Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,301, Ithamar Bingham, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Bingham, Ithamar Hannah
No. 17,301
CONTENTS

State of Connecticut Tolland County
W. Ellington November 28 th AD 1843
on this 28 th day of November AD 1843 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Ellington now sitting and in Open Court Mrs Hannah Bingham a resident of Ellington in said District 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 Act of Congress passed on the 7 th July AD 1835 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Ithamar Bingham late of said Ellington who served as a private soldier being then Ithamar Bingham jun r (his father being of the same name and being an assistant Commissary in the Army) That her husband the said Ithamar Bingham jun r served in three different Tours in the Militia and Regular Army in the service of the United States - And first that in the year 1778 he went as she understands and believes in a company of Militia that went to guard Burgoyne's Men after they were taken and was gone one month she does not certainly know whether he went with Captain Fitch with Captain Hezekiah Parsons or with Captain Schabed Wadsworth - This was in the year 1778 - and again she believes and declares that he went another tour to Horse Neck according to the information she has received and expects to prove in the year 1779 for a term of not less than three months her witness who remembers well the service as to his going and returning cannot with certainty say who commanded the Company in which he served this time And again in the following year in 1780 He went to the North River - to West Point - and into New Jersey and served for a term of more than five months the Captain he served under this year was Capt. Elijah Chapman of Tolland which adjoins this Town.

She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Bingham jun r by Daniel Ellsworth Esq a Magistrate of said Ellington on the fifteenth day of January A.D. 1784 That her husband the aforesaid Thomas Bingham jun r died in said Ellington, on the 2 d day of January A.D. 1827 - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to January first A.D. 1794 And she still remains his widow
Sworn to and subscribed before said Probate Court in open Court on the day and year first named - And I certify that I am personally acquainted with Oliver M. Steele who has given a deposition in this case and that he is a respectable and credible person and is a justice of the Peace and Town Clerk for said Town of Ellington I am also acquainted with Jonathan Buckland and Samuel Warner who have testified in this case and they are both credible and respectable men whose testimony is entitled to full credit
Theodorus C. Bruce Judge
Attest Edwin Olmsted Clerk
I Edwin Olmsted Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Ellington in said Island County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Probate Court this day and that he who has signed the foregoing certificate is sole judge of said Court and that the signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature affixed in open Court this day
In testimony whereof I do unto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court on the day & year first named
Attest Edwin Olmsted Clerk

I Oliver W. Steele Town Clerk and Register of the Town of Ellington in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut do hereby certify That in the records of Marriages Solemnized in this Town I find the following entry viz, Abraham Dingham was married to Hannah Butler January fifteenth Seventeen hundred and Eighty four. And I the said Oliver W. Steele do further certify, that the above is a true transcript from said record with the exception of the date which in the Original record is in fair and legible figures as follows viz Abraham Dingham was married to Hannah Butler January 15 - 1884 -
And I have the custody of said Records and the above is an exact copy with the exception as above expressed by me -
Ellington December 2 nd - 1883
Oliver W Steele Town Clerk & Register

Ellington December 4. 1843. I hereby certify that I well acquainted with the within named Oliver W. Steele Esquire and that he is gentleman of the highest respectability and of unquestioned truth and integrity
John H. Markham
Oliver W. Steele Certificate

4044.
Connecticut
Hannah Bingham widow of Nathan
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 44
Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Apr 1849 and sent to
Jesse Charlton East Windsor Hill Ct
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 260, Vol. 1.
Reputed Apr 23/49

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Rev
File No. 17301
Hannah Bingham Widow of Esther Bingham Die Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rep?
Connecticut 8368
Hannah Bingham
widow of Ithamar Bingham
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 2 d January 1827 of Tolland Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Parsons of the regt. commanded by _____ in the Conn t . — line for 6 months & 16 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of May 1844 and sent to Hon. J. H. Seymour House of Representatives
Total Amount, $100 : 20
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 77.

5691. Connecticut, Hannah Brigham widow of Nathan who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of April 1849 and sent to
Jesse Charlton East Windsor Ct.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 1. Vol. 2. Page 50.

Connecticut 5691
Rep?
Hannah Bingham
widow of Ithamar Bingham
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 10 th day of June 1844 and sent to Jesse Charlton East Windsor, Con.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1, Page 63.

4044 Connecticut Hannah Bingham widow of Nathan, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a 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 26 day of Feby 1848 and sent to
Jesse Charlton East Windsor Hill Ct.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 260 Vol. 1

State of Connecticut.
I, JOHN B. ROBERTSON, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Oliver W. Steele is, and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Oliver W. Steele to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 1 st day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
John B. Robertson Secretary of State.

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No. 3
FREE
J. H. Charlton Esq. Post master East Windsor Cont

State of Connecticut Tolland County, } Is Ellington.
On this 25 day of May A D 1844, personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Widow Hannah Bingham, a resident of said Ellington aged 81 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 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Ethanar Bingham, late of said Ellington, who served as a private in the Revolutionary War, as is fully set forth in her Declaration heretofore made, under the act of July 7 th 1838, to which she begs leave to refer. That under said Act she was pensioned on the 1 st day of May 1844, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and forty four cents per annum: Her certificate under said act is numbered 8368.
She further declares; that she is still the widow of the said Ethanar Bingham.
Hannah Bingham
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year above written. And I further certify, that I am well knowing to the fact that the present Declarant, is the identical person who was pensioned for the Revolutionary Services of the said Ethanar Bingham; whom I also knew, as the husband of the present widow Hannah Bingham.
Oliver Steele Justice of Peace

Clerks Certificate here
State of Connecticut } County of Tolland } for County Clerks office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County Court in the said County of Tolland Certify —
That Oliver W. Steel Esq is a Justice of Peace within sd County of Tolland and resides in Ellington in said County That he was duly appointed by the Legislature of this State, commissioned and acting in said capacity that his commission now in this office bears date the 8 th day of June A D 1843 and will continue until the 20 day of June A D 1844 & by law is authorized to administer oaths and take Depositions
And I further certify that the signature to the within certificate purporting to be the official signature of said Justice Steel is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of sd County of Tolland this 29 th day of May A D 1844
Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court

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Hannah Bingham
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Rev. J. H. Heymout.

State of Connecticut Comptrollers Office Hartford,
I Gideon Wells, Comptroller of Public accounts for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify That in the books & files remaining in this Office, and relating to services in the Revolutionary War.
I find, several Captains are credited, or the United States are made debtor to the State of Connecticut for services &c, of from Massachusetts to Virginia viz after nine others named under date of March 8 th 1779 Capt Nehemiah Parsons guarding Convention troops 69" 0" 0                      7" 10" 0
And I find "The United States D r To the State of Connecticut for sundry expenditures for the service & expense of Troops stationed at Greenwich for the defense of said State" under date of 1779, Twenty seven officers are credited for services at that post, and varying much in amount, and thirteen of them being over One hundred pound each in Specie, & eight of them more that three hundred pounds each Specie value.
I do not find any roll of the privates serving in either of the above Notions .
I find also in a pay roll of the levies in Captain Chapmans Company, 5 th Connecticut Reg t Commanded by Philip B Bradley Coll 1780
Itamar Bingham a private of Goshen is credited for services from July 1 st to December 4 th 5 Mos & 4 days Gideon Wells Compt r
4 th Dec 1848

State of Connecticut Office of Secretary of State
I certify that Oliver W. Steele Esq. is & since the 20 th day of June last past has been a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Tolland in said State, duly appointed & commissioned, as appears of record in this office - and that the several signatures attached to the accompanying documents purporting to be his are in my opinion genuine.
I further certify that the signatures to these documents purporting to be those of John H. Woodbury Esq. are genuine & that he was for four years preceding March 4 th 1843 a Member of Congress from this State.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said State this 13 th day of December 1843.
N. C. Phelps. Secretary of State

I, Jonathan Buckland a resident of Ellington in Tolland County, Connecticut do hereby depose and say; That I lived in the Town now called Ellington in the time of the Revolutionary war, at that time this place was called Goshen, or Windsor Goshen, being then a part of the Town of East Windsor in Connecticut. I served as a private Soldier in the War of the Revolution I was at that time and down to the period of his death acquainted with the late Nathan Dingham of this Town I remember that he went into the service as a private Soldier and told me himself that in one of his tours he served under Captain Elijah Chapman from Tolland, a Town adjoining this, and he told me that when Andros was Executed that he stood on Guard about one Mile from the Place, The length of the time he served in this Campaign I cannot state with certainty I know him to be the identical man who married Miss Hannah Burton soon after the close of the War, and I know that the said Nathan Dingham died some years since, and that his Widow still remains his Widow
Jonathan Buckland

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss. Ellington on this 2 nd day of December 1843 personally appeared before me Oliver Steele a Justice of the Peace for said County Captain Jonathan Burkland, a credible and respectable man, with whom I am well acquainted, a resident of this Town & made solemn Oath to the truth of the within certificate subscribed by him Before me Oliver Steele Justice of Peace
Jonathan Burkland Certificate
I hereby certify that Capt Jonathan Burkland within named is a gentleman of truth over sixty Ellington Dec 4. 1843 John D. Morley

I Samuel Warner a resident of Ellington in Tolland County Connecticut do hereby depose and say that in the time of the Revolutionary War I was acquainted with Sherman Bingham late of said Ellington and I well knowing to the fact that the said Sherman Bingham went into the army that he went and served a Campaign at Saratoga according to my best recollection this was in the year 1777 or the year before the treason of Arnold and the Execution of Major Andre I remember well his going and his absence & his return but I cannot state precisely how many months he served but according to my best recollection it was not less than three nor more than five months. I cannot say what officer he served under.
I am well knowing to the fact that the said Sherman Bingham was married to Hannah Burton of this Town I was present at the Marriage they were married by Daniel Ellsworth Esq it was in the winter time and about sixty years ago I am knowing to the fact that they have lived together & brought up a family their oldest child Anson would be I think fully nine years old. The said Sherman Bingham Died in this Town in the Winter and I think sixteen years ago last January I was present at the funeral and his Widow still remains unmarried.
Samuel Warner

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss. Ellington before me on this 4 th day of December 1843 personally appeared Samuel Warner a credible and respectable man, with whom I am well acquainted, a resident of this Town and made solemn Oath to the truth of the within certificate subscribed by him - before me Oliver W. Steele Justice of Peace
Samuel Warner Confidant
I hereby certify that the within named Samuel Warner with whom I am well acquainted is a gentleman of truth and veracity Ellington Dec 4. 1843 John H. Northcote

State of Connecticut County of Tolland As On the 2 nd day of December 1843 personally appeared before me Oliver W. Steele one of the Justices of the Peace for said County of Tolland, Mrs Hannah Taylor a resident of Ellington in said County aged 88 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath depose and say: That she lived in the time of the Revolutionary War, in Windsor Goshen, which is now the Town of Ellington, aforesaid; that she was then well acquainted with Thamar Bingham Jnr, then of said Goshen, that she has a distinct recollection that he went two or three times into the service as a private soldier; she remembers his going & his returning and that one time he went to guard Burgoyne's troops thro' the States, as she understood at the time according to her best recollection and at the other times to the West, toward the North River, as she lived near by him thro' the War and saw him often when he was at home, she remembers all this very well, but she does not feel able to say who commanded the Company he went in, except in one tour, that he went under Captain Elijah Chapman of Tolland, Troops went from here some times under Captain Parsons of Enfield, an adjoining Town some times under Capt James Fitch, some times under Capt Charles Ellsworth; some times under Capt Schabed Wallsworth; but she cannot distinctly remember who he went under except the time under Capt Chapman; she is well knowing to the fact that a year or two after the War closed the said Bingham married Hannah Dutton, of this town said Thamar Bingham formerly Thamar Bingham & Died in this Town and his Widow still lives in the same neighborhood that I do, and is still his Widow Oliver W Steele Elijah Steele Hannah X Taylor marks

Sworn and Subscribed before me on the day and year first named. I Oliver W. Steele do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the deponent and she is a credible and respectable woman of a very good memory for a person of her age
Attest Oliver W Steele Justice of Peace
Mrs Hannah Gayton Deponent
I hereby certify that the within named Hannah Gayton is a lady of much respectability. Ellington Dec 4, 1843 John H. Middlesex

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848; entitled "an Act, making further provision for surviving Widows, and Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Connecticut, County of Tolland, Ss Ellington.
On this 25 day of October 1848, personally appeared, before the subscribing authority and one of the justices of the peace for said Tolland County, & authorized by the law of said State to administer oaths; Widow Hannah Bingham, a resident of said Ellington aged, Eighty five 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 2 nd of February 1848; granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Nathaniel Bingham, formerly of said Ellington who served as a private in the Revolutionary war; And that she was pensioned for his services therein; That she received under the.

act of 17 th June 1844, at the rate of Twenty dollars and 44 cents, per annum.
She further declares, that she is still a Widow. Hannah Bingham
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year above written; and I certify, that the declarant is personally known to me, & that she is the identical person, who drew a pension as she has stated. Oliver M. Steele Justice of Peace

Hannah Burgham Payment to be made at Hartford by
Horace Goodwin D r Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Connecticut
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 260 Vol. 1
Geo. H. King Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Hannah Bingham widow of Abner Bingham who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the 4th 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 26 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty nine,
W. L. Marcy.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. G. P. Bart Commissioner of Pensions.
Secretary of War.

East Windsor Hill, Connecticut, October 31 .. 1848.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir, I herewith transmit the application of Hannah Bingham, of Ellington, in Tolland County, for a pension under the act of 2 nd February 1848.
And am, very respectfully, Your Obedt Servant.
Jesse Charlton.
Jas for H C Charlton

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East Windsor Hill, Conn, Ap l 20 th 1849.
Sir.
Mrs Hannah Bingham, of Tolland County Ct, was pensioned under the act of 1838, at the rate of $20 00 44, & so paid till 1841: on the renewal of the Pension the 0 44 was accidentally omitted, the sum is but small but as the woman needs it I doubt not you will cheerfully rectify it & direct that she be paid the amount which has been omitted by mistake.
I herewith return the last certificate
With true respect I remain your Obed t Servant.
Jesse Root
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

East Windsor Connecticut June 3 rd 1844.
Sir.
I herewith transmit the application of Widow Hannah Bingham, of Ellington, in Tolland County, Conn., for a Pension under the act of March 3 rd 1843.
And am Sir, most respectfully, Your Obedient Servt Jesse Charlton.
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

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June 7. 1844
ch. Mar 3 1843
Sam Bingham
$28: 100 per an
Mr. J. F. Edwards.
Jeptha Chaitan East Windsor Conn
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

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Letter in Hannah Bingham Ellington Bt 1811

East Windsor Ct Dec 14 th 1843
Sir
I herewith transmit the application of Mrs Hannah Bingham, Widow of Nathan Bingham, late of Ellington, in Tolland County Conn, for a Pension, under act of July 7 th 1838. for a sum sum
And am Sir, most respectfully, Your Obedient Servant Jesse Root.
Hon J L Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.