed Map "diditua" Printed documents

below Fort Hill his duty was to guard the prisoners in addition to guarding the place - there were no other troops on that station, that he knew of no regiment to which he belonged and knew of no regimental officers - That he served out his time and was discharged - That he knows only of persons that he now knows to be living that have personal knowledge of all or any part of his said services or that knows any circumstances that would throw light on the services of himself of himself in the county - That he has no documentary evidence of his said services - He answers to the several interrogatories proposed as follows
1 st That he was born in Middlebury in Massachusetts on the 28 th September 1761 2 nd That he has a record of his age in his family bible at his residence in the Rochester 3 rd That since the revolution he has lived in the town of Hartland in Vermont and from the last place he about 2 years since moved to Rochester his present place of residence. 4 th That he relates 5 th That he recollects no other circumstances or names of officers other than he has stated - 6 th That he was always discharged by parole and not recollect by what officer 7 th -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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. }
Seth Tinkham
L. Marsh, Register
We, Austin Harker a Clergyman residing in Hartford in the said County and J. A. Webber of Rochester residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Seth Tinkham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Sixty years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood 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. }
Austin Harker J. A. Webber
L. Marsh, Register
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Austin Harker who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Hartland in the said County and that J. A. Webber who has also signed the same, is a resident in Rochester in the county - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isa Raynaud Esq.
I, Lyndon A. Marsh, Register of the Court of Probate of Hartford District do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Seth Tinkham for
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25 day of August A. D. 1832
L. Marsh, Register