Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,172, for Thomas Rand, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Rand, Thomas
S.18172
CONTENTS
Carded

New Hampshire
Thomas Rand
of Rockingham in the State of N H who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gales of the reg t commanded by Col d G. S. Dole in the N H line for 9 Mos 18 D r from Ap r 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 31 Dollars 88 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of October 1832 and issued to Benj r Pinkham - Portsmouth N H
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1832 $ 25.92 Semi-annual allowance ending - Dec r 1832 15.94
63.76
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H N o 167 Blair Clerk. Book D Vol. 157 Page 180

Thomas Rand of Rye N.H. V o 4.436.
Private In Roll capt Jewell's Company. Col. Wentworth's Reg t Muster'd 8 July 178 3 Months & 18 Days In Roll of capt Colby's Company - paid of sum not the sum
9 Month & 18 Days
John J ~ E
Benj o Pinkhallow Portsmouth N.H.

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Rand of the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7 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? 72 years & 2 months  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 1776 Apr. — 6 — Private Gen. Col. David Gilman's Regt.   1780. July — 3 — ditto Capt. John Collett's Company Col. Thos. Bartlett's Regt. Capt. Danl. Jewell  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rye in the County of State aforesaid  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by the Depositions of living witnesses in addition to his own & the opinion of the Court never had a written discharge  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Regular but no Certificate of a Coleryman 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Sevin Belt Examining Clerk.

Thomas Rand's Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire County of Rockingham S.S.
On this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature now sitting  sitting at Exeter in said County Thomas Rand a resident of Rye in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Aged Seventy Two years and Two months, 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 and served in the Armies of the revo- lution under the following named Officers: —
I Thomas Rand of Rye in the County of Rockingham and State New-Hampshire, now of the Age of Seventy Two years and Two months, Testify and say, That I Enlisted as a Private Soldier in the War of the Revolution in the year 1776. for the following Terms of Enlist- ments, and under the following named Officers. viz 1 st  1 st Enlistment. I, Enlisted under Capt: John Galf of Hampstead in the County of Rockingham, and State of New Hampshire, in his Company of Foot, and in Col: David Gilman's Regiment of the Militia of New-Hampshire, and was Enlisted at Rye, in the County and State aforesaid, early in the month of April 1776. but I do not remember the exact day of the month, but I very well recollect That I Enlisted for Six months, and served as a Private Soldier under the before mentioned Officer, at New Castle in the Harbour of Portsmouth New Hampshire, and assisted in building the Fort at New-Castle, on Long Point, so called, opposite Little Harbour, near Portsmouth New Hampshire, and served my time of Enlistment, for six months out, at said New Castle, as aforesaid, and was then discharged, and went home to Rye, as aforesaid. Term of Service Six months Months, Days. 6 00 — Carried Over.

Mentioned in the Borrowed Book 6 v 00:
2 d Enlistment.
I Enlisted at Rye, in the County of Rockingham, and State of New Hampshire, as a Private Soldier, early in the month of July 1780. I do not recollect the exact day of the month, in the Company of Foot commanded by Capt. Daniel Jewell of Stratham in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, and was in Col o Thomas Bartlett of Nottingham, in the County and State aforesaid's Regiment, of Foot of the Militia of New Hampshire. I Enlisted to serve for Three months, and as soon after we Enlisted as possible, our company marched from Rye, through Exeter New Hampshire, to Kingston Plains, New Hampshire, and there the Company passed muster, and marched from Kingston Plains, to Springfield Massachusetts, and from there, we marched to Fish-Kills in the State of New-York, stop't there a few days, and then we marched to West-Point, New-York, and joined that part of the Army there, that was then commanded by General Arnold, and the said Thomas Round was at West-Point, with the Army, at the time General Arnold's Treason, was discovered.
3 00
And during my Enlistment, I was not in any Battle, and I served my term of Enlistment, for Three Months out, at West-Point, got my discharge, and returned home to Rye.
I served for Two Enlistments only, as before mentioned.
Whole Term of Service. 9 00
Both of the foregoing Enlistments herewith mentioned I believe shall may be considered as having been performed by me, in the Militia Service, in the Revolutionary War, by the Soldiers of New Hampshire, who served with me, as I have stated. I did not make any memorandum of my services performed, at the time they were performed, as being in the State Troops, or Militia Troops, of New Hampshire, thinking it would not be of any consequence which, as long as the duty of service, was faithfully performed, at the times and places, as stated by me, and by the Two Depositions annexed in support of my claim.
Borrowed Book.

of my claim, as a Soldier, of the Revolutionary war. — In one of the Depo- sitions given by Elijah Lock of Chester New Hampshire, of the age of Twenty Eight years, he states that his services and mine were in the New Hampshire State Troops, but I think he must have been mistaken, and should have stated, that my services, and his, was performed in the militia Troops of New Hampshire. — If either of us were wrong in our judgement, there was no intention of doing wrong, and hope that the Rolls of the New Hampshire Troops, will enable the War Department to set us right. As I think they will find both our names on the militia Rolls of New Hampshire. —
I further testify declare and say that I resided at Rye aforesaid at the several times I enlisted as aforesaid and have ever since resided there and never received any written discharge I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and I declare that my name is not on the pension Rolls, of any agency in any State. —
Witness Peter Chadwick Thomas his Mark Rand
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. —
Attest P. Chadwick, Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant, was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. —
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Superior Court of Judicature do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Thomas Rand for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fifteenth day of August Anno Dom ini 1832
P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockport County

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Elijah Locke
Deposition

I Elijah Locke of Chichester in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire of the age of seventy eight years, Depose and say that I am well acquainted with Thomas Rand of Rye in the County of Rockingham and State aforesaid and have known him from his youth, and know that he was a private soldier in the army of the revolution in the year 1776, at New Castle near the town of Portsmouth in said State of New Hampshire that he was in the New Hampshire State troops in Capt. John Cales's company and in Col. David Gilman's regiment of foot and that he enlisted at Rye in the County of Rockingham and State aforesaid in the month of April 1776 and I was in the same company under Capt. John Cales of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State aforesaid and in Col. Gilman's Regiment with said Rand and we were both together at New Castle aforesaid and that said Thomas Rand enlisted for six months, and I believe he served his time of enlistment out.
Chichester August 1 st 1832
Nathl. Sherburne
Elijah
Locke
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. August 1 st 1832
Personally appeared the above named Elijah Locke and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is just & true Before me Nathl. Sherburne Jus. Peace
I certify that the above named Elijah Locke is generally esteemed a reputable character
Nathl. Sherburne

Peter Chadwick, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Benjamin Penhollow before whom the annexed affi- davit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace in the said County of Rockingham & the signatures are in his own hand writing. and I further certify that Nathaniel Sharbun before whom the within affidavit was sworn is an attorney Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Merrimack and that I believe that the signatures to the Certificates thereon are in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of August Anno Domini 1877.
P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

I, Jeremiah Brown of North Hampton in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, of the Age of Seventy years and Three months, Depose and say that I am well acquainted with Thomas Rand of Rye in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, and have known him well from his Youth, and know that he was a Private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution at West Point in the State of New York, and was in the Militia of New Hampshire in the Company of Foot commanded by Captain Daniel Jewell, of Stratham, County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, and in Col: Thomas Badlett of Nottingham County of Rockingham, and State of New Hampshire's Regiment and that he the said Thomas Rand Enlisted at Rye in the County and State aforesaid, early in the month of July in the year 1780. and our Company march'd from Rye, to Kingston Plains in New Hampshire, and there passed muster, and the said Thomas Rand, and the said Jeremiah Brown, was mustered with the Company and then march'd for Springfield Massachusetts to Fish Kill in the State of New York, stop't but a few days at Fish Kill, then march'd to West Point, and joined that part of the Army that was commanded by General Arnold, and the said Jeremiah Brown and Thomas Rand was at West Point, at the time Gen: Arnold's treason was discovered. And that the said Thomas Rand was Enlisted for Three months, at Rye as aforesaid, and served his time of Enlistment out, and returned home with me.
Jeremiah Brown
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss.) Portsmouth August 6 th 1832. Then the above named Jeremiah Brown, personally appeared, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above Deposition, by him subscribed
Before me
Benjamin P. Waldo Justice Peace
I certify that the above named Jeremiah Brown is a reputable man.
Benjamin P. Waldo Justice Peace.

INVALID.
File No. 18,172
Thomas Bond
Rich Rec 1881
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]