Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5325, Stephen Daman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Daman, Stephen
S. 5325-
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CONTENTS

Feby 28-96- Mr S. W. Raymond - New Britain Conn - history - K
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15513
Massachusetts
Stephen Daman
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col Bailey in the [blank] time for 6 (Mch) 15 Days
Mch
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 21 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of June 1832 and sent to [blank] Lord Plymouth
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 1833 $4332 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept.
10.83
$54.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H [blank] Clerk, Book [blank] Vol. 2 - Page 17.

Stephen Samans Declaration 20679

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth ss
On this twenty ninth day of august A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth now sitting at Scituate in said County, Stephen Sarran a resident of Scituate in said County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty eight 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 th A.D. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
Early in the spring of 1775. I entered Capt n Samuel Stockbridge's Company and served as a private soldier one month at Scituate Harbor, and at different places as guards upon the sea shore, and was discharged.
On the 19 th of April 1775 I entered Capt n John Clapp's Company in Col o John Bailey's Regiment and marched through Hingham, Weymouth, Braintree, Quincy, Dorchester, Roxbury, Boston, & Cambridge, to Lexington, and served fifteen days, was discharged by Capt n Clapp and returned to Scituate, the above campaign is taken from a roll of Capt n Clapp now in possession of his son John Clapp.
Again about the first of May 1775. I enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt n Nathaniel Winslow. Lt Joshua Jacob, ensign Nathaniel Whittenden, were attached to Col o Bailey's Regiment and were stationed at Scituate Harbor about four weeks, and were then marched through Hingham, and the several towns above enumerated to Roxbury and served out the term of four months, when one Isaac Whittenden took my place, and I returned to Scituate, we camped in Dea r Davis House while I was there, which is near the old burying ground, other officers not recollected, was employed while there in fortifying and standing guard.
Again in 1776 I think in December I entered into Capt n Thomas Bellarmine's Company, Elisha Curtis, Lieut, Nathaniel Whittenden was ensign, I marched immediately to Hanover, Bridgewater, Taunton & to Rhode Island, and the Company was stationed at Bristol, where I served one month, was then discharged and I returned home.
I can produce no documentary evidence in proof of my services as above stated, and the following persons viz. Simon Dimes are the only persons living to my knowledge who can testify to the service and whose depositions are hereto annexed. I was born in Scituate Sept r 15 th 1744, I have always resided in Scituate, was a volunteer, was never a substitute for any one, and never received a written discharge. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

The foregoing facts are stated according to the best of my present recollection
in Stephen X Common Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Luce Register of Probate
Stephen Common Declarant

Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
We Samuel Deane a clergyman residing in the Town of Scituate, and Samuel H. Turner residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Stephen Daman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight 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. in
Samuel Deane Samuel H. Turner
Sworn, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. in Attest Jacob H. Loud Register
And the Court said Court do hereby their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 Samuel Deane who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Scituate, and that Samuel H. Turner who has signed the same is a resident in the Town of Scituate also, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. in
By the Court, Attest Jacob H. Loud, Register
I Jacob H. Loud Clerk of the Court of Probate for the county of Plymouth, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Daman for a pension. in
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty ninth day of August A. D. 1832. in
Jacob H. Loud

20679 Stephen Damion Man
Rate 6 4 15 May
$21.66
J H Lord Plymouth Man

BRIEF in the case of  Stephen Daman  County of Plymouth  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 88 yrs
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.     Vol In 1775 — 1 — private Capt Lockbridge,   " " — — 15 — Colapp & Baily   Enlistment — 4 — — " Winslow "   1776 — 1 — — " Coleman,  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witness, to 3 years of service she is certified as a credible witness
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.
B. L. Grafton Examining Clerk:

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 5325.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 7, 1897.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Stephen Damon, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 29, 1832, at which time he was 88 years of age and residing at Scituate, Mass., and his pension was allowed for six months and fifteen days' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Clapp and Col. Bailey. He enlisted at Scituate, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. N. MacBride,
452 West 150th St.,
New York City.

