Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1451, Nathaniel Burgess, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Burgess, Nathaniel Lucretia
R. 1451
CONTENTS

3681 Vermont
Order to pay 30 Oct 1837.
Nathanial Burgess
of Windsor Co in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Capt. Jones commanded by Captain Brattleham of the Regt. commanded by Col Bailey in the Massachusetts line for 12 mo Private — $40.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 40 Dollars — Rev per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Dec. 1832 and付 to Hon. H. Hubbard House Rep.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $60. — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 1833 — 20. —
$80.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk Book D Vol. 4 Page 48

Carl Burgess
Remount
Admitted
Private
1 year
$40.00
Non. H. Hubbard
No. of Deps

BRIEF in the case of Nathaniel Burgefs of Springfield  by  of Windsor in the State of Vermont  (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? 76.  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 1775 Con't 3 Substitute Pro   " 2 cu Capt Bridgham Col Bailey   June 1776 6 Capt Harlow Genl Putnam   1777 1   12  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Stillman's Slough  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Marcham - Massa - Shrewsbury  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective Names of Officers in first term not given 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jas M. [Signature] Examining Clerk.

Wareham August 17 th 1853
Mr
Sir
The Record of Wareham shew the following
"The Births of children of Samuel Burgees Iabes Born April 25 th 1733 Nathaniel " Jan'y 22 1734 & 11 other children "
on another place on the Book is the following
60 The Births of the children of Iabes Burgees by his wife Hannah
Nathaniel Born March 13 th 1757
Died April 15 1839
the names of the other children of Iabes A.E. 82 years on label
Mercy Lothrop Lot
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I expect it is probably the last named Nathaniel is the person you named in your letter which who you said is not living. There is a man in this town, who says he was here about 30 years ago - but there is no person living who knows about his enlistment & service. Yours Respectfully for town clerk. Seth Miller

I thought I would write you, and if you think any of the widows will aid you in getting the widows pension please write & it shall be furnished in due season. Seth Miller Jr Yours
Waverly Avenue

State of Vermont. } on this seventh day of August, District of Windsor. } in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Probate Court of said district, now sitting, said court being a court of record by the laws of this State, Nathaniel Burges, a resident of Springfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy six 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. 1832.
That he was born in Wareham in the State of Massachusetts, on the 13 th day of March A. D. 1756, a record of which is in his Bible, and he supposes in the Town Clerk's office of said Wareham. and lived in said Wareham when he entered the service of the United States and until the year 1778 in the Spring when he moved to Tolland in Connecticut, and there lived till 1783 when he moved to Springfield in Vermont, where he has ever since lived and now resides.
That soon after Lexington Battle (on the 19 th of April 1775) his Brother Caleb Burges who had enlisted for six months in the service of the United States in the Massachusetts State troops, the names of the officers he can- not recollect, and stationed in Wareham on Gibbs great hill so called, at the head of Buzzards Bay, to watch the enemy, & the declarant says he served in that station as substitute for his Brother three months, it being agreed when his brother enlisted that each should serve one half the term.
That in 1775 his Brother Caleb Burges enlisted in the army of the United States, into Capt. Benjamin's Company, Col. Bailey's Regiment in the Massachusetts line, on the Continental establishment, for one year, - that in the winter, about the first of January 1776 he came home, and the said Nathaniel went as his substitute, and served two months in Roxbury, Mass, and was in building forts on Dorchester hill - and during the time he was there the Enemy's troops left Boston

Recollects that Gen. Washington and Gen. Ward were there - and Gen. Ward went on to Dorchester  with them hill the night they built the forts. -
That in June 1776, he enlisted for five months into a company of Massachusetts State troops commanded by Capt. Harlow. Lieutenant Ripley, does not recollect the names of other officers; - marched to New York, staid 2 or 3 days, and thence to the Barracks at Greenwich served there till September when the enemy entered New York and drove them off. They went to Harlem Heights where on the night day after a battle took place. recollects that when the British marched up, he with about 70 others were on guard at the ship yard on East river, when he recollects that General Putnam rode to them and ordered them either to follow him or make the best of their way off, that some left the guard & crossed North river & came to us afterwards, but he followed the General and through much danger got safe through. #
That in 1777, he volunteered for one month to go to Newport, - the time of year he can - not recollect, but thinks it was in October . and he cannot recollect his officers - that he went to Newport, Rhode Island, & served in a guard to watch the movements of the enemy, the said term of one month .
recollects of crossing Howland's ferry a number of times & Fogland's ferry and standing on guard many nights in full sight of the enemy & within, as he thinks, 30 rods of them and saw their movements and fires. - was dismissed without discharge ign writing
# In continuation of the 2 d mentioned service he further says, he went into the Jerseys, was sick of a Dysentary, after he got well, went back & joined the Regiment at Powderhook, and soon afterwards dismissed - the recruits to which he belonged were called the 5 months new levies says he served as above for the term of six months, and was dismissed about

