Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12356, Isaac Burpe, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Burpe, Isaac Burpee
S. 12356
carded
CONTENTS

21.099 New Hampshire
Isaac Burpee*
of Manchester in the State of N. Hampshire. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Daker of the Regt commanded by Col. Little in the New Hampshire line for 9 mos & 25 days
Isaac Burpee*
Records corrected. Oct. 17/65.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 32 Dollars 78 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Aug. 1883 and sent to Father Amhurst New Hampshire
Arrears to the 4th of March 1883 $60.56 Pension allowance ending Sept. 16.39 $81.95
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N.H. Woodson Clerk,
Book E Vol. 95 Page 74

Isaac Purdie
13. 62 3/4
Paras 9 Months 25 Days.
1406
Apr 26 1843
P. 358
X
6 Parka Amherst N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Amherst
Isaac Burpee  in the State of New Hampshire  (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? 73 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.     June In 17 75 " 6 15 Private Gen. Baker Col. Little   Oct 15 77 " 1 28 " " Lewis " Smith   Dec 77 " 1 12 " " St. Anthony   9 25  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rowley Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses, and documentary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Witnesses not stated as such 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. D. Atkinson Examining Clerk.
33 32  55  32 78

No. 7. 13.627
Isaac Barker
Amherst
State hooks & mitre
Send to S. Barker Amherst

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
On this Twenty seventh day of August Anno Domini 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting a within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid,
Isaac Burpee of Amherst in said county — aged 73 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 in the month of June in the year 1775 at Rowley County Essex Massachu- setts he enlisted in Capt. John Baker's company in Col. Little's regiment of Massachusetts Troops, & served until the first of January. Went to Prospect Hill where he served until his time was out, making six months and a half .
Second - On the first day of October 1777 at said Rowley he enlisted in Capt. John Lowell  Baker's com- pany in Col. Charles Smith's regiment - Gen. Buckley's Brigade, to go to Saratoga - marched to Saratoga, was there when Burgoyne surrendered and returned with the prisoners to Prospect Hill and was the 28 th day of November was dischar- ged. —
Third - In December 1777 or January 1778 at Sproul's in said county of Essex he enlisted in a com- pany of militia to guard Burgoyne's troops

at Prospect Hill, - He does not remember the name of the Captain, but the unit was Benjamin Stearnes's and served six weeks at Prospect Hill.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
That he was born in Newby Massachusetts in 1759, lived in Newby during a part of the war, and then moved to Herwick - afterwards came to live in Milford New Hampshire, where he has resided, most of the time since - now lives in the binder of settlement - never had a discharge -
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, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Isaac Bump Sworn to
Before me Edmund Parker Judge of Probate We Humphrey Moore a Clergyman residing in the town of Milford in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Abiel Lovery residing in Milford aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Bump who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 73 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,
Humphrey Moore
Abiel Lovery
Before me Edmund Parker Judge of Probate
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 Humphrey Moore who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Milford and that Abiel Lovery who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Milford and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Parker { Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Isaac Bump for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C H Atherton
Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Isaac Bump  on oath and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Rowley, Co. Essex Massachusetts, in 1759 -
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no record of my age, but suppose one exists in the records of Rowley -
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, I lived in Rowley during the part of war -
afterwards moved to Herwick, and from there to Milford, where I lived above thirty years. I now live just over the line in Antrim -
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 enlisted, or volunteered.
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 have stated the names of some of the officers
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer, Never had a discharge.
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?
Answer, Rev Humphrey Moore - Abel Loomis - Abner Dinsmore, Daniel Dinsmore -
Certified by
C. H. Atherton
Register.

Rev. man
12356
INVALID.
Rev. man
File No. 12, 356
Isaac Burpee ★
Pr. New Mar.
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. a , Page 51
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Isaac Burpee. Records corrected. R. act. 11/65.

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Isaac Burke
certifying officer, should accompany the papers...
under the seal of office of the certifying officer...
E Parker Amherst N H
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SECTION 14. Every officer... must certify to the credibility of the witnesses... and the official character and signature of the... officers, and other proceedings... and the proceedings must be held, as the law directs...

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Burpee 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? 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? 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? Witnesses XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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?
 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 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 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 shewn 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.
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 authenticates 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 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss.
I John Prince jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do hereby certify that Wm. Conant is a Justice of the Peace in said County & that I believe his signatures within are genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court at Salem Sept. 27. 1832.
John Prince Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss.
I John Prince jr. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County do hereby certify that Wm. Conant is a Justice of the Peace in said County & that I believe his signatures within are genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court at Salem May 23 d . 1833.
John Prince Clerk
Mr. Burphy -

I Jonathan Foster of Ipswich in the County of Essex and state of Massachusetts aged seventy nine years, testify and say that Isaac Bursey of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire, was enlisted in the Company of Militia Commanded by Captain John Baker, in Colonel Little's Regiment and General Green's Brigade, in the Revolutionary war and served six months and one half in the year 1775 and was regularly discharged. I also further testify and say that said Bursey was also enlisted in the Company of Militia Commanded by Capt. Love in Colonel Charles Smith's Regiment, in General Brickett's Brigade in the year 1777 in said war, and served one month and one half and was regularly discharged. Ipswich August 17 th 1832 Jonathan Foster
Essex ss. August 17 th 1832 Then the above named Jonathan Foster personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, before me
May 11 th 1833
William Conant Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Jonathan Foster above named is a person of good veracity and his statements are entitled to full credit. Wm Conant, Just of the Peace
I Caleb Jackson of Rowley in the County of Essex and state of Massachusetts aged sixty eight years, testify and say that Isaac Bursey of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire, was enlisted in the Company of Militia Commanded by Captain John Baker in Colonel Moore's Little's Regiment in General Green's Brigade, in the Revolutionary war and served six months and one half in the year 1775 and was regularly discharged. I also further testify and say that said Bursey was also enlisted in the Company of Militia Commanded by Captain Love in Colonel Charles Smith's Regiment and General Brickett's Brigade, in the year 1777, in said war, and served one month and one half, and was regularly discharged. said Bursey was formerly of said Rowley Rowley August 17 th 1832. Caleb Jackson
Essex ss. August 17 th 1832 Then the above named Caleb Jackson personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me
Wm Conant Justice of the Peace
Ipswich May 11 th 1833
I hereby certify that Caleb Jackson above named is a person of good veracity and his statements are entitled to full credit. Wm Conant Just of the Peace