Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,057, Benjamin Bisbee, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bisbee, Benjamin
W. 2057
Bisbe
BLK 9408-160-55.
Bisby
CONTENTS
Milly

379 Massachusetts
Sylvester Dasty of Norfolk Co in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Page & others of the Reg't commanded by Col. Tucker & others in the Massachusetts line for Dyeing
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass Pension at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of May 1833 and sent to Leland Dasty Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending April 1, 1833 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. D. Dasty Clerk, Book D . Vol. 2 Page 39
This Certificate is what in lieu of one dated Aug 25, 1832 supposed to be lost or destroyed which if it should hereafter be found $100 at the Bank to a gent will please trans- mit to this Department

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Dedham in and for said County, Benjamin Bisbee a resident of Stoughton in said County, aged Seventy two , 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 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth in Massachusetts on the sixteenth day of October A. D. 1759, and that there is a record of his birth in Bridgewater : that he was in the United States service from the Month day of April A. D. 1775, to the Thirty first day of December A. D. 1775 as a Soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at said Stoughton when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Frederick Pape & Colonel Paul D Sargeant : that he marched from Stoughton to Cambridge , from there to Several places in the vicinity of Boston : that he served at said places with none of the regular troops; and Genl Washington of the regular officers was known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Stoughton , & that he has no documentary evidence to prove his service
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from about the Month day of November A. D. 1776, to the fourteenth day of March A. D. 1777 as a soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Stoughton
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Wm Babcock & Colonel Solomon Dorr : that he marched from Stoughton to Providence from there to Danbury from there to New York from there to Morristown when he was discharged : that he served at Morristown with the Continental Regiment of the regular troops; and General Washington & General Lee of the regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge. & has no other documentary evidence to prove his service
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from about the Month day of August A. D. 1780, to the Month day of December A. D. 1780 as a soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Stoughton
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Lieutenant Ralph Thompson
& Colonel Eben Dyer : that he marched from Stoughton to Providence, from there to Rhode Island from there to when he was discharged : that he served at Rhode Island with the French Troops & some of General Lord of the regular troops; and General La Fayette & Major Duplessis of the regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge. & has no documentary evidence to prove his service

I Thomas Curtis of Houghton in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy five years, Testify & say that Benjamin Dike, to my knowledge, was in the United States Service for the first two periods within described by him
Thomas Curtis
Weymouth August 7 th 1832 submitted a second to before me Hermenepe of Probate

That he was upon the Pension Roll under the Act of 1818 as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, & that at the time of his application he was residing at said Houghton & that he has been stricken from the Roll on account of his property
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Benja Bisbee
We Samuel Goy
a clergyman, residing in the Town of Houghton
and Joel Talbot
residing in said
Houghton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Bisbee who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Sam l Goy Joel Talbot
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Samuel Goy, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Houghton; and that Joel Talbot who has also signed the same is a resident in said Houghton and a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Therman Leland Judg. of Probate
I Samuel Havin, Register of the said Court of Probate — do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Bisbee for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Havin Reg t of Probate

Increase, 43 Massachusetts Emily Bibby or Bisbee widow of Benjamin Bisbee who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private M ass Line Boston
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 180 Dollars and
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848 30 th Sept r 1865
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Nov 1868 and sent to Geo S. Derby Boston
Mass
Issue under Joint Res. Feb. 18, 1867
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 1 Vol. H. No 2
J. N. Smith

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County ss
On this twenty fourth day of November A D 1849 personally appeared Milly Bisbee before the Court of Probate in open Session in Roxbury in said County
the said Milly Bisbee being a resident of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk aged about seventy eight four 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 29 th 1848 entitled "an Act for the Relief of certain surviving widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army" that she is the widow of Benjamin Bisbee who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, and served as set forth in his Declaration to obtain a Pension under the Act of 7 June 1832 now on file in the proper Department, and drew a Pension of eighty dollars per annum under said Act of 7 June 1832
She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Bisbee on the twenty fourth day of December in the year seventeen hundred & ninety five; that her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Bisbee died on the eleventh day of October 1849, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred, viz, at the time above stated. Milly Bisbee
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before me J Seland judge of Probate

