Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,634, Newman Bishop, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
NUMBER _____
Bishop, Newman S. 29634
B. L. Wt. 24614-160-55
CONTENTS

Leonard Lewis Jan 20 1837
Reg 3 mar 38 168161
1364. Massachusetts
Newman Bishop of Hampden in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mansfield of the Reg t commanded by Col. Peigs in the Con t line for 2 (years)
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of November 1832 and sent William G Bates Springfield Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1832 $120-- Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 40-- $160--
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 st Page 39.

168.167.
Act Jan 3 / Sept 14 } 5-5.
Newman Bishop, Prov.
Capt J. May Col. Col. Line, Eng. Dis. No
Revolutionary Pension Mar 1 June 22 1364
W:160aa, May 1. 1886, Bapt. W.
Vol. B. 140.
Deomed & Lewis Westfield Mass.

Newman Bishop Cheaps. Rep. Barnstable June yy to DD 3 years Adm c
My certificate as to admission to the pulpit
I John Hooker within named do hereby certify that I am satisfied that the above applicant Newman Bishop is in reduced circumstances in life & is and in need of assistance from his country for support April 6 th 1819 — J. H. Hooker

Newm d Bishop, of Brattle in the County of Hampden & Common- wealth of Massachusetts Yeoman, fifty eight years of age, upon oath makes the following declaration, that on the or about the 10 th day of May 1777. he enlisted into Capt. Joseph Mansfield's Company of foot, in Col. Jonathan Meigs' Regiment in the Connecticut Line as a Common Soldier for the term of three years - & that he faithfully served in said Capacity for & during said term of three years - & at the expiration of said term of three years he was discharged at honorably at Westfield, in New Jersey - & was not required to remain in the service during the residue of said term to wit until the 10 th day of May 1780 - That he has not seen his discharge for more than 30. years & he verily believes his discharge to be lost - That he is in reduced circumstances in life & by reason thereof stands in need of his Country's assistance In support I hereby relinquishes his claim to every other pension allowed him by the Laws of the United States. and that I have no other  evidence in my power of his services except the testimony of Benjamin Todd - & that he makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the late law of Congress. entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval forces of the United States in the revolutionary war" 
Hampden } ss. County }
Newman Bishop
On this 13 th day of May 1810. personally appeared before me John Hooker Esquire Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to wit including said County of Hampden the above named Newman Bishop, who in my presence subscribed & made oath to the foregoing declaration by him made, & is appearing to my satisfaction that the said Newman Bishop did serve in the revolutionary army in the continental establishment as he has set forth in the above affidavit & declaration by him made and I do hereby certify the above & the affidavit of Benjamin Todd as the testimony & proceedings had taken before me in the above application to the Secretary of War Department of War.
John Hooker.
Hampden ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts I John Ingersoll Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of said Commonwealth for the County of Hampden hereby certify that the Hon. John Hooker is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court above named, that the above signature is in his proper handwriting & that the seal hereto affixed is the Seal of said Court. —
Attest John Ingersoll Clerk

I Benjamin Todd of Russell in the County of Hampden & State of Mass. do hereby depose that I enlisted in March 1777 into Capt. Mansfield's company in Col. Return J. Mather's Regiment to serve for the war  during the war - that before I was marched from New Haven in Connecticut to join the army in New York State the above named Nathaniel Bishop enlisted into the same company 2 d Regiment & we marched to Poughkeepsie in the last of May or beginning of June & that said Bishop I know continued in the service of the United States as a common soldier until May 1780 or thereabouts as far as I know both in the same company from May 1777 till May 1780 - when he was discharged -
Benjamin Todd
State of Hampshire County ss. May 13. 1810. Then the above named Benj. Todd personally appeared being duly cautioned warned of their legal rights & the truth of the facts stated in the above affidavit by him subscribed before me John Hooker Clerk of the Court in and of said

App. Ch. 1. 1861-1865 Revolutionary War
1861-1865.
Application for Bounty Service of Newman Bishop
Revolutionary War
File
By
Second Series Albany Wearfield Mass

State of Massachusetts } ss County of Hampden }
On this Seventh day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within & for the County and State aforesaid Norman Bishop aged Ninety Five Years a resident of Buffalo in the County of Hampden & State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn accor- ding to law declares that he is the identical Norman Bishop who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Mansfield in the Regiment of Commissary by Colonel Meigs in the Revolutionary war that he enlisted at New Haven in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut on or about the _____ day of May A. D. _____ for the term of three years & continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days & was honorably discharged at Westfield in the County of _____ & State of New Jersey on the _____ day of May A. D. _____

