Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,363, Jonathan Cushing, Mass. Mass. Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Cushing, Jonathan
S. 30,363
Mass. Sea Service
CONTENTS

15 008-  Massachusetts
Jonathan Cushing of Hingham in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Engecott of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wheelock in the Mass line for 90 days Private y. 13 " Seaman
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of May 1833 and sent to Lord Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $120.14 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 30.03  $150.17
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. G. Adams Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 a Page 11
30.17 28.00 2.90  60.07
75- Plymouth
60

11558
Jonathan Cushing
Seaman 7 Mos & 3 days Paid 9 " 15 dls.
Adm
J H Land Esq Weymouth Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Jonathan Cushing  of  Wingham  in the State of  Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years  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. As a Gen.     In 1775 2 Private Colt Stevens   1776 6 " Colt Ladd & Colt Wheelock   1777 7 3 Seaman Colt Sampson (Brig Hazard)   1779 1 15 Colt Vincent  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wingham Maine  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary & living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Scott Examining Clerk.

Jonathan Cushing.
11550

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this thirtieth day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Hon. Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Hingham within and for said County of Plymouth, Jonathan Cushing a resident of Hingham in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy three 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 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In 1775, he enlisted and served as a private and until discharged, for two months at Rosebury, in Capt. Seth Stowe's company. He enlisted at Hingham.
- In July or August 1776, he enlisted in Capt. Endicott's company, Col. Wheelock's Regiment to go to Liconderoga. The company marched to Lake Champlain, crossed the Lake and was stationed in its vicinity until he was discharged. He served in this campaign six months. John Burdick was Lieutenant of the company. David Gardner of Hingham was a member of the company. His deposition is annexed. Afterwards, in 1777, he enlisted as a seaman on board the State brig Harcourt Capt. Sampson and sailed on a cruise along the coast of Maine - across the Atlantic to Lisbon & thence to Martinique. On the return cruise from Mar

tinique, the Hazard took a lie with brandy wine &c on board, Said history was put on board as one of the prize crew and was in her when retaken off Cape Cod by the British man of war Rainbow. He was carried into Halifax and there kept in prison just five months to a day. He was exchanged in a cartel and came home sick - was landed at the Hospi- tal in Boston harbor and remained there a fortnight. For the service aboard the Hazard he refers to the annexed cer- tificate of proof from the Secretary of Mass- achusetts - and for the imprisonment by the Brit. depositions of Samuel Stodder & Susanna Lincoln - annexed. —
Said Astbury also served one month & a half in Capt. Vincent's Company in 1779, as will appear by the Secretary's certificate annexed. — [at New York?]
— He also performed other Military services at Rhode Island and Nantasket, but can prove none as yet; no proof.
— He further says that he never had any written discharge - and that he has annexed all the proof of his services which he can obtain. He was born and has always re- sided in Hingham - and the record of his birth is in the Town Clerk's office of that town, a certificate of which is annexed. The Selectmen of Hingham will further testi- fy as to his character for veracity & reputation of services in addition to the subjoined. —
James Astbury,
Sworn to and subscribed this day before me Attest Jacob Howland Register

We, Nicholas B. Whitney a clergyman, residing in the town of Hingham and Joseph Wilder, Jun. a Magistrate residing in the said town hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with Jonathan Cushing who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three - 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. Nicholas B. Whitney
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
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 Nicholas B. Whitney who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Hingham and that Joseph Wilder Jr Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest
Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Cushing for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord

"Jonathan, son of David Cushing & Ruth Born, Ap. 13, 1754."
The above is a true copy from the Town Records of Births in Hingham -
Attest,
James S. Lewis. Town Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Plymouth ss. August 27 th 1832. Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in said County the above named James S. Lewis and made solemn oath that the above is a true extract from the Town Records of Births in Hingham, and that he believes it to be the rec- ord of the birth of Jonathan Cushing now living in Hingham aforesaid, and who told to him de- posed military & naval services for the United States in the War of the Revolution. And I the said jus- tice further certify that said Lewis is Town Clerk of Hingham, and that he is a man of good rep- utation for truth.
Solomon Lincoln Jus: Peace. 3

