Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary war, 1629 to 1725, Part 37

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· I have the honor to be with the most perfect esteem sir your most obedt servt Jnº Sullivan

Honble Speaker of the Assembly

[R. 6-170]

[Report of a committee relative to the forts in Piscataqua Harbor. Printed in Vol. VIII. p. 978. - ED.]

[R. 6-171] [Vote relative to obtaining the Names of New Hampshire Men who served in the Regiments of other States.]

State of In house of Representatives Jany 3 - 1784

New Hampry

Voted that the Secretary of this State be Directed to Request of the Secretary at war at Philadelphia an accurate Return of all the men that Served the united States as Soldiers in any Regiment or Core not Raised by this State, & that was Reckoned towards the Quota of this State, Should be made as soon as may be together with an account of whatever such Soldiers have Received of the United States -

Sent up for Concurrence -

John Dudley Speaker In Council the same day read & Concurred

E Thompson Scy

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[R. 6-172] [Certificate relative to Captain Asa Senter.]

Exeter February 6th 1784

Capt Senter was promoted to a Captain May 12th 1781 - vice Capt Sartwell resign'd, Capt Senter was in the New Hampshire line, in 1777, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, and onward -

Henry Dearborn Late L' Col. Comdt Ist N. H. Regt

To whome it may concern -

[R. 6-172] [Soldiers' Petition Relative to Pay, etc., 1784.]

To the Honourable President Council and Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Newhampshire. Greeting -

The petition of us the Subscribers Humbley Sheweth that we whose names are hereunto affixed having our minds much attached to the Good and well fair of our Native Cuntry and being Solicited by some of the principle men belonging in different towns in the County of Cheshire to engage for a Certain Term of time in the Continental Service which we did upon Condition of Certain Sums of money being paid to us in hand and Ingaged to be paid Exclusive of States or Continental Bounty by some of the Principle men of the Diferent towns we did engage. Never thinking or expecting to have any part thereof Deducted or taken out of our wages Never- theless the Honourable Legislative Body saw fitt to take the same out of our wages and Credited the several towns we went for the same Beside we ware Decived in a nother Respect we Inlisted in the year 1778 for two years onley and Recived from under the hands of the Committees we went for that we ware Engaged for two years onley as hay had provided one years men the year before and the officers whose Inlistment we Sign'd knew it. Nevertheless thay Returned us for three years and we ware oblige to serve that time which Gentlemen seems to be a hardship and Cruel but we pray the Honourable Legislative Body will once more take it into Considera- tion and Consider the many Hardships and Dangers the poor Soldier has had to undergo how we have bin oblidged to under sell our States Security for want of Hard money. Sometimes as it ware for a triffle both when we ware in the army and since we have Returned home we cannot but flatter ourselves yt your Honours will take it once more Into Serious Consideration the Reasonable Nature of the

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Request your Honours will provide a Remidy by some means or other whareby the poor Suffering Soldier may be Remidied and have Restitution for what was takeing out of our wages which we actually Recived and took for Hire which is the earnest Request and Desire of us the Subscribers your Honour's Humble Petitioners who in Duty Bound do ever pray .

March Ith 1784

Joel Andres [Swanzey]

1 John Symonds [Richmond] Noah Porter [Richmond]

\Levi Symonds [Swanzey] Silas Symonds [Swanzey]

[In settling the depreciation of pay with the soldiers, all extra bounties paid the men by the several towns were deducted from the amount paid them. - ED.]

[R. 6-173] [Certificate relative to Thomas Kemp.]

Boston 16 March 1784

This may certify that Lieut Thomas Kemp of the Regt of Artil- lery Artificers Commanded by Colo1 Benja Flowers, was stationed at Springfield under my Command from the Ist Novem' 1779 to the 18 March 1780 -

Joseph Eayrs Late Major of artificers

[Another certificate in the same terms relates to Lieutenant Nathan Wesson. Both were Hollis men. - ED.]

[R. 6-174]

[Petition of Isaac Warren, of Medford, Mass., father of Thomas Warren, of Captain Carr's company, in 1777. Dated March, 1784.]

[R. 6-173]

[Petition of Ebenezer Lowell, of Colonel Mooney's regiment, in 1779, for his pay. Dated April 10, 1784.]

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[R. 6-175] [Relative to Depreciation Accounts.]

