Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15338, Jacob Blodget, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
Mass. N.H.
Blodget, Jacob or Blodgett
NUMBER
S. 15338
CONTENTS
carded

11 32
New Hampshire
Jacob Blodgett
of Chester Co. in the State of N.H. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Town of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bragg in the N.H. Comp. Mil. time for 9 mo and 6 days from 1775.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 30 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Feb 1833 and sent to Mr. Edward
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 45.99 Pension allowance ending 4 March 1833 15.33
$ 61. 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by H. H. H. H. Clerk Book D Vol. 1 Page 144

9267 Declaration of Jacob Wodgett of Residence Cheshire Co N.H.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE.
On this Eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, Before the Hon Asahel D. Merrill Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire
now sitting, Isaac Blodgett a resident of Hoddam in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged 79 years 11 th of this month 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.
about the 1 st of March in 1775 soon after the battle of Lexington enlisted for 8 months in Capt. Lewis's Comp y Col. Bridges Reg t No. 11 th Massachusetts Troops (late 1 st Goo d ) John Brady , marched & stationed at Cambridge on guard & fatigue duty since till Jan y making 8 1/2 months and was discharged at Cambridge - In 1778 served again in Brig. Genl. Nichols (Capt. Denny's Comp y ) 1 st Whiting, near New York joined no Regiment and discharged at Newport . The British were in possession of Newport, I was a 16 year old boy in the town  Isaac Blodgett I always understood there was a record of my age in the town Books of Hoddam - I lived in Amherst N.H. when I entered the service, I now live in Hoddam county of Cheshire , state of New Hampshire & have lived there since the end of the war - I enlisted for 8 months - & I volunteered a fortnight at Cambridge & 3 weeks at Rhode Island - I was present at the battle of Bunker Hill - and under Genl. Putnam at Rhode Island - I never received any written discharge - My service was in the New Hampshire Militia -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Isaac Blodgett
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Asahel D. Merrill Judge of Probate
We, Isaac Robinson clergyman of Hoddam aforesaid and, Benjamin Howard of said Hoddam
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Blodgett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine 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.
Isaac Robinson Benjamin Howard
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. before me Asahel D. Merrill Judge of Probate 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 Isaac Robinson who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman, resident in said Hoddam and that Benjamin Howard 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 -
Asahel D. Merrill Judge of Probate I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Blodgett for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August A.D. 1832 -
Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate

9207 Jacob Blodgett #
M. E.
Witnesses not liable to be credited
Nov 23 1872
Private 9 Mow & 6 days adm. $30.66.
Nov. A. Hubbard H. R.
Th. M. Edwards Keene Cheshire Co. NH

9207  BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Blodgett of Stoddard  of Chester  in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 79  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.     About May 1775 1818 8 15 Private Capt Loun - Col Bridges   1778 21 " Capt Denny - No Regt.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amherst NH  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 2 living Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Magistrate don't certify the Credibility of Witnesses
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. B. Easton Examining Clerk.

15.338 INVALID.
File No. 15.338
Jacob Blalgett
Pr. Geo. Wm.
Act: June 7" 52
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 36
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9207
Jacob Blodgett.
Wm. Edwards Keene, Cheshire Co. N.H.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Blodgett , which require further proof or explanation.
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? [Signature] 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes 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?
[Handwritten line]
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?
[Handwritten line]
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?
No
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?
Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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.

I William Read of Amherst in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged over seventy seven years, being sworn, depose and say, that at the commencement of the revolutionary war I lived in said Amherst. Soon after the battle of Lexington I enlisted in a company raised and commanded by Capt. Archelaus Towne of said Amherst, for eight months. Soon after the enlistment we marched to Medford. - Jacob Blodgett then of said Amherst, now of Stoddard in the county of Cheshire in said State, was with me in said company. I cannot remember the day I enlisted, but it was about the first of May 1775. I did not see said Blodgett enlist, but he was with us when we marched, and continued in the company until the first of January following. I was first corporal in said company, and saw said Blodgett constantly during said time. - The company enlisted with the expectation of joining Col. Stark's New Hampshire Regiment, but on arriving at Medford it was said that regiment was full. For a few weeks we were not attached to any regiment, but Col. Stark took the oversight of us. After the battle of Bunker hill our company was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Ebenezer Bridge of the Massachusetts State troops, or line, John Brooks, late Governor of Massachusetts, Major. In this regiment, stationed at Cambridge, the said Jacob Blodgett and myself did duty until the first of January 1776, when I was discharged. Our officers were Archelaus Towne Capt. - James Ford Lieut. and David Wallingford Ensign. The said Blodgett is present and I know him to be the same person.
State of New Hampshire Wm Read County of Hillsborough - On this twenty fifth

day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally came William Read above named, and signed the foregoing affidavit, and made oath in due form of law that the same is true.
Before me - Edmund Parker, Justice of the Peace.
I Nathan Frenall of Antrim in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, being sworn depone and say, that I shall be seventy seven years old on the twenty ninth eighth instant, being born in said Antrim in the year 1755 as I have always understood, and ever since lived in said Antrim. About the first of May 1775 I enlisted in said Antrim with Capt. Archelaus Fowne of the same Antrim, in a company enlisted and commanded by him, to serve eight months in the Revolutionary war. James Ford was Lieut. and David Wallingford Ensign of the company, and I was fifer. Jacob Blodgett then of said Antrim, now of Stockland in the county of Oxford in said State, and the same person who is now present, enlisted and served in said company during said term. We marched to Medford expecting to join Col. Stark's regiment, but understood that regiment was full. We were afterwards attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Ebenezer Bridge, in the Massachusetts line, John Brooks Major, and served in that regiment at Cambridge until the first of January 1776, when we were discharged. During all this time said Jacob Blodgett served in said company.
Nathan Frenall
State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough ss - On this twenty fifth day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand

eight hundred and thirty two personally came Nathan Hurdall above named, and signed the fore- going affidavit, and made oath in due form of law that the same is true.
Before me Edmund Parker Justice of the Peace
I Andrew Wallace clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hills- borough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Edmund Parker is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough and duly empowered to administer oaths, and that the foregoing signatures, pur- porting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this twenty fifth day of July Anno Domini 1852.
A. Wallace clerk
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named William Read and Nathan Hurdall and that they are credible persons. They are men of us- pectable standing in society; their character for truth un- impeached, and their statements entitled to full credit.
Edmund Parker Justice of the Peace - Anchorage N.H. Dec r 28 th 1832 -
I Andrew Wallace clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Edmund Parker is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as above, and that the foregoing signature, pur- porting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this twenty ninth day of December A.D. 1832.
A. Wallace clerk