Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,998, for Joseph Naramore, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Naramore, Joseph or Naramore
5,18,998
CONTENTS
carded

10.085 Massachusetts
Joseph Nashamore of Ashby in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg t commanded by Col. Tinker in the Mass line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of ~30~ Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of March 1833 and sent from H. Bates Northampton Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 4, 1833 15.00
$75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. B. Adams Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 59

No 2662

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 Eleventh day of Aug. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Samuel Hinsdell Judge of Probate for said County now sitting, Joseph Namamere a resident of Goshen in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged 71 , Tomorrow  72 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 1779 in the latter part of June he enlisted into the service of the Massachusetts State Troops as a private at Goshen aforesaid, then called Chesterfield gone to go to Rhode Island. Marched through Woodstock, & Hurlbidge having mustered at Hatfield, but not with the principal part of the company, being a week or more behind the company. Served in Capt Woodbridge's company, Col Nathan Tyler's regiment, Major Lyman, six months, stationed at Providence the greater part of the time summer. Then left the Tents & then went to Warwick neck as one of the Lieutenant's guard, there stationed a while, then to Newport - soon after the British left it, then back to Providence & there dismissed, but not in writing - In 1781, in the latter part of August he thinks, he enlisted for 3 months to go to Saratoga, marched through Worthington & to Albany, there stayed about a fortnight at the barracks, then up the North River to Saratoga, Stationed there 1/2 a mile from Schuyler's mills, near where it was said Burgoyne laid down his arms, & there served 3 months, engaged in scouting service, some of the time. The duty was light - He belonged to Capt Strong's company. Lieuts Asa Fadden & Richard Sylvester to the first of which lieutenants he was a waiter. He recollects celebrating Cornwallis's surrender there - Col Sears was the Colonel, Stark was the commander. He expects to prove each term of service - A British spy was taken & hung while he was at Schuyler's mills, whose name was James Lovelace -
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. Joseph Namamere Before me Samuel Hinsdell Judge of Probate for said County
We, residing in hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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.
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 Hinsdell Judge of Probate I, Sam. 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 Joseph Namamere for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Sam. F. Lyman Register

Sam l F. Lyman Register
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. { Hampshire ss. }
Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
We, William Hubbard residing in the town of Goshen and Jebulon Wilcutt residing in Goshen hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Warren who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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
Wm Hubbard Jebulon Wilcutt
Hampshire ss Dec 15 th 1832.
I hereby certify that William Hubbard who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman & that Jebulon Wilcutt who has also signed the same is a credible person, that they are both resident in Goshen that their statement is entitled to credit & that they made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate before me
Benjamin White 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 William Hubbard who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Goshen aforesaid and that Jebulon Wilcutt who has also signed the same, is a resident in Goshen aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. That they cannot attend in open Court without too much inconvenience & expense to the applicant Samuel Hinkley 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 Joseph Warren for a pension. That said Benjamin White is a justice of the Peace & that the above is a genuine signature
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 22 day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Sam l F. Lyman Register

7662
Joseph Narra mare
Map
Pinal
9 months
The H. 12 & 16 outarg. above in the brief not pumped with
Hn J. C. Bates
Northampton
Mass
Charles P. Huntington
Northampton
Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Harramore  of  Goshen  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy Two years  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. As a Gen.     In 17 19 6 " Private Col. Tyler   81 3 " Col. Sears  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chesfield now Goshen  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses,  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The witness that attests to the first term is not stated as credible 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
L. H. Addison Examining Clerk.

18998 INVALID.
File No. 18225
Joseph Warren Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 22
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 272
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Naramore Gashon Mapachemets
No 26 1/2

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Harramore  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? yes 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, 1832? he has VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes in his favor IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? he has 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? it is, and the inscription is good

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 has not
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? Omitted in all but one case, which case certifies only to three months
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.

Vinson Curtis for Joseph Nantawre.
✓

I, Vinson Curtis of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am inted acquainted with Joseph Waragnore of Goshen in the County of Hampshire aforesaid and I am knowing to his service as a private three months in the war of the Revolution in the year 1777 at Saratoga State of New York in the Company commanded by Capt. Strong and in Col. Searles Regiment of State troops and I the said Deponent served in the same Company and same Regiment and was discharged at the same time. Vinson Curtis
Hampshire ss. August 10th 1832 Personally appeared Vinson Curtis above named and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me Francis Packard Justice of Peace
I here by certify that I am acquainted with the above named Vinson Curtis and that he is a person of good credit and of the truth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Francis Packard Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was 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 eleventh day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

I Vinson Curtis of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I am inted acquainted with Joseph Naramore of Goshen in the County Hampshire aforesaid and I am knowing to his service as a private three months in the war of the Revolution in the year 1777 at Saratoga State of New York in the Company commanded by Capt. Strong and in Col. Sears Regiment of state troops and I the said Defendant served in the same Company and same Regiment and was discharged at the same time.
Vinson Curtis
Hampshire ss. August 10 th 1782 Personally appeared Vinson Curtis above named and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Francis Packard justice of the Peace
I here by certify that I am acquainted with the above named Vinson Curtis and that he is considered and reputed to be a person of truth and veracity.
Francis Packard justice of the Peace

Augustus V Henry Myself for G. S. N. N. amore.

We Henry Angel and Augustus Angel both of Chester in the County of Warren and State of New York of lawful age testify & say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight or seventy nine Mr. Joseph Benamore of Goshen in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts served with us as a private soldier in the States troops, so called, in the United States service, for the term of six months, at Providence in the State of Rhode Island, in the company commanded by Capt Woodbridge, whose christian name is do not now recollect. The Col: of the Regiment in which said Benamore served was a Col. Brayley as we think & believe - At the end of the six months, the regiment was disbanded and the said Benamore was then discharged - and for the  defendants say not We are very sure the name of said Woodbridge was Joshua L. Woodbridge. and further on the defendants say not Augustus Angel Henry Angel
Hampshire ss. On the fifth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty two, the above deponents were examined & each have & sworn agreeable to Law to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by them subscribed taken at the request of said Benamore and to be used by him in an application for a pension from the United States Government and that is the cause of taking this deposition -
Dyer Bancroft 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 Dyer Bancroft Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was 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 Eleven-th day of August A. D. 1832.
Sam. F. Lyman Register of Probate.
Hampshire ss Dec 13. 1832
I hereby certify that the within deponents who made oath to the truth of the within affidavit before me are credible persons.
Dear Bancroft { Justice of the Peace.
Yours truly Samuel F. Lyman for Prob. N. Hampshire.