Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,485, for Benjamin Popkin, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Popkin Benjamin
S. 33,485
CONTENTS

4,530
Massachusetts Roll.
Benjamin Popkin Capt Popkin private Massachusetts line - 1776. 1 year the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of Nov r 1818 and sent to John Hooker Esq r Springfield Mass n
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818  38.40 Semi-ann. all ce ending 11 Mar 1819  48
Arrear 4 Mo \frac{24}{30} $ 86.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Springfield, Hampden Co Mass.

Notification sent July 29 1820 to John Ingersoll, Springfield, Mass. U.S.- opinion of the Atty Genl. U.S. sent 12 Nov 1821. Care of John Ingersoll Esq. Springfield Mass.

Benj r Popken
not found on the disbanded list
Further evidence necessary to show that he served Admitted the 9 months required by the law of the 18 th March 1815 in the Conti- nental Army to entitle him to the pension pro- vided for in that law
War Dep t Pens n off ce
1 May 1816
N o 83 The evidence should be that of some state authority
Benj r Popken
I do hereby return the application with the additional evidence of John Popkin late Capt n in the Army of the revolutionary War to the Secy of War Departed War Oct r 30 th 1816
John Hooker without named

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampden ss. B E IT REMEMBERED, That on the eleventh day of April A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER,
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State, and including the said county of Hampden the above named
Benjamin Popham the Applicant & Justin Lumbard & Daniel Lumbard Esq. respectively
made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavits, by him respectively subscribed, and hereto annexed. I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said
Benjamin Popham the applicant did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a resident citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Hampden
to be affixed hereto, this eleventh day of April 1818
I do therefore hereby certify the above & annexed as the testimony & proceedings had before me on the Application aforesaid & transmit the same to the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States
John Hooker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County ss.
On this eleventh day of April 1810 personally came & appeared before John Hooker Esquire Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said Commonwealth including the said County of Hampden Benjamin Popkin a citizen of the United States, resident in Springfield in said County, who being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that in the latter part of June 1775 he enlisted into the army of the United States then called the Continental Army into the Company commanded by Capt. John Popkin, in Col. Benoit's Regiment in the Massachusetts line for the term of eight months - that he continued to serve in said last mentioned company for the space of 8 months as a common soldier - that immediately upon the expiration of the said period of 8 months he enlisted into the same last mentioned company for one year, Capt. Edward Burbach having then assumed the command of said Company - and that I served therein through the whole of said year And this Deponent says further that he received an honorable discharge from the service at Peekskill, as he recollects, in the State of New York, on the last day of December 1777. from General Heath. Which discharge he is unable now to find - And this Deponent further saith that he is in reduced circumstances in life & is in need of assistance from his Country for a support. —
Benjamin Popkin
April 11-
We Justus Lumbard & Daniel Lumbard Post Masters & both of Springfield aforesaid do depose & say that we have long known the said Benj m Popkin for fifteen years past that he always maintained the reputation of being an honest man & that we believe full credit ought to be given to his testimony —
Justus Lumbard Daniel Lumbard

Benjamin Dophine
45 30
no 1818.
[Large, stylized, mirrored signature or mark]
[Mirrored signature or mark]
Mar 1819

COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of Hampden
ss.
ON this fourth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, before the Court  Court of Common Pleas the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Court being now in session at Springfield within and for said county of Hampden
Benjamin Daphin aged Sixty Three years, resident in Springfield in said County who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: Enlisted June 1775 into the Artillery Company  Commanded by my Brother John Daphin and the Regiment Commanded by Col. Gridley we were  on fatigue duty the most of the first year at Winter Hill - in 1776 enlisted in the same Company  the Regiment then Commanded by Col. Knox and the Company Commanded by Capt. Edw. Burbank  we marched to New York in the Spring of 1776 we were engaged in the battle of White Plains 20th October -  during the Winter we were engaged in scouting parties - In 1777 enlisted into the service of Massachusetts  my time having expired in United States Service - and continued in the war as a Soldier until  1779 under Col. Thomas Crafts of the Artillery I was at Rhode Island, under Gen. Sullivan - I was  discharged 1779 from Castle William now Fort Independence - I made Application for a pension -  April 11th 1818 Certificate dated November 24th 1810 Numbered 4.530 -
Benjamin Daphin a day labourer an infirm old man disabled from labour for the most part of his time by reason of Rheumatism and Dyspepsia which confines him frequently to his house a bed for months - I have a wife of Forty Six of infirm Constitution able to do but little for the support of herself which is the whole of my Family

