Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,386, John Brigham, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Brigham, John Eunice
No. 14,386 B.L.Wt. 24,612-160-55
CONTENTS

10.402 Massachusetts
John Brigham
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Brooks of the Regt commanded by Col. Nobb in the Mass line for 6 months
812
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of April , 1833 and 21st  Year John C. Cambridge Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $46.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept., 10.00 $57.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Garrison Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 4
72 Middlesex

1821.
Massachusetts.
Emice Brigham widow of John Brigham
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Rd Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of Sept. 1848. and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 7 Vol. 2.
Reported
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Emmice Brigham John Brigham. Widow Printed
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Ennie Bingham; Application for a Pension
1881
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One thousand seven hundred and Eighty Seven May twentieth — John Brigham & Eunice Moore both of Sudbury were married
by Jacob Biglow
The above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows: — 1787 — May 20. th —
Attest
Thos. Stearns Town Clerk
I Thomas Stearns, above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the town of Sudbury, in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Sudbury, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Thos. Stearns Town Clerk of Sudbury
Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
Middlesex ss. November 2 d . 1838 — Then the above named Thomas Stearns made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true —
Before me Asahel Goodwin one justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. I Isaac Fisher President of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Asahel Goodwin Esquire is a justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eighth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty nine
Isaac Fisher By

N o 4450 In o Brigham
Private
6 Months
16 & 1/2 interrogatories not completed until Nov 27 1872
Isaac Fiske Esq r 6 Cambridge St.

BRIEF in the case of  John Brigham of the County of Middlesex in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years. 
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.     In 1779 — 3 — Drafted Gen. Col Buttrick, Capt.   1781. Sep. — 3 — Private Col Webb. Capt Barcher or Bowser  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sudbury  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Pelt  Examining Clerk.

1938
State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex
On this fourteenth day of May , A. D., 185 5 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, Eunice Brigham aged Eighty seven years, a resident of Watertown in Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of John Brigham deceased, who was a Soldier  in the Company commanded by Captain in the Revolutionary War commanded by in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States, on the 18th day of June, 1812, — that her said husband was drafted at Sudbury , on or about the first day of April A.D. 1787 for the term of Six months and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of Three Months and was honorably discharged at _____ on or about the _____ day
of _____ A.D. 18 _____, as will appear by reference to the rolls, that he received no printed or written discharge, and that neither he nor she ever received or applied for, or is entitled to bounty land for any other service, except that she received for the same service, under the act of September 1850, a 40 acre warrant, No. which she has legally sold and cannot return.  The Applicant now receives a Pension from Government for the aforesaid service. said Pension is payable at Boston - is numbered _____ and is recorded on Roll of Pensions Vol. 2 page 7.
She further states that she was married to the said John Brigham in Sudbury on the twentieth day of May 1787 , by Jacob Bigelow and that her name before her said marriage was Eunice Moore that her husband died at Marlborough on the tenth day of January 185 3 , proof of which will be found on file with her previous application, 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 Horatio Woodman, Boston, Mass.
Eunice Brigham
Subscribed and duly sworn to, the day and year first above written. I certify that she is the identical person above described. I have no interest in the case.
Isaac N. Bernis { Justice of the Peace.

Lucia Brigham
1655
3925
Lucia Brigham
7 July 38
4 June 32
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20 H
no deduction
Hm. W. Parmenter HR