on the day and year first herein before written; the age being previously corrected to read seventy four.
Before S. Leland Judge of Probate
(Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
Norfolk County ss.
I Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Norfolk hereby certify that Sherman Leland is Judge of said Court of Probate and that his signatures on this paper are genuine and true.
For Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court of Probate this twenty sixth day of November A.D. 1829
Jonathan H. Cobb Reg. Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk & Town of Houghton Benjamin Wisbe and Mille Vose both of Houghton were joined in marriage on the twenty fourth of December Seventeen hundred & Ninety five By the Rev d Leachmanah Howard"
Houghton Nov 14 1847 I certify that the above is a true copy from the Records of Marriages in the Town of Houghton with the exception of the date which in the Record is expressed in fair legible figures as follows
"Dec. 24. 1795."
Attest Jabez Talbot Jr Clerk of the Town of Houghton
I Jabez Talbot Jr above named do hereby say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Houghton aforesaid in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Houghton, with the exception above named as certified by me Jabez Talbot Jr Town Clerk
Signed and sworn to this Sixteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty nine Before me Joel Talbot Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Suffolk County ss.
Personally appeared Joel Talbot Esquire of Stoughton, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, and made oath in due form of Law, that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Bisbee dec d , late a Pensioner of the U. S. under the Act of 7 June 1832 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, and that said Bisbee died on the 11 th of October 1849, that he also knew Milly Bisbee named in the annexed papers and who now applies for a Pension as widow of said Benjamin; that he knew of their living together as man and wife since 1796, and was in the habit of visiting them, witness's farm joined their farm, and he is perfectly confident that said Milly Bisbee is the identical person mentioned in the annexed Certificate and Affidavit of Jabez Talbot jr. and she now resides in said Stoughton, and is about seventy four  sixty years of age, as he is informed & verily believes. Sworn to and subscribed Joel Talbot this 17 th November 1849, the age being previously corrected to read seventy four. Before me
G. S. Belfinch Justice of Peace
I certify that the above named Joel Talbot is

a gentleman whose statements may be relied on, and is a credible witness, he is a Justice of Peace for Norfolk county, and his name has often appeared, as I am informed and verily believe, on papers connected with Pension business
G. T. Bulfinch Justice of Peace

Ms. 444 Oct 3/53 Sept 11/53
Willie Bisbee Benjamin Bisbee
Rev. Has Private Col. Supper Map Line
Pensylvania Map. Eng 48-444
Leignton ad. 160 acs Nov 7/55 Dodge
MS
J. R. Perkins North Bridgewater Mass
Vol. B. 138. —

Department of the Interior Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29 th 1848 — Milly Bisby or Bishbee Widow of Benjamin Bisby who was a private in the Revolutionary war — is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and — cents per annum commencing on the 11 th of October 1849 and continuing for life unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage —
Given at the Department of the Interior This Fourth day of December one Thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions

State of Massachusetts } S- Plymouth County }
Be it known That before me J. R. Perkins a justice of the peace in and for the County of Plymouth personally appeared Milly Bisby and made oath in due form of law That she is the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession of which I certify the foregoing to be a true copy on the pre- ceding page — "Re-indexed in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act 1848 July 29 th Page 53 — Vol I — Book D — H. Robinson Clerk" That she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the aforementioned Benjamin Bisby — That she now resides in Houghton That she has resided there for her whole life Seventy nine years —
That her husband died Oct 11 th 1849 in said Houghton — in Norfolk County Mass.
That her said husband never applied for or received any bounty land under any act of Congress —
That she has never applied for nor received any bounty land under any act of Congress —
That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land

To which she may be entitled under the act of Congress passed in March 1855- and she prays that a certificate thereof may be sent for her to J. R. Perkins Esq- North Bridgewater Massachusetts- Signed in presence of Milly per  L Bissbee Lewis R. Hawkins
Nathan Kuthy
Subscribed and duly sworn to the day and year hereunder written -
March 16 th 1855- before me
J. R. Perkins
Justice of the peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss.
I certify that J. R. Perkins Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit was made & sworn to, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned & qualified, to administer oaths & to take acknowledgments - and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County & Commonwealth, this eleventh day of April A.D. 1855-
W. V. Whitman
Clerk of said Court

State of Massachusetts } Plymouth County
We Nathan Keith of North Bridgewater in Plymouth County - and Lewis R. How- land of Scituate do depose and say That we well know Milly Bishy The widow of Benjamin Bishy who was a private in the Revolutionary war - That we saw her sign the fore- going declaration and that said Benjamin died about five years ago - That she has remained his widow To this time - and receives her pension -
Nathan Keith Lewis R. Howland
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sixteenth day of March A.D. 1855- And I hereby certify that the above named Witnesses are personally known to me and are entitled to credit -
J. R. Perkins Justice of the peace
Milly Bishy $5.44

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Bisbee a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (for his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Wid. F. 2057.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1) April 1770 6 mos. Pri. Fredk. Pape. Paul D. Sargent Mass   3) June 1778 to March 1779 Page Tupper   4) Aug. 1780 to Dec. 1780 Lt. Ralph Thompson Ebene. Thayer   2) Nov. 1776 to March 14, 1777 Wm. Babcock Solomon Lovell  
Battles engaged in, Monmouth
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stoughton, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 25, 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Stoughton, Norfolk Co. Mass. Plymouth Co.,
Age at date of application, B. Oct. 16, 1759, at Bridgewater, Mass.
Remarks: He mar. Dec. 24, 1795, at Stoughton, Mass.,
Milly Vose; he died Oct. 11, 1849, & she was al. pension on her ap. ex. Nov. 24, 1849, while a resident of Stoughton, Mass. aged 74 yrs,
The above is the only Benjamin Bisbee (variously spelled) found on the Rev. War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1915 Nov. 26 History to Mrs. F. W. Barlow F.W.
1918 Dec. 28 Hist. to Ellsworth O. Bisbee 1919 Feb. 15 Hist. to Alma B. Bisbee
Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2057 Milly Bishg & Bisbee Widow Benjamin Bisbee Rev. War.
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index: —Vol. A, Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 78449
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr 18 th 1855.
Benj. Bister - Sec - Pri
Col Lupper
Hoag Line -
Rev. War -
9408 - 160 - 55 -
S. R. Perkins
H. Bridgewater
Mass -

94.08
160 Acres
379
Massachusetts Benjamin Bisby
of Norfolk Co. in the State of Mass ts , who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Page & other of the reg ts commanded by Colonel Tupper & other in the Mass ts . line, for the term of two years, from 1775 to 1778
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eighty Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 day of March 1831 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of August 1832 — and sent to E. S. Leland Boston P.O. Roxbury,
the Roll on day of 182 and notification sent to at Pension commencing on the of 182
Amount due on 4th of March 1832 } 4 Sep. " }
$ 80. — 40 $ 120. —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 10, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
7 June 1832
Rec: Book D. Vol. 2. fol. 39.

11. 66 2/3
Massachusetts.
Benjamin Bisby
of Houghton in the state of Mass - who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper of the Mass. line, for the term of nine months -
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th of Ap r 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of June 1819 and sent to John Davis Esq. Boston, Mass
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 10 mos. 10/30 82. 66 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 11 th Sep r 1819. 48. 00. $130:66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

I Samuel Smith being of lawful age, do testify & say that Benjamin Biber of Shoyleton went with me into the Continental service in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, & continued therein nine months in Gen. Patterson's Brigade, Col. Tupper Regiment & Capt. Page's Company, & we received our discharge together at West Point at the expiration of said Term. — Samuel Smith
Nashville May 15 th 1818
Then the above named Samuel Smith personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above, by him signed. Before me Peter Adams Justice of the Peace.

449 Massachusetts
Milly Bishy or Bisbee widow of Benjamin Bishy
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1842. 11 of October 1840
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Dec r 1841 and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2/1842, Page 63 Vol.
July 1 Boston. Henry Robinson Clerk

Bank
WIDOW'S INCREASE PENSION CLAIM.
9
GEORGE S. DERBY, ATTORNEY. BOSTON. MASS.

