Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,726, William Bumpus, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Bumpus, William Hannah
W. 21,726
CONTENTS

Rep. Duplicate Report to Agent 19. March 1844
Maine 2263.
Hannah Bumpus M rs widow of William Bumpus, who was a Pr. V Fifer in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of October 1843 and sent to A. K. Parri, Esq. V. Comptroller
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 2.

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Cofoed
ss.
On this twenty first day of September A.D. 1838 personally appeared before me Stephen Emery Judge of the court of Probate within & for the County of Cofoed
Hannah Burnap a resident of Nelson
in the County of Cofoed
and State or District of Maine, aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of William Burnap who was a soldier
of the Revolution & served in the American Army as such for several periods, according to the best of her knowledge and belief. She verily believes that said William served eight months at Roxbury, in the year 1775, in the Company commanded by Capt John Bridgman & Col. Potter Regiment and twelve months at New York, in the year 1776, in a Company commanded by the same Captain Bridgman, but in Col. Bailey's Regiment. Also six weeks in New Jersey, immediately succeeding the last named term, in a Company commanded by Capt. Crocker of Col. Bailey's Regiment, when he was in the battle at Princeton N.J. And further she has good reason to believe & does believe that said William served, as aforesaid, six weeks, before he served at Roxbury, as above stated, in defending the South Shore in Massachusetts, at Wrentham and Wootton. She does not pretend to know this from being personally present & seeing the same, but from knowing that said William went away to go into these services, returned as from them and also from information derived from other related conversation with said William relative to his service in the Army as a soldier & with others in company there.
She further declares, that she was married to the said William Burnap on the tenth day of February
in the year seventeen hundred and eighty and that her husband, the aforesaid William Burnap died on the Seventh day of January A.D. 1813 , that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.
Witness S. Emery
Hannah Burnap mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written:
Before
Stephen Emery, Judge

State of Maine
Oxford ss. I the subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that the -phen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- -ceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Hannah Brumfuss for a Pension.
I do further certify that Samuel H. Brown, before whom five of the annexed Depositions were taken is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Court of Probate aforesaid this ninth day of October A. D. 1838
Levi Stowell, Register

The twenty seven following Marriages were consummated by ye Rev. Mr John Howland. William Bumpus and Hannah Barrows February tenth one thousand seven hundred and eighty. I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures, as follows, Febr y 10 — 1780. Lewis Bradford { Clerk of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I, Lewis Bradford above named, depose and say; that I hold the Office of Clerk of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Plympton, with the exception above named, as certified by me. Lewis Bradford { Clerk of Plympton as above stated. Plympton, September 5. 1838.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss Plympton September 5 th 1838
Then Personally appeared before the Subscriber Lewis Bradford Town Clerk in Plympton and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true I further certify the above Deposition is a credible person and man of truth
Jonathan Parker Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this sixth day of September 1838. Jacob H. Lord

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Hannah Bumpus widow of William
Me.
act. 7. July 38.
Married in 1780 died in 1813
A. K. Paris 2. Compt.

I Huldah Bumpas, of Hiram in the County of Oxford State of Maine, widow of Morris Bumpas, late of said Hiram, deceased, depose and say that I was a sister to William Bumpas, late of said Hiram, deceased - that early in the Revolutionary War, my said brother enlisted therein and served for several periods, I remember well that he was in the eight months service at Roxbury, in the year seventeen hundred seventy five & that afterwards he served a year at New York & New Jersey - I remember that he was, according to my best recollection, in the company commanded by Capt. John Bridgman. After my brother's time of enlistment for the year service at New York, had expired, we expected him home, but he did not come for a long time & I remember how distressed my brother continued absent made the family & especially my mother, we all fearing that he might be sick or dead - I recollect that my said brother, before he went to Roxbury, went to Washburn to defend the shingle thereabout and was there engaged for six weeks -
Huldah Bumpas Mark
I also say that I was present at the marriage of my said brother William with Hannah Barrow, which took place in the year 1780. at the house of her father in Plympton Massachusetts & I think in the month of February. I have lived a neighbor to them till he died about twenty years ago & a neighbor to his widow, who is now living, till this time, Witness Saml. Brown Huldah Bumpas State of Maine Mark
County of Oxford S. September August 27. 1838. Then the above named Huldah Bumpas to me well known as a person of known respecta- bility personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed before me. Samuel P. Brown Justice of the Peace Aug 27.