the first of December as near as he can recollect - had no discharge in writing.
He has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
He states the names of Rev. Robinson Smiley, and Nicholas Cobb, as persons, to whom he is known in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services, as a soldier of the Revolution.
(Sworn to, and subscribed.) the day and year aforesaid.
Jabez Proctor Judge
We, Robinson Smiley, a Clergyman, residing in the town of Springfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and Nicholas Cobb, residing in the said town of Springfield hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Burges, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six 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. Robinson Smiley (Sworn to, and subscribed.) the day and year aforesaid. Nicholas Cobb
Jabez Proctor Judge
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 it appears to them, that Robinson Smiley, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Springfield aforesaid, and, that, Nomlas Cobb, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said town of Springfield, and is a credible person, and, that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Proctor Judge
I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Burges for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Reuben Washburn.
Nathaniel Burges

10,166
Leoretha Burgess Yes
Act 7. July 38
m 81. d 39
I understand that the evidence in support of this claim of Mrs. Leoretha Burgess is to be forwarded by Samuel M. Porter Esq. her agent and Attorney at Springfield, Va. Thomas P. Hammond.

State of Vermont, } I, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the Probate Court District of Windsor, ss. } in and for the District of Windsor aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Lucretia Burgess who has sworn to and subscribed the within Declaration, is a person of truth and vera- city; and that the statements by her made are entitled to full credit and belief. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of said Probate Court.
State of Vermont, } I, Salmon F. Dutton, Register of the Probate Court for District of Windsor ss. } the District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby certify, that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom the within Declaration of Lucretia Burgess was sworn to and subscribed, is Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor, which Probate Court is a Court of Record; and that the signature annexed to the certificate of the oath of the said declarant, purporting to be the signature of him the said Thomas F. Hammond, is his own proper and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate Court, and subscribed my name at Plymouth in said district, this fifth day of June, A.D. 1843.
Salmon F. Dutton, Register,

State of Vermont, } On this twenty sixth day of May, in the year of District of Windsor, ss. } our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the Pro- bate Court in and for the said district of Windsor, Lucretia Burgess , a resident of Springfield in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged Eighty six 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 July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."
That she is the widow of Nathaniel Burgess, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and for his revo- lutionary services, he obtained a pension of forty dollars per annum, under the Act of June 7 th 1832, entitled "An Act supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution;" for a more particular description of whose services, reference may be had to his Declaration and proofs accompanying the same, now on file in the Pension Department. She further de- clares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Burgess in Tolland in the state of Connecticut , by the Reverend Nathan Williams , then the settled minister over the Congre- gational Church and society in that town, some time in the fall of the year, seventeen hundred and eighty one , and as she believes on or about the first day of November, her former name being Lucretia Scott ; That her Hus- band, the aforesaid Nathaniel Burgess , died at Springfield aforesaid, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty nine , on the fifteenth day of April ; that she was not mar- ried to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and thirty four , viz. at the time above stated. That she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband, but still continues the widow of the said Nath- aniel Burgess .
Witness. Baron Bangs Harout E Bangs
Lucretia Burgess mark
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Lucretia Burgess , on this 26 th day of May, 1843. before me.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate Court.

M. Bang Maniz

Nathaniel Burge and Lucretia Scott were married the first day of November Seventeen hundred Eighty one
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record in this office (except the date is in words the date in figures is as follows 1781)
Messrs Oliver W. Isham Town Clerk Town Clerks Office Sollund Sept 12 th 1839
Caleb the son of Nathaniel Burge & of his wife Lucretia was born the twenty sixth day of May Seventeen hundred eighty two
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the same (except the date is in words the date in figures is as follows 26 day of May 1782)
Messrs Oliver W. Isham Town Clerk Town Clerks Office Sept. 12 th 1839
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss. - Tolland September 16. 1839 On this 16 th day of September 1839 personally appeared before me Loren P. Waldo one of the Justices of Peace within & for the County of Tolland residing in Tolland in said County Oliver W. Isham above named a person known to me to be the town Clerk in & for said town of Tolland and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Certificates by him subscribed and attested as Town Clerk. - Before me
Loren P. Waldo Justice of Peace.

State of Connecticut } County of Tolland } ss. County Clerk's office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the Courts in the County aforesaid do certify that Lem P. Waldo Esq. of Tolland is a Justice of Peace within said Tolland County duly appointed and acting in said capacity - that his commission now in this office bears date the 8 th day of June A.D. 1839 and will continue until the 20 th day of June A.D. 1840 also that the signature to the within certificate purporting to be the official signature of sd Justice Waldo is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of sd County at Tolland in sd County this 18 day of September A.D. 1839
Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Courts.

Know All Men by these Presents, That I Dyer Burges of the County of Washington and State of Ohio, have made constituted and appointed, and do hereby by these Presents make constitute and appoint Horatio G. Hawkins of the Town of Springfield and State of Vermont, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, in my name and on my behalf to demand receive and receipt for all moneys due or in any way owing or coming to me from the Government of the United States as the Child and heir at law of Lucretia Burges late of said State of Vermont deceased, and who was the widow of Nathaniel Burges late of said State of Vermont deceased, on account of arrearages due to said Lucretia Burges at the time of her death as the widow of said Nathaniel Burges, deceased, who was a pensioner, and at the time of his decease in receipt of a pension from the Government, for services as a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and for me and in my name to execute all papers and instruments necessary to establish my claim to such money, and to take all necessary steps to establish such claim and recover such money, giving and granting to my said Attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, and to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present and did the same, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises, by virtue hereof.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of M. Clarke Darius Green
Dyer Burges

State of Ohio Washington County ss.
I Davis Green, Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that on this 11 th day of March A.D. 1854 personally appeared before me Dyer Burgess the signer and Sealer of the forgoing power of Attorney and acknowledged the signing and sealing thereof to be his voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein expressed
Davis Green Probate Judge W.C.

I Barzilla Burgess of Grafton in the County of Windham and State of Vermont now aged Seventy Six years, depose testify and say that as early as the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I was acquainted with Nathaniel Burgess and his father's family at Wareham in the State of Massa- chusetts that I lived within a mile of his father's family that I have resided in said Grafton for fifty years past and for more than forty years past have known up to the time of his death which was in the year 1839 the said Nathaniel Burgess who lived and died in the town of Springfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont. I further say that the said Nathan- iel in after life usually spelled his name Burge and that I have frequently had conversation with him on the subject but have not now now distinct recollection of the reason why he so spelled his name. That he was the same man whom I knew when we were boys at Wareham Massachusetts, and that he then and his father's family called and spelled their names Bur- gees - the said Nathaniel was a cousin of mine, a second cousin - that in consequence of such cousinship and early acquaintance there was kept up an intimate acquaintance between us during his life - his residence in Springfield & mine in Grafton being only twelve or thirteen miles apart. I further say that I am and have been for more than forty years past well acquainted with the widow of the said Nathaniel, Mrs. Lucretia Burge, and know her to be the widow of the said Nathaniel, and for this I say not.
Barzilla Burgess
State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.
Springfield April 11. 1843
Then the above named Barzilla Burgess personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me Henry Blossom justice of the Peace. I further certify that I have personally known the above named Barzilla Burgess for more than twelve years & that he has the rep- utation of being a man of truth & veracity. Henry Blossom Justice Peace

STATE OF VERMONT, } I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County Windsor County,....ss. Sty of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Henry Alason
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the ninth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three and will expire on the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature at the foot of the foregoing page is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this — 16 th day of June A. D. 1843
N Williams, Clerk.

Sept. 29-1902 Geo. W. Burns - Boston Mass.
1401
ELECTED
P. O. Lucrecia Burgess Widow of Nathaniel
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

V
10166
Lucretia Burgep
PC
Rejected. Did not survive passage of final Resolution of 3 rd March 1851.
Let to J. F. Hammond Aug. 18. 43
" Hon. J. Colebrooke. 27. Feb. 1845.
H. G. Hawkins 9 th May. 1855.
Oct 7 July 1838

Springfield July 11. 18113
Hon. J. L. Edward,
Sir -
Herewith I send you evidence in support of the claim of Mrs. Lucentia Burgess, widow of the late Nath l Burgess of this town, for a pension. Her declaration is now in your office & was forwarded by the Hon. Thomas F. Hammond Judge of Probate for the District of Windsor in Windsor County, - - -
Respectfully Yours
Sam d . W. Porter

