Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28756, Humphrey Hanscom, Mass.

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NUMBER Hanson, Humphrey S. 28756
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Maine - N. 27,269. Humphrey Hanson of Gorham in the State of Maine who was a pr. & Capt in the County commanded by Captain Tyler of the Regt. commanded by Col. Phinney in the Me. Sp. Troops time for 17 mos & 5 days as private & 2 mos & 3 days as Captain
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 64 Dollars 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Mar. 1834 - and to Mrs. F. O. S. Smith - H. & R. -
  Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834 -  194.67    Remun. allowance ending 4. Sept. -  32.44     227.11  
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Budine Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 1 Page 22

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the Tenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- three before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this Tenth day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Humphrey Hanscom a resident of
Gorham in the county of Humbertland in said Maine District, aged eighty 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he
entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz; in the month of April in the year 1775 enlisted at Gorham in a company under the command of Capt. Abraham Tyler , Elisha Meserve 1st Lieutenant - marched to Cambridge & joined a regiment under the command of Col. Edmond Phinney & performed military duty a period not less than eight months . And the said Humphrey Hanscom on his oath aforesaid further declares that in the month of December in the year 1776 he enlisted at Gorham under the command of Capt. Benjamin Larabee , John Harmon 1st Lieutenant - marched to Pekskeill in the State of New York & joined the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reuben Fogg and served a period not less than three months . And the said Hanscom on his oath aforesaid further declares that in the month of June in the year 1778 he enlisted at Gorham in a company commanded by Benjamin Barker - marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island where there we were transferred to a company under the command of Capt. Benjamin Lemont - we joined a regiment from Rhode Island commanded by Colonel Wade and marched to Greenwich & from that place to Warwick where we were discharged & that he served a period not less than Six months . And the said Hanscom on his oath aforesaid further declares that in the year 1779 he enlisted at said Gorham in a company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Larabee , Josiah Libby Lieutenant, & joined the troops Bagaduce & continued at that time in the service a period not less than Three months
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
water  the  water
Humphrey Hanscom mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
Asahel Ware } U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

And the said Hanscom on his oath aforesaid in answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department further declares that he was born at Scarboro in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine in the year 1754 - that his age is recorded at Scarboro - that lived at Scarboro where he was called into the Service - that he resided at Scarboro till about the year 1800 when he removed to Gorham where he has lived ever since - that he entered the Service as a volunteer in 1775 when he went to Cambridge - that he was drafted into the Service when he went to Pekskeill in the year 1776 - and also in the year 1778 when he served at Providence - that he served as a volunteer in the year 1779 when he went to Bagaduce that he does not recollect the names of the officers other than as stated above - that he would refer to the Rev Mr Gorham  Scarboro  Power as a person who can attest to his truth & veracity - also to the Rev Joseph White his  his  mark Humphrey X Hanscom  Admiral War field 1st U.S.N. Dist. Maine
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
Humphrey X Hanscom
I, John Nussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Humphrey Hanscom for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
John Nussey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Wm Lloyd Jones

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 19 th 1833.
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 the name of Humphrey Hanscum is borne on an Account of Billeting, due to Capt. Abraham Syler's Company, in Col. Phinney's Regiment, from their first enlistment, to July 6 th 1778, where he is allowed from May 9 th One month and twenty seven days. — — — — — m. d. 1-27
Humphrey Hanscum's name is found on a Pay Abstract, of Capt. Benjamin Lemont's Company, in Col. Nathaniel Wade's Regt. of Massachusetts State Troops, in the service of the United States, where he is allowed from June 25 th 1778, to the 1 st of Jan y 1779, for services and travel, six months and nineteen days. — 6-19
Humphrey Hanscum's name is also found, as a Corporal, on a Pay Roll of Capt. Benjamin Larrabee's Company, in Col. Mitchell's Regt. in the expedition against Penobscot, where he is allowed from July 9 th to September 12 th 1779. 8-16

  Amount brought over  m d     8 = 16     2 = 3     10 19  
E.P.M. two months and three days. — — — — —
Humphrey Hanscom claims for eight months services, under Capt. Abraham Tyler, in 1775, also under Capt. Benj a Larrabee, in 1776, — the Muster or Pay Roll of which are not found in this Office —
Edward D. Bangs, Secy