I Alden Bumpas of Hiram in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, do hereby say that Hannah Bumpas, who has made the declaration on another page of this sheet, is my mother and that I know that she has never married since the decease of her late husband, William Bumpas their names, who was my father and who died on the seventh day of January eighteen hundred & thirty. I have often heard my said father tell of his service, as a soldier, in the revolutionary war, and of being in the Saratoga Campaign and at New York & especially, in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Alden Bumpas
State of Maine
Oxford County S. September 21 st 1838 Then the above named Alden Bumpas, to me well known as a person of great respectability personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing de- claration by him subscribed before me Sam l H. Brown Justice of the Peace

I, Jephtha Brunsen, of Livonia in the County of Oxford. State of Maine, aged 72 years, depose & say that I was brother to William Brunsen, late of Hellen, in the County of Oxford, deceased, and that I lived with him, in my father's family, in the town of Houlton, in Massachusetts, when the revolutionary war began; & I well know that said William enlisted into the Army and went away to serve in the first eight months service and that he did serve, or was gone to service, & I have no doubt did serve that term through, near Boston. That after this, he enlisted again for one year & went away and was gone a year & more, in the services before he returned, and I have no doubt of his serving as a soldier during that term. I was then so young that I do not recollect his officers, nor can I now remember the particular years of his service.
Jephtha & Brunsen Mark
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss. September 21. 1838. Then the above named Jephtha Brunsen whom I have ascertained to be a person of known respectability, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposi- tion, by him subscribed, before me,
Samuel H. Brown Justice of the Peace

I. Jedidah Reed of Wild, in the County of Franklin, in the State of Maine the widow of late Amariah Reed deceased of said Wild, do hereby say that I was the oldest sister of William Bumpus, late of Hiram in the County of Oxford deceased, being now 80 years old. That I have heard the deposition of my brother Jephunah Bumpus, on the other page of this sheet read to me & know it to be true; & I further say that in addition to the sisters in the army of my said brother William, therein named, I know that he served on the south shore of Massachusetts, near Nantasket, according to my best recollection, about six weeks, but the particular period I do not now recollect; and I remember that my said brother, in his eight months & twelve months service, was in Capt. John Bridgeman's Company - I also remember that my brother did not come home immediately after his year service expired, for six or seven weeks, which alarmed the family, for we feared he was sick or dead - When he came home, he said he had served more than his year; how much, I don't remember. — Witness my hand & Brown      Jedidah her Reed Mark

State of Maine
County of Oxford. September 21. 1830. Then the above named Jeddah Reed to me known as a person of known respectability personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition. by her subscribed before me
Samuel Brown Justice of the Peace

I Shubal Burnpes in the Eighty first year of my age do testify and say that I know William Burnpes I know he Enlisted in the service of the United States for Eight months under Capt. John Brigham. I was at their Encampment at Roxbury and saw him in the service in the year 1875 or 1876 and that he served the whole of said Eight months. I further say that after said term of Eight months he Enlisted again in the United States service for one year under the same captain and that he served during the whole of said year and at the solicitation of his officers he was not discharged until six weeks after the Expiration of said year. and further the deponent saith not
Shubal Burnpes
State of Maine
Waldo ss October 26 th 1889
Then the Above named Shubal Burnpes personally Appeared and made solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me
John Haskell Justice of the Peace

I Shubael Burnpes in the Eighty first year of my age do testify and say that I know William Burnpes I know he Enlisted in the service of the United States for Eight months under Capt. John Brigham. I was at their Encampment at Roxbury and saw him in the service in the year 1875 or 1876 and that he served the whole of said Eight months. I further say that after said term of Eight months he Enlisted again in the United States service for one year under the same captain and that he served during the whole of said year and at the solicitation of his officers he was not discharged until six weeks after the Expiration of said year. and further the deponent saith not
Shubael Burnpes
State of Maine
Waldo ss October 26 th 1889
Then the Above named Shubael Burnpes personally Appeared and made solemn Oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me
John Haskell Justice of the Peace

Ishebael Bumpus named in the within deposition by the special Request of the agent of Hannah Bumpus, State further partly in Explanation of said Deposition. That my knowledge of W m Bumpus arose from his being my Brother and my living with him when he Enlisted as stated which was at our fathers house in Wareham Massachusetts in the Spring of the year, which I now recollect must have been in 1875 the second Enlistment took place at the same place, I was not with him during this year service, but I know he was gone in the army one whole year and six weeks, and the only way I know he was solicited to continue the six weeks over the year is that W m told me so. Further say that I am a Resident in the town of Montville Co. of Waldo & State of Maine
Ishebael Bumpus
State of Maine
Waldo ss November 9 th 1839 Then the above named Ishebael Bumpus personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above Explanation by him Subscribed is true before me
John Haskell Justice of the Peace & quorum
I hereby certify that the above named Ishebael Bumpus sustains a good Moral Character and that I have full faith and confidence in his Statement above made John Haskell Justice of the Peace & quorum

JOHN FAIRFIELD, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE. TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,
GREETING:
Know Ye, That John Haskell of Mox in the County of Waldo Esquire, whose name is borne upon the paper hereunto annexed, was, on the Eighth day of October A. D. 1835 appointed and Commissioned, and on the Twenty seventh day of February A. D. 1836 qualified as a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum within and for our said County of Waldo that he still continues to hold said office: and that his signature to the said annexed paper is genuine.
John Fairfield
and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at AUGUSTA, this Twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine and in the sixty fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
A. B. Nichols Secretary of State.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21726
Mrs. Ab Bumpus wid of William Bumpus Esq. Rev. man
Act: March 3 rd /48
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 106
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V Susp? Let Hon A. R. Paris Oct 13 1838 do. March 13 1839 do do 16 1839
Ad July '38

Maine 4696
Hannah Bumpus widow of William Bumpus, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 7 January 1813- of Oxford in the State of Maine who was a priv t fife in the comp y commanded by Captain Brigham of the reg t commanded by Col l Bailey in the Mass. line for 5 m 20 ds fife 12 m private
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 60 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Dec 1839, & sent to Hon. A. K. Parry, Present
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1839 $212 73 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar o 40 30.39
$243 12
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D r M c Curdy Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 3.

9977 Declaration of Hannah Kinsley me act 3 March 43. 6078
A K Barris Esq 2 m Compt

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County.
ON this thirty first day of March 1843 Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace of the
said County, Hannah Brumley a resident of Nelson in the County of Oxford aged seventy seven 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 on the 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War—That she is the Widow of William Brumley who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution, a musician in Capt. Stanford's company and a private in Captain Bridgman's company, as she believes
She also declares that she received a pension under the act of July 7, 1830, at the rate of sixty dollars and seventy eight cents per annum
she further declares that she is still a widow
Hannah Brumley Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me, and I further certify that the said Hannah Brumley is personally known to me to be the identical person she has declared herself to be
Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace
State of Maine Oxford County ss. I the Subscriber Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County hereby certify that Samuel F. Brown, whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Declaration is a justice of the Peace within & for said County duly appointed & qualified, & full faith & credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eleventh day of July Anno Domini eighteen hundred & forty three.
Geo. F. Emery Register
NOTE—After "who was a" insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1830.

Washington March 14. 1937
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir,
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your's of yesterday relative to the case of Hannah Bumpus, and request that she may be placed on the pension roll at such rate of pension as, in your opinion, the proof now on file will justify, as I suppose it is not in her power to produce any thing further.
I am, Sir, very respectfully
Abner E. Parrish

Hon. Albion H. Parris Esq. 2 nd Comptroller Washington City Columbia

Hobson Feb. 19 A.D. 1839
Dear Sir
of Brookfield
As Esqr Brown, is about to forward what evidence we can obtain (probably in this state) of my Fathers services in the Revolution as a soldier, it is thought necessary for me to write you once more on the subject; and give the reasons why those papers have not been forwarded sooner. - I have written to two persons in the eastern part of the state who were neigh one, a brother and the other a neighbor to my father when this service was performed. They are very aged men and whether they are capable of testifying correctly or not I can not tell - Shubael Bumpus was older than Zephaniah Bumpus whose deposition you or the Commissioner have - and as he (Shubael B) was the next younger than my father and fell - owed him in the service, it is probable his testimony would not have varied much from that of Zephaniah's - We know of no one living except Capt L. Bridgham, in this section of the country that was with father in the services we have claimed - For myself I have no doubt my fathers services in the revolution did actually exceed two years; and had he lived he would, as others have been rewarded by this country - But he was taken suddenly away just at the time his sons had left him - and my mother was left a widow with six unmarried daughters; (one a cripple) to shift for themselves - You know my mother well and should I say she has breasted the storms of life like a man, you will say yes - For near twenty years I have been trying to fill the place of my departed father. I have seen all our Sisters settled in life but one - but let me tell you, if you could see the tears I have shed in walking

in the steps of my father, you would have called me one of Lear's children - It has been a hard one - but I have never dared to lay down in the furrow or shake myself - The vast debt of gratitude has kept me onward - and the songs and smiles of my mother and fatherless sisters, has, to this day, a sweeter sound than David's harp - I think the hand that points the way, will help the traveller onward -
The papers you kindly sent me, printed in Ply- mouth giving a history of the town of Wareham, cred- ited my father as one of the soldiers of the revolu- tion sent from that town - and the general impres- sion among my father's neighbors from conver- sation with him before his death all agree in this general belief that his services in the revolution exceeded two years - We claim for actual service Twenty one and a half months - As no object- ion is made to our claim except the eight months in Roxbury we hope to obtain at least enough to meet the expenses we have been at to obtain it - I cannot doubt, but that you will afford us all the assistance in your power If no allowance is to be made for errors in the payroll I have no encouragement to seek for further evidence since the soldiers in that early campaign are almost all dead - My mother says that in passing through Roxbury about 25 years after they settled in Maine, in company with my father on a visit to their native place, my father pointed to the place where the Continen- tal army was stationed and said "there I have spent many a sleepless night on guard" I now submit it all to your disposal - if any thing may be awarded my mother I think it will be gratefully received
about thirty dollars, which I am holden to pay if the claim should be thrown by altogether

I spent an hour with your dear father yesterday - he is in good health and in a comfortable state of mind - his conversation is truly interesting - he reads a good deal, and I think is calling among the flowers even in this cold season - He thinks and says much of you and your family and I doubt not would be glad to be with you and I think nothing keeps him here but the climate which he thinks is favourable to his health - I want to say more but I fear I have said too much already. If I can render you any service in relation to your father you will please notify me.
Your often obliged friend and servant A. Cummings
Hon A. H. Parris Esq.
NB Please request Caroline to look a short piece of musick in the Boston Academy by the name of Barber page 232 and sing it over for me

I Bathsheba Binson, wife of Elnathan Binson, whose deposition is on the other page of this sheet, aged seventy years, testify & say that I have heard the said deposition of said Elnathan, read to me & that I can substantiate what he has therein stated, having been a near neighbor to said Binson, in the time mentioned by him, & having been a sister to William Brumfield (therein named). I was very young, at the time of the breaking out of the revolutionary war, but I well remember of my said Brother William going two times into the army; and one of these was called the year of the revolution. I don't remember his officers, nor when he went to, except that once he was at Roxbury near Boston, for I well recollect of hearing the great guns from there as the folks said & how distressed my mother was on account of my brother William also being there.
I also say that I remember my brother William was gone a year at one time from home when he went into the army —
Witness
Bathsheba X Binson Mark
Abner Brumfield
Samuel Berson
State of Maine
Red Bank
February 20. 1839. Then the above named Bathsheba Binson, to me well known as a person of known respectability, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by me subscribed, before me Samuel S. Berson Justice of the Peace

I, Elathan Benson, of Hebron in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, aged seventy two years, testify & say that in my early youth I lived in the town of Middleborough Massachusetts of which was that part, after was set off to form the town of Carver, with a part of Marshfield - that I was a near neighbor to William Bumpass, late of said Hebron deceased; and I well remember that said Bumpass went into the army, as a soldier in the war, at the beginning of it. I do not remember the place he went to, nor the officer under whom he served, but I well recollect that he went one time, into the year secured & was gone a year, but the other term I do not so well remember. Captain John Bridgham then of Plymouth, was an officer in the Army & his son John, now of Mend. in this State, was also an officer under his father. I am confident that Mr Bumpass went two campaigns.
Elathan Benson
State of Maine Oxford County ss February 20. 1839
Then the abovenamed Elathan Benson, to me well known as a man of known respectability, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed before me.
Saml D. Brown Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Oxford ss. I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that Samuel H. Brown, whose proper signature is affixed to the two Depositions herein contained is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Oxford and full faith and credit are due to his acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of February A. D. 1839.
Levi Stowett

Washington March 4, 1839
J. L. Edwards, Esq r .
Sir,
I herewith transmit additional evidence in support of the claim of Hannah Burnside widow of William Burnside to a pension under the Act of July 7 1838 — The original application is on file in your office —
From the testimony of John Bridgham, in whose statements I have full confidence having known him intimately for upwards of forty years, I cannot have a doubt but Burnside served with him at Roxbury, it might not have been in the same company but his name will probably be found on one of the rolls of the Regiments, and I have respectfully

to request that a critical ex- amination may be made therefor — I feel the more interested in this case as I am acquainted with the family and have confidence that the widow's claim is just.
Respectfully &c. William B. Parrish

I John Bridgham of Minot County of Cumberland and State of Maine, aged eighty-four years, on oath testify and say that I served in the Revolutionary War in the Campaign of 8 months in the year 1775, and that of twelve months of the year seventeen hundred and seventy-six and also of the six weeks service, and that I served in the former as Sergeant not as Ensign as stated in a Deposition in relation to the services of William Bumpus Deceased, of Hebron —
I further say that the said Bumpus served in the said service of eight months with me and in the same Regiment, and my impression is that he the said Bumpus, served in the same company, and it may have been that he did some part of service in some other company as I know it was the case that some Soldiers in one Company were changed into some of the other Companies or company of one Regiment signed in presence of Joshua Parsons Garrison Bridgham his John X Bridgham Mark

State of Maine Cumberland County ss. On this twenty-fifth day of October 1888 personally appeared the within named John Bridgham and made solemn oath to the affidavit by him subscribed to be the truth - and I can cheerfully state that his statements for truth is unquestioned
Before me Joshua Parsons justice Peace
I John Bridgham, the Deponent in the Deposition above, further say that I think that the magistrate who took my former deposition, for the use of the widows Pension, must have made the mistake in putting me down as Ensign instead of Sergeant in the right month's service, which in the hurry of the moment I did not perceive.
I further say that I am still of the opinion that David Blanchard served the right month's service in 1875, in the same company with myself, but I may be mistaken in this particular, but think I cannot be mistaken in the fact that he did serve that campaign through, in our company, or some other one in our Regiment . There was Capt. Bradford, Capt. Mayhew, Capt. Clark, Capt. Wood and several others whose names I do not now recollect, with their companies.
Witness Brother Bridgham John X Bridgham Mark

State of Maine York County ss. January 3. 1839. Then the abovenamed John Bridgman, to me well known as a man of known respectability, personally appeared & made oaths to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, before me, Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace
State of Maine York ss. I Levi Howells Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that Samuel F. Brown whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing affidavits is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of February A. D. 1839.
Levi Howells

Will Mr. Edwards have the rolls of the several companies in the Regiment in which Bridgman was Ensign, examined I think. William Bumpus' name will be found on one of them - Bridgman I know to be a highly respectable man and I cannot doubt but Bumpus was with him at Roxbury - I trust the rolls will be critically examined -
H. B. Parsons
March 4. 1839 -

Vol 36-p 52 -
Mr Bumpass 17 July '75 - paid for 3000.200

I Silas Biff of Upton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being now in the eighty second year of my age, do hereby certify and declare that I was well acquainted with William Bumford formerly of Upton that I know he was in the service of the state of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a private in a company of troops commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Hammond of which Joshua Briggs was the first, and Barnabas Bates the second Lieutenants raised for the purpose of guarding the coast along the head of Buzzards Bay, in which he continued for six months. At the expiration of this service in the year 1776 he enlisted as a private in Upton with Edward Sparrow, who was a Lieutenant in, and recruiting Officer for Capt. John Bridgham's company in what was called the twelve months' service, and went with said company to Roxbury. There and in the neighborhood he continued with the army under the command of General Washington, until he marched his army to New-York. He went south with said army, and his opponents always understood not only from the relation of said Bumford but others, that he was with said army at White Plains, Red Bank, and in capturing the Hessians in Trenton. After this service he returned home to Upton where he frequently heard him relate the details of his campaigns. After this I believe in the year 1779 he married a woman of Upton by the

name of Hannah Barrow (I was present at the marriage,) and after this, but, how long after he is unable to say. They removed to the town of Rehoboth in Maine - where he visited them. Further this deponent knows not.
Dated at Waltham this twenty ninth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. -
Attest, Wm Bates
Silas his X Bipe mark.
Catherine C. Gibbs
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. - Waltham November 29 th 1839 - Then the aforesaid Silas Bipe made oath before me the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said County that the aforesaid deposition by him subscribed is true, and I hereby certify that said Bipe is a credible witness.
Wm Bates Justice of the Peace.

I Bathsheba Dey, of Tazewell, in the county of Oxford & State of Maine, widow of Richard Dey, late of Wayne, in the county of Kennebec, deceased, testify and say that I was well acquainted with William Burnham, late of Halloway in said county of Oxford, deceased, both in his youth & while he lived in said Halloway, he & I being cousins & being brought up together in the same neighborhood, in the town of Waltham, county of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts and I well recollect that said Burnham, in the early part of the war, went away into the army, as a soldier, in Captain Bridgman's company. My brother Jonathan Dey was about the same age with Burnham and went away the same time, as a soldier, but not in the same company. He was in the company of Captain Smith of Middleborough. They went to Roxbury, near Boston, and returned as from there; but I do not recollect how long they served. Benjamin Burnham, who I afterward married, also went into the army at the same time. I think that the British were in Boston, at the time these soldiers went to Roxbury. I recollect the facts that I have stated above, as well as any fact of my early life.
Bathsheba her Dey Mark
Witness Grinfill H. Keen Samuel F. Brown
State of Maine
Oxford County ss. November 1. 1839 - Then the above named Bathsheba Dey, whom I have ascertained to be of good repute for truth and otherwise, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her subscribed, before me. Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace

2245
Hannah Pumps
Wid of William
Me
Act July 7 1838
Manned 1780
died 1813
Allow 5 mo 20 days
a. fiver. and 12 th
a. pr. $ 60.78 per am
from March 4. 1836
Capt. Brigham.
Map. line
Ann A. K. Parris
Present

I John Bridgham of Milford, in the County of Cumberland State of Maine, aged eighty four years. I do hereby certify that I served in the Revolutionary War during several periods, for which I was received a Pension from the Government of the United States. The first term of my service was during the Roxbury Campaign, near Boston in the year 1775 for eight months, in the Company commanded by Capt John Bridgham, of Col. Bailey's Regiment, of Massachusetts troops. I further say that William Burroughs, late of Hellen in the County of Oxford State of Maine, deceased, was a soldier in the same Company with myself; he was a Private & myself Ensign. I well remember that he served through the eight months & was discharged -
After this I served under the same Captain for twelve months in Col. Bailey's Regiment, at New York; and I well remember that said Burroughs served for the same term, in the same Company with me, I continuing in the office of Ensign & he as Private. We enlisted for this term of service at said Roxbury & marched to New York. This was in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six - After this term expired, General Washington Col. Bailey was very solicitous

to engage the soldiers for a further term of six weeks and I engaged to stay & did stay & served that term in the Company commanded by Capt. Brooks, in the same Col., Baileys Regiment, & many of the soldiers also enlisted & served for that term, & I am pretty confident that the said Bumpass was one of them & that he served through said six weeks, in Capt. Brooks Company; but I am not so positive as to this; nor so clear in my recollection, as I am of the two first named Campaigns. This last enlistment took place at Trenton, New Jersey; and during this service, the battle at Princeton took place, in which I & I think said Bumpass, was engaged.
My home, on entering the Army, was in Plympton Massachusetts and that of said Bumpass, in Wareham, in the same State; about three Miles from me. After my service expired in the Army, I moved into Maine, where I have lived ever since. The said Bumpass' father and family moved down with me & I think the said William was with us. He afterward married Hannah Barrows of said Plympton (now Canoe) & moved her down to Maine & settled in Hiram aforesaid, about three miles from my residence, where he resided till his death, which took place, I should think, upwards of twenty years ago. He left his said wife Hannah

a widow & I have continued my acquaintance with her ever since & I understand she is still living.
Wm Lloyd Brown
hi John H Bridgeham Mark
State of Maine
County of Oxford. August 27. 1837. Then the above named John Bridgeham to me well known as a person of known respectability, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing dep- osition by him subscribed before me,
Samuel T Brown Justice of the Peace