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Nov 16 1811.
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 only service of Nathaniel Burgess that is borne upon the rolls in this Office is under Capt Andrew Sampson, at the fort on the garnet at Plymouth, from January 1. to Sept 30. 1777. being 421 days.
There are no rolls of the service under Capt Harlow in 1776 in this Office.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE BY THE WIDOW OF THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of my husband, Nathaniel Bangs, (late of Springfield Vt. deceased) in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Tadoussac in the County of Quebec and State of Canada in the year 1775 as a private in the Company commanded by Captain in Regiment
and he served as follows, viz:— He took the place of his Brother Caleb Bangs as a sergeant who had entitled for 6 mths, & served a part a substitute three months, but the Company & Regiment I can't state— he was stationed, or rather his Company in Gibb , Quincy till to watch the enemy — I cannot name the officers. — This was in 1775
In 1776 (June) he enlisted for 5 months, served in Capt. Hearns Co. (Plymouth) Light Infantry , Mass State Troops — went to New York — to Hoback at Granville Staid there till Sept. when Enemy entered NY York & drove our troops off — went to Harlem Heights , in the engagement there — then to Powles Hook & staid 6 months.
also one month to Naspaet Rhode Island to watch the enemy in fall of 1777 — officers not known — he was a volunteer — I know nothing of the above of my own knowledge — I have understood that he served as above mentioned — that is all I can say.
I am now 85 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this (1 st ) first day of April
A. D. 1844.
Witness Common Bangs
Signed by said
Lucretia Bangs
for Lucretia Bangs mark
Law. N. Porter
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Springfield. Vermont June 30/54
Sir.
Miss Lucretia Burges of Springfield in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont widow of Nathaniel Burges a soldier of the revolution and drew a pension of forty dollars from June 7th 1832 to the time of his death April 15 1839, in 1841, the said Lucretia made out papers and sent them to Washington claiming a pension under an act passed by Congress for the benefit of widows under similar circumstances, for reasons unknown to us payment was suspended, except, in making out her papers she sent to the secretary of Massachusetts to furnish her with a certificate of services performed by Nathaniel Burges in the revolutionary war, from that document appears 6 months and 21 days which her husband never alleged in making out his papers, I have before a letter from under the hand of J. L. Edwards dated Pension office July 27 1848 saying that before she could receive the benefit of the services of Nathaniel Burges for 6 months and 21 days at Plymouth in 1777 as shown by the certificate of the secretary of state of Massachusetts it must be clearly shown that, that service was performed by her husband Nathaniel Burges for whose services this claim is made, M c Edwards further says the records in the

secretarys office may show the residence of Nathaniel Burgess at the time of his enlistment, for this purpose I have obtained a certificate from under the hands of the present secretary. We might, also a paper from the town clerk of Wareham Massachusetts containing a record of his birth which tends to show I think that it is the same Nathaniel Burgess , the husband of Lucretia Burr, it remains for you sir to determine whether we have made sufficient identity for the 6 months and 21 days, if so you will send us a certificate for what may be due from the time that Nathaniel Burgess received his pension June 7th 1832 to the time of her decease April 6th 1847; if we have failed to establish our claim for those services in which Nathaniel Burgess claimed her pension we should like to be informed in what particular because there can be no question I suppose but what we are entitled to a pension from the time of his death to hers which is nine days short of eight years , if I have made no mistake.
Very respectfully Yours
Horatio G. Hawkins
As I would say here that I have been intimately acquainted with Nathaniel Burgess and family ever since 1800 the most of the time have lived within two miles, if a reason should be required why this long delay it will be done without delay H. G. Hawkins

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
June 21 st 1854.
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 Nathaniel Burgess is borne on roll of Minute men in Capt. Israel Fearing's Comp on alarm of April 19. 1775. 4 days from Wareham. Wages including travel £0. 12. 4. 2.
Also on roll of Capt. Andrew Sampson's Comp. at the Fort, on the Gannet, at Plymouth from January to Sept. 30. 1777 Six Mos. 21 days. There does not appear on the rolls in this office any other Nathaniel Burgess.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

July 30 1902
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
O. W. R. N.
RECEIVED AUG 1 1902 FILES.
Dear Sir: Kindly forward me a certificate of service of Nathaniel Burgess Born Wareham Mass March 13 1757 Died Springfield Vt April 15 1839 1) Private on Lexington Alarm roll of Capt Israel Fearing's Co which marched on the alarm of April 19 1775 from Wareham to Marshfield 2) In June 1776 enlisted in the regular Army for the term of five months in response to a call for men to go to New York
Kindly inform me of the fee for this service so that I may remit
Yours Respectfully
George B Burns