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.
SCHEDULE.
1. Bureau $3. 2. Hand tables $1. - 5. Chairs $1.50 - 4. do. 75. - $ 6.25 1. Looking Glass $1. 2. Beds $16 - Two bedstead $1. one chest $1.50 - 19.50 1. Iron Shettle 75 cts. To Shettle 50 cts. Niter Shettle 75 cts. Iron pot 75 cts. - 2.75 one Swine $10 - 10. Set of Tea Cups & Saucers 25 cts - 1/2 doz large plates 25 cts. no 4 doz do 20 - 70 2. one Gallon Jugs 75 cts - one pail 12 1/2 cts one ft. bottle 10 cts - 92 1/2 1. pitcher - 16 cts. - 16 One House & one half acre of Land Three Hundred Sixty two dollars - 362. $ 400.28 1/2
Benjamin Popham
List of Debts due from Benj n Popham To Sol o Metcalf - $170.91 for goods Second by mortgage ony House - 60.50 Hold mortgage of To Walter Bates - 12.16 James Byers for goods - 10. Henry Chisholm - 10.10 Henry Fuller - 5. Capt. Joshua Frost - 10.00 Dwight a Wood - 2. Calvin Barrett - 2. 209.47
Benjamin Popham
Sworn to and declared on the fourth day of July 1820 before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas Attest John Ingersoll Clerk.
John Ingersoll
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule 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 Dollars and Twenty eight Cents. 25 mills exclusive of the list of debts mentioned in 2 d schedule In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this fourteenth day of July 1820
John Ingersoll
Clerk of the Court for the County of Hampshire

33485 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,485-
Benjamin Popkin Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 326
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Benjamin Popkin. Private.
Massachusetts.
Served 1 year in 1776. 1 st schedule dated 10 July 1820. contains one house & 1/2 acre of land valued at $ 392.00 Household articles of household and kitchen furniture. 38.28 $400.28
States that he owes the following debts, viz: to Sol. Hatch - secured by mortgage on house. 170.91 to Walter Bates, secured by mortgage on his house. 60.50 to James Byers 12.16 to Henry Nickham 10.00 to Henry Fuller 18.10 to Doct. Joshua Frost 5.00 to Dwight & Howard 10.80 to Calvin Barrett 2.00
24 Nov 1818 $289.47
Benjamin 63 years old, afflicted with rheumatism & dyspepsia. Wife 46 years old, infirm, and able to do but little. No other in family.
Application made to be restored and rejected 12 Nov 1821.
2 nd Schedule dated 27 Augt. 1821. Contains no real estate. Furniture $ 8.00 Small articles of household 31.42 Bills & interest 2.00 $39.42
states that all the property contained in his first and not included in his second schedule, has been sold for the payment of his just debts. - No debts mentioned in the 1 st schedule - By occupation, an innkeeper, but disease & old age prevent him from laboring, for a great part of his time -
A letter dated the 10 th July 1821, and signed by Roswell Lee, Superintendent, and Adonijah Foot, Master of the U.S. Army at Springfield states that the claimant has for many years been employed in that Army, & performed the duties assigned him faithfully. That he is now very infirm by reason of rheumatism & other complaints incident to old age, and cannot be longer employed with any profit or advantage to the public.
See Letter 11 th Apr 1823
John Ingersoll, Springfield, Mass.

I hereby certify that Benjamin Popkin enlisted a Match in my Company Col o Richard Gridley's Regiment of Artillery Raised in the State of Massachusetts some time in June, seventeen hundred seventy five; that he served the period for which he was enlisted; That he re-enlisted for the term of one year from the first of January Twenty fourteen hundred sixty six in the Reg t of Artillery commanded by Col o Knox. That I was in command of the company until some time in April of that year to the best of my recollection, at which time I left the company, and Cap t Edward Peabody took the command by order of Col o Knox and marched with to the State New York. That in September or October same year I accompanied Gen l Lincoln with a Division of Massachusetts Militia to the seat of War, where I saw the said Popkin a Soldier in the said Peabody's Company and at that time upon duty York Island. That I have been informed told by some of his fellow Soldiers that he remained in said Company the period for which he was enlisted and then obtained his discharge.
John Popkin a Captain in Col o Richard Gridley Reg t Artillery