He also further states that he is the identical Nehemiah Bishop who was a "private in the Army of the Revolution" - that he is now drawing a pension of eighty dollars per annum as such private & that he furthermore refers to his original papers on file in Washington City D.C. & to the Certificate of Pension issued to him numbered (1364) bearing date at the war office of the United States the 3d day of November A.D. 1832 & payable at the agency of the paying pension in the State of Massachusetts in Boston in said State - said certificate being recorded in Book D. Vol. 2d page 39 & to which your department are referred & to the evidence filed on which said certificate was granted for proof of service in support of this application.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefor
J. A. BROWN Esq. Bishop

We William F. Briggs and Franklin H. Bishop residents of Nufree in the County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Newman Bishop in our presence & that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
Notary Public
W. F. Briggs Franklin H. Bishop
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written & I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be & that I have no interest in this claim
Newman Bishop Jr Justice of the peace

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Woman Bishop S.F. 29634
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 18, 1777 3 years Pvt. Joseph Mansfield Douglas R. J. Mings* Conn.                                                   
Battles engaged in,  Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Date of application for pension, May 13, 1818. His ch. was ab. Residence at date of application, Russell, Hampden Co. Mass. Age at date of application, 58 years old.
Remarks: 
* Dimon not Demming, P. 60. in same regt. in 1777 to 1780. So not included in the above
Very respectfully,

SUBMIT CLARK CHAPTER EASTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions, Washington D. C. Gentlemen -
Kindly give me the military history of Newman Bishop who served in the war of the Revolution. I find his name listed as receiving a pension in 1840.
Very truly yours
(Mrs.) L. E. Johnson
Regent.
Feb. 21. 1911.

29 634 INVALID. Reoy
1911 Feb 27 Hush To Mrs. L. E. Satman. V.L.M.
File No. 29 634
Newman Bishop
His Rev. Was
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]
168.161
Home St. Maldon Essex of Poisson
Washington D.C.

9639 Massachusetts.
Newman Bishop,
of Hampden Co y in the state of Massach ts . who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Meigs , of the Connect t . line, for the term of three years .
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13. of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. of April 19. and sent to John Hooker, judge, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. ... 77.93
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 2  48 "
9 mo. \frac{23}{31} } 1819. $:125.93.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Resided 7th Dec 32, Mass. Baptist

✓ 24, 614
3 Mrs. Am.

Westfield Mass Dec 15 th 1856 Hon Geo C. Whitney Comm of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir - We have before us a certificate of Pension, issued to Newman Bishop, "private in the Army of the Revolution"; dated Nov 3d 1832, Recorded in Book D, Vol 2d page 39, which entitles him to " Eighty Dollars " per annum from March 4 th 1831. Newman Bishop is alive & continues to draw that sum yearly. The evidence upon which his pension was granted, must (as we are informed) by parol evidence, & must have proved a service of more than two years.
Were in possession of " Parol Evidence " from the proper & authentic sources that Bishop served " Three Years " in the 6th Conn Regt in the war of the Revolution.
Does not that additional evidence (if satisfactory) entitle Bishop to an increase of Pension to $96. per annum
Will it not also entitle him to his arrears of Pension, from March 4 th 1831. of $16. per annum

or in other words will it not entitle him to a pension of $26. per annum from March 4 th 1831- the present being $20. & the arrears due him $16. per annum. if additional evidence is competent & satisfactory.
Will you favor us with the directions necessary to be complied with in such cases & whether it will be necessary for Bishop to make his declaration before a board of ministers.
We are very respectfully Your obedt Servt
Leonard J. Pierce

Newman Bishop's Declaration for a Pension of June 1832
Proof 2 years
$80.
Wm G Bates Esq Springfield Mass

State of Massachusetts County of Hampden p.
On this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court, before me Oliver B. Morris Clerk of the Court of Probate in said County Newman Bishop, resident in Russell in said County aged seventy two years & over who first 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 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States as a private in Douglass' regiment; that next he serv d in Cummings' regiment, & next in Meigs' regiment, being in the whole three years. That he has formerly been on the pension list, Roll of the Massachusetts agency at the rate of eight Dollars per month. That he was struck from the same on account of his property, & that at the time when his previous application was made & from that time to the present he has resided at Russell aforesaid. The following is a copy of his pension certificate.
War Department Revolutionary Claims
I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 18 th of March, 1818. Newman Bishop, of Hampden County, Mass ts late a private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency at the rate of eight Dollars per month to commence on the thirteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred & eighteen.
Given at the War Office of the United States this nineteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred & nineteen.
(sign) J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.
9.639.5
We hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare

that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State except on that of the Agency of the State of Massachusetts
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Newman Bishop
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as his status
I Justin Willard Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Newman Bishop for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Justin Willard Register