Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18371, Benjamin Damon, Mass.

SERVICE
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Damon, Benjamin S. 18371
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26. 126 Massachusetts
Benjamin Damon
of Sutton in the State of Mass who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Porter of the Reg commanded by Col Dallam in the Mass line for Mass
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 22 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Aug . 1832 and due to S. D. Damon
Arrears to the 4th of March  $16.66 Sem-ant. allowance ending 1 Sep  11.66 $58.33 d. Sept. 24, 1832.
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. C. Estlin Clerk Book 6 , Vol. 3 , Page 17 .
75 Moodley

Declaration of Benjamin Dames on Application of Amos Dames
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Sam l Dana Esqr Groton Mass $2:00 h
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss.
On this
day of
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at within and for the County of in the Commonwealth
aforesaid
of Ashby in said County Benjamin Damon aged seventy three years
Who 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following names, officers, and served as here in stated. That is to say
1 In the year A.D. 1776 he engaged to go to New York / State / for two months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Belknap in the Regiment commanded by Col. Eleazar Brooks of Lincoln Mass. in this Company he proceeded to join the Army and there did duty until he completed his term of two months and was dismissed. 2 In the year A.D. 1777 he engaged to go to the Northern frontier 3 months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Abraham Forster of Reading in the Regt. commanded by Col. Bellamy of Natick Lt. Col. Brown of Reading, he proceeded to the frontier about the first of September A.D. 1777 and there did duty until his Company was at the Capture and surrender of Burgoyne's Army, afterwards was marched to White Plains and in December was discharged. 3 In A.D. 1777 he engaged to go to Rhode Island two months, and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Lawson Backus of Framingham in a Regt. commanded by Col. Walker of Wilmington was Major he proceeded to Rhode Island there served out his term of two months and was dismissed at a place called "Hogums neck", . —

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to and
Benja Damon
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex We Ezekiel L Bascomb a Clergyman residing in the town of Ashley in the county of Middlesex and Cushing Burr of the James Dooly hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Damon who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be sixty three years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Ezekiel L Bascomb Cushing Burr before me Samuel Dana jus Iste for the County of Middlesex
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Ashley and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
I hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Benjamin Damon for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Ps begun and holden at on the
within and for the County of day of
A. D. 183
On the application of Benjamin Damon Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born at Reading, on the 6 th of Jan y 1759
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, My Daughter has a family record in my house. I never received any discharge from service. I never received any written discharge from service.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I was living in Reading Mr. and Mrs. Moore removed to Ashby in Mass. where I now dwell
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer, The first time I was drafted, the other service was voluntary.
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I saw Genl Lee at New York & at White Plains & Genl Sullivan at the same place. Also John Brooks and Capt. Harts (name of the Army) Col. Prescott at White Plains.
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, The Revd W. B. Ascomb. Amos Williston Esq. Alonzo T. Williston Esq. Coehring Beer in? Genl Balcomb and Isaac Hartwell, Selectmen of Ashby. —
Benjamin Damon

On the seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate now sitting at Grafton in said County. Simon Darrow of Ashby in said County widower and alleged that Benjamin Darrow late of the town of Ashby deceased in the year of the Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty three in the Company of Captain [illegible] in Col. Packer's Regt. for the space of two months [illegible] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three in the Northern Army in the Company of Capt. [illegible] for the space of three months and fifteen days. That some time last August [illegible] account of the [illegible] [illegible] was drawn up on my presence and hearing to be read before the Court [illegible] Court then to be held at Concord in the same August and subscribed by the said Simon Darrow which is herewith annexed That when the [illegible] the same Court was held, the said Benjamin Darrow was sick and unable to attend the same Court and complained his Declaration, and afterwards at Ashby aforesaid on the twenty fourth day of September [illegible] leaving the said Simon Darrow [illegible] his lawful wife, his [illegible] who thereby became entitled to the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 in the same way and to the same extent the said Benjamin would have been entitled had he lived. Given and subscribed in open Court - her
her Anar & Damon mark in presence of Samuel Dunn on James D. Dunn the examining the said
James D. Dana And the said Court of Probate after examining the said Sarah Darnon and the several documents, by her produced and a full examination and investigation of the matter declare their opinion, that the Reverend Ezekiel L. B. assembl who subscribed the Certificate on the annexed declaration is a Cler- gyman in the said Town of Ashley, and that Bishop Barr

subscribed the same Certificate to a credible person residing in the same Town of Ashby, and that the said Certificate statement is entitled to credit. And that the said Benjamin Daman was a Revolutionary Soldier and that he served as he has stated in the declaration aforesaid subscribed by him, and that the said Benjamin Daman was at the time of his death the said Benjamin Daman and now remains his widow.
J. P. Nason Probate.
I Isaac Tisdale Register and Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Daman to have the pension of the said Benjamin Daman which accrued him in his life time paid when the said Benjamin Daman.
and I do further certify that Samuel Dana Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth, and that I have his signature on the Certificate of the said Benjamin Daman as correct and Cushing Barr is his true and genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and the seal of said Court this and also that the signature of said Samuel Dana to the Caption on the Deposition of Ab- beck Litch is hereunto annexed is his true and proper signa- ture.
Isaac Tisdale
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

I Albert Locke of Ashby in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged twenty five years do depose and say that I was born in said Ashby, and have always resided there, and nearly  as long since I have known anyone I have known Benjamin Darnon and ever his wife who while he lived were residents of the same Ashby, that they always lived and cohabited together, and were known as husband and wife, having several children, who have been known and received as their children, and no doubt was ever suggested, but that they were duly married, I always understood that said Darnon removed from Reading to Ashby about half a century since. The said Benjamin Darnon died at Ashby last fall.
Albert Locke Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts May 7 th 1833 Personally appeared the above named Albert Locke well known to me to be a disinterested and credible witness, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed before me Sam. Dana Jr. Peace for said County. —

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 Benjamin Darrow a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and 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.     1776 7 mos Pvt Belknap Ebenezer Brooks Mass   Aug 18 1777 to Nov 30 1777 Abraham Foster Samuel Bullard   May 7 1779 to July 1 1779 Lawson Buckminster Samuel Pierce  
Battles engaged in, at capture of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Reading Mass.
Date of application for pension, see below.
Residence at date of application, Asby Middlesex Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, Reading Mass Jan 6 1759.
Remarks: He died Sept. 14 1832, at Asby Mass - before  before completing his claim and the pension due  him was allowed to his widow Anne of Asby Mass  on a certificate which issued Aug 22, 1833. They had  several children one a daughter, names not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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File No. 18,371
Benjamin Damon
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 429
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 28 1832.
* hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of Benjamin Darron is borne on "a pay roll of Capt. Abraham Hester company in Col. Samuel Bullard's regiments of Massachusetts bay Militia to reinforce the Northern Army. Time of service including time to return home, 3. months and 24. days, from the 18 th of August. Date of Discharge Nov. 30 —
Again, on "a Pay roll of Capt. Lawson Buckmin's company in the regiment of Militia commanded by Lt. Col. Samuel Pierce, raised in the state of the Massachusetts bay and ordered to do duty at Kingston in the state of Rhode Island until the 1 st of July 1779. for the space of 1. month and 18. days, from the 7 th of May 1779. Date of Discharge July 1 st 1779. And I further certify that there is no roll of Capt. Belknapp's company on which the name of Benjamin Darron is contained. Edward D. Bump

AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION OF THE RHODE ISLAND STATE COLLEGE
BURT L. HARTWELL, PH. D. AGRONOMY, CHEMISTRY, DIRECTOR. PHILIP B. HADLEY, PH. D. ANIMAL BREEDING AND PATHOLOGY. P. H. WESSELS, M. S. ASST., CHEMISTRY F. R. PEMBER, M. S. ASST., GLASSHOUSE EXPERIMENTS. S. C. DAMON, B. S. ASST., FIELD EXPERIMENTS.
TELEPHONE: 232 NARRAGANSETT PIER EXCHANGE.
Kingston, R. I., Oct 30. 1916
How Commissioners of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir. I am anxious for any record that may be in your office relating to Benjamin Damon, Reading, Mass Enlisted Aug 18. 1777 in Capt Abrams Forster's lev. led Sam Bullard's Reg.
Benjamin Damon B Jan 6. 1759 D Sept 24, 1832
Enlisted Aug 18. 1777 Dischg Nov 30. 1777 " July 1779 " Dec 18 1779
Thanking you in advance. I remain
Yours very truly
S. C. Damon