Middlesex, ss Sept r 5 th 1870
Then the within named John Hopkins made Oath to the truth of the within certificate by him subscribed before me Barn o Green Jus t of the Peace John Hopkins

U. S. Armory Springfield July 10 th 1821.
This may Certify that Benjamin Pophins has for many years been employed in this Establishment, and has performed the duties assigned him faithfully and honestly: That he is now very infirm by reason of Rheumatism and other complaints incident to old age, and that his increasing infirmities are of such a nature that he cannot with any profit or advantage to the public be longer employed in this Armory, and we take the liberty earnestly to recommend that his Pension be allowed him, if consistent with the Rules & Regulations of the War Department, for we are confident from the knowledge we have of his character, that he was a brave and patriotic Soldier of the Revolution.
Respectfully Sir
Superintendent
Adonijah Foot Master Armorer

Benjamin Dophin: Application for a Pension Aug. 1891
Copy —
Sent the Atty. Genl's Opinion to B. Popkin J. L. E.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
SCHEDULE.
District of Hampden 88.
On this twenty seventh day of August 1821, personally appeared, in open court, (a) being a court of record (b) for the said district, [circuit, county, or corporation, as the case may be,] and Commonwealth aforesaid Benjamin Paphin aged Sixty four years, resident in Springfield in said district, [circuit, county, or corporation,] who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: (c) in the Regiment of Artillery commanded by Col. Vose and in the Company commanded by Capt. John Paphin and which is more particularly set forth in my original declaration made in April 1810 on which I obtained a Pension Certificate number four thousand five hundred & thirty
And I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) 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. (d) And I do further swear that the property contained in my former schedule exhibited to the Court in May 1821 and which is not included in the schedule hereto annexed has been sold & disposed of for the payment of my just debts and that the following Article of property are all that I now possess, including clothing & bedding etc.
 For - 1. Chest with drawers $3. one Chest 50. one do 75. - $11.25  1. Breakfast table $2. one kitchen do. 75. one candlestand 75. - 3.50  4. dining Chairs $1.14 one Rocking do 25. - 1 kitchen chairs 25. $1. - 2.39  1. Kettle 75 - 1. do $1.25 - 1. Iron Pot $1. - 1. Spider 75 - 1. Shovel 25 - 11.00  1. Shovel & Spade 60. 1. p. flat Iron 50. 1. p. fire dogs 50. 1. Dredge & skin 75. - 2.15  2 Candlesticks 40. Skins & furs 75. 1. Iron Shovel 50. one axe 33 - 1.90  Tin ware $1.25 Stone ware $1.25 - Glassware 50 - Cradle & wood $2.75 - 5.75  Teaspoons $1.25 - 1. Looking Glass $1. - 1. hand bellows 75 - 3. tubs 50 - 2.90  3 pails 50. - 1. tub & soap 3.00 - 1. finger barrel 50 - 1. small pot stove 50 - 1.50 
One Swine
$ 39.42
Benjamin Paphin

And I do further testify & depose that myself aged sixty four years or thereabouts, & my wife aged sixty years, constitute my family that I am by occupation a farmer but from a laborious life I have contracted Rheumatism & other complaints incident to old age which renders me incapable of labor for a great part of the time and I further depose that my wife Dulah has for a great number of years enjoyed a very poor state of health that she is seldom able to perform the ordinary work in & about the house
Sworn to, and declared, on the 27 th day of August 1821 Benjamin Popham
before The Court of Common Pleas
Attest John Ingersoll Clerk
I, John Ingersoll clerk of The Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath ( or affirmation ) and the schedule 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 Thirty nine dollars and forty two cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty second day of September 1821
John Ingersoll Clerk of the Court for the County of Hampden

(a) The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
(b) All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the act of Congress,
1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the state which create them;
2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several states, to be courts of record;
3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings.
4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the course of the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such.—[ Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States. ]
(c) Here set forth the regiment, company, and line, or ship, corps, or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and, if he has received a pension, the number of the pension certificate should be inserted.
(d) Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.