Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8404, Thomas Burnham, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Burnham, Thomas. Mary
W 8404
B.L.Wt. 32204-160-55-
CONTENTS

21404 Massachusetts Thomas Burnham deceased of Essex in the State of Mass who was Lieut & Adjt  first major in the Company commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Cogswell in the Mass. line for 6 mos: Lieut & Adjutant 4 th 11 Major
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 220 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & End on 7 th March 1833, when he qualified Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of July 1837 and sent to J. D. Addison Esq Present Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Approved from Mass
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded By H. P. Weightman Clerk, Book C. 2 Vol. 12 Page 44
C. 2. page 9.

22.
Massachusetts
Mary Burnham widow of Thomas Maj who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Lieut. Adj't B Major
Due from No 160
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 220 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of July 1838 and sent to
A. D. Morrison Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 37 Vol. A
Reg 3 m 55 - 189319

189,319, act Mar
July 13
Mary Burnham wid Thomas Burnham.
Lieut. adj. + Majo
32204 of July
Rev. War
Pension
act Feb. July 29, 184
July 48-22 W: 160 Ac June 27/57
BR
Signature
Charles Kimball Ipswich Essex Co. M
Vol. P. 146.

Thos Burnham
25,612-
84
Thos Burnham
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State of Massachusetts.
Essex County
ss.
On this Seventh day of August 1832 - Judge of Probate personally appeared in open Court before the Hon Daniel A White now sitting at Ipswich within and for the County of Essex Thomas Burnham aforesaid
Major Thomas Burnham aged Eighty one 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 That I enlisted as a Volunteer in the Massachusetts Militia at Ipswich in said State about January 1776 I was appointed a commissioned adjutant in Col. Nathaniel Smiths regiment & marched to Cambridge in said State & served three months in that office & returned in the month of April following & was discharged I cannot remember the other officers they are dead I resided in Ipswich at that time I have no documentary evidence to prove  Thomas Kimball  was a witness who was in the regiment; In September 1776 I was appointed a Lieutenant in the Militia & then adjutant in Col Jonathan Gage's Regiment by Brigadier General Michael Stark & Col Gage well it was about first of September & marched from Ipswich to Connecticut River & Fairfield & into the State of New York above White Plains & served three months & was discharged I have not in my possession my commissions nor any written evidence the officers are dead & I have no  Thomas Kimball a witness  to prove I resided at Ipswich then & ever since except while in the army - In December 1776 I was appointed brigade Major under Brigadier General Moulton of York in Maine then Massachusetts & served four months Timothy Pickering was a Colonel in said Brigade, James Fuller was private in Capt Ebenezer Lord's Company - I was born in Ipswich & have resided there ever since I am aged eighty one years; in the two terms of Service last mentioned I include the time of My going & returning to the extreme Points of my marching

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. Thomas Burnham Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. H. White Judge of Probate.
We David T. Kimball
a Clergyman residing in the town of Haverhill in the County of Essex and James Fuller hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Major Thomas Burnham who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be Eighty one 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
D. H. White
{ Judge of Probate. }
David T. Kimball James Fuller
And the said Court thereupon proceeded to propound the following interrogatories, which he answered under oath, as follows:
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Haverhill in the County of Essex in the year 1751-
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have it is on the town records of Haverhill
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer in Haverhill
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer, I was a volunteer
5. 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, I remember General Lincoln when I was with General Houlton
6. 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,
James Fuller Nager Woodbury Jabez Farley
Thomas Burnham
These answers, and the affidavits on the next page of James Fuller and Thomas Kimball are sworn