30 363 Rey INVALID.
File No. 30 363
Jonathan Cushing Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 39 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug t 24 1832.
I 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 Jon a Cushing served on board the Brig t Hazard Simeon Lampson comm d . Seven months & three Days from 17 th Oct r 1777 to 20 th May 1778
Also also served in Capt o Tho s Vincent's Co y One month & fifteen Days - from Oct. 20. 1779.
Edward D. Bangs, Secy

I Susanna Lincoln of Hingham, in the County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, widow, aged seventy two years, do testify & say, that my husband Joseph Lincoln who died in the year 1816, was a seaman on board the State Brig Hazard, Capt. Sampson in the Revolutionary War, and was put on board a prize which was retaken by the British frigate Rainbow, and carried to Halifax, where he was in prison for a considerable length of time. How long I do not precisely recollect, but it must have been several months. Ezekiel Lincoln and Samuel Lincoln deceased, were in the Hazard this cruise but were not on board the prize. Jonathan Cushing now living in Hingham was put on board the prize, and carried to Halifax prison. How long he was kept I do not recollect. He came home sick. I learned these facts at the time of their occurrence from my late husband, Ezekiel Lincoln & others, having often heard them conversing on the subject. — her
Susanna
X Lincoln mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth, p. August. 29, 1832. Then per- sonally appeared before me the subscri- ber the within named Susanna Lincoln and made oath to the truth of the within declaration by her subscribed. and I the said justice do hereby certifi- fy that the testimony of said Susan- na is entitled to full credit.
Solomon Lincoln.
Jus: Peace.

I Samuel Stodder of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy three years of age, do testify and say that I was a Seaman in the service of the United States on board the brig Hazard, capt Sampson, in the fall of 1777. I was on the cruise in said brig from Boston to the Eastward thence across the Atlantic Ocean - thence to the West Indies - to Martinique - when the brig was refitted - and after leaving Martinique the Hazard took two prizes one of which was a brig loaded with brandy, wine &c. Jonathan Cushing now living in Hingham aforesaid was a seaman on board the Hazard this cruise and was put on board the brig taken as above named, as one of the prize crew - the brig was retaken by the British, and carried into Halifax - where the crew were imprisoned. Joseph Lincoln of Hingham deceased was one of the same prize crew. They were imprisoned at Halifax several months as I understood at the time. I know that it was a "good many months" before Mr Cushing got home from Halifax. He must have been in the Hazard and in the prize vessel eight or nine months, as I know from circumstances of an arrival and reports of the taking of the prize at the time of their occurrence. —
— Samuel his  Stodder — mark —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss Aug 22 d 1832. Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace, the within named Samuel Stoddard & made oath to the truth of the with- in declaration by him submitted - I certify that said Stoddard is a man of good reputation for true the Solomon D. Merrill Jus; Peace.

I David Gardner of Hingham, in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy three years of age, do testify and say that In July or August 1776 I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt Endicott of Stoughton to go to Ticonderoga. The Lieutenant was John Burr of Hingham deceased. I think the Colonel's name was Wheelock. We marched through New Hampshire to Lake Champlain, to Ticonderoga Eacoh the Lake and Laid at Ticonderoga and in that neighborhood including the time of our marchings about six months.
Jonathan Cushing of Hingham now living was with me in said company and served as a private during said term of six months. —
David Gardner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Plymouth p. August 22 d 1832. Then personally appeared before me the subscriber the above named David Gardner and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed, and I certify that he is entitled to full credit -
Solomon Perkins Jus. Return.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth, being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Solomon Lincoln Esq. before whom the annexed papers were sworn is a Jus- tice of the Peace for said County, and that his name subscribed thereto are his true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of September in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred & thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord