Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,728, Ichabod Burgess, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Burgess, Ichabod B or ges,
N 23,728
Heziah
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Maine 28.957.
Solomon Burgess of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a ser t capt n in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col d Litch in the Mass t _____ line for _____ 17 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26 - Dollars 21 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Sep r . '34 and sent R.C. Nourse. Augusta, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 34 78.63 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep r " " 13.10 $91.73
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nath l Rice Clerk, Book _____ Vol. _____ Page _____

Maine. 1564.
Reziah Burgess, - widow of Ichabod Burgess, who died on the 17th Decr 1834, of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a privt corp in the Compny commanded by Captain Swift of the Regimt. commanded by Col Freeman, in the Mass. line for
6 mos & 17 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26 Dollars 21 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. 17th December 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of No- vember 1837 and sent to G. W. Morton, Augusta, Maine.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1837 $ 71. 20 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 38 13. 10
$ 84. 30
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d . }
Recorded by D. M c Curdy, Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 2.

Ichabod Burge, Captain 29th Mass. Troops. Bangor Co. } 5 months Dike's regt. } Private 1 mo p Swift's Co. } Freeman's regt. } 3 months Same 10 days Doby's Co. } Lt. Col. Hallett's regt. } 3 months
1 mo 17 days $25.21
Proof E. S. Bangs certificate,
Declaration sworn to before Judge Weston Augt. 13. 1834,  Applicant being infirm.
return - am d R. C. Vose Mar 12. 1834 3 mo 17 days $26.21
R. C. Vose Augusta, Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this fourth day of October  November A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Junr.  Subscribed a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court  Peace for of said county in said State, Ichabod Burgeff a resident of Wayne in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Eighty 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain Abijah Bangs and served in Col. Dike's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: vs. Bangs capt.
Dike, Col. That he enlisted in that company & regiment as a Corporal in August 1776, for the period of three months; that this period he fully served out at Cambridge, Mass. and was then verbally discharged the November of the same year; That in September 1777, he again enlisted as a private for three months, in Capt. Ward Swift's company in Col. Freeman's regiment of the same troops; that he served at Rhode Island & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was verbally discharged at Sandwich, Mass. in December of the same year; That the last of August & first of September 1778, he served ten days as a private, on an alarm at Dartmouth & Falmouth, Mass. in Capt. Ward Swift's company in Col. Freeman's regiment aforesaid, was then verbally discharged. That in July 1780, he again enlisted as a private for three months, in Capt. Matthias Tobey's company in Col. Hallett's regiment of the same troops; that this period he fully served out at Rhode Island, & was verbally discharged at Howland's ferry in November of the same year.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the War department, he answers:
That he was born at Freetown, Massachusetts, in the year 1753, where he presumes his age is recorded. That when he entered the service he lived at Sandwich, Mass. where his home was during his services. That he afterwards removed to said Wayne, where he has lived the last thirty one years. That he enlisted & was discharged as he has stated & has named such of his officers as he now recollects. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services.
Moses Wing Junr. Esq. is a Justice of the Peace, and I am satisfied of the truth of his certificate. Nathan Weston Junr. S.P.C.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Ichabod Burgeff
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Moses Wing Jr. Justice Peace,
And the said Justice Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. The said Justice further states that the said Ichabod Burgeff is well known to him, that he believes him to be eighty years of age, & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a

wers:
...ies propounded under the instructions of the ... department, he ans-
That he was born at Freetown Massachusetts, in the year 1753, where he presumes his age is recorded. That when he entered the service he lived at Sandwich, Mass. where his home was during his services. That he afterwards removed to said Wayne, where he has lived the last thirty one years. That he enlisted & was discharged as he has stated & has named such of his officers as he now recollects. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services.
Moses Wing New Eng is a Justice of the Peace, and I am satisfied of the truth of his certificate. • Nathan Weston not S.P.C.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
I. Burgess to sign here
Ichabod Burgess
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Moses Wing Jr. Justice Peace,
And the said Justice Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. The said Justice further states that the said Ichabod Burgess is well known to him, that he believes him to be eighty years of age, & that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier. The said Justice further certifies that the said Burgess is very infirm & that by reason of his age & infirmity he is entirely prevented from leaving home to make his declaration in open court or before a Judge & there is no Judge near him who can visit him.
Moses Wing Jr. Justice Peace,

State of Maine.
Kennebec, ss. — On this 13 th day of August 1834, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, Ichabod Burgess, by whom the within declaration was made & sworn to on the 4 th day of October 1833, before Moses Waring, Esq., a Justice of the Peace for said County, and made oath that the within declaration by him made & signed is true; according to his best recollection.
Nathan Weston
and the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he has within stated, and the said Judge further certifies that the applicant by reason of age & infirmity, is unable to appear in Open Court to make his declaration.
Nathan Weston
Sub J. P. Court
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Moses Waring, Esq.  Hon. Nathan Weston, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Peace for said County, in  Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Justice  Judge , in the matter of the application of Ichabod Burgess for a pension. I also certify that the Hon. Nathan Weston is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 4 th day of October
A. D. 1833.
J. A. Chandler
I further certify on this 13 th day of August 1834, that the Hon. Nathan Weston before whom the above proceedings were had, continues to be a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, & that the above are the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Ichabod Burgess for a pension, witness my hand & the seal of said Court, the day & year last above written.
J. A. Chandler

2604 Keziah Burge widow of Ichabod dec d Maine
Adm rs capt Spri 6 mo 17 days $34. 21/100 ann. comp 17 Dec r . 1834
Geo. W. Morton Augusta Maine

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congress, of the 4th July, 1836.
State of Maine.
Kennebec County, ss.
On this tenth day of October A. D., 1836, personally appeared in open court before the Hon d Nathan Weston Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine Hesiah Bangs a resident of Wayne in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy five years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4th, 1836; That she is the widow of Ichabod Bangs late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of 7th June 1832, that her said husband served about eight months in the Mass ts Militia during the Revolutionary War, that he furnished evidence of his service to the War department and was pensioned under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832 to which she refers. She further declares that her name before marriage was Hesiah Handy She further declares, that she was married to the said Ichabod Bangs on the in the month of of July in the year seventeen hundred and eighty ; that her husband, the aforesaid Ichabod Bangs died on the fifteenth day of December A. D. 1834; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further states that she was married in Sandwich Mass ts
u Hesiah Bangs
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, Nathan Weston Chief Justice S. J. C.

State of Maine
On the tenth day of October 1836, Keziah Burgess, the applicant within named appeared in open court, and made oath, as is within stated. I am satisfied, that the said Keziah Burgess was lawfully married to Ichabod Burgess, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, in the month of July 1780. That her said husband deceased on the seventeenth of December 1834, and that she has ever since remained his widow. Nathan Weston Ch Clerk of the S.P. Court
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the for Kennebec County Inferior Court hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon d Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is Chief Justice of Supreme Judicial Court of State of Maine. I also CERTIFY, That the within contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Keziah Burgess for a pension. I also certify that the signatures hereunto annexed purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal
of the said Court, this twenty sixth day of August A.D., 1837.
J. A. Chandler

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Ans Ans
May 29, 1928
Honorable C. S. Deneen United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the twenty-fifth instant, with enclosure from Andrew Holmes Burgess of Cicero, Illinois, I have the honor to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23728, it appears that Ichabod Burgess was born in 1753 at Freetown, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Sandwich, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served with the Massachusetts Troops, as follows-
From in August 1776, three months as a corporal in Captain Abijah Bangs' Company, Colonel Dike's Regiment; from in September 1777, three months as a private in Captain Ward Swift's Company, Colonel Freeman's Regiment; in September 1778, ten days as a private in same company and regiment, and was on the alarm to Dartmouth

and Falmouth; from in July 1780, three months as a private in Captain Matthias Tobey's Company, Lieutenant-Colonel Hallet's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 4, 1833, at which time he was living in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine. He died December 17, 1834, place not stated.
The soldier married in July 1780 at Sandwich, Massachusetts, Keziah Handy. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 10, 1836, while a resident of Wayne, Maine, aged seventy-five years.
There are no data as to children.
Your letter from Andrew Holmes Burgess is herewith returned.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23728 Keziah Burgess widow of Ichabod Burgess Coop New Mar
Act July 4 th 86
Index: Vol A , Page 106
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1928 May 29. Hirt to Sen. C. S. Deneen for Andrew N. Burgess avy.

Send for Service
m July 1780 at Sandwich Mass Rebecca Hardy

Isaac Burgess, Kennebec Co Maine, a person under the act of June 7. 1832, to what time was he paid last?
N. H. L. Nov. 20. 37
Dec. 17th Decem. 1834. Arrears p'd 2'd Gr 35.
S. H. H.

Ichabod Burgess.
Mar o July 1780
died 1834
entit d . July 1780 for 3 mo. Ser
Dec. ad 1832 disc d Mar o 1780

I William Mosey of lawful age testify & say that I am acquainted with Keriah Burges widow of Ichabod Burges late of Weymouth deceased - that she still remains the widow of the said Ichabod Burges & unmarried - William Mosey
Kennebec ss. On the twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven, the above named William Mosey subscribed & made oath to the above affidavit Before me Moses very Jus. Pease
I hereby certify that the above named William Mosey is a credible person & disinterested in the cause of Keriah Burges
Moses Wing Esq is a justice of the peace for the county of Kennebec Moses very Jus. Pease Nathan Winlow

I Benjamin Burgess of Wayne in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine aged eighty six years, testify & say that I am well acquainted with Kariah Burgess widow of Ichabod Burgess late of Wayne deceased, a revolutionary soldier. That I was present at the marriage of the said Ichabod Burgess and Kariah Burgess - and I further testify & say that the said Kariah was married to the said Ichabod Burgess in the summer of the year sixteen hundred & eighty, the last of July according to my best recollection - I remember the time from the circumstance of my returning from the westward with the said Ichabod Burgess a few days before the marriage - I further testify that I well knew that the said Ichabod Burgess went into the service of the country very soon after he was married to the said Kariah and remained in said service some months. Benjamin Burgess
Kennebec ss. on the fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven the aforesaid Benjamin Burgess Subscribed and made oath to the above deposition
Moses Wing Esq. is a justice of the peace for the county of Kennebec Warren Witness
Before me
Moses Wing Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that the above named deponent is a credible witness.
Moses Wing Jus. Peace
Dec. 1, 06

Augusta, Me. August 26 th 1877
Sir
I herewith transmit the application of Mrs. Regina Burgeps for pension under Act of Congress of July 4. 1835. There is no family town, or church record of her marriage to be found. The deposition of Betsy Burgeps who was present at the time her marriage was solemnized and which is annexed to her application is the best evidence of the fact that can be furnished.
Respectfully your obed Servt Geo. W. Morton
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

State of Maine.
We T. B. Robinson a Clergyman, residing in the town of Wayne in the County of Kennebec and John True residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Schabod Burgeff who has sub- scribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty 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.
T. B. Robinson John True
State of Maine.
Kennebec ss.—Sworn and subscribed this fourth day of October A. D. 1833.
Before me,
Moses Wing Jr. Justice of the Peace.
Moses Wing Jr. Esq. is a Justice of the Peace. The Rev. T. B. Robinson is a Clergyman residing in Wayne & John True residing in the same town is a credible person & their statement is entitled to be believed.
Nathan Weston Just J. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 4 th , 1833.
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 Ichabod Burgess is borne on "a Roll of Capt. Ward Swift of Sandwich for the Bounty allowed to each non-commissioned officer & soldier in the late secret expedition to Rhode Island October 1777. but no time of service mentioned, one month Bounty paid Ex d The name of Ichabod Burgess is also borne on "a pay roll of wages due to Capt. Ward Swift's company of Militia in Col. Freeman's regiment on the alarm at Dartmouth & Falmouth in the service of the State Sept. 11 th A.D. 1778," as having been paid for ten days service And that the name of Ichabod Burgess is borne on a "Pay roll of Capt. Matthias Tobey's company of Militia in D. Col. Hallett's regiment detached from the Massachusetts State to reinforce the continental army for the term of three months according to an act of the General Court, of the 22 d of June 1780, which service has been done in the State of Rhode Island," as having served as a private from July 30 th to November 2 d . I was paid for three months & seven days service Ex d and that the name of Ichabod Burgess as a corporal is borne on "a pay roll for Capt. Abijah Bangs's company in Col. Dike's regt. for traveling rations to & from camp, to their respective homes, some days wages for every twenty miles home." Said roll paid Nov r 21 st 1775, but length of service not stated. Edward D. Bangs. Sec y

GEORGE W. NORRIS, NEBR., CHAIRMAN WILLIAM E. BORAH, IDAHO LEE S. OVERMAN, N. C. CHARLES S. DENEEN, ILL. JAMES A. REED, MO. FREDERICK H. GILLETT, MASS. HENRY F. ASHBURST, ARIZ. GUY D. GOFF, W. VA. THOMAS J. WALSH, MONT. ARTHUR R. ROBINSON, IND. THADDEUS H. CARAWAY, ARK. WILLIAM H. KING, UTAH M. M. NEELY, W. VA.
JOHN P. ROBERTSON, CLERK ALLEN R. COZIER, ASST. CLERK
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
May 25, 1928.
Hon. Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Scott:
Attached you will find letter which I have just received from Andrew Holmes Burgess, of Cicero, Illinois, requesting the pension record of Ichabod Burgess, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and his widow, Mrs. Keziah Burgess, of Wayne, Maine. If you can locate these records, will you send them to me, returning Mr. Burgess' letter with your reply, and oblige
Yours very truly,
C. S. Deneen
JCM:LSM
Enclosure.