I James Fuller do swear that I was in Ebenezer Lord's Company Col Timothy Pickering's regiment & know that Major Thos Murnham served in the office he has stated -
James Fuller -
I Thomas Kimball do swear that I was with Major Thomas Murnham in the campaigns described in his declaration on the other side
Thos Kimball
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 David F. Kimball
who has signed the preceding
Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Haverhill & James Fuller is also a resident of Haverhill a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Nathan Lord Jr v Registrar
David Hale Judge of Probate. Clerk of the Court of Probate
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Thomas Murnham for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Asa Andrews, who takes the oath of Nehemiah Cleveland, hereto annexed, is a justice of the peace, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; and the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
Asa Andrews
Signed and sealed anew, with requisite amendments, this twenty second day of July, A.D. 1833.
Asa Andrews esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit of Thomas Kimball purports to have been taken; is a justice of the peace for the county of Essex, and his name thereto is his genuine signature.
Asa Andrews
have sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. They are credible witnesses. David Hale Judge of Probate.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, July 10 th 1855.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed, Charles Kimball was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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.
E. M. Winston Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts County of Essex.
On this sixth day of June, A.D. 1855,
personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace in and for the said county, Mary Burnham, aged nearly eighty eight years a resident of Ipswich in said county, who being sworn according to law declared that she is the widow of Thomas Burnham deceased, who was a lieutenant, adjutant, and major in the revolutionary war, as will appear by reference to the proof of his service on which her pension certificate was granted, said certificate being recorded in the pension office on the roll of pensioners under Act of Congress, July 29, 1848, page 37, volume IV; that he received no printed or written discharge, and neither he nor she ever received or applied for bounty land for any other service to her knowledge, that she is still a widow, that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress passed March 3, 1855, and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to Charles Kimball, Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Mary Burnham
Subscribed and duly sworn to, the day and year first above mentioned. I certify that she is the identical person above described. I have no interest in this case.
Charles Kimball,
justice of the peace.

State of Massachusetts County of Essex.
We Tristram Brown and Daniel Cogswell, both of Ipswich in said county, having been duly sworn, depose and say that we well knew Thomas Burnham who was a lieutenant, adjutant, and major in the revolutionary war, whose widow now applies for bounty land, that we knew him for more than twenty years before his death, which occurred at said Ipswich on the seventh day of March, A.D. 1833, that we are residents of said Ipswich that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried, - that her declaration was signed and acknowledged by her in our presence, - that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, - and that we are disinterested.
Tristram Brown
Daniel Cogswell
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me this sixth day of June, A.D. 1855.
Charles Kimball, justice of the peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me the undersigned a justice of the peace by the affidavits of Tristram Brown and Daniel Cogswell, of the said county and state who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit and who swear that that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Mary Burnham is the widow remaining unmarried of the late Thomas Burnham who was a lieutenant, adjutant, and major in the revolutionary war, and that the said Thomas Burnham died at Ipswich on the seventh day of March, A.D. 1833
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of June, A.D. 1855. I have no interest in this case.
Charles Kimball justice of the peace.

25612 Thomas Burnham Massachusetts
Sent & adpt 6 March Bridged May 4 10
Proof of service re- gued from S D Bangs Nov 29 June 1835
allow him least of half pay for his service as Bridged May by order of Mr Edwards
80- 80 1602 320 4 100 Asa Andrews Gpswich Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Thos Burnham Essex County Mass
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol 1776 . 3 . Adjutant Col Smith 81 Mass Traditionary Evidence Levying Warrants   1776 . 3 Lieut Col Cogswell   1776 . 4 . Mys Gen Moulton Col Pickering  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B., who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. 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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
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 Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such 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.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

No 30
Mary Burnham wid of Thomas, Annap
act 29 July 1848
Marrid 1795 Instane decd 1833
Adm of the prn Mar 4 March 1848
Dec 7/48 Dear P. King Mr. C Mass H
Hon D. P. King House of Reps
Mr. King

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 29th July, 1848.
State of Massachusetts. County of Essex. }
On this seventh day of November A.D. 1848, personally appeared before the court of probate for said county of Essex Mary Burnham, a resident of Ipswich in the county aforesaid, aged eighty one years, who, being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of congress, passed July 29, 1848. She is the widow of Thomas Burnham, who was a lieutenant and private in the army of the revolution, and who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of congress of June 7, 1832. Documentary evidence shewing the grade and length of service of said Thomas Burnham was exhibited by him and accompanied his application for a pension, to which she now refers for proof of his service. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Burnham on the thirtieth of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, and that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Burnham died on the seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, - that the pension granted to him under said act of June 7th, 1832 was one hundred and sixty dollars per annum. for service proved as aforesaid, for which pension the said widow now makes this application, relying upon said evidence as conclusive proof of the service of said Thomas Burnham; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hundred, viz. at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Mary Burnham
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, in open court,
Before me
D. White Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex, ss. Probate office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that the honorable Daniel A. White, before whom the within written declaration purports to have made, is the judge of probate for said county; and that his name, subscribed to the certificate of oath thereon, is his genuine signature; the same being done in open probate court.
Given under my hand and seal of office this seventh day of November, A.D. 1848.
Nath. Lord Jr.
I further certify, that Charles Kimball esquire, before whom the affidavits on the following page of Alfred Kimball and William Foster Wade purport to have been taken, is a justice of the peace for said county; and that his name, subscribed to each, is his genuine signature, to me well known.
Given under my hand and seal as aforesaid the day and year forewritten.
Nath. Lord Jr.

