Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,244, Winslow Brigham, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Brigham, Winslow Alice
NUMBER _____
No. 25,244
CONTENTS

4872
Massachusetts
Winslow Brigham
of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Houghton of the Regt. commanded by Col Smith in the Mass line for 11 months & 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $8 - Dollars 21 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Aug 1833 and that Wm S. D. Stoddard House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $57.31 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 19.11 $76.42
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. H. Adams Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 a Page 95
77 March

Massachusetts. 3399
Alice Brigham widow of Winslow Brigham who was a Private in the Massachusetts line for 11 mo. 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Thirty eight Dollars twenty one Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the Seventh day of December 1843 and sent to Thomas Bulfinch Boston Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 37

9701 Winslow Brigham
Private
11 Months & 14 days all
Hon. J. G. Kendall AR

9701 Winslow Brigham
Providence
11 Months & 14 Days
old
Hon. J. G. Randall AR

9701 Winlow Dugham  BRIEF in the case of County of Worcester in the State of (Act 7th June, 1832.) Massachusetts
 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? 76  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.     19 th April In 1775 vol 2 weeks As a Private Gen. Capt S. Gates.   Summer 1775 enlisted until middle September " Capt Doughton. Col Smith.   July 1778 x 6 months " Capt N. Fisher.   x 5 Months   71. 14  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northborough  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? witnesses & traditionary  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.
Jan'y 23, 1833  J Waugh Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. -
On this nineteenth day of September A.D. 1855 personally appeared before the Judge of Probate of Middlesex for said County, Alice Brigham, a resident of Northborough in said County, age eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of Winthrop Brigham late of said Northborough deceased, who was a private in the service of the United States in the Military, in the War of the Revolution for the term of ten months or more according to her best belief -
That she cannot furnish any proof by the testimony of witnesses relative to said service, but she refers for proof thereof to the records & files of the War De- partment, the said Winthrop Brigh

Having been placed upon the Pension List, under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed March June 7, 1832, entitled "An Act supple- mentary to the Act for the relief of certain Sur- viving Officers & Soldiers of the Revolution" and that the said deceased was, by the said Act, entitled to a pension of thirty eight dollars & twenty one cents per annum, as will appear by his certificate dated January 29, 1833. which the declarant is unable to produce, the same having been returned to the War Department, after the decease of the said Winston.
She further declares that she was married to the said Winston Brigham on the twenty fifth day of October, in the year Nineteen hundred & eighty one: that her husband the aforesaid Winston Brigham died on the fourth day of September in the year eighteen hundred & eighty seven that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Nineteen hundred & ninety four, viz at the time when it is stated that she has never been mar- ried since his death. Alice B. Brigham Sworn to and subscribed.
The last year alive with him before me Mr. Patton judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Hampshire.

Clerk's Office, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, September 3 rd 1838.
Transcript of the record of marriages, "Winslow Brigham of Northboro' and Alice Cushing of Shrewsbury, October twenty fifth, Seventeen hundred and eighty one, By Rev d Joseph Sumner:" and I certify that it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures, as follows: - "Oct. 25. 1781."
Attest, A. R. Phelps, Town Clerk.
I, A. R. Phelps, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Shrewsbury, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
A. R. Phelps, Clerk of the Town of Shrewsbury.
Worcester p. Sept. 5. 1838
Sworn before me,
Martin L. Stone Justice of the Peace.

Town Clerk's Office, Northborough, Worcester County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Sept. 15, 1838. Transcript from the Records of deaths.
"Winston Brigham died September" "fourth eighteen hundred & thirty seven." "Aged 81 years" -
I certify that the above is a true extract from the records of said Northborough, with the exception of the date, which is ex- pressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows. "September 4. 1837". Martin L. Stone.
I Martin L. Stone depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Northborough above mentioned, and that the above is a true copy from the record of said town, with the exception of the date as above certified by me
Martin L. Stone, Town Clerk of Northborough.
Worcester St. Sept 29 1838
Therebefore me
Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace

William Brigham of Northampton in the County of Hampshire, State of Massachusetts, being fifty two years of age, do hereby certify that I am the son of William Brigham and Alice Brigham his wife. My sister Fanny died on the fourth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty seven, and my sister Martha, who lives with me, has never been married since her death. Wm. Brigham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire ss. Sept. 17. 1838. I do hereby certify that the foregoing is true to me as a man of truth. William Brigham of Northampton

