Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43666, Phinehas Hemenway, N.H.

SERVICE
N. H.
Hemenway Minahas
NUMBER
S. 43666
CONTENTS

Apr. 22, 1885 - Statement sent Ezra S. Stearne East Rindge N.H. - see copy inside.
19.170
A
New York
Phinehas Hemenway
of Herkimer Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wail of the regiment commanded by Colonel Scammell in the N.H. line, for the term of one year from June 1779 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of June 1825
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of July 1825 and Settle Wm B. Goff Esq Herkimer, New York
Arrears to 4th of Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1825 $22.93
6.93 16 22.93
$ 22:93
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
March 1. 1825

Exemplification of D r Phinehas Kimenun...
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State of New York
Herkimer County ss On the 2 nd day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty five person- ally appeared in Open Court to wit a Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Herkimer being a Court of Record and constituted as such by the Laws and Statutes of said State, Phinehas Hemenway of the Town of Norway in the County of Herkimer, aged sixty three years in July next and a resident of the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 and the first of March 1823 that the said Phinehas Hemenway Enlisted on or about the first of June 1779 in the third New Hampshire regiment (first Company) Regiment Commanded by Col. Alexander Schamwell on the Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps untill the twenty sixth day of June 1780 one year being the time of his Enlistment, when he was discharged from the said Service at West- Point, in the State of New York and that he has no other Evidence now in his power of his said Services except the affidavits which this deponent intends to att- ach to the exemplification of this his Original Claim and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, which he thinks he is Justly Entitled to. The following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension - In the Spring of 1818 I got Judge Kirtland to make out some papers for me, and Employed Judge Herkimer (who was then Member to Congress) to try to get my pension allowed, and what was done about it this deponent cannot say, Only that his

Circumstances were so indigent that he could not procure sufficient expense Money to go to the State of New Hampshire to procure Testimony and at Jefferson County a Distance of between three and four hundred Miles — and in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I 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 whatsoever 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 & by me subscribed —
I have no real Estate either in possession reversion or remainder — Personal property as follows —
   One Cow worth $10 — five sheep worth $3 —  $15.00    One pot $1 — one tea Kettle $1 —  2.00    Three knives & forks $0.50 one old Case of Dears $1.00.  1.50    One Razor $0.12 1/2 one Cooking Glass $0.75 —  0.88 3/4    One old Lantern $0.12 1/2 cake Kettle six Shillings —  0.88 3/4    One old Shovel $0.25 2 old Spinning wheels $2 —  2.25    four old Chains $0.50 —  0.50   

five old milk pams worth $1 ————— $1-00- One old meal chest $0.25- tea pot-32 1/2- 0-37 1/2 Six old earthen cups & saucers $0.25- — 0-25-  $24 63 3/4
Every days clothing for myself & wife one suit Each One bed and bedding for myself & wife, My wife is fifty two years tolerable healthy for a woman of her age I am by Occupation a farmer but on account of age I am unable to do much Labour & besides age I am very feeble and am much afflicted with the gravel - And this deponent further says that there has been no changes in his property since the 18th of March 1818 that there has been no sales made by him nor has any other person sold any by execution or otherwise. Sworn before me this 2nd day of May 1825 John Mahon one of the Judges of Herkimer County Court - Phinehas Hemenway -
It is the opinion of the Court that the said Phinehas Hemenway did lease on the Continental Establishment for the term of one year as stated in his declaration - and that the value of his property contained in the Schedule is twenty four dollars & fifty three Cents besides the wearing apparel and bedding of the said Declarant
William Norton Rufus Crane John Mahon
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Herkimer

Clerks Office State of New York
Dutchess County ss - J. A. Osborn Clerk
of the County of Dutchess, do hereby certify that the within is a True Copy of the Original affidavit of Phineas Remenback taken in Open Court on the Second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & twenty five and the Original is on file in this office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of My said Office at Poughkeepsie this 9th day of June In the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & twenty five —
A. Osborn Clerk

June 6, 1935
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Elizabeth B. Satterthwaite 52 No. Stockton Street Trenton, New Jersey
BA-J/HEL Phinehas Hemenway-S.43666
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request for Patricia Holmes, who is desirous of joining the Society of Children of the American Revolution, the record of her ancestor, Phineas Hemenway, who served in the 3 rd New Hampshire Regiment and was granted pension in 1825.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.43666, based upon the military service in that war of Phinehas Hemenway.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Phinehas Hemenway are not shown.
Phinehas Hemenway enlisted, place not stated, June 1, 1779, served as a private in 1 st Company, Colonel Alexander Scamell's 3 rd New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged June 26, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1825, at which time he was aged about sixty-three years and resided in Norway, Herkimer County, New York.
In 1825, he referred to his wife as aged fifty-two years but did not give her name and made no reference to children. There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War soldier, Phinehas Hemenway (S43666), you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Phinehas Hemenway, Certificate No.19478, issued July 7, 1825, rate $8 per month, commenced June 9, 1825, Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

43663 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43,663
Prinehas Hemenway
Pr. Rev. Dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 221
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914 Nov. 13. Hist. to H. C. Shurtleff letter in S. 13051 Giles Foster & 1921, Oct. 14 - Hist. to Luther D. Bell. Letter in W. 26353 Ray Gilbert - En - 1929 Oct 19 - Hist. to L. D. Hemenway Eld 1930 Apr 26. Photo mailed to C.A. Newton & Pin. Univ. nfd. OK 7. 1930 Apr. 11. C.A. Newton re: as to signature of Soldier. 1934 May - 25. Hist. to Kenneth H. Lanning Eld. 1935 June 6. Hist. to Elizabeth B. Patterson for Patricia Holmes Eld

G. Griswold's Affidavit.

I Gilbert Griswold of Walpole in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire, of lawful age, make oath & say, that in the year 1779 I enlisted in the Continental establishment for the term of one year, & that in September of 1779 I became acquainted with Phineas Hemenway, who was then a soldier in the same Regiment with myself at Fishkill in the State of New York, & at that time I understood that said Hemenway had also enlisted for the term of one year, in the Continental establishment. In the winter after I enlisted I was separated from the said Hemenway on different service, & in April 1780 I joined my Regiment again at West Point, where I again met with said Hemenway, who was still in the service. In May 1780 I left West Point, the said Hemenway still being there in the service. The Regiment to which we belonged was the Third N. H. Regiment.  Gilbert Griswold
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss. Feb. 19. 1825  Personally appeared Gilbert Griswold a credible witness, & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true.  Before me J. Field Jus. Peace.  (Signature)

Cherokee. Feb. 21. 1825
I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of Indiana within and for said county certify that William G. Field is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county & that the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court
S. Hale Clerk

Jefferson County, ss.
Personally appeared Samuel Britton before me Augustus E. Brewster Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace of said County maketh Oath and saith that he knew Phinehas Sherman way, which he brought to the Third Hampshire Regiment Company No. first Regiment commanded by Alexander Schuyler was a soldier in the above named Regiment and Company, that he was a soldier in year 1779. and 1780. and did then take oaths. He was regularly discharged. Further Deponent saith not.
June 29. A.D. 1825
Sam Britton
Known before me this 29th June, 1825 and subscribed
Augustus E. Brewster J.P.
STATE OF NEW-YORK.
CLERK'S OFFICE, } JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss. }
I, Henry H. Sherwood, Clerk of the county of Jefferson, and Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that Augustus E. Brewster Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the acknowledgement of the annexed instrument in writing and endorsed thereon, was on the day of the date of the said certificate a Justice of the peace in and for the county of Jefferson, dwelling in the said county, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised by law to take such acknowledgement
And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature of Augustus E. Brewster subscribed to the said certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Justice.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 2nd day of February 1825
H. H. Sherwood

As to Liberty Bt. Samuel Britton is a man of truth and cordiality.
Lyme Jan 29 1828
A. G. Britton father
Daniel Smith

Cheshire Feb. 21. 1895
I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of Indicture within and for said county certify that William F. Field is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county & that the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court
S. Hale Clerk

Phineas D. Dementway
Page Def o
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New York

Dr G
Enclosed I send you the Original claim of Mr Phinehas Hemenway as pensioner who as appears is very poor, and has not been able to procure the testimony of his services until very lately.
Will you have the good to send his Certificate to Me, (if he should be found a fit subject, for the same) or such other Communica- tion as may be deemed proper - Yours &c
State of New York Hunker June 28th 1825-
Wm B Goff

IN REPLY REFER TO
3-1865
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ILL
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON April 11, 1930.
C. A. Newton 122 North Sleight Street Naperville, Illinois.
Dear Sir:
I advise you that in the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension of Phinehas Hemenway, (S. 43666) his own signature is not shown but appears to be written by the person who framed the declaration.
In view of that fact, do you desire the photostatic copy?
Kindly return this letter with your reply.
Very truly yours,
Earl D. Church
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.
Earl D Church
Dear Sir
Yes I would like it anyway as proof of way he spelled the name residence
Respectfully
C A Newton
APR 15 1930
Had copied the papers which brings "give and suck" pams worth $1.00
no pms. Apr 22

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 42429
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
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April 21, 1930
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. AWF/eel
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
Oct. 11, 1929
Mr. L.D. Hemenway Steward Illinois
Dear Madam:
I advise you that the data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this bureau to make intelligent reply to the queries contained in your letter.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below, as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this bureau.
First name of widow Mary Full name of soldier Phinehus Hemenway  only Residence of soldier at enlistment Ashburnham Mass or Townsend Mass Residence of soldier after service Norway New York or Herkimer County NY Name of state from which he enlisted Mass or New York Approximate date of birth 1755 Approximate date of death 1840
Kindly return attached letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
Earl D. Church
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

JOHN V. B. WICOFF KENNETH H. LANNING JOHN E. WICOFF
WICOFF & LANNING COUNSELLORS AT LAW TRENTON, NEW JERSEY BROAD STREET BANK BUILDING
May 17 th
Pension Bureau, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
I am anxious to obtain proof of the service in the Revolutionary War of an ancestor of mine named
Phineas Hemenway.
I am informed that he served from June 1, 1779 to June 26, 1780 in First Co. New Hampshire Reg under Col. Alex Scamnell and that on June 9, 1825 he applied for a pension being then a resident of Norway Herkimer County, New York.
Can you furnish me with a

Certificate as to any of these facts and if so can he be identified as having been born in Ashburnham Mass.
Yours very truly
Kenneth W. Loring

can't see 5 p.m. 11-1935- 4/5/35
To Bureau of Pensions Kind Friend
Patricia Holmes is desirous of joining the "Children of American Revolution" through her ancestor Phineas Hemenway who served in the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment. He was granted pension in 1825 — Can you send some data that

will help her to make out her papers. — She needs the date of Phineas Hemenway's death.
Any help will be gladly received. — I thank you
Signed for Patricia Holmes
by Elizabeth B. Satterthwaite
52 N. Stockton St
Trenton
N.J.

May 26, 1934
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BA-J/REL
Phinehas Hemenway-S.43666
Mr. Kenneth H. Lanning Broad Street Bank Building Trenton, New Jersey
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Phineas Hemenway, who served in the New Hampshire Troops, War of the Revolution.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.43666, based upon the military service in that war of Phinehas Hemenway.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Phinehas Hemenway are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
Phinehas Hemenway enlisted, place not stated, June 1, 1779, served as a private in the First Company, Colonel Alexander Scamell's Third New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged June 26, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1825, at which time he was aged about sixty-three years and resided in Norway, Herkimer County, New York.
In 1825, he referred to his wife as aged fifty-two years but did not give her name and made no reference to children. There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War soldier, Phinehas Hemenway (S.43666), you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this City, citing the following data:
Phinehas Hemenway, Certificate No. 19478, issued July 7, 1825, rate $ 8 per month, commenced June 9, 1825, Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section EEL
October 19, 1929
Mr. L.D.Hemenway Steward Illinois
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.43666, it appears that Phinehas Hemenway enlisted June 1, 1779, place not stated, served as a private in the First Company in Colonel Alexander Scammell's Third New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged June 26, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1825, at which time he was about sixty-three years of age and resided in Norway, Herkimer County, New York.
In 1825, he referred to his wife as aged fifty-two years but did not state her name and there are no further family data.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
Dale D deat not on 173

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Phinehas Hemenway , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 43,666.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1, 1779 June 26, 1780 Private / 1st Co., Alexander Scammell 3 rd N.H.                                     
Battles engaged in, none stated. Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated. Date of application for pension, June 9, 1825. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Norway, Herkimer Co., N. York. Age at date of application, 63 yrs. July next.
Remarks: In 1825 he referred to his wife aged 52 yrs. but did not state her name. No other family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

M.O.#906024 - 15 cents
Earl D Church
Commission of Pensions
Dept Interior
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Enclose find 15 cents Please send me Photo Stat Copy of the sheet with copy signature of Plinchar Newman in Pension papers Rev War file S 43666.
Reply
C A Newton
122 N Sleight St
Naperville
Ill
MAR 25 1930

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ILL
April 11 th , 1930.
C. A. Norton 122 North Sleight Street Naperville, Illinois.
Dear Sir:
I advise you that in the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension of Phinehas Hemenway, (S. 42666) his own signature is not shown but appears to be written by the person who framed the declaration.
In view of that fact, do you desire the photostatic copy?
Kindly return this letter with your reply.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.