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
On this eighth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty nine, personally appeared before the Hon. Samuel B. B. Gray, Judge of the Court of Probate now held at Cambridge in & for said County Eunice Prigham, a resident of Watertown in said County of Middlesex aged seventy one years, who being first sworn according to Law, doth, on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th . 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay & Pensions to certain widows": - That she is the widow of John Prigham who was a private in the Army of the Revolution; & for his services as a soldier in the Revolution was placed upon the Pension Roll under the Act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832, at the rate of twenty Dollars per annum; The particulars of which services, the time & place of enlistment; the company & Regiment in which he served, are set forth in the application & Declaration of said John Prigham made to obtain said Pension & the Documents & evidence accompanying the same now on file in the Pension Department to which she refers in support of this her application.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Prigham by the Rev. Jacob Prigelen minister of the town of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex aforesaid, on the twentieth day of May in the year One thousand seven hundred & eighty seven; that her maiden name was Eunice Moore; - and that her husband the aforesaid John Prigham died on the tenth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty three at Marlborough in said County; 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 & ninety seven, viz at the time & place above stated.
Ennis Brigham
Subscribed & sworn to in open court by said Ennis Brigham on the day & year first above written —
J. P. O'Hay Judge of Probate for the County of Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Rootes Register of the court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Sam d O'Hay Esq. is the Judge of said Court & that his signature above written is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand & eighty nine
Isaac Rootes Reg r

John Bingham No 4.450-

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, John Brigham a resident of Marlborough in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: to wit , I enlisted in the fall of the year 1779 into a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Gordon , in a Regiment commanded by Col. Mettrick (I believe) & marched from Ludlow to Albany & were stationed about six miles above Albany & there remained for three months when I was discharged; —
I enlisted the first of September in the year 1781 into a Company of Militia commanded by Capt. Daniel  Braden of Ludlow in a Regiment commanded by Col. Webb (I believe) & marched from Ludlow & joined the Army at Pittsfield & there remained a few days & then moved to a place called continental Village & there remained a short time & then I went to West Point as a mechanic & there remained till I was discharged; — I remained in service at this time three months.
I have no written documents relating to my service. I was born in Ludlow in the County of Middlesex in the month of May (12) 1762: I have no record of my birth. — I lived in Ludlow when I enlisted: — Since the Revolution I have lived in Nutland , & now live in Marlborough in the county of Middlesex . —
I never received any written discharge. — I enlisted voluntarily.
I do not recollect the names of any officers except what I have above stated.
I never received any Commission.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state,
John Brigham
We, Ebenezer Plympton Esquire & William Rice a clergyman, residing in the Gentlemen, both residing in Sudbury in said county of Middlesex hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Brigham formerly of Marlborough in said county who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; — that we believe him to be seventy years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Ebenezer Plympton
William Rice
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 certify, that it appears to them that Ebenezer Plympton who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, and that William Rice who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Sudbury are entire credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. Fay
J. P. Fay
Isaac Fiske
Register of the Court of
Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Brigham for a
pension. I also certify that J. P. Fay where our broken seal is set to the deposition of J. P. Fay is the judge of said Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
I also certify that Joseph H. Adams & William Draper, where our broken signatures are set to the certificates on the depositions hereto annexed marked A & B, are justices of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office on the day & year aforesaid
Isaac Fiske

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
am M.B.C.
F. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
May 16, 1895.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- John Brigham --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 78,14386
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. Fall 1779 3 mos. Pvt. Oranson Buttick Mass. Sept. 1781 3 mos. Pvt. Daniel Bowker Webb Mass.
Battles engaged in, None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sudbury, Mass.
Date of application for pension, August 17, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Marlboro, Mass.
Age at date of application, Born, Sudbury, Mass., May 19, 1762.
Remarks: He married Eunice Moore May 20, 1787, and died Jan. 10, 1833.
Very respectfully,
Wm. T. Brigham, Esq., German & Paca Sts., Baltimore, Md.
Commissioner.