974 Declamation of Winslow Brigham
Stearns

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this sixth -- day of September in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Hon. Nathaniel Daine Judge of Probate for said County now sitting Winslow Brigham a resident of Northborough in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy Six 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 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.
2 weeks { April 19, 1775, he marched as a volunteer from said Northboro to Cambridge near Boston, and continued there in said service in Capt Silas Gates company two weeks - when he was discharged by verbal orders - He cannot find any living witness to this term of service -
5 mos.
see deposition of Officer S. Bailey
In the summer of 1776 he enlisted into the said service for five months, and marched first to New Haven, thence by water proceeded to New York city - Remained there until the middle of September 1776 - When retreated from the city and continued in said service, generally retreating before the British troops - until discharged - He served under the following officers during this term -    Capt Jonathan Houghton  } {  Col Jonathan Smith    1st Lt James Godfrey  Lt Robert Doolittle    2nd Lt Benjamin Wilson  Maj Moses Wheeler      Hdlyt Nathan Fisher    He thinks he recd a written discharge at the close of this term but cannot find it, and supposes it to be lost -
6 mos -
see Deposition of Officer Perkins
Sometime in June 1778 he enlisted into said service for the term of six months, and marched to Providence (R.I.) thence to the Island of Rhode Island - and was there until about the last of August when the American troops retreated from the Island - He was afterwards at Ware, Bristol &c - until the close of said term - when he was discharged by verbal orders -    Part of the time with  } {  Part of the time with    Capt Nathan Fisher  Capt Ebenezer Belknap    1st Lt James Godfrey  1st Lt Harmon Seaver    2nd Lt Samuel French      He cannot find any witness for the last two months -
He was born in that part of Boston now Northboro - Record of his age - Walter's - He lived at the place of his birth when called into the service - & has lived there ever since - He never recd more than one written discharge - that is lost - In answer to the 7th question of the form he will name, Nathan Day & Cyrus Gale Esquires, Benjamin Munroe & James Maynard -
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 aforesaid.
Before NATHANIEL DAINE Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Winslow Brigham

We Joseph Allen a Clergyman residing in the town of Northborough and Cyrus Gale residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Winslow Brigham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me, Mark L. Dyer Notary Public Nathl G. Dime Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Joseph Allen Cyrus Gale
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 above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Joseph Allen who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said Northborough and that Cyrus Gale who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl G. Dime Judge of Probate of the County of Worcester
Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester hereby certify foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Winslow Brigham for a pension.
TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and fixed the seal of said Court this 7 th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theoph s Wheeler Reg t of said Court in Massachusetts

Ray
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23744
Mrs Bingham wid of Winslow Bingham Priv Red war
Act: March 5 th  1/43
Index:—Vol. A , Page 65
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1.554.
Massachusetts.
Alice Brigham
widow of Alinslow Brigham
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 4 th Sep 1837 of Worcester Co. in the State of Mass s who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Houghton of the Reg t commanded by Col. Smith in the Massachusetts line for 11. Mos. & 14 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 38. Dollars 21. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836 & ending 4. Sep 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of March 1843 and sent to Elizab th Clark, Brighton, Mass.
Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. S. Evans Clerk, Book II. Vol. 1. Page 71.
Reported.
A new Certificate was issued in this case under the opinion of the Attorney General of the 3 rd Sep 1842, which was given in consequence of the Resolution of Congress of the 16. August 1842.

Winlow Pugham M.P.
Act Jan 7 1837 f when paid?
W.H.F. Jan. 2/39
Died 4 Sept. 1837. paid J.H.H.

1554
Massachusetts
Alice Brigham widow of Winslow Brigham dec.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 4th September 1837 of Worcester in the State of MS.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Houghton of the Regt. commanded by Col. Smith in the MS. line for 11 months & 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of MS. at the rate of 38 Dollars 21 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 & Sept. 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Jan'y 1839 and sent Hon. Mr. Davis Senate U States
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 $38. 21 Semi-annual allowance ending March 1839 $19.60
$57.81
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M.H. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 1st Page 71

3876
Alice Brigham
$38: 21 per an
3397
Thos. Bullock Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County, } ss
Be it known that on this twenty third day of August 1843 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth, Mrs. Alice Brigham a resident of Montpelier in the County of Worcester aged Eighty six years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War =
That she is the Widow of Winstow Brigham who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the Law of the 7 th July 1838, to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of his services for the proof of her marriage identity and the time of her husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of Thirty Eight 3 / 4 dollars per annum which amount she received from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 4 th March 1841 at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said Husband but is now and ever since has been the Widow of said Winstow Brigham deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And further she saith not Alice Brigham