Extract from the record of marriages of the town of Ipswich in the county of Essex and state of Massachusetts.
Seventeen hundred and ninety seven, November 30th.
Married. - Major Thomas Burnham and Mary Dana, both of Ipswich.
I certify, that the above is a true extract from said records, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair and legible letters and figures, as follows, viz.
Married, "1797, Nov. 30th. Majr. Thomas Burnham and Mary Dana, both of Ipswich." Alfred Kimball, town clerk.
I Alfred Kimball above named depose and say, that I am clerk of said town of Ipswich and have the custody of the marriage records thereof, and that the above is a true extract from said records, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Alfred Kimball, clerk of said town.
Essex, ss. November 6, 1848. Then personally appeared Alfred Kimball above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. Before me, Charles Kimball, justice of the peace.
I William Foster Wade, of Ipswich in the county of Essex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, esquire, testify and say that I was well acquainted with Thomas Burnham esquire, of said Ipswich, who was a pensioner of the United States and who died in said Ipswich on the seventh day of March, A.D. 1833, that I am well acquainted with Mary Burnham, his widow, who still resides in said Ipswich, having been acquainted with her before her marriage to said Thomas Burnham, and ever since, and that she is now his widow, not having been married again since his decease. My age is now 68 years. Ipswich is my native place where I have always resided. Mrs. Burnham is also a native of this town where she has also always lived, ever since my remembrance.
Wm Foster Wade
Essex, ss. November 7, 1848. William Foster Wade esquire, above named, makes solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before me Charles Kimball, justice of the peace.

Rev. War Section.
September 1, 1932.
Mr. Samuel F. Batchelder, 73 Tremont St. Boston, Mass.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the 21 st ultimo, you are advised that from the papers in the pension claim, File 8404 , it appears that Thomas Burnham was born in 1751, in Ipswich, Mass, and lived there during the Revolution. He volunteered about January 1776, in the Massachusetts Militia, was appointed Adjutant in Col. Isaac Smith's Regiment and served three months. About September 1, 1776, he was appointed a Lieutenant in the militia and then Adjutant in Col. Jonathan Cogswell's Regiment and served three months. In December 1776, he was appointed Brigade Major, under Brigadier General Moulton and served four months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, while living in Ipswich, where he died March 7, 1833.

He married November 30, 1797, at Ipswich, Mass. Mary Dana, a native of Ipswich. She was allowed pension on her application executed November 7, 1848, while living at said place, aged eighty-one years.
It is not stated whether they had children.
Very respectfully,
A handwritten signature in cursive script, reading "Washington Gardner". The signature is written in dark ink and is positioned to the right of the closing "Very respectfully,".
Commissioner.

Pa. Dept. of Hist. & St. Rel. Bldg. Res.
Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8404
Mary Burrougham Wid.
Thomas Burrougham Lieut. Rev. War.
Act: July 29 th  1848.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 102
[Arrangement of 1870.]

22
Porter
Massachusetts Mary Barnham widow of Thomas Barnham who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Lieut. & Major
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Dec r . 48 and sent to
Wm. L. P. King W. S. Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 1848, Page 53 Vol. 1 29th July, book @

21. 404
Massachusetts
Thomas Burnham
of Essex in the State of Mass. o who was a 4 th Maj in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col. Gogsmill in the Mass. line for Genl. Devens H. Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass o at the rate of 100-Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Sept r 1833 and first of the Andrews Spasm ch Mass Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $400.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Feb r 80.00 $480.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Johnson Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 9

Thomas Burnham, Map act 7 June 1832 / 160 00 per annum
To what time was he last paid?
G. L. A.
Pension offered Decem. 11 th 48
Died 7 th March 1833.
Paid to his death. B. J. B.

For the service allowed Mr Burnham as Brigade Major I claim $25 for each month's service and for the service as Adj. $20 for each month's service -
Most respectfully D. D. Radison
60 25 100
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Thos Burnham, dec d
Lease
Act 7 June 1832
Adv d 11 mos 24 days $120
" 4 " May 100
Inc d to $220
Decy $110, per annum
Comy 4 Dec 1831 &
Endy 7 March 1833,
payable to his order
Mary Burnham
Inc d to $220 per
annu. Decy $110
Act 29 July 1848
Comy 4 March 1848
D. L. Addison Present

Mary Burnham Widow of Thomas. act 48-29 pgs 22 D. D. Addison to examine papers and prosecute Claim for Increase.
246 D. D. Addison Parent May 5, 57

Ipswich, Mass.
3. April 1857.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
I am a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of 29. July 1848, at $160 - per year.
My late Husband, Thomas Burnham, was a Pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832, and died in March 1833.
To enable my Agent, Daniel D. Addison Esq. to prosecute said Claims for Increase, I hereby authorize him to examine the papers in both cases; and wish a Certificate issued to me for such Increase as may be due my Husband and myself.
Respectfully Yours,
Mary Burnham -

Payment to be made at
Boston
by
H. Warren, Esq.,
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Massachusetts
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the 29 th July Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 53 Vol. 1. book D.
H. Rumpkin,
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
29 th July,
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 24, 1848 , Mary Purnham of Massachusetts, widow of Thomas Purnham, who was a Lieutenant and Major in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of One hundred and sixty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4 th of March, 1848; and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 13 th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. G. Hunt for Commissioner of Pensions.

Abraham Bruns Affidavit & original Bischoff -

I Abraham Burnham of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex and State of New Hampshire aged forty nine years depose and say that I am the son of Thomas Burnham late of said Hopkinton deceased who was born and have always resided in said Hopkinton on the homestead of my late father until his death which took place in the month of June 1823 and since the time of his death on the same premises with my mother Ruth Burnham his widow who was Ruth Davis before her marriage with my father and who is still his widow - They were both from Ipswich Massachusetts and moved from that place to Hopkinton - As I have always understood from them
I further depose and say that the original paper hereto annexed and purporting to be a discharge and is in the following words "Sergeant Thomas Burnham a six months man in the 8 th Massachusetts Regiment

is this day discharged the service. The issuing Commissaries will furnish him with provisions on his way home to Ipswich. Bay State Given under my hand at West Point this 18 th day of December 1780. John Burnham Capt. Comd. "has been in my late father's possession from my earli- est recollection to the time of his decease and since that time to the present time in my mother's possession. I have often heard my father the aforesaid Thomas Burnham say that he served in the war of the Revolution five years and eight months.
When the pension act of 1818 came to the knowledge of my late father he talked of obtaining the benefit of it and consulted the Hon. John Harris who was then a Judge of Probate and a near neighbor. The Judge told him that the act was not intended for such Revolutionary Soldiers as had as much property as he had. I had this account from my father. His property consisted of a house barn sixty acres of land and well stocked with cattle sheep and other creatures and farming tools. He was in possession of the same at the time of his death.
Abraham Burnham

State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss
November 29 th 1849
Then personally appeared the aforesaid Abraham Burnham who is well known to me as a man of truth and veracity and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the same was just and true
Before me Matthew Harvey Justice of the Peace
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Ipswich July 22nd 1833.
Sir I return herewith Major Thomas Burnham's Declaration for Pension with the additional evidence - you will perceive he has sworn to three terms of Service - the Secretary of the Commonwealth has certified five terms of Service - There is no pretence that three of them apply to this claimant to wit the first for twelve a few Days of Service nor the one under Capt Andrews nor that in Col Fogg's regiment; but, that as adjutant in Col Isaac Smith's Regiment and as adjutant in Col Jonathan Goss's regiment as proved by Mr Bangs Certificate - And the Service as Brigade major under General Moulton is proved not only by his own Declaration but also by Capt Thomas Kimball's affidavit is fully proved, Capt Kimball also proves the identity of Burnham, being the person who performed the services claimed - Major Burnham is a man well known here, he received a Degree at Harvard University, kept the Grammar School in this town for more than twenty years & was one of the Select-men for many years. I hope you will be satisfied with this evidence & send his Pension Certificate as soon as convenient to you. I am Sir with great respect Asa Andrews -
Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War-
or J. L. Edwards Engraver Commis- sioner of Pensions -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 20 th 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 the name of Thomas Burnham, as Captain of a Company, - marched from Ipswich on the Alarm of the 19 th of April, 1775. - where he is allowed fifty miles travel and three days service -
Thomas Burnham's name, as Adjutant, is found on a List of Officers of a Regiment of Militia in the service of the United Colonies, commanded by Col.
Isaac Smith. - no time of service mentioned. -
It appears by an Order in Council, on the same List, that the said Thomas Burnham was commissioned as Adjutant, March 13 th 1776. -
Thomas Burnham's name is found, as 1 st Lieutenant, under Capt. Jonathan Andrews - no time of service mentioned, - was commissioned by Order in Council May 10 th 1776.
Thomas Burnham 3 as Adjutant, is found under Col. Jon r Cogswell jr o and received Orders to march to Horse Neck, agreeable to a resolve of the General Assembly the 12 th of September 1776. -
Thomas Burnham's name

as first Lieutenant, under Reuben Togg first Colonel, Benjamin Larraby Captain, is found under date of December 9 th 1776. — time of service is not mentioned. It appears that he received this appointment at a meeting of the Field Officers, in the County of Cumber- -land. — agreeable to an Order of General Court, for drafting men from the several towns. —
Edward D. Bangs, Secy —

I Thomas Shimball testify donese and say that I am a native of the town of Ipswich in the County of Essex & State of Massachusetts, that Thomas Murnham the applicant for a pension to which this is annexed is also a native of said Ipswich and that I have be en acquainted with him between sixty & Seventy years. I was a private in Capt. Dods Company in Col Isaac Smiths regiment 1776 Saw said Murnham almost every day he was the ad- jutant of the regiment & served about three mon- ths. I was also a private in Capt. Perkins Com- pany in Col Gages with regiment this was after the first Service above stated but in the same year The said Thomas Murnham was a Lieutenant in said Company & then adjutant of said regi- ment & I saw him the whole time which was three months when on duty, and in the last of 1776 & in beginning of 1777 I was a private in Capt Ebenezer Lords Company in Col Timothy Pickering, Regiment, the regiment was in the state of New- York & other places beyond, I well remember Bri- gadier General Moulton commanded the Brigade & Thomas Murnham the applicant for the Pension was & acted the whole time of our Service as Brigade Major, which I believe was four months, there were other Thomas Murnhams in the vicinity. I believe he was the third at that time he is the same person who served the above terms whose name is subscribed to the annexed application

I was present in the Probate Court & saw him sub- scribe his name. So help me God - Tho s Kimball
State of Massachusetts } 71 Essex County — — }
Be it remembered that on this twenty Second Day of July A.D. 1833 the above named Thomas Kimball appeared and took & subscribed the above oath before me a Justice of the Peace for said County and I further certify that said Thomas Kimball is a person of good Character for truth and Veracity and he appears to possess his intellectual Faculties & Memory. An Andrew Justice of the Peace

President
EPHRAIM EMERTON 19 Chauncy Street, Cambridge
Treasurer
FRANCIS WEBBER SEVER 4 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
Curator
EDWARD LOCKE GOOKIN Widener Library, Cambridge
Secretary
SAMUEL FRANCIS BATCHELDER 73 Tremont Street, Boston
21 AUGUST 1922.
Per
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
According to my information Nathan Bowen, of Marblehead, Mass., was pensioned on March 4th, 1831 at $80. per year, for thirteen months service in the Revolutionary War. I should be greatly obliged if you could supply me with what information you may find on file regarding his service, - particularly dates, locations, companies, regiments, rank held, etc.
Ans Aug 22
The same information is desired concerning Jonathan Carpenter (Jr. ?) of Rehoboth, Mass. Unfortunately in this case I do not know whether he was pensioned, so that you may have no records about him. It may help to identify him to say that he appears in December, 1775, at Brookline, Mass., in Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter's company of Rehoboth. He was subsequently captured and spent a year in an English prison, so that it is quite likely he applied for a pension.
Ans Aug 22
The same information is desired concerning Major Thomas Burnham, of Ipswich, Mass., who died in 1833. His orderly book of March, 1776, is preserved, so that he was certainly in the service at that period, but whether he was pensioned, I cannot say.
Thanking you for your kind attention, I am,
Respectfully yours,
Samuel F. Batchelder
SFB-B