Apr. 7. 1897 History to Mrs. H. MacBride 452 N. 150 th St. New York City. Sept. 13/97 Letter S. H. Lamson, New Britain, Conn.
Perkins
5325 INVALID.
Sept. 13/97 Letter S. H. Lamson, New Britain, Conn.
File No. 5325
Stephen Lamson Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 9 m , Page 89
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Stephen Daman which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? ys
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? ✓
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 1 witness who =
= testify to 3 rd tour of service  XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? ys
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? ys
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? ys
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that said Samuel A. Turner Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that I believe his name subscribed within is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this Seventeenth day of December A.D. 1832.
Jacob H. Lord
Thomson Press Separation for Stephen Turner

I Simeon Pincin of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy nine years do testify and say that Stephen Daman of Scituate in the County and State aforesaid served with me one campaign of four months in the war of the American Revolution, in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy five, viz, one month at Scituate, and three months at Roxbury, in a company commanded by Capt Nathaniel Wintlow, when Lieut. was Joshua Jacob, ensign Nathaniel Chittenden, in Col. Baileys Regiment.
Plymouth, 8 August 28-1832. Then the above named Simeon Pincin made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true before me. Samuel H. Turner Just of the Peace
And I certify that I have personally acquainted with the above named Simeon Pincin for thirty years, and that he is a credible person. Attest Samuel H. Turner Just of the Peace

452 West 158 th St. New York City N. Y.
Bureau Pensions
Will You kindly copy documents in regard to Stephen Damon who was a revolutionary soldier and received a pension he enlisted from Massachusetts he was my grandfather and for certain reasons would like it very much
Respectfully
March 2 nd '97
Mrs H MacBride

Finance Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. June 9, 1897
Respectfully returned to
Mr. J. W. Damm. 869 Main St. New Britain Ct.
In order that the claim within referred to may be identified, he will please indorse the inclosed letter with the full name of the soldier, the company and regiment in which he served, and the number of the pension certificate (if known), returning ALL these papers to this Bureau.
D. H. Evans
Commissioner.
1845b5m

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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Stephen Damon
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Scituate Mass
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Hawley Mass Franklin Co.
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Rhoda
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He received pension.
Remarks:
Your name and address:
S. H. Damon
Maine St
New Britain Ct.

Res War (3-469.) Bureau of Pensions.
File # 3325
Application No. O.W. Iner
Certificate No. _____
NAME OF SOLDIER,
Stephen Damon
Co. _____, Reg't Maso
INFORMATION DESIRED.
All papers for exam
Supposed to be a penmanic

OFFICE OF GEORGE RAPELYE, FURNACES, RANGES, &C., PLUMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING. 250 MAIN ST.
New Britain, Conn., May 26 1897
Mr. W m Lochren Washington D. C. Dear Sir -
I received your statement made out Feb 28 1896 regarding Stephen Damon . I think there are several mistakes in it.
Will you please send corrected statement
Stephen Damon. Where born? When enlisted? Pension etc - Please do this at your earliest convenience and greatly oblige
S. W. Damon.
You directed before to S. W. Raymond Should be S. W. Damon
# 369 Main St or Box # 433
over -

Stephen Damon
Enlisted in spring of 1775 in Capt. Samuel Stockbridge's Co. Mass Troops served several times in other Co.
I think he died in Hawley Would like to know his birth place -
Please reply as soon as possible.

cut Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C., Office of the Deputy Commissioner.
Feb. 28, 1896.
Mr. S. W. Raymond,
Box 433, New Britain, Conn.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the service of Stephen Daman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, I have to advise you that from the papers in this Bureau it appears that the soldier enlisted in the spring of 1775, and served one month in Captain Samuel Stockbridge's Co. , Mass. Troops . On the 19th of April, 1775, he enlisted in Captain John Clapp's Co., of Col. John Bailey's Mass Regt., and served 15 days when discharged. Again about the first of May, 1775, he enlisted in Captain Nathaniel Winslow's Co., of Col. Bailey's Mass. Regt., and served four months. In December, 1776 he entered and served one month in Captain Thomas Collamore's Co., Mass. Troops.
It is not mentioned in the papers that he participated in any battle. At the time of his application, which was August 29, 1832, he resided at Scituate, Mass., and was then 88 years of age, having been born in the same town on Sept. 15, 1744. The place of his enlistment appears to have been at Scituate, Mass.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) W. S. Commissioner.

One This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
G. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
September 15, 1897.
Sir:
In response to your communication requesting additional information concerning Stephen Damon , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that a very careful examination of the papers on file in his claim for pension  has been made has been made and it appears that the statement furnished you under date of February 28, 1897, is correct, and no further details can be given.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. S. W. Damon,
369 Main St.,
New Britain, Conn.