Hist. to Mrs. T. Brigham Paca St., Baltimore, Md.
May 16/93 Lerman
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14386
Eunice Brigham Widow of John Brigham Briv Rev War
Act: Feb 2 d 1848
Index:—Vol. a , Page 87
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 24, 642
S New Amm

Phila Oct 2 Feb 1888, Mep.
B. D. Updegraff

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Connie Brigham
John
Boynton
Professor of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
Will send in case of Connie Brigham
152.217

The Hon d of Pensions
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Washington
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O. W. & N. Div.
REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE
MEMORANDA
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
John Brigham
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Sudbury. Middlesex Co. Mass.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Sudbury. Middlesex Co. Mass. afterwards Rutland, Worcester Co. Mass.
Date of death (as near as possible):
January 10 th 1833
Christian name of widow:
Eunice Brigham
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
No widow did.
Remarks:
Eunice Brigham lived a long while before her death - May 20 th 1862 - in Watertown. Middlesex Co., Mass.
Your name and address:
William L. Brigham, Germania Bldg. Sts., Baltimore, Md.

Letter to S d Auditor 28 May 1841.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. Ap r il 1838 from 4 March 1839 to 4 Sep r 1840. Ag t notified 9 June 1841.
Massachusetts - 1655
Eunice Brigham, widow of John Brigham, dec d .
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 10 th of Jan y , 1833 - of Middlesex in the State of Mass s who was a pri r . in the company commanded by Captain Burleson of the Reg t commanded by Col. Wells in the Mass s line for 6 months pri r .
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1835.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Jan y 1839 and sent to S p . W. Parmenter, H. B.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. 1839. $50.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th M y 39 - 10
$60.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Book
Vol. 1
S. S. Elliot Clerk, Page 71.

Massachusetts
Emmeline Brigham widow of John Brigham who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Dec. 1843 and sent to
Isaac Hix East Cambridge Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 37.
Private

I William Brigham of Watertown, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say, that I was well acquainted with John Brigham, and Eunice his wife, formerly of Marlborough, in the said County of Middlesex; the said John Brigham died at said Marlborough in the month of January, in the year Eighteen Hundred and thirty three, I believe on the tenth day of said month, I was present and attended his funeral. - I do further testify, that his said wife Eunice, is still living and is now the widow of the said John Brigham, and has not been married, since, the death of her said husband she now resides, in Watertown, in said County of Middlesex. And further I say not. W m Brigham
Middlesex ss. December 3 rd 1838. Personally appeared the above named William Brigham; well known to me, and who is a credible, and respectable person, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me
Charles Bemis Justice of the Peace 3

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Fisher Myer of the County of Middlesex ss for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Charles Brown's Signature is a true copy of the original within and the said County duly acknowledged & qualified & That his signature within written is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this eighth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty nine.
Isaac Fisher Myer

Washington Jany 14. 1859.
Sir
I enclose your application & certificate in the case of Emma Brigham & Watertown A.S.
I am very respectfully
Yr Obedient Servt
Wm Pawtucket
James L Edward Esq

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 31 st 1841.
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," Eunice Brigham — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 1 st July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1839. to the 1 st Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

N o 4450 M c Brigham
J. Fiske Esq. Cambridge Mass.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink , will apply to the claim of John Drigham 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? 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? No  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No  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? No  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 And is the official character and signature of the magistrate 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? No  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.

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APPLICATION OF
Widow of John Brigham Revolutionary War
for a 160 acre warrant.
Act of March 3d, 1855.
WARRANT TO BE SENT TO EDWARD WOODMAN, Boston, Mass. AS WITHIN REQUESTED.

State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex
We Luke Robinson and Denney P. Hooker having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew John Brigham and always understood and believed him to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war for twenty whose widow now applies for bounty land,—that we knew him for more than years before his death, which occurred at Marlborough about twenty two years ago,—that we know that he died about that time because* of the said Luke Robinson attended his funeral and of the said Denney P. Hooker heard of the report of his death. That we are residents of Watertown 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.
Luke Robinson
Denney P. Hooker
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this fourteenth day of May A.D. 1855
Isaac V. Bemis } Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Luke Robinson and Denney P. Hooker of the said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Frances Brigham is the widow, remaining unmarried of the late John Brigham who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that the said John Brigham died at Marlboro on or about the tenth day of January A.D. 1833
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of May 1855 I have no interest in this case.
Isaac V. Bemis Justice of the Peace.
* "We attended his funeral," or "were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, May 23, 1853.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed,
Isaac V. Bennis was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
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. McWhinny Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 21 st 1856.
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 John Beigham is borne on pay roll of Capt. Daniel Bowker's Comp. Col. Webb's Regt. of 3 mos Service, from Aug. 27. To Nov. 25. 1783 3 mos. 18 days, as private. Travel included. Capt. Bowker was from Sudbury.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis D. Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex
I Emmice Brigham having been duly sworn, depose and say, that I am the Widow of John Brigham who was a Revolutionary soldier, — that he is believed to have enlisted at or near Belcher that the names of some of his officers are believed to have been Col. Buttrick — Capt. Bowker that he is believed to have been in the battles of that he is supposed to have served for
and that I pray to receive from the Secretary of State a certificate from the rolls in his office of the service of the said soldier. through Horatio Woodman of Boston. Mass.
Emmice Brigham
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this seventeenth day of April A.D. 185. 6
Charles Bennis } Justice of the Peace.

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
Mch: 26"
1856.
Sir :
The claim of Eunice Brigham, for bounty land under the act of the 3d. March, 1855, No. 152.217, has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of John Brigham, the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE." †
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED, that the recorded action of this office, admitting a revolutionary soldier to the list of pensioners upon parole proof, is not considered "record evidence" of service within the meaning of the act aforesaid. In all applications for bounty land under this act, the papers of the soldiers, or their widows, who have applied for or received pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, are carefully examined for record evidence of service, before this circular is issued.
Respectfully,
J. MINOT, Commissioner.
H. Woodman Esq. Boston Mass.
4 Upon an referend D r the Secy: of State of Mass: as the Folsom's all in the sum of 3 mos: in 1779. under Capt. Brightrick of 3 mos: in 1781. under Capt. Barcher on Bunker Hill, back.

I Thomas Smith aged seventy six years of the Town of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I am personally acquainted with John Brigham formerly of Sudbury and now a resident of Marlborough in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that I have known him from early life and having formerly lived in the same neighborhood and I further deprecate and say that that in the fall of the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine John Brigham with myself and others being members of a militia company commanded by Capt. Crossman and in his company we arrived at Albany having previously agreed to serve for the term of three months as volunteers in the Revolutionary war I received my time out and at the time the said Brigham did also Thomas Smith
Middlesex, ss. August 7 th AD 1832
Then personally appeared Thomas Smith and made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed are true
Before me Jeremiah H. Adams, Justice of the Peace
I Jeremiah H. Adams hereby certify that Thomas Smith who signed the above affidavit & made oath to the same before me is a credible person and entitled to belief. — Jeremiah H. Adams Justice of the Peace

I Oliver Parmenter aged sixty nine years, of the town of Mariah in the County of Essex & State of New York formerly of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that I am personally acquainted with John Brigham formerly of said Sudbury, and that I have known him from early life, being nearly of the same age and having formerly lived in the same neighborhood; and I further depose and say, that in the month of September (I think the 9th day of said month) in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty one, said Brigham with myself and others, being members of an Infantry Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Bowker, arrived at West Point, having previously agreed to serve for the term of three months as volunteers in the service of the the Revolutionary War; and that, and that I served for the term of three months and returned to said Sudbury and met said Brigham from whom I understood that he also served three months and from the best of my knowledge and belief he did serve for said term of three months.
Oliver Parmenter
Middlesex ss. July 26 th A.D. 1892
Then personally appeared Oliver Parmenter and made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed are true.
Before me Wm Draper Justice of the Peace I William Draper hereby certify that Oliver Parmenter who signed the above affidavit to me known to be the person described in and who executed the same before me is a credible person & entitled to belief as far as I could judge from his conversation & appearance not knowing before known to me
William H. Draper Justice of the Peace

