Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,360, Benjamin Cushman, Mass.

SERVICE
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Mass
Cushman, Benjamin
S. 30,360
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10.358 Massachusetts
Benjamin Ashmun of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cole of the Regt. commanded by Col. Incomb in the Mass line for 16 months
State
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of April 1833 and Supt J.B. Mama Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $106.66 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept., 26.67 $133.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by William Wilson Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2? Page 10
75 Plymouth

Benjamin Lockwood Thompson Woodstock N o 6572.
opposed with pomp and gaudy
day of
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of in the matter of the application of
to herby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court
of the Court of for a pension
person and that their statement is entitled to credit
also signed the same, is a resident in the
and that
and is a citizen
who has signed the foregoing certificate, is a clergyman residing in the town of The Court further certifies that it appears to them that

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this thirteenth day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas — now sitting at Plymouth within and for said County of Plymouth, Benjamin Cushman — a resident of Plymouth in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He hereby relinquis- es 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That I Enlisted in the Company Commanded by Capt Ebenezer Worthbaum and Colo Brooks Regiment in December 1777 - and served in said Worthbaum Company Five Months Stationed at Cambridge Massachusetts guarding English Prisoners Discharged in April 1778
That I Enlisted in the Company Commanded by Captain Joseph Gole and in Colo Gole's Regiment sometime in April 1778 and served in said Gole's Company Nine Months Discharged from said Company January 1779 Stationed at Swansea in the State of Rhode Island guarding the Shores

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH ss ON this day personally appeared in open Court before me now sitting in and for said County of Plymouth resident of within said County of Plymouth and Commonwealth who being first duly sworn according to law, made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of an act entitled "An act to provide for the pay of certain soldiers who have been honorably discharged from the service of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" and the laws that in force in relation to the subject.
I enlisted in 1780 in the Company commanded by Captain Sergeant and served in said Sergeant's Company three Months stationed at Cambridge Massachusetts guarding Major Brown who was a Mastermaster and was an Englishman (3 Months)
In the several described Companies I served for Seventeen Months then lived in the town of Plympton and have lived in the town of Plympton to the present time My Birth was in the year 1761 and recorded in the town Records in Plympton I never heard any written Discharge from said Company I am known to Richard Cook, Josiah T. Ellis William Perkins all Selectmen of Plympton
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day and year aforesaid in the said County of Plymouth ss Abel Root

We, Elijah Dexter _____ a clergyman, residing in the town of Plympton and Lewis Bradford  James Clarke residing in the Town of Plympton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the said Benjamin Cushman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy  one years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Elijah Dexter Lewis Bradford
in the Court of Common Pleas West Middlesex 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 certifies, that it appears to them that Elijah Dexter who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Plympton and that Lewis Bradford who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Plympton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of the Court
William H. Munroe
I, William H. Munroe Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Cushman for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
William H. Munroe

65-72
Rev B. Thomas Benson Cushman Rev at 16 Months
W.C.E
A. M.
Rev B. Thomas Plymouth Mass

6572  BRIEF in the case of  Benjamin Cushman  of Plympton in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1839.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy one
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Dec r 77 to Apr r 78 In 17 4 private Gen. Washburn - Col s Brooks Cap t Washburn - Col s Brooks   Apr r 78 to Jan y 79 9 " Cap t Cole - Col s Jacob   1950 3 " Cap t Sargent  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plympton Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
2 living witnesses,
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Right
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
I says five M o but the time stated is only four months
W. C. Easton Examining Clerk.
25 Jan 39

30360 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30,360
Benjamin Cushman Rev War.
Act: June 7 n 32 n
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Joshua Chandler of Freetown in the County of Bristol State of Massachusetts of the age of Seventy Four years Testify and say that I was a Soldier in the war of the American Revolution and in the year 1778 the beginning of April I Enlisted and was in Col. Joseph Colas Company and in Col. Jacob's Regiment Stationed at Swansey in the State of Rhode Island and Served Nine Months. Which was the time of Enlistment I Further testify that I knew Benjamin Cashman of Plympton Massachusetts who was in said Col. Company and Served the time of Enlistment which was Nine Months Dismissed the Last Day of December 1778 6
I Believe said Benjamin Cashman has Mended in Plympton to the present time
Plympton August 13 th 1832.
Joshua Chandler

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss.
Plymouth August 13th 1832 Then Personally
Appeared the within named Joshua Chandler before the Subscriber and Made oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is true I certify that I have known said Chandler when living in Duxbury and believe him to be a credible witness and a Man of Truth
Jonathan Parker Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Assembly of John B. Russell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, in the County of Plymouth hereby certify that Jonathan Parker by me a justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth before whom the above affidavit was sworn - and that his name then subscribed to this affidavit is his free and proper signature
Witnesseth whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas on this twentieth day of August A. D. 1832
John B. Russell
Joshua Chandler to Mr. Benjamin's Cashman

I Samuel Churchill of Halifax formerly of Plymouth County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts aged seventy two years testify and say that I was a Soldier in the American Revolutionary war five Months at Cambridge in December 1777 and Dismissed in April 1778 in Capt. Washburn's Company Colo. Brooks Regiment and three Months at Cambridge in the year 1780 in accordance with General Brown order in Capt. Verrill's Company I Further testify and say Benjamin Cushman of Plymouth was in said Sergeant's Company and continued the same term of time which was three months and five Months in Capt. Washburn's Company at Cambridge And always have known said Cushman ever since and has resided in Plymouth
Samuel Churchill

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss.
July 25th 1832 Then personally appeared the within named Samuel Church before me the subscriber and made oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is true I certify him to be a Man of Truth and is to be believed
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Presented of John B. Thomas Clerk of the Court of Sessions Plymouth being a Court of Record, is testimony of Plymouth hereby testify that Jonathan Parker Esq. before whom the above affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth - And that his name then to be subscribed in his free & proper signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this twentieth day of August A.D. 1832
John B. Thomas
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace