Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,895, for Calvin Pinkham, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. I.
Pinkham, Calvin
N 26,895
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

27042  Maine  Calvin Pinkham  of Boothbay in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hitchcock in the Maine line for 12 Months _____ " "
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine _____ " at the rate of 10 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Dec.  1833 _____ and Sarah Clark  Boothbay
  Arrears to the 4th of Apr. '33  $ 100    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th M ch '34  20     $ 120  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { as June 7, 1832. } Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 2. Page 49. 

Calvin Pinkham
Boothbay Maine
2-1/2 2-1/2 2-1/2
see let to let Sept. 4, 1880
Mar 19 U.S. Pat. 6814
Mar 12 mo's Admitted
13 mo's
43.83
Pensioner
Claim Boothbay

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 -
State of Maine — Lincoln Co. On this eleventh day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me Jeremiah Bailey Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Lincoln, Calvin Pinkham a resident of Boothbay in said County of Lincoln & State of Maine aged seventy seven 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 th 1832. — That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776, with Captain Foss and served in Col. Hichcock's Regiment of the Rhode Island line of troops for one year on the continental establishment, and served the term out faithfully, & was honorably discharged — That he enlisted at Prospect Hill near Boston, marched to Providence, thence to New York, on Long Island, thence through New York into New Jersey — was at the battle of Trenton — staid one month beyond the year until recruits came in — was a private during said service —
That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18. 1818. and that his pension certificate is numbered six thousand eight hundred & fourteen, & dropped therefrom on account of his property. That at the time he resided in Boothbay aforesaid & now resides there, & that he is the identical Calvin Pinkham named in an original certificate numbered 6814 —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State except as above.
Calvin Pinkham
Sworn to, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Before me, J. Bailey Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Pinhook
I certify that Jeremiah Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the within certificate is a justice of the Peace duly qualified & commissioned to act as such within the county & that the name within subscribe is his own proper signature to me well known
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the court of common Pleas for said county this 25 th day of February 1833 —
Wm Coffin. Clerk of all the judicial courts for said county

41 Calvin Pinkham
6814
March 1899
not entitled
Bailey

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the  day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this twentieth day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared in open court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Calvin Pinkham aged sixty three years, resident in Boothbay in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Jew in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock in the line of the State of Rhode Island on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the seventeenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 6814 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Attest Am Bailey
His Calvin Pinkham marks
Sworn to and declared, on the 20 day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE —
Josiah Stebbins
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real Estate 40 acres poor land. small house & barn between 30 & 40 years old, unfinished out of repair & rotten. also 60 acres more held upon condition that I support Joseph Barts & Lydia Barts my wife's parents who once owned it they are both aged & entirely helpless.
Personal . 5 cows. 1 yoke steers. 1 swine. 3 young cattle one year old, a little old furniture. I have no income except my pension & I owe about ten or fifteen dollars -
Attest Sero Bailey
Calvin his  mark Pinkham
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me who, by occupation am a husbandman reason of infirmity from age.
Calvin Pinkham which I am not able to pursue by
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to.     My wife Betsey 72 infirm & subs   daughter Abigail 25 weakly   " Judith 22 do   Calvin his  mark Pinkham    Attest Sero Bailey      Attest Nathl Coffin Clk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is four hundred & ten dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nathl Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

5896. Maine.
Elizabeth Pinkham, widow of Calvin Pinkham, who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832, and who died on the 30 th July 1837— of Lincoln Co. in the State of Maine who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. _____ commanded by Col: Hitchcock, in the Maine _____ time for 12 mos. —
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 = Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 31 st July 1837. —
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Nov r 1840 _____ and seal to Jeremiah Bailey, Wiscasset, Me.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1841 $ 141:80 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept: 41 20:00 $ 161:80
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Wm. C. Lantinger Clerk, Book A, Vol. 1 — Page 19

no 7418.
Elizabeth Pinkham.
Me
act 7. July '38
m. ss. d 37
cond 12 mo pi
408
Died 20 July '37 pen. Com: 31. July 37
Jeremiah Bailey Viscasset Me
remained out of court
Shepherdstown the Supreme Judicial Court

State of Maine.
To all whom it may concern.
Lincoln, ss -
I Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the judicial courts within & for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Ethan Shepley Esq. whose name is affixed the annexed paper, as a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court is legally commissioned & duly qualified to act as such, & that the name so affixed is his own proper signature to me well known. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this 19 th day of October A.D. 1840
Jacob Smith Clerk.

Elizabeth Pinkham

State of Maine,
County of Lincoln,
Town Clerks Office Boothbay,
September 26 th 1840.
I James Seeld of Boothbay in the County of Lincoln, State of Maine, do hereby certify that it appears by the Registry of Marriages in said town of Boothbay, that there is contained the following entry of marriages, to wit.
"Marriages Page 119 th "
"Married by William M c Cobb C h : Calvin Pinkham to Elizabeth Barber both of Boothbay March the twenty second one thousand seven hundred and eighty one"
That it is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows.
"March 22 d 1781"
I James Seeld above named depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County,
having however been

and State aforesaid, and that the above and foregoing is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception aforesaid as certified by me.
James Auld
{ Town clerk of said Town of Boothbay.
Sworn to before me the day after above written. William Carlisle Justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that William Carlisle Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Common Pleas this 19 th day of October A. D. 1840
Jacob Smith CLERK.

I John S Wright — of Boothbay in the County of Lincoln State of Maine on oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Calvin Pinkham late of said Boothbay deceased — that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and drew a pension when he died, and that he died in said Boothbay on the twenty second day of July eighteen hundred and thirty seven, leaving Mrs Elizabeth Pinkham his widow, and that the said Elizabeth Pinkham is an aged woman, and is now living in said town of Boothbay, and is the identical widow of the said Calvin Pinkham deceased, the Revolutionary Pensioner aforesaid.
John S. Wright
State of Maine      Lincoln County ss September 6 th 1840
Personally appeared the above named John S Wright before me William Carlisle one of the justices of the Peace within and for the County of Lincoln and after being duly cautioned and sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence, and I further certify that the above named deponent is a person of good credit and reputation, in whose testimony confidence may be placed.
William Carlisle Justice of the Peace

I John M c Clintock of Boothbay in County of Lincoln State of Maine on oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Calvin Pinkham late of said Boothbay deceased that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and drew a pension when he died, and that he died at Boothbay aforesaid on the twenty second day of July eighteen hundred and thirty seven leaving Mrs Elizabeth Pinkham his widow, and that the aforesaid Elizabeth Pinkham is an aged woman and is now living in said town of Boothbay, and is the identical widow of the late Calvin Pinkham deceased the Revolutionary Pensioner aforesaid
John M c Clintock
State of Maine Lincoln County October 8 th 1840 Personally appeared the above named John M c Clintock before me William Carlisle one of the justices of the Peace within and for the County of Lincoln and after being duly cautioned and sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the fore- going deposition, by him subscribed in my presence and I further certify that the above deponent is a person of good credit and reputation in whose testimony confidence may be placed
William Carlisle justice of the Peace

James Auld's depon.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Maine } County of Lincoln } ss.
On this 29 th day of September 1840 personally appeared before the Honorable Othel Shepley one of the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the State of Maine, Elizabeth Pinkham a resident of Brookbay in the County of Lincoln, State of Maine, aged seventy eight years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Calvin Pinkham late of Brookbay aforesaid deceased, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and served according to her best knowledge and belief one year commencing in 1776 in Captain True's Company, Col. Hitchcocks Regiment & marched from Prospect Hill near Boston to Providence, thence to Long Island, New York, and New Jersey, and was at the battle of Trenton, and remained one month over the year until new recruits came in. She refers to the evidence upon which he was pensioned. He made application for a Pension & was placed on the pension roll under the law of June 7. 1832 and drew a pension during his life & was pensioned, having however been previously placed on the pension roll under the law of 1818, and struck off under the law of 1820 on account of property.
She further states that she was married to the said Calvin Pinkham on the twenty second day of March seventeen hundred & eighty one, that her husband the aforesaid Calvin Pinkham died on the twenty second day of July eighteen hundred and thirty seven; that she was not married to

him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, at the time above stated.
attest, J. Bailey
Elizabeth
her X Pinkham Mark
In this nineteenth day of September 1840 came before Elizabeth Pinkham and made her signature by the mark above and being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the above declaration, so signed according to the best of her knowledge and belief and being unable to appear in court by reason of age and bodily infirmity the same oath was administered out of court.
Given under my hand this 19th day of September 1840 The Honorable Judicial Court
207418. Elizabeth Pinkham -
act 7 July '38 m 88. d 37 M c
ad 12 mo pr 408
Died 20 July '37 Pen. Com: 31 July '37
Jeremiah Bailey Witness M c