State of 1 Office for Settling Depreciation Exeter May 8th New Hampr § 1784 -

I hereby Certify that Lieut James Blanchard Pay Master to the Second New Hampshire Regiment has lodged an account in this Office against the Officers and Soldiers of said Regiment for ten thousand three hundred and Seventy six Dollars & eighty two ninetieths of a dollar, of the New Emission, paid them in May & June 1781. Also an Acct for Four hundred and eighty three dollars of said New Emis- sion paid them in the Month of September following, making in the whole 10,85982 Dollars, which are charged to them in their Depre- ciation Accounts, at the Rates certified by John Peirce Esq' Pay Mastr Gen1 viz in May & June at Two & an half for One, and Sep- tember at Four for One -

Joseph Gilman

One of the Committee for Settling depreciation

[R. 6-176 to 178]

[These documents are a bill of Ebenezer Brewster, of Hanover, . against the State, for supplies furnished the militia at the time Royal- ton was attacked in 1780, and the depositions of Nathaniel Hall, Moses Brigham, and John Barrett substantiating the same. - ED.] 1

[R. 6-179] [Certificate relative to Samuel Lowell.]

This may Certify that Samuel Lowell was in the Service of the United States in Kanedy in the year 1776 and he was Taken Pris- oner by the British on the 15th Day of June 1776 and was a Prisoner from the 15th Day of June to the 25th Day of September following when he was set a shore at Elizabeth Town in the Jersies and also he came from the Jerseys with me and Bore his own Expenses till I left him Sick in a Town Joining or next to Salsbury in Connecticut

Putney June ye 26th 1784 Daniel Warner

[Sworn to before Noah Sabin, Jr., at Putney the same day. - ED. ]

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[R. 6-180]

[This document is a copy of Lieutenant Meshech Bell's return of military stores at " Fort Point, " July 17, 1784.]

[R. 6-181]

[Memorial of Jedidiah Jewett relative to collecting pay for some beef cattle, sold by him for the State to David Hillhouse, of Con- necticut. ]

- [R. 6-182] [Rev. Israel Evans to President Weare.]

Portsmouth Octo : 14th 1784

Sir The resolutions of Congress which I take the Liberty of en- closing, will inform your Excellency, that the United States in Con- gress assembled, have directed me to look up to the State of New Hampshire, and to request a settlement for that pay which is due for my Services at Champlain, from the first of January 1777 to the first of August 1780. - and here I beg leave to observe, that when I made application to the Congress for the Settlement above mentioned, it was the meaning and intention of all the members of Congress with whom I conversed, and especially of those who represented this State, that, the Settlement of my accounts should begin & conclude with the same periods of time which were observed, when the other offi- cers of this State were settled with -

Were I not afraid of intruding too much on the time and goodness of your Excellency, I should be induced to show that many circum- stances of necessity, both in time past and at this moment, urge me to beg that my request, and the resolution of Congress, may be com- plied with ; having been destitute of that Support, which other officers have obtained from Notes of depreciation, I found myself oftentimes not far from a very suffering condition.

The long time in which I have been destitute of that little emolu- ment, which I so much needed, and the many hundreds of Miles, which I have travelled for the sake of it, with no small expence ; The great length of time which I have waited for the present oppor- tunity ; my unwearied, and long Services, in the cause of our country, during more than eight years ; these Considerations all plead for me, and give me reason to hope that the Honorable Legislature, will hear my petition and answer it favorably -

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Should a Settlement take place agreeable to my desire I cannot help making one request more and it is, that the Interest due, may be paid in such money as will be of immediate Service to me, on my long Journey -

A Representation from your Excellency, to the Honorable Legis- lature agreeably to what I have requested, will very much benefit, and oblige Your Excellencys most obedient & most humble Servant Israel Evans

His Excellency President Weare

[R. 6-183] [Certificate relative to Jacob Bonney.]

Charlestown October 15th 1784

This Certifies that Jacob Bonney Inlisted into the Continental Ser- vice in Colo Cilleys Regiment, and my Company the Tenth Day of May 1777 & continued in said service Till July 17th 1778 agreeable to the Returns

I. Farwell Capt

[R. 6-184]

[Petition of Lieutenants Thomas Kemp and Nathan Wesson, of Hollis, who served in Captain Nathaniel Chapman's company, Colonel Benjamin Flowers's regiment of artillery and artificers. They stated that they had received no pay from November 1, 1779, to August I, 1780. - ED.]

[R. 6-183]

Exeter October 21st 1784

This certifies that Nathaniel Chapman, a Captain in Col Flowers Regt of Artillery Artificers was made up for the depreciation of his wages in the State of Massachusetts, and those privates who belonged to that State, who inlisted for three years or During the War

Stephen Gorham

The pay of a Lieut of Artillery Artificers was to the first June 1778 Eight pounds # month from the first June 1778 Ten pounds month

Whom it may Concern

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[R. 6-185] [Order of Edward Burrows.]

To his Excellency the President of the State of New Hampshire - Sir please to pay James Norris or his Order all that is Due to me for my Service in Capt. Woodman Company in Coll Runllis Reig- ment it being for value Recd

Witness Jona Norris Edward Burrows

Jany 13, 1785 -4. 3. 4

[R. 6-186] [Order from the Selectmen of Derryfield.]

Derryfield April 15 Day 1785

To the Committee on Claims - or the Treasurer for the State of New Hampshire Please to Pay or Discount John Perham Constable for the Town of Derryfield for the year 1783 the money that is Due from the State to the Town on account of the Bounty that the Town Paid to Ebenezer Numan, a Soldier in the Continental army for one year, and this order shall Discharge you for the same

John Goffe

Willm Perham

Select Men

Samuel Stark Derryfield.

Exeter 6 May 1785

Then received an order on the Treasurer to pay by Discount out of the Taxes to the Selectmen of Derryfield the Sum of Twenty pounds for a Bounty & Supplies advanced to Ebenezer Newman a private in the 3ª Reg in behalf of John Perham Constable

Joseph Sanders

[R. 6-190]

[Ebenezer Green's Petition relative to his Imprisonment.]

State of New Hampr 1 To the Hon the Senate and house of Rep-

Grafton ss resentatives of said State in General Court Convened at Concord the third Wednesday of October 1785

Humbly Sheweth the petition of Ebenezer Green that on the Nine- teenth day of May 1776 he was unfortunately taken prisoner In the Government of Canada, and left in the hands of the Enemy as a Hostage by General Arnold then Commander of the American Forces in that quarter -and continued a prisoner until the ninth day of

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February 1782 When your petitioner was exchanged as may appear by the Certificate thereof which accompanys this petition -

Wherefore your petitioner prays that your Honors will order a Set- tlement be made with him and that he have order for the payment of what may be due to him agreeably to the Resolutions of Congress of the 25th May 1780 and January 1782 - and your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray - Eben' Green

[In House of Representatives, November 9, 1785, the Committee on Depreciation were directed to settle the balance of said Green's ac- count for wages and depreciation allowed him by a resolve of Con- , gress while in said service, and during his being a hostage. See Vol. XII. p. 505. - ED.]

[R. 6-191] [Colonel Bellows to the Speaker of the House.]

Hond Sir Having but lately heard that a Resolve of the Court is Passed that all accounts against the State should be brought in at October Session, or be Debarred from Presenting them afterwards- I have some returns of the Regiment I had the Honour to Command on an alarm in October in the year 1780 to Royalton and Coos. But the Returns of some of the Towns are mislaid so that I cannot find them to make them up, at so short notice as I have been favored with. If the Court would be so indulgent as to Lengthen out the Term untill the next session (in case any allowance is made for such services) shall take it as a Favor granted to your Honor's most obe- dient Hum1 Servt

Benja Bellows

Walpole Oct' 17th 1785

To Honble Speaker of the House of Representatives at Concord.

[R. 6-192] [Petition of Soldiers who were Captured at the Cedars.]

To the Honorable Senate and house of Representatives to be held at Concord in the State of New hampshire on Tuesday the Eighteenth day of October 1785 -

The Petition of the subscribers, Humbly Sheweth how barbarously and inhumanly we and our Company had been treated when we un- happily fell into the hands of our avowed Enemies at the Cedars in Canada, the 19th of May - 1776. Agreeable to a capitulation made with Captain Foster of the British Army, we were to surrender our-

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selves as prisoners of war and to deliver our fire arms, which accord- ingly we did, and each man of us was to occupy and enjoy his private property, without any interruption molestation or abuse under any pre- tence whatsoever - But contrary to the rules of piety and Justice, and in open violation of the promise made to us, we had been treacherously robed, and totally stript of every individual thing we possessed by the most inexorable and unrelenting Savages, who are destitute of the least sensation of humanity & Compation, it is morally impossible to Con- ceive or form a true Idea of their cruel & barbarous treatment to us, while under their unmerciful subjection some of us had been stript of our very shirts : and every punishment inflicted on us that their barbarity could invent or suggest, a Malencolly circumstance that the true born sons of liberty should be thus insulted and abused by such brutal savages - Worthy Gentlemen, our losses were consider- able, being stript of our arms and Clothing and Exposed to the greatest hardships and extremities, destitute both of money and clothes - nay even of the Common necessaries of life ; and really we were not induced or influenced by any views or incouragement to un- dergo or expose ourselves to these calamities But actuated merely for the love of our Country and to defend the american cause, with undaunted Courage and resolution, as much as in us lay considering what a glorious cause we had to support therefore stimulated and ani- mated with these pleasing and laudable motives we did not Hesitate to sacrifice our lifes in the defence of our Country - Most Honble Gentleman. Thus we your Humble petitioners state the case of our losses & calamities before you which were relative and peculiar to us, therefore with submission we apply for redress, in humble expectation that your generosity disinterested integrity, and fidelity, and the Just- ness of our cause will Efficaciously prevail with you to restore to us our losses and in so doing we your humble petitioners as in duty Bound will ever pray -

- N. B. the petitioners above refered to belonged to Captain Daniel Wilkins's Company, & Col' Timothy Beadles Regt

Daniel Wilkins Samuel Boyd Robert Campbel

Joseph Lovejoy John Mills James Caldwell

Josiah Warring William Bradford Benja Dike

[See Vol. XII. p. 661 ; Vol. XIV. p. 476. - ED.]

[R. 6-193]

[This document is a petition of John Dusten for relief. Dated Oc- tober 24, 1785. He was confined in Portsmouth jail for debt. - ED.]

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[R. 6-194]

[Petition from New Hampshire Men who served in Colonel Benja- min Flowers's Regiment of Artillery.]

To the Hon1 Senate & House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire in Gen1 Court convened at Portsmouth in said State the first Wednesday of February 1786-

The Petition of William Addams Jacob Taylor David Ames Wil- liam Brooks Jun' Solomon Hobart John Brooks Humbly Sheweth that we your Petitioners enlisted into the Continental Service in Colo Benjamin Flowers's Regiment of Artillery and Artificers in Capt Nathaniel Chapman's Company, on the first day of Sept' 1778, & served faithfully in said Regt until March 18th 1780 - for which Ser- vice we have not recd the full of our wages nor any Depreciation. Wherefore we pray that your Honours would take our Case into your wise Consideration and make us such a Compensation for said service or Redress our Grievance in such way as your Honours in Wisdom shall see fit, and your Humble Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray -

William Brooks Jur William Adams

David Ames

John Brooks

Solomon Hobart JacoB Taylor

[6-195]

Springfield March the 18, 1780 -

This is to Sertify that William Brooks hath Sarved as Serjant In Colo Benj" Flower's Regt of Artillery and Artificers and in Capt Nath1 Chapman's Companey From Sepr the Ist 1778 to this Instant, Which fulfills the time of his Inlistment. And he is Lagally Dis- charged From the Same

Joseph Eayrs Maj of A and A

[Similar certificates were furnished the others, William Adams as corporal, and the remainder as privates. In the House of Represen- tatives, March 2, 1786, it was voted to allow the foregoing named men the depreciation of their wages, in the same manner as those who served in the New Hampshire line, provided they had not been paid by the State of Massachusetts. The Senate concurred. - ED.]

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[R. 6-199-203]

[Petition of Thomas Clark, Captain House's company, Colonel Cil- ley's regiment, in which he states that he enlisted in April, 1777, and was wounded at Stillwater, September 19, 1777, and did not recover until 1781. He further stated that he hired one Robert Stevenson to take his place, paying him $200, hard money. He was attended by "Joseph Clark Surgn " and " John Crocker M. D." of " Richmont in Berkshire County." A letter dated November 25, 1785, is addressed to him at Stockbridge, N. Y. - ED.]

[R. 6-204]

[Petition of Hugh McKeen and Alexander Brown, stating that they were taken prisoners at the Cedars, and wanted compensation for their losses. - ED.]

[R. 6-205] [Relative to Noah Marsh.]

This may Certify that Noah Marsh was a private in my Comp'y in 2ª N. H. Regt in 1777, & suppose he received a wound in his hand in Oct' of said year in defence of the United States -

Exeter Sept 27th 1786 Caleb Robinson

N. B. said Marsh was in 3 years service -

I did not see said Marsh wounded but I saw him in the Hospitall the next day after the action, and saw his wound

Jonª Cass

[R. 6-205]

[Petition of Captain David Place, December, 1786, who was in Col- onel James Reed's regiment, and had the small-pox. He wante allowance. - ED.]

[R. 6-206] [Colonel George Reid relative to Samuel French.]

Londonderry 4th April 1787

Sir The bearer Sam1 French was taken prisoner near Mohawk river in the summer of 82 has been a captive with the Indians since that time untill about a month ago that he arrived home He wishes

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to know how he can obtain his wages, I have directed him to you who can inform him what measures to take respecting it, he belonged to Capt Moses Dustons Comp'y 2nd N. Hamp' Regt -

I am with the highest esteem your Hble Servt Geo Reid

Joseph Gilman Esq' Exeter

[R. 6-208] [Relative to a Bridge in Piscataqua Harbor.]

I Ebenezer Dearing hereby certify that in the year 1776 I com- manded a company of N. Hampshire troops stationed at Portsmouth and that said Company under my command took down & removed about fifty rods of stone wall from Henzells Island in Piscataqua har- bour, & used the stones in constructing a bridge to Peirces Island by orders from the commanding officer - -

Portsmo' Feb'y 2ª 1789 Ebenezer Dearing

[R. 6-209]

[Petition of Daniel Putnam, dated January 20, 1791. He stated that he was in Bedel's regiment in 1776, was taken sick near the "walls of Quebeck," and left behind without any one to take care of him; had his effects stolen, for which he wanted compensation. - ED.]

[R. 6-210]

[Petition of Edward Burnham, of Durham, for pay and depreci- ation. Dated December 25, 1793. He presented a deposition of Valentine Mathes, to the effect that he was at home sick about one year. - ED.]

[R. 6-212]

[Petition of John Vance, dated June, 1793, stating that he en- listed in Colonel Henry Jackson's regiment July 20, 1777, and served as sergeant until April 3, 1780; was credited to this State, but had not been paid. He was allowed £66. 6. o for depreciation of his wages. - ED.]

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[R. 6-215]

[Remonstrance against the Deduction of Bounties paid by Towns, from the Depreciation of Pay allowed to Soldiers.]

To the honorable Senate and house of Representatives in Gen1 Court Conven'd on the first Wednesday of June Instant - Humbly Shews that Noah Porter, Moses S. George, Lemuel Rice, Wm Sisco, Thos Grush, Giles Kelsey, Samuel Sisco, Sam1 Judkins, and Naboth Betterson, that in the time of the late war with Great Britain your Petitioners for the sake of promoting our independency and at the same time procuring to themselves some small sum in part to com- pensate them for the fatigue and hardship of the life of a Soldier engaged and served in said war for the term of three years, they being sensible that fourty shillings a month was no kind of compensa- tion for such a fatiguing and expensive life as it then was and conscious that the small sum fourty shillings per month was not so large a sum as was absolutely necessary to be expended by the soldier or other- wise he must suffer for necessaries which he was never allowed or never could get from the public - being well convinced of these facts before we inlisted and being under no obligation to turn out in defence of our rich neighbours we refused so to do unless some per- son or persons whose interest it was more particularly would give us a hire over and above what was or ever might be allowed by the Public, whereupon certain sums were agreed to be given us by certain towns and by individuals to induce us to engage in said war for the term of three years -whereupon we engaged and served the same term and were honorably discharged. But will your honors believe us when we assure you that when we returned home to our very great surprize found that the General Court had ordered or given liberty to the towns from whence we went, tho' some of us were hired by individ- uals in the towns, to stop the money which they had given us out of our wages and depreciation and thereby as we conceive did not only suffer but did by law countenance a breach of contract on the part of the towns without our being heard on the subject - Will your honors suffer us to ask you what the consequence would have been had we broken our contracts with the towns and individuals and deserted from the army would we have been justified if not why were they justified in breaking their contract with us we think they are not unless your honors should substitute Power for Justice which we conceive your honors will not - Your Petitioners do not expect to be heard for their much speaking therefore conclude with praying your honors to take their hard case into consideration and in as much as

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the General Court did once interfere in the business by means whereof we were deprived of our money by reason of the towns and individuals with whom we contracted have taken the advantage of the order of the said General Court and have gotten our money - and point out some method by which we may now obtain it and the interest or grant such relief in the premises as to your honors may appear just, and we in duty bound shall ever Pray -

Amherst June 4th 1794- Sam1 Stone

Attorney to the foregoing Petitioners

[On the 13th of the same month Mr. Stone introduced another petition of similar nature [R. 6-216] containing in addition to the foregoing the following names : Nathaniel Powers, Joseph Powers, Abner Powers, Joshua Jay Prime, Benjamin Ellis, Asa Bundy, Stephen Jennings, Ephraim Jennings, Bunker Clark, Oliver Bacon, Thomas Dodge, John Dodge, Silas Symonds, Levi Symonds, Pelatiah Razey, Nathaniel Mann, Robert Mann, James White, Simeon Powers, Caleb Hunt, Zadoc Dodge, Eleazer Haywood, Peter Towzer, Henry Ste- vens, John Curtice, John Dodge 2d, Asa Stearns, Daniel Stearns, and Samuel Bates. The prayer of the latter petition was that the petitioners might have a grant of some state land. --- ED.]

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Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary war, 1629 to 1725, Part 37

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