Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14014, for Bryant Newcomb, Massachusetts

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Newcomb Bryant
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3472.
Massachusetts
Bryant Newcomb of (Nantucket) in the State of Mass who was a Gunner in the company commanded by Captain John D. Crafts of the Reg't commanded by Col. Crafts in the Mass line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 102 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Dec 1832 and sent to S. S. Island Brookbury Mass Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 156-- Pensant. allowance ending 21 June 63 52-- $208--
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. S. Blair Clerk Book D Vol. 2 nd Page 69.

4737.
Edwin S. Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Lunenburg in and for said County, Bay and Newcomb a resident of Braintree in said County, aged seventy one , 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 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Braintree aforesaid on the twenty fifth day of October , A. D. 1761, and that there is no record of his birth and that he was in the United States service from the twentieth day of July A. D. 1777, to the thirty first day of December A. D. 1779 as a Gunner in the Massachusetts State Artillery : that he was residing at said Braintree on said thirtieth day of May A. D. 1777 when he entered the service; that he was an enlisted volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Amos Lincoln, Lieutenant Peter Nichols, Colonel Crafts & Lieutenant Colonel Raine : that he marched from Braintree to Boston , from Boston to Rhode Island from Rhode Island to Boston : that he served at Rhode Island with a company of Colonel Dyer's Regiment of the regular troops; and Generals Lafayette a regular officers were known to him: that he was in the battle of Rhode Island  which is lost and at the end of his service received a written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Braintree aforesaid
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the day of A. D. 17 to the day of A. D. 17 as a in the : that he was residing at when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of : that he marched from to , from to from to : that he served at with of the regular troops; and regular officers were known to him: that he was in battle and at the end of his service received written discharge.
ALSO that he was in the United States service from the day of A. D. 17 , to the day of A. D. 17 in the : that he was residing at when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of : that he marched from to , from to from to : that he served at with of the regular troops; and regular officers were known to him: that he was in battle and at the end of his service received written discharge.

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 first aforesaid.
Bryant Newcomb
We Peter Whitney
a clergyman, residing in the Jersey  lands
and Daniel S...
residing in the Jersey
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Bryant Newcomb who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one 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 as aforesaid.
Peter Whitney
Daniel S...
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 certify that it appears to them that Peter Whitney , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the  Jersey near Brant ; and that Daniel S... who has also signed the same is a resident in Jersey and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Therman Seland Judge of Probate
I Samuel Haxon , Regt. of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Bryant Newcomb for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Haxon

4/37
Bryant Newcomb
Braintree
Norfolk Co.
Mass.
Summa of Arrears 2 years
Adm
$104--
E S Leland
Rosebury
Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  Bryant Newcomb  of Norfolk County in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th 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? 71 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.     In 1777 July 13 2 5 18 privt Gen. Capt. (Major) Lincoln, Col. Crafts  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Rhode Island  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Braintree  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional Evidence  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.
J H S 9/6/32 Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Bryant Newcomb Norfolk County Mass - which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes 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? yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? yes
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? no
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? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
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? no
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? yes
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 the 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 31 st 1832. —
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
the name of Brian Newcomb is borne on the Books of Col. Crafts' and Benner's Regiment of State Artillery and he is therein stated to have served as a gunner in Capt. Lincoln's Company, in said Regiment from July 13. 1777 to Dec. 31. 1779 - to which last date the Books come down & no later; and that his wages were 525 per month. Edward D. Dany. Secy of Com'te.

THE NEWCOMB BROS. WALL PAPER CO.
N.W. CORNER SEVENTH & LOCUST STREETS
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Apr 3 189 4
Hon Mr. Lockman Commissioner of Pensions. Dear Sir -
Will you kindly give me the military ser- vices of my Great-uncle Bryant Newcomb - a sold- ier of the Revolutionary War who drew a pension in 1840 while living at Braintree, Norfolk Co. Mass. His name appears on page 31 of the Census of Pensioners to date
Yours Respectfully Wm. Geo. A. Newcomb.

Apr. 24 th 1842 Wash 6 Ann L. Newcomb 11 th Street St. St. Louis, Mo. Dist. of Miss Kate L. Hayden 12 Howard Ave. Quincy Point, Mass. M.C.
Rev. Man
14014 INVALID.
Oct. 10/93
File No. 14014
D Bryant Newcomb Glenn  Dr. Smith Rev. Man
Act: June 9 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 274
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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P. M
mother not w
Quincy Oct 3rd 1895
Wm Lochren.
Sir
I wish to get a record of service of my G. Grandfather and Grandmother they were both Pensioners. My G. Grandfather Bryant Newcomb. was in the war of the Revolution. served about 6 years. I am told. was taken Prisoner on some vessel, and held in captivity some months. Died about 1848.
Grandfather Bryant Newcomb. was in the war of 1812. also a Pensioner.
Was advised to write

to Wm Lachren. Com, Pensions for their records of service
If this is not the proper course to take for the desired information please advise
Respectfully Yours.
Mrs. Kate L. (Wight) Hayden. 12. Howard Avenue, Quincy Point, Mass.