Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29672, Cushing Burr, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Burr, Cushing
S. 29672
CONTENTS

8065.
Massachusetts
Cushing Burr
of Ashley in the State of Mass who was a Riparian in the Company commanded by Captain Storrs of the Regt commanded by Col Whitney in the Army line for 11 Months
74 Middlen
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Mar 1832 and first Sound Dana of Grafton Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $73.52 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 Dec " 18.33 $91.85
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Blair Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 20 Page 4 .

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan. 24 30 12 1833.
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 Cushing Burr served under Capt. Seth
 1. Stowers in Col o Whitney Regiment from June 9 th to 30 th Nov r . 1776. Five months & twenty two days. m o Days. 5 22  2. He also served under Capt n Joseph Baxter in Col o M c Intosh's Regiment from August 5. to Sept r . 14, 1778. One month & thirteen Days. 1 13  3. He again served under Capt n Theoph l Wilder, Col o Thayer's Regt. from July 22 d to Oct r . 29, 1780. Three months and eleven days. 3 11 10 16 
Edward D Bangs Secy G Comt d

Declaration Cushing Brew
Please to address Sam. Danahy Gorton Ms.
See index
22210
11 Gorton

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex
ss.
On this seventeenth
day of August A.D. 1832
" Concord
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas  Probate , now sitting at within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth
aforesaid
Cushing Burr of Ashland , aged 73 years
Who being 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 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1. That in the year AD 1776 when living in Hingham, he enlisted into the public service, to go to Nantasket for six months in the Company of Capt. Seth Storer, his Lieut. were Elijah Beals and Peter Nichols, and the Regt. was commanded by Col. Josiah Whitney of Needham, he joined his Company and was stationed at Nantasket, and was occupied in guarding the Boats for his term of six months when he was dismissed and returned home. 2 In the year AD 1778 he engaged to go to Rhode Island for six weeks and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Theophilus Cotton, his Lieut. were Capt. R. A. Dyer and the Company was in the Regiment of Col. S. Prescott in Gen. Sullivan's Brigade, he marched with his Company to Rhode Island and continued with them until he served his term of six weeks when he was dismissed and returned to Hingham. 3 In AD 1780 he engaged to go to the Northern frontier for three months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Theophilus Cotton, his Lieut. were Nason and the Company was in the Regiment of Col. Mather of Brimfield, his Company marched for Albany and Claverack in New York & proceeded as far as Scituate in New Jersey where they received orders to march to Rhode Island, and was stationed at Newport with some French troops, and there did duty till he completed his term of three months when he was dismissed. 4 He states that he belonged to the Company of Miletus in Hingham - Mr. in the last part of 1779 before he went to Nantasket, and there a alarm occurred by the movements of the Enemy that Spring, and the Company of Capt. Thomas Fearing to which he belonged marched to Dorchester Heights and were there encamped for ten days when he served with them for that time when they returned to Hingham. 5. In AD 1777 there was an alarm for fear that the Enemy would land at Nantasket, and Capt. Fearing's Company were ordered there to prevent the Enemy from landing and he remained there fourteen days at Nantasket, when the Company returned to Hingham.

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to and
J. P. Fay Prob
Cushing Burr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts We Esd. L. Bascomb
a Clergyman residing in the town of Ashley
in the county of Middlesex and Chester Mann of the
Same Ashley hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Cushing Burr who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me Sam. Dana Justice of the Peace for all the Counties in said Commonwealth.
Esdras L. Bascomb
Chester Mann
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that the Rev. Esdras L. Bascomb who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Ashley and that Chester Mann of the same Ashley is a credible person, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
J. P. Fay Prob Clerk of the Court of
I do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Cushing Burr for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Isaac Isbell
Feb 4 5 1833. Cushing Burr having sought for and received his 1st & 2nd services and being unable to obtain it, he relinquishes those two said claims & prays to be admitted for his 1. 2 & 3 d claims.
Cushing Burr by his Atty Sam. Dana

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Concord on the seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832. On the application of Cushing Burr claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year, were you born?
Answer, In Hingham Ms. on the 21 Jany AD 1759
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have a family record
3. Did you ever receive any written discharge from service? Ans? I never received any such discharge.
4. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I was living in Hingham, where I continued to live till 1791. when I removed to Ashley where I have since and now do live
5. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer, All my services were voluntary
6. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, Genl. Lincoln Genl. Sullivan at Rhode Island, Brig. Genl. Lincoln of the Militia
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Rev. Mr. Balcomb, Hon John Locke, Hon. T. Willard, Sup. Capt. Coughlin, Miss. Sarah Balcomb, and Isaac Washwell Selectmen of Ashley.
Sworn to the J. P. Fay  Cushing Burr

Cushing Burr
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Print
11 Months
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$36.66
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BRIEF in the case of Cushing Burr  of Ashley in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy three 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 1776 6 5 Private Col o Whitney Capt: Storrs   1776 10 " Capt: Fearing   1778 1 13 " Col o McIntosh Capt: Baxter   1780 3 11 " Col o Shayer Capt: Wilder   No date 14 " Capt: Fearing  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? In Hingham  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? correctly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
The Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shows this applicant is found on the rolls of said Commonwealth —

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Cushing Burr a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1 Spring 1776 10 days Priv. Thomas Fearing   2 June 9 1776 5 mos 22 days Seth Stowers Josiah Whitney Mass   4 Sept 14 1778 1 mo. 13 days Joseph Baxter McIntosh   5 July 21 1780 3 mos 11 days Theophilus Wilder Thayer   3 " 177 - 14 days Thos Fearing  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hingham Mass
Date of application for pension, Aug 19, 1832 This cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Ashley Middlesex Co. Mass
Age at date of application, Jan. 21, 1759 at Hingham Mass
Remarks: There is no data on file as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

29672 Rev INVALID.
1921 Law. H. History to Henry P. P. Rosemont. 21 Rosemont Place, San Francisco, Cal. (see his letter in Levi Burr, 30252.) aut
File No. 29672
Cushing Burr Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]