Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45619, Sylvanus Bramhall, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bramhall Sylvanus S. 45619 or Brimhall, Silvanus
CONTENTS

3395.
New Hampshire Roll
Stephanus Brimhall, 4 Capt Maybery Private.
Massachusetts line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 th of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of October 1818 and sent to William Badger Esq ue Judge Stafford County N.H.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 28:68
Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 th March 1819 48:—
3 m th 24 14 3:61:3 31 4 1:6:6 30
$ 76:68
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 years
d. Feb 24 1821
He died Feb. 24 - 1821 a. B
Notification sent to Mr. Pierce Esq ue 6 th Sept. 1820 Dear Mr. Hays

Sylvanus Brimhall 18 May

State of New Hampshire County of Strafford ss
On this 18 th day of May A D 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for said County personally appears Silvanus Bramhall aged seventy six years resident in the Town of Sandbornton coun- ty and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of the late 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 That he the said Silvanus Bramhall enlisted and entered the aforesaid service of the United States as a private soldier at Gorham in the State of Massachu- setts or District of Maine (so called) for three years some- time the last of December 1776 in the Company Com- manded by Captain Maybury and Regiment commanded by Col Frennis of the Massachusetts line that he continued to serve as a private soldier as aforesaid in the service of the United States in said revo- lutionary war on the continental establishment from sometime the last of December 1776 until the last of December
Attest Joshua Lane Town Clerk

1879 when he was discharged at Westpoint in the state of New York that he was in the battles of Hubbardston both at Stillwater in 1777 and in Monmouth in 1778 and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he now resides at a great distance from the place where he enlisted and has now no other evidence in his power of his said service he had a regular discharge signed by Majr Knapp which he has since lost and has now no reason to believe that it is in existence —
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid — — — William Bueler
I William Bueler judge &c. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Silvanus Bueler did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment and that he is in reduced circumstances as stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of said Court to be affixed to the same this 20 th day of July A.D. 1818
William Bueler
Attest David Waldo Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Strafford —

This certifies to whom it may concern that Silvanus Brownhall of Sandborntown in the county of Strafford & State of New- Hampshire, as we are acquainted with him give it as our opinion that from his reduced circumstances in life needs relief from his country
This certificate is made by his request for the purpose of his making application for the provision lately made by Congress for the relief of the indigent officers & soldiers of the revolutionary army
April 14 th 1818
Stephen Gale Noah Eastman Col d S. Sanborn } Selectmen of Sandborntown
This may certify that the above named Stephen Gale - Noah Eastman & Col d S. Sanborn were legally sworn & duly sworn into the office of Selectmen for the Town of Sandborntown in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire for the year 1818.
Attest Joshua Lane Town Clerk

Sylvania Branch
State of New Hampshire Stratford S. July 16 th 1818 Personally appearing the within named Stephen Gale Cook Eastman and Chas S. Sanborn made Salem oaths to the truth of the within instruments by them subscribed before me
Nathan Taylor Justice of the Peace

Silvanus Bramhaer
May 1899

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the Third Tuesday of July, 1820.
Silvanus Bramhall aged Seventy eight , resident in Sanbornton in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income—his necessary clothing and bedding excepted—as follows:—
two shoals 1 Boat 1-2 pail Pot. 6 Chairs 1 Table 1 tea kettle, fire shovel 4 knives & forks, 1 Pail some old crockery & wooden ware. I am owing to sundry persons— twenty dollars or more Silvanus Bramhall
And the said Silvanus Bramhall following oath by him duly taken and subscribed:—viz.
in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
I Silvanus Bramhall do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Silvanus Bramhall
And the said Silvanus Bramhall doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
Three years in the company of Capt  Webb in the Regiment commanded by Col Francis of the Massachusetts line in the Continental establishment since service commenced in December 1776 and continued till he was discharged at least point in the State of New York, and he was at the taking of Burgoyne and the Battle of Monmouth as set forth in his former declaration

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is Mar 18, 1818 , and the number of his pension certificate is 3395 :—That his occupation is that of a farmer through age & infirmity is unable to work :—That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz.
his wife Sarah Brimhall aged sixty who is unable to do any work on account of a Rheumatic complaint
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the 18 th day of July — 1820.
} Silvanus Brimhall
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Gilford within and for the County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, on the 18 th day of July 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL , Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH , and } Associate Justices of said Court. SAMUEL QUARLES ,
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said Silvanus Brimhall having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the court, and the same being seen and considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is ten dollars & seventy five cents . Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce , CLERK.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.....STRAFFORD ss.
I, ANDREW PEIRCE , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon, are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 18 th day of July , 1820.
A. Peirce , CLERK.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 45619, it appears that Silvanus Brimhall or Sylvanus Bramhall enlisted at Gorham, Massachusetts (Maine District) in December 1776 and served as a private in Captain Mayberry's Company, Colonel Francis' Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battles of Hubbardton, and both battles of Stillwater, and battle of Monmouth, and was discharged in December 1779 at West Point.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 18, 1818 at which time he was living in Sanbornton,
Transcribe Data from Cemetery Record Jan. 2-1929
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New Hampshire, aged seventy-six years. He died February 24, 1821.
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Residence at date of application, _____ Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____ There is no other family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Silvanus Brimhall or Bramhall a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT, LENGTH OF SERVICE, RANK, OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN, COLONEL,     Dec. 1775 Dec. 1775 Pvt. Mayberry Francis N.H.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Stillwater, Saratoga, Bennington, Ticonderoga Residence of soldier at enlistment, Waltham, Mass. Date of application for pension, May 18 1818. His age at Residence at date of application, Sanbornton, New Hampshire Age at date of application, 60 years. He died Feb. 24 1821
Remarks: In 1818 his wife Sarah was 60 years of age. There is no other family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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BRAMHALL, SYLVANUS

West Point Dec. 19 1779.
This may Certify that Sylvanus Brimhall has turn'd in his Suss & accoutrements to the Publick Store.
Chadburn Lt Col

45 619 Rev INVALID.
1915 Nov. 30 Hist. Soc. to Mr. Dena L. Durgin 1929 Jan. 2 - Tombstone dated L. Cemetery Br. See letter in Peryanin also p. 8.9269 ca. 3.
File No. 45 619
Sylvanus Brimhall Pa. Pri. Rev. War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: — Vol. 3 , Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]

one 24 stamp etc. Postage Stamp etc. Rev. W.W. BH
Lochmere N. H.
Nov. 22-1915-
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
I would like the record of Sylvanus Brimhall a Revolutionary Soldier from Gorham Maine, he was in Capt. Richard Mayberry's Co. Col. Benj. Tupper's Reg. His first Wife's given name was Esther, ENHON died about 1821

Thanking you for all favors Respectfully
(Mrs.) Dina L. Durgin Lochner Box 5- N. H.