WIDOW'S INCREASE.
State of Massachusetts, } ss COUNTY OF Norfolk
On this nine tenth day of October 186 8 , personally appeared before me, assistant Register of the Probate Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, Milly Bisbee a resident of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, who, being duly sworn, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension provided by the act of Congress approved July 25 1866. That she is the widow of Benj. Bisbee who was a private in the Regiment of  Revolutionary War in the War of 1861 ; that she is in receipt of pension certificate No. _____, at the Boston Agency. She makes this declaration to obtain the increase pension to which she is entitled under the act of Congress approved July, 1866, for the following named children of hers, left her by her said husband at the time of his death, which were under 16 years of age, at the date of the passage of said act, and were then living, viz:
She has not remarried since the death of said Benj. Bisbee but still remain his widow
And she hereby appoints GEO. S. DERBY, of Boston, Mass., her attorney to prosecute her claim, and receive her pension certificate when issued.
Her Post Office address is Stoughton Mass.
Attest
Jabez Talbot Jr James C Bisbee
Milly X Bisbee mark
Also personally appeared before me, Jabez Talbot Jr and James C. Bisbee , residents of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, to me well known as credible persons, who being duly sworn, declare that they were present and saw said Milly Bisbee make her mark to the foregoing declaration, and that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of said applicant, and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further state that they know, from personal knowledge, that the above named children are the children of the applicant and her said deceased husband, and that they are still living, and that they have no interest in this claim, either present or prospective, and that they are not concerned, directly or indirectly, in its prosecution, and that the applicant has not remarried but still remains the widow of Benj. Bisbee
Jabez Talbot Jr James C Bisbee
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this nineteenth day of October 186 8 ; and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim. And that the contents of the above was made known and explained to applicant and witnesses before signing.
Jonathan Cobb assistant Register of the Probate Court for the County of Norfolk

Payment to be made at Boston Massachusetts by Franklin Haven Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Mass: —
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act Extraordinary 22 , 1848, Page 53 — Vol. 1. July 29 th — Book D. W. Robinson Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
July 20 th I certify that in conformity with the act of, February 1848, Milly Bisby or Bisbee widow of Benjamin Bisby who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars and 75 cents per annum, commencing on the 11 th of March October, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this Tenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty Nine
I. Emory
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned
J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
80 years old July 18 th 1825

Massachusetts Roll, Act 7 June 1832, Benj m Bisby . Pri. $80 per annum, To what time last paid paid to 4 th Sept. 1848. W.P.

No 565.
Milly Bisby, or Bisbee, widow of Benjamin, Mass.
Act 29 July 1848.
Married 1795. Husband Oct 18 th 1849. Adm rs 2 yrs. probate $80 per annum, Comg 11 Oct 1849
Rev.
G. S. Bulfinch Boston, Mass.

Sir,
Boston 1 Dec r 1849
Enclosed is a Declaration made by Mrs Mille Bisbee for the benefit of the Act of 29 July 1848.
She wishes her Pension Certif- icate to be sent to my care.
Very Respectfully
Your obed t serv t G. S. Bulfinch
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

B
John Davis Esq. Clerk of the District Court
W. H. [unclear]

Sir I enclosed in the appointment you have honored me with to take deposition not having a Commis- sion of the Peace I have requested Peter Adams Esquire to take Lemuel Smiths Deposition which is also included - if the deposition thus taken should not be satisfactory please to appoint Esqr Adams of Hough- ton and you will much oblige the old Soldier
I am with respect & affection
Your obedt Servt Elijah Crane
To the Honble John Davis Esqr District Judge Boston
Boston Aug 6 th 1818

Ho or Dec r at Wash-
Washington City

Hoxbury August 4 th 1832
Sir
I herewith transmit to the War Department two applications for pensions under the Act of Congress of June 6. 1832 & respectfully request that as soon as a decision thereon shall be had, the result may be communicated to the applicants through me
Your Obt Servant E. D. Leland
For Sec y of War Washington

Increase Brief in the Case of 4444 Milly Bisby or Bisbee - Widow Pay: Bisbee Rev Rev War. Stoughton Boston Norfolk County and State of Massachusetts Act July 29. 1848
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE, Inc Joint Res. Feb 18. 1867
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pension roll of Mass. at $80. pr annum - certificate recd. Claim increased & is entitled under joint Resolution of Feb 18. 1867.
Personal identity & widowhood properly shown. Married Dec 24. 1795.
Admitted Nov 10. 1868 to a pension at $180. pr annum & commenced Sep 10. 1865, deducting all prof. since
Name and residence of Agent.
Geo. S. Derby Boston
W. L. Track
Examining Clerk.

No 526 Benjamin Bisby
9 mo. in Tupper's ref. - on rolls
Judge's certificate as to indigence required -
Admitted.

United States,
Massachusetts District:
Benjamin Bisby of Houghton, in the county of Norfolk and District of Massachusetts, a resident citizen of the United States, and applicant for a pension from the United States, under an act of Congress, entitled An Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, maketh oath, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for upwards of one year, in manner following, viz - Enlisted in the fall of 1776 - in the company commanded by Captain Frederick Pope, in the Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel Sargent, and served in Boston harbour six months - when he was discharged, his time having expired. Enlisted in June 1778, in the company commanded by Captain Page, in the Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel Tupper, and served at White Plains, was at the battle of Monmouth - and at least point - and was there discharged in March 1779. Which discharge is mislaid, and is in such reduced circumstances, as to require the aid of his country - Benjamin Bisby Massachusetts District ss. Boston 25. April 1818 Sworn to before me
W m Dyer, Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston August 24 A. D. 1815
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Benjamin Bisbee subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A B together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
J. D. Doolittle } Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
May 18, 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Benjamin Bisby by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
J. D. Doolittle } District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

I George Holmes of Stoddard in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire of lawful age do testify and say. That in the month of July Anno Domini 1780. Mr Benjamin Birbee then of Stoughton, entered the service of the United States as a Soldier of the Militia of Massachusetts, and did duty in the Company Commanded by Lt Ralph Thompson in Col! Phayes Regiment, for the term of three months, in the towns of Newport and Portsmouth on Rhode Island. That I was present and did duty with him in the same Company during that time, and we were then discharged.
George Holmes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss. At Stoughton July 28 th 1832. Then the above named George Holmes personally appeared and made Oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was true
Before me -
Elijah Atherton Justice of the Peace

526 B Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Boston, at the Branch Bank U.S.
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Benjamin Bisby 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 com- mence on the twenty fifth day of April , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this eighth day of June , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. L. Edwards, in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss At a Court of Probate held at Dedham in said County on the first Tuesday of May A.D. 1833
Personally appeared Benjamin Bisher of Stoughton in said County, who upon his oath declares that he was in the United States service in the Army of the Revolution & served as a Private in the Company commanded by Capt. Frederick Pope of the Regiment commanded by Col. Sargent also in the Company commanded by Capt. William Babcock of the Regt commanded by Col. Lovell & also in the Company commanded by Lt. Capt. Ralph Thompson of the Regt commanded by Col. Thayer & that he, before the Court of Probate held at Dedham in said County on the first Tuesday of August last past made the declaration required, to entitle him to a Pension under the act of Congress of June seventh 1832 & that he understands that his name has been put upon the Pension Roll at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, but that he has never received any Pension Certificate & is but is now desirous of obtaining one.
Subscribed & sworn to Benjamin Bisher H. Leland Judge of Probate
Also personally appeared Edwin S. Leland of Roxbury in said County who upon his oath declares that he in behalf of said Benjamin Bisher transmitted to the War Department the papers containing the foregoing declaration of the said Benjamin Bisher for the purpose of obtaining a pension for him & that he, the said Edwin has never received any Certificate for him
Subscribed & sworn to E. S. Leland H. Leland Judge of Probate over

Under the Court hereby certify that the said Benjamin Bisbee did make the declaration at the time & in the manner he has above stated & that the said Edwin J. Leland is a credible witness
S. Leland Judge of Probate
I Samuel Haven, Register of the Court of Probate aforesaid, hereby certify that the foregoing is the original proceeding of the said Court of Probate in the case therein described. Witness my hand and the seal of the said Court this seventh day of May, A. D. 1833.
Samuel Haven.

Albert Lea, Minn.
Nov. 17-1915
Commissioner of Pensions, Rev. Sec
Dear Sir,
Will
You please give me the Revolutionary record of Benjamin Bisbee or Bisby of Stoughton, Mass.
Did he or his wife receive a pension? Furthermore were there any other Benjamins of this name receiving pensions.
The name was spelled in various ways "Besbridge, Bisbe, Besbee, Bisby, Bisbee."
Any information in regard to these men will be greatly appreciated, Sincerely yours,
Mrs. F. W. Barlow
Albert Lea,
Minn.

70 Bartlett St. Dec 18-1918 Roxbury, Mass. Rev Sec
To The U.S. Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - My Great Grandfather Benjamin Bisbee of Stoughton Mass served as a private in the Continental Army. I understand he drew a pension of $80. per year after 1832. I would like very much to get a complete record of his military service Yrs Respectfully
Ellsworth O. Bisbee

Rev Sues
Stoughton, Mass.
February 5, 1919.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Would like to get the military record of Benjamin Bisbee of Stoughton, who served in the Revolutionary War. (Continental Army). This man received a pension as did his widow I believe. It is this record upon which he based claim for pension.
Benjamin Bisbee was my great grandfather.

and I am interested as a descendant, to have the record.
I have been told I could procure this from your department.
(Miss) Alma B. Bisbee 980 Park St. Stoughton, Mass.