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first within written and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described
Before me
Nahum Fisher, Justice of the Peace
I Abm Mr. Brigham of Northborough in the County of Worcester of lawful age on oath testify and say that, I have been well acquainted with Mrs. Alice Brigham the applicant named in the within declaration for many years past. I know that she was the wife and is now the Widow of Manslow Brigham deceased who was reputed to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and that she was a pensioner under the Law of 7 th July 1838. as stated by her
Alice Brigham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County } ss. Sept. 23 d 1843
Then came Abm Mr. Brigham who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true
Before me
Nahum Fisher, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 24 th 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the Annexed attestation Sahum Fisher was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
M. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

(2157) Alice Brigham.
Wid of M c lean
Mass
Ad 1 st July 1865
Mar 1787
died 1837
Allan #38. 21 p m am from Sept 4 1837
H n Davis U.S.S.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Ira Barton is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signatures to the papers hereto annexed are true and genuine.
I further certify, that Martin S. Stone and Emory Washburn are Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that their signatures to the papers hereto annexed are true and genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this twenty ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register.

We, Nathan Rice aged 80 years and Silas Baileys aged 76 years both of Northborough in the County of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath depose and say, that Winston Brigham of said Northborough was in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war during the year 1776 for the term of five months from about the first of July - in and near the city of New York, - Capt Jonathan Houghton's company and Col. Jonathan Smith's Regt. We were members of the same company during the said term.
Nathan Rice
Silas Baileys
Worcester ss. August 28. 1832 The abovenamed Nathan Rice and Silas Baileys made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by them subscribed: And I certify that the said deponents are well known to me and are credible witnesses -
Martin S. Stow Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Martin S. Stow Esquire before whom the above Affidavits of Nathan Rice and Silas Baileys, and the annexed Affidavits of John Parks were made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Worcester and that his signatures thereto appear to me to be in his own proper handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands, and affixed the County Seal, this fifth day of September, A.D. 1832.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk

I John Parks of Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 73 years on oath depose & say - That Winslow Brigham of Northborough in said County was a soldier with myself in the revolutionary war in the year 1778 - That he served in a company of Militia commanded a part of the time by Capt Nathan Fisher, in which James Godfrey was 1 st & Samuel Jones 2 d Lt. -- The remainder of the term our company was commanded by Capt Ebenezer Battenup Norman Seaver 1 st Lt. - in the regiment commanded by Col. Wade ---
That I continued in said company four months commencing sometime in June 1778 - That said service was rendered at Providence & other places in the State of Rhode Island - That sometime in October of said year I left said Brigham with said company -
John parks
Worcester Aug: 10. 1832 - Then the abovenamed John Parks made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, and I certify that the said John Parks is known to me & that he is a credible witness -
Martin L. Stowe Justice of the Peace

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Windsor Brigham further proof or explanation.
which require
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? — 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? No he has VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No 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? 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? —
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? witness
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? 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? 5 5 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE : 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.

Alice Brigham Mass.
at 7. July 38
$38 41/100
from March 36 to 4 Sept. 37
Elijah Clark Brighton Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss
On this thirty first day of January eighteen hundred and forty three. Personally appeared before me Martin L. Stowell Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Worcester. Abigail Brigham, a resident of Northborough in said County, eighty five years of age, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the fourth of March 1836, to the fourth day of September A.D. 1837, from which period she has been already paid under the act of the seventh of July 1838, and the Declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Winslow Brigham who was a private in the Revolutionary War, that her pension was allowed at the rate of thirty eight dollars, and twenty one cents per annum, and was paid to her at the agency at Boston in the State of Massachusetts, and further she saith not.
Abigail Brigham
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, Before Me.
Martin L. Stowell Jus: of Peace
Worcester ss. Jan. 31. 1843 - I certify that I am well acquainted with the abovenamed declarant; that she is the widow of Winslow Brigham late of Northborough dec- who was a pensioner of the United States, & that she rec- a pension from Sept. 4. 1837 to March 4. 1841, under the act of July 7. 1838. Martin L. Stowell Jus: of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office
Feb. 4. 1843
I hereby certify that the within named Martin S. Stowe was on the thir- ty first day of January last past a Jus- tice of the Peace in & for the County of Wor- cester in said Massachusetts
Witness the Seal of the Com- monwealth
John A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth