Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 842, Abner Bingham, N.H. Privateer

SERVICE
N. H. Privateer
Bingham, Abner
NUMBER
R. 842.
CONTENTS
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State of Maine County of Washington ss
On this Nineteenth day of December 1833 personally appeared be- fore the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County Abner Brigham a resident of Gulice in said County aged sixty nine 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 1777 with Lieutenant Perkins, and served in a Regimen- t raised in New Hampshire under the following named officers - The Regiment was commanded by Col o J. Lilly or Gilly - His Captain's name was Jason Waite - & Perkins his Lieut. He serv- ed three years (the time of his enlistment) & was discharged at Hampton in April 1780 - When he enlisted he lived in No. Dover or Charlstown N.H. He marched from said Charlstown to Secondogee Retracted from Secondogee & moved to Hubbardston Col o Warner having the command of the rear guard engaged the British under Col. Stewart Gen l Fraser expecting to be reinforced by Stewart but the retreat was continued to Saratoga where they met Generals Gates & Arnold - returned back to Bemis Heights & fortified it - Had a battle with the British for two days - The first day the de- feated party fired forty round & the next thirty - On the third day at night Gen l Burgoyne retreated leaving his sick & wounded - Followed him to Saratoga where he surrendered - Fearing that Albany would be taken they made a forced march to that place - Moved from that city to a place called Easton in Pennsylvania - From there moved to Wyoming Gen l Sullivan was commanding - Was at Wyoming about ten days & then moved to the forks of the Delaware & encamped & built a Fort - March d to Charming &

an Indian village & destroyed it - then to Newtown had a severe engagement with the Indians - marched to the Lower Genesee & the Upper Genesee & then back to the Forks - Wyoming - to Easton Easton From Easton they marched to Pottskill - to Danbury - to Poughkeepsie in the Spring when he was discharged
Rec'd a written discharge from Col o Billy but lost it on board the Privateer Gen. Greene ship on board which he entered as a seaman? He was taken by the Com d & Pennsylvania Br. 40 Gun Frigates & sent in to N. York & was confined six months on board the Jersey Prison ship.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present & he declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State. Alner Bingham Given to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Baton - John Dickinson one Judge Alner Bingham
I John Hall residing in the town of Machias in said County of Washington do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Alner Bingham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; That I believe him to be about sixty nine years of age. That I am a Revolutionary Pensioner, and am knowing to the fact that said Bingham was a Soldier of the Revolution for three three years during which time I was with him. - John mark Hall
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid. John Dickinson Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investiga- tion 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 John Hall who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Machias in said County of Washington, and a credible person; and that his statement is entitled to credit. -
John Dickinson Judge

State of Maine
Washington ss. — I Albert P. Lane Register of the Court of Probate in said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abner Bingham for a pension. —
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this Nineteenth day of December A.D. 1833. —
Albert P. Lane Reg r . —

Province of New Brunswick County of Charlotte ss
Parish of Grand Manan
Be it known and remembered to every and all to whom these presents may come that I Thomas Winter an inhabitant of this Parish above named aged sixty two years, have known and been acquainted with Abner Bingham (the only person of that name residing in this Parish) for the last twenty years and more, and that during my acquaintance with him the said Abner Bingham have always during that time known from his own relation of the matter, that he was a soldier of the revolutionary war, in America, and that he has thus served in the United States forces, for several years and has been wounded in the said service in his left arm which I this deponent have often seen and that the same is now plain and visible, and this deponent does also further testify that he was for many years acquainted with his the said Abner Bingham's father who also lived and died in this Island, And that he has also often related to him of his said son Abner Bingham's services as well as of his own services in the army of the United States of America during the revolutionary war in that country.
Taken and sworn to before me at Grand Manan this the 5 day of April 1842
Wilford Fisher J. Pease
Thomas Winter
Grand Manan 5 April 1842, I certify that the above deponent W m Thomas Winter, is within my knowledge worthy of credit and to be believed, in any testimony he may be called on to give as well in this matter as all others.
Wilford Fisher J. Pease

Ex'r.
INVALID.
RECEIVED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Abner Bingham
O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Abaird
Revol
Abner Bingham
Rejected -
Suit February 6. 1834. to How L. Jarvis A. G. June
No 29130. Abner Bingham Maine
Rejected.
Suit to Hon. S. Jones 6 Feb. 1834. to Nicholas Thomas May 17. 1842. " " " " 50. 1842. " " " June 17. 1842.
842
Act June 7. 1832

Odeu Me. June 10 th 1842
Dear Sir.
Yours of 25 th inst. May, in relation to the case of Abner Dingham is received and I have enclosed you a letter from Luke Me, in relation to the same case. my object is to come at the cost without making any further cost for Mr. Dingham than is necessary, and as it appears by the inclosed that Dingham has before applied for a pension and his claim was rejected will you please inform me on what grounds he failed, as he there had his declaration taken in some Court in Maine. and if so is not that declaration good to proceed as if it was again taken in the United States. If the above information can be granted without any violation of the rules of your Department it would greatly oblige
Your Very Humble Servant
Hon. A. L. Edwards. Commr. of Pensions.
Nicholas D'Thomas

Whiting June 1,
Lake
Nicholas I Thomas Esq
Post Master
Edin Mr
Yours affec
W. B.

Lubin June 4. 1842.
Dear Sir,
I cannot find the original letter from the Department in the case of Bingham -
If Mr. Belwards is questioned on the subject he will refer to the papers I forwarded - & inform you of the issue
I did not apply for evidence to the N. H. Secretary -
Bingham applied under the first pension law in 1819, 2 1820 & with the same result as happened to me He did not state this to me when I applied for him
The Brig that did the damage went to Eastport to repair - I have no other knowledge respecting her - The general belief is that it was a great piece of carelessness on the part of both vessels.
Yours &c
H. Mayes

Calon Me May 9. 1842
Hon V. A. Edwards
Dear Sir I send you with this the declaration of Alfred Dighton and two affidavits in his case for your examination &c. after which you will please rite me. I sometime since sent you a affidavit in the case of Rebecca Dyer, peruse you have reced them. also a letter in behalf of Vachel Lurny
Respectfully Yours
Nicholas O'Shannes

May 30. 1842.
Dear Sir,
Yours
W. A. Cullen
Room 4 Pruning
Washington
D.C.

Odell Me. May 25. 1842 Hon V. L. Edwards.
Dear Sir. Yours of the 17 inst. is recd. in which you inform me that the Declaration of Alva Dingham now a resident of Grand Manan in the County of Charlotte in the province of New Brunswick, ought to have been taken in the State of Maine. This is altogether unexpected to me in this part of the Country as we have ever understood by the Pension Act that the Claimant must make his Declaration in the County where he or she resides, in compliance of which the friends of Alva Dingham applied to me in his behalf to go to Grand Manan a distance by land and water of at least 150 miles as they stated to me that they had no Officers among them that understood making out pension papers in due form. Agreeable to their & Dingham's request I went to Grand Manan and found that Dingham was poor having no property but by the whole chain of his discourse I feel confident he was a Revolutionary Soldier. I then went with him to St. Andrews in the Province of New Brunswick where in open Court I saw him

subscribe to his declaration and made oath on the Holy Bible before the Judge who administered the oath to him, that the declaration was true. The expense in his case was over 30 Dollars and he small to pay a cent. My concern in troubling you with the above matter is that you may see that if the declarations of such as may be entitled to pensions under the several acts of Congress cannot have such declarations Affidavits &c. taken in any Court but those of the United States all such must be detained from receiving any thing to their claim ever so just.
Under these considerations I take the liberty to ask of your Honor the favor to state to me if not inconsistent with the rules of your Office whether the declarations of persons claiming to be Revolutionary Soldiers or their Widows and all other Affidavits &c. can be legally taken in any Court out of the United States and if so in what Courts. In giving me an answer to the above you will not only confer a great favor on me but will prevent much expense which might be incurred by running into errors as if

regards the true intent and meaning of the Law ~~~~~ Very Respectfully Yours Most Obedient Servant Nicholas Thomas

Province of New Brunswick County of Charlotte to wit
This may certify that Wilford Fisher of Grand Manan in the County of Charlotte is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly authorized and sworn to a minister oaths and take affidavits within the said County and that the signature "Wilford Fisher J Peace" set and subscribed to the annexed Certificates is of his own proper hand writing and that to his acts full faith and credit should be given
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto set this Eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and forty two
H. Hatch
Surrogate Judge of Probate for Charlotte County

Province of New Brunswick } Parish of Grand Manan County of Charlotte } }
Be it fully understood and known to all and every having interest in the matter, that I, Joel Ingersoll Major in the Militia Forces of Her British Majesty in this Province, having been an inhabitant of this Island nearly from my childhood, and now aged fifty nine years. And that I have been personally and intimately acquainted with Abner Bingham during the whole time of his residence in this Parish which has been from thirty to thirty six years, and during the said time have always had a perfect knowledge from the said Abner Bingham's relation to him this deponent of the matter, that he the said Bingham had been a soldier in the United States service during the revolutionary war of that country, and that he had been wounded in the said service on his left arm, and that to at the time seriously so. And this deponent does further testify that he the said Bingham and his father has often related to him of their various services in the United States forces during the revolution and of their legal discharge from the same taken cautioned and sworn to before me at Grand Manan
Joel Ingersoll
Wilford Fisher J. Pease
Grand Manan 5 th April 1842. I do hereby certify that Joel Ingersoll the above Deponent is worthy of credit, and to be believed in any testimony he may be called on to give, not only in this matter but in all others, in all of which I certify the same, from a long and personal acquaintance with him the said Joel Ingersoll -
Wilford Fisher J. Pease