I the undersigned a clergyman residing in the town of Marlborough, in the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Pugh of said Marlborough, who it is said has made application for a Pension under the act of Congress, passed June 7. A.D. 1832; & that I believe him to be seventy years of age: - That he is respected & beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides, & hence been a soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion.
S. T. Bucklin
Middlesex ss. Feb'y 6 th A.D. 1833. Personally appeared the above named S. T. Bucklin & made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed. Miser ... Nicholson B. Root Justice of the Peace
Middlesex ss. In Probate Court. February 12 th 1833 at Concord I Samuel P.P. Gay Judge of said Court hereby certify that the above named Sylvester H. Bucklin who has signed & made oath to the foregoing certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Marlborough in said County of Middlesex & is entitled to credit. -
S. P.P. Gay Probate

E. Brigham
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admitted
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 22 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Charles Bemis was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
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.
Wm Lloyd Secretary of the Commonwealth.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Middlesex COUNTY, }
On this Second day of August 1840 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Eunice Brigham a resident of Watertown in the county of Middlesex aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Brigham who was a resident of Sudbury in the County aforesaid and who was a private in the Continental Establishment in the Army of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of twenty dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Eunice Brigham [Seal]
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written,
Before me, Charles Beman Justice of the Peace.
In presence of John Brigham
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Charles Beman Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Middlesex COUNTY, }
I, Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
and the Seal of said Court, this 18
CLERK.
Please state whether he served in the "Continental" or in the "Colonial" Establishment

3711 Eunice Bingham
3711
$20 per am o
Isaac Fiske East Cambridge Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. Be it known That on the Eighteenth day of August AD 1843
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, Eunice Brigham a resident of Watertown in said County & Commonwealth aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to Law both on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the late Act of Congress passed on the third day of March AD 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is now the widow of John Brigham who was a private in the Revolutionary War & served as she hereby believes as stated by her in her original application for a Pension made under the Law of the 7 th of July 1838; to which declaration & the papers accompanying, the same now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of her the said John Brigham's services; for the proof of her marriage to the said John Brigham, her identity & the time of the death of the said John Brigham.
She further declares that she was pensioned under the said Act at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, which amount she received from the 4 th of March 1838 to the 24 th of March 1844 at the Agency in Boston, Massachusetts & at the time of receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at said Boston aforesaid, to the custody of the department. And this declarant further alleges that she has not remarried since the decease of the said her said John Brigham but is now & has since has been the widow of the said John Brigham deceased,
Subscribed and sworn to as will more fully appear by the Proof annexed & further the days etc. Eunice Brigham

I have to subscribe on the day & year first written. Before me Isaac Fiske Justice of Peace
I James M. Dwyer of lawful age testify & say that I am well acquainted with Eunice Dwyer the foregoing applicant & know that she was the widow of John Dwyer who was reported to have been a soldier in the war of the revolution, and Eunice Dwyer was a pensioner under the Law of 1830 at the rate of twenty dollars per annum as stated by her & has not intermarried since the expiration of her act, but is now the widow of said John Dwyer, Decd. James M. Dwyer
Signed & sworn to by me. said James M. Dwyer on the 18 th day of August 1840, who is known to me to be a person of veracity & entitled to credit. Isaac Fiske Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid hereby certify that Isaac Fiske Esq. is a justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature above written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three.
E. Phinney Clerk

Wm T. Brigham, Pres't.
I. H. Francis, Vice Pres't.
R. D. Hopkins, Secy & Treas'r.
Brigham, Hopkins Company
Manufacturers of Fashionable
Straw Silk, Cassimere, Fine Stiff and Self Conforming Felt Hats.
FACTORY COR. GERMAN & PACA STS., BALTIMORE.
Baltimore
April 29th, 1895.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
In compliance with your favor of April 20th, I return the blank filled out, as requested.
I thank you very much for the attention paid, and shall feel under any obligations for such information as may be given me.
I am Sir, Yours very truly,