See letter 29 April 1829 to Thos M c brat
6814.
4
Maine.
Calvin Pinkham
of Boothbay in the District of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hetchcock of the Rhode Island line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Jan y 1819 and sent to Mrs. Bailey Esq rs Wiscasset D r Lincoln
Arrears to 4 th of Sept r 1818 4 mo 20/30 36.80
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1819 48.
$ 84.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Application sent July 6 th 1829 to Hon. Nathaniel D. Southworth Wiscasset Maine

Calvin Pinkham M c ad J. June 32. last p d ?
G. M. C.
20 oct. '40
Died 30 th July 1837 p d that p d
JH

Recd
WIDOW, &c.
26895
File No. 24681
Elizabeth Pinkham
Wid. of
Calvin Pinkham
Rev. Rev. War,
—o—
Act July 7 th 1838.
Index : Vol 9 , Page 132
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. L. Edwards Comm te of Seniors FREE
Calvin Pinkham Esq Dorchester Me.

War Department Pension Office 4 Sept. 1893
Sir,
The papers in support of your claim have been examined, and placed on our files. Upon further investigation can be had, it will be necessary for you to send to this Office your certificate under the act of 1890, or account satisfactorily for its absence.
I am, Respectfully,
Yr. Obt. Servant J. L. Edward, Comm. d of Pension.
Wm Calvin Pinkham Brother (Enc.)

Calvin Pinkham
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next,
at the Cumberland Bank Portland, Maine
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Calvin Pinkham late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pen- sion List, Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the Seven = =teenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth day of
January one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Hon. Jon s L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Wiscasset, Maine, Oct. 20. 1840
Sir, I herewith enclose the application of Olive Bett Pinkham for a Pension. ~ Please to com- municate the result to me.
Very respectfully, Your most Obt. Servt.
Jeremiah Bailey
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

Calvin Pinkham
March 1823
Maine
$475
(March 1823)

United States
State of Maine.
LINCOLN , ss.....At a District Court the County of  District of Maine begun and holden at Wiscasset within for the  for the February , on the twenty fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine before the Honorable Ashur Ware Judge of said Court.
On this twenty fifth day of February in the year 1829 personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and im- prisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Calvin Pinkham aged Seventy four years, resident in Boothbay in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Two in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the Seventeenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his cer- tificate of Pension, numbered (6814) was granted. And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 8/1820 and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my prop- erty, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Witness to Calvin Pinkham signing John Anderson
His Calvin X Pinkham Mark
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty fifth day of Feby A. D. 1829
Asher Ware
BEFORE
One of the Judges of the United States the said Court for the District of Maine

From the testimony of Ephraim Alley and Giles Tibbetts concerning Boothbay it appears to me that the real estate of the petitioner is of the value of $415 and his personal estate of the value of $60 -
Feb 25 1829
Asher Waite Debt Ledger

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Sixty five acres of poor land & rocks, one old House and Barn one Cow, one ox Heifer, nine Sheep, amounting to four hundred and Seventyfive Dollars
Witness to Calvin Pinkham signature his Calvin X Pinkham John Anderson mark
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Calvin Pinkham who, by occupation am a Farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of Rheumatism and debility
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Elizabeth Pinkham 68 My Wife is very weakly   Betsey Pinkham 30 Daughter unhealthy   John Pinkham 26 Son in health   Abigail Pinkham 22 Daughter in law in health   Benjamin Pinkham 5 Grand Child   Amos Pinkham 3 Grand Child  
Witness to Calvin Pinkham signature his Calvin X Pinkham John Anderson mark
Sworn to before Arthur Hove Dist Judge Feb 25 1829
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN ss. United States, District of Maine
for the county of Lincoln do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is four hundred and Seventyfive dollars.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fifth day of February A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
Chas Muffy Clerk of the said Court for the Maine District .  County of Lincoln. Pro Tem