I Mark Libby of Scarborough County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Humphrey Hanscom of Gorham in said County, that I believe him to be about 88 years of age, that in the month of June in the year 1779 he enlisted at the same time with myself in a company of the militia under the command of Benjamin Larabee, that said Company embarked from Falmouth for Bagaduce & continued in the service about six weeks at that place, then returned to Portland and there completed our period of service viz; three months . I was well acquainted with said Hanscom, in the same company with him and at the same mess and can state from personal knowledge that at the time and place above mentioned he was in the service the aforesaid period of Three months .
Mark Libby
State of Maine Cumberland ss Portland Aug 1 1832. Personally appeared the above named Mark Libby and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true.
Before William Henry Codman
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I believe the aforesaid deposition is a person of truth and veracity.
Portland December 2, 1833
William H. Codman Justice of the Peace
State of Maine Cumberland County, ss.
I M c Kim Vaughan, clerk of all the judicial Courts, in the County of Cumberland, certify that, William Henry Codman is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this tenth day of December, A.D. 1833.
M c Kim Vaughan

I Nathan Hanscom of Farmington in the County of Pen and State of Maine on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Humphrey Hanscom of Gorham in the County of Cumberland, that I believe him to be about 78 years of age that in the month of April in the year 1775 I enlisted at Gorham in said County of Cumberland in a company of the militia under the command of Capt Wentworth Sturtevant that said company marched to Cambridge and joined a regiment under the command of Col Edmund Phinney forming part of the brigade under the command of Gen Putnam, that said Humphrey Hanscom was at Cambridge as a private in a company under the command of Capt Abraham Tyler, belonging to the same regiment that we remained there and performed military duty the period of our enlistment viz; Eight Months . I was at that time well acquainted with said Humphrey Hanscom had frequent opportunities of seeing him while there, the respective companies we were attached to were marched there together, we were dismissed together & left Cambridge together & I can state from personal knowledge he was there the same time with myself viz; the above period of Eight months .
Witness Wm H. Bodman
Nathan his X Hanscom mark
State of Maine Cumberland ss. Aug 14 1832 Personally appeared the above named Nathan Hanscom and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true
Before Wm H Bodman Justice of the Peace I hereby certify I believe the aforesaid Nathan Hanscom to be a person of truth & veracity
Wm H Bodman
I hereby certify that the aforesaid Nathan Hanscom is a respectable & credible witness & his testimony is every respect worthy of full credit & belief Portland Dec 2. 1833
Wm H Bodman Justice of the Peace

I Mark Libby of Scarborough County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Humphrey Hanscom of Gorham in said County that I believe him to be about 79 years of age, that in the year 1776 the latter part of December he enlisted at Scarborough aforesaid in a company of the militia at the same time with myself under the command of Benjamin Larrabee that said Company marched from Scarborough to the State of New York to Peekskill that I was a member of said Company, that we continued in the service at Peekskill and vicinity for three months and then received our discharge, I was well acquainted with said Hanscom and know that he was in the service at the time and place above stated the aforesaid period of Three months Mark Libby
State of Maine Cumberland of Portland Aug 1. 1832 Personally appeared the above named Mark Libby and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true
Before Wm H Bodman
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I believe the aforesaid deponent to be a person of truth and veracity
William H Bodman
Portland Dec 2. 1833 I hereby certify that the aforesaid deponent is a person of truth and veracity & his testimony is in every respect worthy of full credit & belief
William H Bodman Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Watson of Scarborough County of Cumberland and State of Maine testify and say that I am well acquainted with Humphrey Hanscom of Gorham in said County, that I believe him to be about 79 years of age that in the latter part of June in the year 1779 he enlisted at Falmouth or Scarborough in a company of the militia commanded by Capt. Benjamin Larrabee that said company embarked from Falmouth for Bagaduce and continued in the service there about six weeks, the company then returned to Falmouth and there completed its period of enlistment in three months I was a member of said company the whole of the above time, was well acquainted with said Hanscom & can state from personal knowledge that he was in the service at the time and place mentioned above the aforesaid period of three months
John Watson
State of Maine Cumberland ss Portland Aug 1. 1832 Personally appeared the above named John Watson and made oath that the above deposition by him signed is true
Before William Henry Codman
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I believe the aforesaid deponent is to be a person of truth and veracity and his testimony in every respect worthy of credit
Wm Woodman
Justice of the Peace
Portland Dec 2. 1833

I James Small of Scarborough in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on Oath do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Humphrey Hanscom of Gorham in said County of Cumberland, I should think him to be a man about seventy eight Years of age, in the Month of July in the Year of 1775 I marched from this town to Cambridge with the said Humphrey Hanscom in a company commanded by Capt Abraham Tyler, and joined a Regiment commanded by Col. Edmund Phinney and there remained Eight Months. James Small
Witness Charles Morris
State of Maine Cumberland ss. July 2 d 1833 Personally appeared the above named James Small and made Oath that the above deposition by him signed is true —
Before me Charles Morris, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Capt. James Small, and believe him to be a Man of truth and veracity —
Charles Morris
I have this day been requested by the above named James Small to state in this deposition that he, and the above named Humphrey Hanscom Enlisted, in the Month of April in the Year 1775 and Marched from Scarborough for Cambridge in the Month of July as above stated
Scarborough August 7 th 1833 Charles Morris
Charles Morris

I hereby certify that I have long been acquainted with the within named James Small. & know him to be a man of unswerved truth & veracity & in every respect a respectable & credible witness
November 2, 1833.
Charles Morris

I Hebulon Libby of Scarborough in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on Oath do testify and say that I am acquainted with Humphrey Hanscom of Gorham in the County of Cumberland that I believe him to be about seventy eight years of Age, in 1770 I believe some time in the Month of June or July I started from Scarborough in company with Humphrey Hanscom in a company commanded by Benjamin Barker under whose command we remained nearly two months - during which time we marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, while there we were put under the command of Capt Benjamin Lamont. while under his command we joined a Bridgement Command by Col. Wade from Rhoad Island we marched to Greenwich, from thence to Warwick, at which place we remained untill our six Months was out, all of which time I was well acquainted with the said Humphrey Hanscom, and we were Mess mates together. I further state that myself and the said Humphrey Hanscom were both of us born in Scarborough in the County of Cumberland and have ever been well acquainted with each other
Hebulon Libby
Witness
Charles Morris
State of Maine Cumberland ss. April 2 d 1833. Personally appeared the above named Hebulon Libby and made Oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me Charles Morris Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Hebulon Libby and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity — Charles Morris

I hereby certify that I have long been acquainted with the within named Lebulon Libby & know him to be a man of truth & veracity & in every respect a respectable & credible witness
November 2. 1833.
Charles Morris

Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Portland Dec 17 1833
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I herewith transmit the papers in the application of Henry Hunscomb for a pension. There has been some delay, partly in consequence of attempting to procure proof of another term of service which is not alleged in the declaration & of which we have not succeeded in obtaining such proof as would be satisfactory to the Department & partly from causes beyond my control. If it is not contrary to the rules of the Department, I wish the papers in the case of Amasa Tabor to be returned to me, in order to obtain if practicable further proof
Very respectfully &c
William H. Codman

28756 Key INVALID.
File No. 28756
Samuel Henson Conf. Rev. Me
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I David Hasty of Limington in the County of York and State of Maine on Oath do testify and say. That I am well acquainted with Humphrey Hanscom of Gorham in the County of Cumberland, that I believe him to be about seventy eight years of age, in 1778 about the Ninth day of July I started from Scarborough with a company commanded by Capt Parker. to March to Providence in the State of Rhode Island. I there met with the above named Humphrey Hanscom and became a mess Maite with him at that time, we then marched from Providence about thirty Miles to a place called the four corners, near Howlands Ferry, we there joined the Maine Army, commanded by Gen. John Sullivan, when we left the above named place, we marched to East Greenwich, and was there transferred from Capt Parker, - to Capt Benjamin Lement, the Regiment to which we belonged was commanded by Col. Wade. I further state that I was well acquainted with the said Humphrey Hanscomb during the whole time we ware in the services, which was six Months, and we ware both of us honourably discharged in the same day, at the expiration of the above named period of six Months. I further state that myself and the said Humphrey Hanscomb were both of us Born in the town of Scarborough in the County of Cumberland and have ever been well acquainted with each other. —
Witness Charles Morris
David Hasty
State of Maine Cumberland ss January 24 th 1833 Personally appeared the above named David Hasty and made Oath that the above deposition by him signed is true —
Before me Charles Morris. Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I believe the aforesaid David Hasty to be a person of truth and veracity
Charles Morris
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named David Hasty - that he is a person of truth & veracity & in every respect a respectable & credible witness,
Charles Morris

State of Maine. Cumberland County, ss.
I M c Kim & Haughan, clerk of all the Judicial courts for the County of Cumberland, certify, that Charles Morris, is a Magistrate as within, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 10th day of December in the year 1823. M c Kim & Haughan Clerks Charles Morris Magistrate 30.8-18
Rev. F.O.A. Smith