Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,758, Jesse Brigham, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Brigham, Jesse Elizabeth
NUMBER
W.20,758
CONTENTS
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18,799.
Massachusetts Jesse Brigham
of Suffolk Co in the State of Mass s who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon of the Mass s line, for the term of one year (1776)
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of July 1822 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of October 1822 to Jno. W. Davis Boston Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1822  13.96
Semi anl. all ce ending 4 March 1823  48
1 mo 19 d 4/31  $61.96 1/31 30
4.90 1.6
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
May 1820
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of Dec 6. April 1838 from 4 Sept 1823 to the 23 Oct 1823 the day of his death. Agent notified 5 Nov 1838.

Reported
Massachusetts 1300
Elizabeth Brigham
widow of Jesse Brigham who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of August 1843 and sent to L. M. Stone Boston, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 36.

Jose Brigham, Claim
J. W. Davis Esq. Boston Mass

District of Massachusetts, ss.
ON this thirteenth day of July 182 2 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record, viz. District Court of the United States for the said District, of Massachusetts Jesse Brigham aged seventy two years, resident in Boston in the County of Suffolk, in said District, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: He belonged to Capt.
Samuel Blood's company which was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and therein killed for eight months, which time he served in said Company, he- then enlisted into the service for one year in Capt. Brigham's company and Col. Thomas Severns Regiment in the Massachusetts line and marched with the army to Allentown Independence opposite Fi- ladelphia and served his time out faithfully. He then enlisted into the three years service and served under Capt. Day & Col. Severns Regiment in the same line & served my time faithfully & rec d an honorable discharge signed by Genl. John Nixon which he has lost. The year and three years service was in the continental establishment
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Jesse Brigham
Sworn to and declared, on the thirteenth day of July A. D. 182 2 before
Jn Davis
{ Judge of the Massachusetts District Court.
I, JOHN WATSON DAVIS, Clerk of the Massachusetts District Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nothing .
dollars and  cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this seventy fourth day of July 182 2
W. Davis
{ Clerk of the U. S. District Court, for the Massachusetts District.

Mass s Dist. Ct. July 13. 1822
In support of the within application Francis Brum- chard of Roxbury (a pensioner of the U. S.) is produced as a Witness, who testifies that while he was at North Independence opposite Scituate, in the summer of 1776 being a Soldier in Capt. Williams Company of the Massachusetts Regiment, he recollects that Jesse Brigham was then and there a Soldier in the same Service in Capt. Brigham's Company & Nixon's Reg- iment.
Testified on oath before me
J. M. Davis
Dis. Judge
Mass s Dist. Ct.
A True Copy from the Judge's minutes in the original Declaration.
Attest J. M. Davis Clerk of the Mass s Dist. Court

Schedule of Mr. Jesse Brigham Property
I have no property whatever and subsist from day to day by the labor of my hands.
Jesse Brigham

Certificate of marriage before Benjamin T. to Elizabeth Henderson

Your Clerk's Office Northborough, County of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts September 19. 1838.
Transcript from the Record. viz - "These certify that Jesse Brigham Junr. and Elizabeth Wonderson both of Northboro' were married December fifteen & seventeen hundred & eighty two. By the Rev Peter Whitney Minister of the Gospel in Northborough". And I certify that the above is a true copy from the record of Marriages in said Northborough, with the exception of the date, which is expressed upon the record in fair legible figures as follows. "Dec. 15. 1782." Martin L. Stowe.
I Martin L. Stowe above named do hereby say that I hold the Office of Clerk for said town of Northborough & that the above is a true copy from the record, with the ex- ception above named as certified by me. Martin L. Stowe Clerk of Northboro' Worcester ss. Sept. 19. 1838. Sworn before me. Brewster Hoag Justice of the Peace

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Massachusetts, } County of Suffolk. — } ss
On this third day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight, personally appeared before the Hon. Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, personally appeared before the same being a Court of Record of the Elizabeth Brigham, a resident of Boston in the county of Suffolk aged seventy 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 July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Jesse Brigham who was a* Private in the Army of the Revolution and served as she verily believes for the term of two years or more, but from the length of time which has elapsed, she is unable to state at what particular periods the service was performed, or under what officers, but would refer to his Declaration to obtain a Pension under the act of 18 th of March 1818. now on file in the War Department.
She further declares that her husband need a pension of $8.00 per month in conformity with the Laws of the U.S. of the 18 th of March 1818. and May 1 st 1820.; that his pension certificate was dated October 30 th 1822. & numbered 18799 which Certificate is now in her possession.
She further declares that her maiden name was Elizabeth Hacydenson & that she is the Widow of the identical Jesse Brigham, a pensioner as above stated.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jesse Brigham (then Jesse Brigham Jr) on the Fifteenth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two - ; that her husband, the aforesaid Jesse Brigham died on the Twenty third day of October A.D. One thousand eight hundred & twenty three, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. : at the time above stated.
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, (fine printed words first erased.) viz Elizabeth Brigham
(October 3 rd 1838) and I further certify that the said Elizabeth Brigham by reason of bodily infirmity is unable personally to attend in Court. Peter O. Thacher, Judge of the Municipal Court of the city of Boston.
* Here insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy, or militia, as the case may be, and specify the service performed, as directed in rule numbered one of these regulations.

I Charles Henderson, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, on oath, testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Jesse Brigham who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution - he having married my Sister Elizabeth Henderson the aforesaid applicant for a pension: - Said Brigham was formerly a resident of Northboro', County of Worcester and a pensioner of the United States under the laws of the 18 th March 1818, & May 1 st . 1820, and died at Boston in the County of Suffolk on or about the 23 rd day of October 1823, as I always understood and verily believe - My Sister the said Elizabeth Brigham has not intermarried since his decease but still continues his Widow & now resides in my family in the City of Boston aforesaid. - Chs. Henderson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Suffolk County, ss 6
On this fifth day of October A. D. 1838, personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Charles Henderson above named, who is a credible witness and entitled to belief, and made oath that the Affidavit by him subscribed is true. -
Peter O. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston and Justice of the Peace

War Department.
PENSION OFFICE, JULY 17, 1838.
The following rules, prescribed by the President of the United States, and adopted by the Secretary of War, in order to carry into effect the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," are published for the information of applicants under that law:—
1. Applicants must produce the best proof the nature of the case will allow, as to the service of the deceased officer or soldier, and the time when he died. It must be clearly shown in what troop or company, and regiment or corps, he served, and the grade he held. Proof, as to service, must be had, either from the records of the War Department, the muster rolls, the testimony of commissioned officers, or the affidavits of persons of known respectability. Every applicant will make a declaration according to the subjoined form, before a court of record, setting forth, according to the best of her knowledge or belief, the name and rank of the person on account of whose service the claim is presented; the day, month, and year, (if possible,) when he entered the service, and the time when he left the same; and, if under more than one engagement, the claimant must specify the particular periods, and the rank and names of the officers under whom the service was performed; the town or county, and state in which he resided when he entered the service; whether he was drafted, was a volunteer, or substitute; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged; the country through which he marched, with such further particulars as may be useful in the investigation of the claim; and, also, if the fact be so, that the claimant has no documentary evidence in support of the claim. From the best sources of information, evidence must be derived as to the period of the death of the officer or soldier.
2. The legality of the marriage, and the time when it took place, must be clearly established; and it must also be shown that the widow was never afterwards married. Record proof, as to the marriage is always required, whenever it can be obtained. In a case where the town, county, parish, church, or family records afford no proof as to the period when the marriage took place, the fact must be established by the testimony of one or more respectable persons, whose credibility must be certified by the officer who may administer the oath. And, in order to prevent any mistake or improper use that may be made of the affidavit of an officer who may have the custody of records, from which he may make transcripts of the record, in relation to a marriage, the officer who may give his affidavit will, instead of copying the figures contained in the record, 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:" [Here copy the day, month, and year, in letters and figures, in exact conformity with the original. Then let him add the following words:]
"I, A. B., above named, depose and say, that I hold the office _____ in the county, town and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said _____ with the exception above named, as certified by me. A. B., Clerk of the _____ (or rector, or pastor, as the case may be.)
Sworn before me, C. D., Justice of the Peace.
And then will follow the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, as to the official character and signature of the magistrate who may administer the oath. Where no record proof exists, other than the family record, the original record must be produced and sworn to by the person in whose possession it has been kept.
3. In a case where the service of deceased officer or soldier is clearly proved by record or documentary evidence, or the affidavit of a commissioned officer, showing the grade or length of service of the deceased, the particulars in relation to the service are not required to be set forth in the claimant's declaration; but she must swear, in positive terms, that she is the widow of the person whose service is thus proved. And no claim whatever can be sustained without positive proof of service.
4. In every case in which the deceased officer or soldier was a pensioner, the fact should be so stated, and the deceased pensioner so described, as to enable the Department to refer immediately to the evidence upon which he was pensioned, and thus facilitate the investigation of the claim of the widow.
5. Applicants, unable to appear in court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, before a judge or justice of a court of record of the county in which the applicant resides, and the judge or justice will certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
6. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a judge or justice of a court of record, or by a justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State, or of the Territory, or of the proper officer or clerk of the court or county, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such a person is a judge, or justice of a court of record, or a justice of the peace, and that the signature annexed, is his genuine signature.
7. The widows of those who served in the navy, or as Indian spies, will produce proof, as nearly as may be, conformably to the preceding regulations, and authenticated in a similar manner, with such variations as the different nature of the service may require.
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
AN ACT
Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and for other purposes.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That if any person who served in the war of the revolution, in the manner specified in the act passed the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled "An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution," have died leaving a widow, whose marriage took place after the expiration of the last period of his service, and before the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, such widow shall be entitled to receive, for and during the term of five years, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, the annuity or pension which might have been allowed to her husband in virtue of said act, if living at the time it was passed: Provided, That in the event of the marriage of such widow, said annuity or pension shall be discontinued.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That no pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment, or transfer of any right, claim or interest, in any
annuity, half-pay, or pension granted by this act shall be valid, nor shall the half-pay, annuity, or pension, granted by this act, or any former act of Congress, be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any process in law or equity, but shall enure wholly to the personal benefit of the pensioner or annuitant entitled to the same; and that before a warrant shall be delivered to any person acting for, or in behalf of, any one entitled to money under this act, such person shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, to be administered by the proper accounting officer, and put on file, that he has no interest in said money by any pledge, mortgage, transfer, agreement, understanding, or arrangement, and that he does not know or believe that the same has been so disposed of to any other person.
SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War shall adopt such regulations and forms of evidence in relation to applications and payments under this act, as the President of the United States may prescribe.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss:
I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, hereby certify that Peter O. Thacher is Judge of the Mu- nicipal Court of the City of Boston and that the signatures written on Elizabeth Brigham's application for a pension, on the other part of this sheet, purporting to be said Thacher's signatures, are his genuine sig- natures. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court hereto set this fifth day of October A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty eight.
Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk.

Ray WIDOW, &c. !
File No. 20,758
Elizabeth Brigham Widow of Jesse Brigham Pr. New Mas.
Act: March 3 rd 48
Index:—Vol. 64 , Page 90
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Massachusetts
Elizabeth Brigham widow of Jesse Brigham deceased
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 23 rd October 1823 of Suffolk in the State of Mass a who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Brigham of the Reg t . commanded by Col. Nixon in the U.S. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of M s . at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Ap l 1839 and sent L. M. Stone Boston M s
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar. 39. $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. 40. 40.00
$280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Richard Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1 st Page 72

Boston, 1 st October 1838.
Sir,
I have the honor to forward herewith the application of Mrs. Elizabeth Brigham for a pension under the act of 7 th July 1838. —
I am, very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t A. M. Stone
J. A. Edwards Esq r Com t of Pensions Washington. D.C.

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Oct r 25 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Elizabeth Brigham widow of Lepe Brigham a Pensioner on the Roll of the Boston Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 th March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the fourth of Sept. 1823 to the 23 rd Oct r 1823, day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Alison E. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

John Withington's Deposition

I John Withington of Dorchester in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts a Soldier of the Rev- -olutionary Army & a Pensioner of the United States on Oath declare that I belonged to the Third Regiment in the Massachusetts Line, commanded by Col. Grayson and in Genl. Saxon's Brigade, that I knew Jesse Brigham who belonged to Col. Saxon's Regiment & the same Brigade The first time I recollect seeing him was at Albany, from whence we marched to Mount Independence, where I also recollect seeing him frequently during the time I staid there, which was through the Summer & Fall This was in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six - I also recollect seeing him at Saratoga in seventeen hundred seventy seven at the taking of Burgoyne - I also saw him at Heavestown - May in June seventeen hundred seventy eight and afterwards at Morristown in the State of New Jersey This is the last time I recollect seeing him in the service Since the revolution I have seen him frequently and am sure he is the same man I knew in the service John Withington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss. On the seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, personally appeared before me John Withington above named and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed — I also certify that the said John Withington is a credible witness and is wholly disinterested in the subject of this Deposition —
John Stuart Justice of Peace for the County of Suffolk —
Suffolk ss Boston October 17, 1822. — I hereby certify that the above named John Stuart is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Suffolk in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that the signature of the said John Stuart Esq r is the true and proper hand writing of the said John Stuart.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Court for the County of Suffolk to be hereunto affixed.
Andrew J. Tucker Clerk

District Clerk's Office Boston 19. October 1822
Hon. John Calhoun Secretary of War
Sir
I have the honor to enclose the Application of Jesse Brigham for a Pension (returned to this office for further proof) accompanied by the Depositions of Francis Blanchard & John Withington, duly authenticated.
Respectfully
Your most Obedt. Servt.
W. Davis Clerk of Mass'tts Dist. Court.

Francis Blanchard's Deposition.

I Francis Blanchard of Roxbury in the County of Nor- folk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts a Soldier of the Revolution - & a pensioner of the United States on both declares that I knew Mr. Jipson Brigham in the Revolutionary Army - The first time I recollect to have seen him was at Mount Independence which is to Ticonderoga in the Spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy six - He then belonged to Capt. Brigham's Company, Col. Vions Regiment & Genl. Vions Brigade I belonged to the Third Regiment in the Massachusetts Line commanded by Col. Gray and in the same Brigade with Brigham - I staid at Mount Independence from the Spring till cold weather during all which time I frequently saw Brigham & believe a part of the time he was under some other Captain, whose name I do not recollect - Late in the fall I marched with my Regiment to Albany & thence to Morristown in New Jersey and did not see Brigham afterwards while I was in the Army - After I returned to Roxbury I saw Mr. Brigham in Boston & recollects him perfectly - I have seen him & been acquainted with him ever since -

I know him to be entirely destitute of property, and from the various conversations I have had with him concerning the Army I have no doubt he was in the service much longer than I knew him there and which I have above stated — Francis Blanchard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
Suffolk Jo. On the seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two personally appears before me the above named Francis Blanchard and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed — I also certify that the said Francis Blanchard is a credible witness and wholly disinterested in the subject of the above deposition —
John Stuart Justice of Peace for the County of Suffolk
Suffolk Jo Boston October 17 th 1822 — I hereby certify that the above named John Stuart is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Suffolk

in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that the signature of the said John Stuart, Esquire, is the proper & true hand writing of the said John Stuart
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Court for the County of Suffolk to be hereunto affixed ~
Attest J. Tucker Clk

239 Elizabeth Bingham Leah Bingham Mass.
admitted P. 2 nd 1880.
29 th
L. M. Stone Boston Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 8 th . 1858.
I hereby Certify, That Prentiss Kelsey Esq r is now and has been for three months past a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
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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.
John O. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

1021
Eloz. Brigham
$80 pr an.
L.M. Stone
Boston
Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Suffolk County } S.S.
Be it known that on this third day of May 1843 personally appeared before me the Subscribed Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Suffolk, Mrs. Elizabeth Brigham a resident of the city of Boston in said County and Commonwealth aged Eighty 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 3rd day of March 1836. Granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War,
That she is the Widow of Jesse Brigham decd. 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 7th 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 Eighty Dollars per annum which amount she received from the 4th March 1836 to the 14th March 1844. 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 Jesse Brigham deceased, as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed,
And further, she saith not.
Elizabeth Brigham
Sworn to, and Subscribed on the day and year first above

written, and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me, to be the person within described
Before me
Lowell Mr. Stone
Justice of the Peace
I Charles Henderson of Boston, in the county of Suffolk of lawful age on oath testify and say, that Elizabeth Brigham the applicant named in the foregoing application is my sister. She was the wife of Jesse Brigham who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and a pensioner of the U.S. under the law of 1818. - since his death she has not intermarried but still continues a widow. and I further testify that she was a pensioner under the law of 1834. as stated by her. Chs. Henderson.
Suffolk County, City of Boston ss. May 3 d . 1843. Then personally appeared Charles Henderson above named and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true
Before me
Lowell Mr. Stone
Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 8 th 1843
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Sowell M. Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk ,
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.
No. A. Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth.