Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29010, Enos Bishop, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Bishop, Enos
NUMBER
S. 29010
CONTENTS

Maine 27. 517-
Enos Bishop
of Cumberland the State of Maine who was a private in the Corp's commanded by Captain Gage of the Reg't commanded by Col. Frye in the Dept of line for Eleven months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of July 1836 and sent Jeffrey Portland
Arrears to the 4th of March 34 110.00 Pension allowance ending 4th 1838 128.83
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Rolla Clerk Book E Vol. 1 Page 5
87 Camb.

Enos Bishop 31,471
11 th June 36.66
Shenfield Portland me

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
As a Special District Court of the United States begun and held at Portland, within and for said District, on the day of A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty.
On this twenty sixth day of February A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the District Judge Enos D. D. Bishop aged eighty seven make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
Enos D. D. Bishop a resident of the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, 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
under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. That he on the nineteenth day of April 1775 enlisted as a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Gage which company was raised in Bradford where he then lived, in the State of Massachusetts and belonged to Col. James Frye's Regiment. That he served therein eight months and eleven days and was discharged on the first day of January 1776. That said service was performed not only in the vicinity of Cambridge Massachusetts. That Thomas Stickney was Lieutenant and Ephraim Hardy was the Ensign in said Gage's company and Daniel Hardy was the adjutant of Col. Frye's Regiment. That on or about the tenth day of September 1776 he again enlisted in the company of Capt. John Johnson of Haverhill Massachusetts for the term of two months. That Daniel Kimball of Bradford where I then lived, was Lieutenant of said Johnson's company a man by the name of Marsh as he thinks was the Ensign. That he served his term out. That he marched with said company from Bradford aforesaid to Fairfield in Connecticut and from there to Rye in the State of New York. That Col. Cogswell commanded at Rye where there was some skirmishing between our troops & the enemy who were commanded by Major Rogers a Tory. That he marched with said Cogswell's company below Albany. The name of which he does not recollect, where he was discharged his time being out & that he was six or seven days getting to his home in Bradford Mass. That he served about two months in the company under the command of Capt. Nathaniel Gage of Bradford where he then lived. That he marched with said company from Bradford Mass. to Saratoga in the State of New York some time in the month of September 1777 and arrived at Saratoga about the thirteenth of October. That he stayed there four days in which time Burgoyne surrendered and said Gage's company with others under the command of Major Gage of Bradford & Major Smith of Ipswich Mass. under General Gates. That he marched from Saratoga with the prisoners to Cambridge Mass. That the company marched to Cambridge where he understood, that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no other persons whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his last term of service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
attest. A. D. Bishop Enos D. Bishop Clerk
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
Ashe Shaw U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, John Nussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty seventh day of February A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
John Nussey Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
I certify that the above named Bishop is in my opinion a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states. Ashe Shaw

29 010 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 29 010
Miss B. B. B.
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 1 st June 89
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 57
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I True G. Parker of Bradford in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of hardy age do now and say. that I was a soldier in Col. Foye's Regiment and Capt Gages Company in the Revolutionary Army. at Cambridge. and served there from April 19 1775 to January 1776 and that Enos Bishop then of said Bradford but now of Yarmouth  Freeport in the State of Maine was also a soldier in the same Regiment and Company and served at said Cambridge during the above term. I was well acquainted with said Bishop and have distinct recollection of his service at that place
Bradford August 24 th 1833
True G Parker
Essex SS Aug 24 th 1833
Then the above named True G Parker Personally appeared and subscribed the above deposition in my presence and made solemn oath that it contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Jehemiah Spofford Justice Peace
Mr True G. Parker above named resides in my neighbourhood and I entertain no doubts of the truth of the above testimony
Jehemiah Spofford Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. I John Prince Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in & for the said County of Essex do hereby certify that Jeremiah Spofford Esq r is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature on this paper is genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said County this eighth day of April A.D. 1834
John Prince Clerk.

I Abijah Gage, of Bradford, in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yeoman, aged ninety years, on oath do testify and say that I do know that in the year 1775 Enos Bishop now of Freeport, in the County of Cumberland, State of Maine, was a private in the company commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Gage, which company was raised in said Bradford, and belonged to Col. James Foye's regiment, and that he served therein eight months and eleven days, commencing April 19 1775, and ending January 1, 1776 - all of which service was performed at, or in the vicinity of Cambridge, Massachusetts, I was a private in the same company, then enlisted and was discharged at the same time.
Bradford Sept. 9 1833.
Abijah Gage
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. Sept. 9 1833. Then personally appeared the above named Abijah Gage, and made oath to the truth of the above written deposition by him subscribed in my presence. I do also certify that the said Abijah Gage is personally known to me, and that he is a credible witness.
Jesse Kimball Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. I John Prince Clerk of all the Judicial courts in and for said county do hereby certify that Jesse Kimball Esq r is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county duly commissioned & qualified, and that his signature within-written is genuine -
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said County this eighth day of April A.D. 1834.
John Prince Clk.
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We Cephas H. Kent a clergyman residing in Freeport in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine and John A. Hyde and Nathan Nye residing in the same Freeport, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr Enos Bishop of said Freeport, who is an applicant for a pension for revolutionary services. That we believe him to be eighty seven years of age, that he is respected and beloved, in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion and also that Mr Enos Bishop is a person of truth and veracity
Cephas H. Kent
Nathan Nye
John A. Hyde
Cumberland ss. February 20th 1834
Then personally appeared Cephas H. Kent, John A. Hyde & Nathan Nye above named and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by them subscribed before me.
Richard D. Doleche Justice of the peace
February 20th 1834
I hereby certify that the above named Cephas H. Kent John A. Hyde & Nathan Nye are persons of truth and veracity
Richard D. Doleche Justice of the peace

Maine District
District Clerk's Office April 24. 1834
In testimony that Richard Belcher is a magistrate as within & that the signatures thereto purporting to be his are genuine I have hereto set my hand & seal of office the day & year last above written
John Mufsey Clerk U. S. Courts