J L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Wiscasset Oct. 22. 1833
LL Edward Ag. D. L.
In compliance with your favor of 4 th inst. at the request of Calvin Pinkham, I herewith enclose his original Pension Certificate, and regretting that I did not deem it necessary necessary to forward it with his Petition in Feb. last. He respectfully requests you to direct any communication to me, as he is unable to go out much & does not reside near any Post Office. An early communication will be received by him very thankfully.
Very respectfully, your Ob t Serv t .
J. Bailey

MAY 14, 1832.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. DENNY, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
A BILL
To restore to the roll of revolutionary pensioners the names of John Fox, Jacob Fleisher, Michael Spartz, Adam Gramlin, and Calvin Pinkham, soldiers of the revolution.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 3 the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, required to restore to 4 the roll of revolutionary pensioners, the names of John Fox, 5 Jacob Fleisher, Michael Spartz, Adam Gramlin, and Calvin 6 ( Pinkham ,) and pay to them at the rate of eight dollars, each, 7 per month, commencing on the first of January, Anno Domini 8 eighteen hundred and thirty.

Calvin Pinkham
Prints
Hitchcocks R. Mt. Reef
Jan'y Feb'y 1776 to
Jan'y 1777
Admitted
Apr. 17 th 1818

State of Massachusetts,
I Calvin Pinkham - a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Brotherton in the County of Lincoln in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, in the month of January or February 1776
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the first day of January 1777 being eleven months, being the time for which I enlisted
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Capt. Jew's Company, Col. Mitchell's Regiment, in the Rhode Island line - my time was out on the 1 st day of January 1777, & I then enlisted again for one month & served that time out faithfully
and that I left the service on the month of February 1777 and received a regular discharge, which I have lost
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty one years - I think I was discharged in New Jersey - The year men, so called, were discharged on the 1 st January 1777, and men were wanted a month longer until the next enlistment came in - a bounty was offered for a month, & I accordingly served the month as above stated without being discharged until said month last mentioned expired - I then as before stated received an honorable discharge
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
signed in presence of -
his Calvin Pinkham Mark
Jere Bailey Nicholas J. - Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me Jeremiah Bailey Judge of the Court of Probate within the County of Lincoln in the Commonwealth aforesaid the same being a Court of Record of said County
the abovenamed Calvin Pinkham and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Jere Bailey
I John H. Sheppard Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Lincoln hereby certify that the above said Jeremiah Bailey is Judge of said Court of Probate above named & that his signature within caption is genuine. That the seal aforesaid is the seal of said Court. John H. Sheppard.

I Henry Abbott of Brookton aforesaid on oath testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Calvin Pinkham the aforesaid Applicant, that I am knowing to his enlisting into the war of the revolution in January or February 1776 to serve until the 1 st day of January 1777, that he served out that time faithfully without interruption, & after the expiration of said time he enlisted for one month more & after that month he received a regular discharge as I understood. When said years service was out, I received my discharge & returned home, I having served in the same company with said Pinkham - but men being wanted for a month, until the new enlistments came in, said Pinkham was induced to stay another month as above stated. -
Henry Abbott
I Morral Hilton of Leicester in said County on oath testify as say, that I am well acquainted with Calvin Pinkham the aforesaid Applicant, that I am knowing to his enlisting into the revolutionary war in January or February 1776 to serve until the 1 st day of January 1777. - that he did faithfully serve out said time with out interruption, & after the expiration of said time, I understood said Pinkham staid one month longer, I well recollect we were all requested to serve again one month longer - some did & some did not -
Morral Hilton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln J. June 22. 1818. Personally appeared before me Jeremiah Bailey aforesaid, Judge of said Court of Probate.

the aforementioned Henry Abbot & Moral Hilton & after due caution to testify the whole truth, they severally made oath to the truth of the depositions aforesaid by each of them respectively signed which said depositions were each written by me, & both signed in my presence & each of said deponents are credible persons & their statements entitled to credit & belief. -
Irene Bailey
Calvin Parkham
Private
Witchcraft R. & P. Reg.
Janu Feb 1776 to
Janu 1777
Hampton
Feb 17th 1818