Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutBiographies of Revolutionary War Veterans of Tompkins Co James Newman Name: James Newman Date of birth: Oct. 12, 1749 Birthplace: Stamford, Fairfield, CT Parents: Nathaniel Newman and Mary Lounsbury Spouse:BethiaRundell b. Feb. 1, 1755 d. Mar. 30, 1828 Enfield, Tompkins, NY Marriage date: Feb. 1, 1775 Place of marriage: NY Date of death: Aug. 13, 1842 Place of death: Enfield, Tompkins, NY Place of burial: Presbyterian Cemetery Children: Jerusha Newman b.Jan. 1, 1776 d.Dec. 20, 1833 Jane Newman b. Dec. 2, 1777 Jared Newman b. Sept. 24, 1779 d. Apr. 26, 1848 m. Mar. 12, 1844 Abbie Hart b Mar. 11, 1807 James Newman, Jr. b. Sept. 29, 1781 m. Nov. 21, 1813 2) Rebecca Greenleaf b. 1788 Rebecca Newman b.Dec. 9, 1783 John Newman b. Dec. 2, 1784I Rebecca Newman b. July 4, 1786 d. Mar. 4, 1875 Hastings, Dakota, MN m.Isaac Newton Hoyt b. Aug. 14, 1775 Stamford, Fairfield, CT d. 1853 WI Huldah Newman b. Dec. 3, 1788 Elizabeth Newman b. Nov. 14, 1790 d.Jan.9, 1872 Howell, MIm. Jan. 24, 1813 Isreal Thompson Meadb. Oct. 29, 1784 d. Oct. 18, 1839 Huron Co., OH Bethiah Newman b. Nov. 11, 1792 Jemima Newman b. Mar. 4, 1795 Nathaniel Newman m. Hannah Davenport (James Newman living with Nathaniel in 1830) Pension File #:R7627 Place of enlistment: Salem, Westchester, NY Service record: State of New York Tompkins County On this 3rd day of July personally appeared in open court before judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer now sitting, James Newman, a resident of the town of Enfield in the county of Tompkins and state of New York, aged eighty –two 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he lived in Salem in Westchester Co., New York when he entered the service, that he volunteered soon after the commencement of the war under Captain Samuel Delevan in the regiment of Col. Drake for four months, that he was a second Lieutenant in the company and enlisted one half of the company himself, that they marched to New York for the purpose of keeping the British when their fleet lay off Staten Island-does not recollect the year-staid in New York during the winter and was discharged in the spring when his time was out and went home. Had a discharge form Col. Drake but has lost it. He has also lost his commission. Knew Generals McDougal, Lee and Putnam in New York. At the time of his discharge he rec’d orders to enlist men for three years-that the orders were soon after countermanded when he rec’d orders as 2nd Lt. to enlist men for one year-that he accordingly enlisted half a company-about 36 men, he thinks, at Salem aforesaid, that after his men was mustered, he marched to Tarry town on the North River-thinks Capt. Delevan commanded the company and Col. Hyatt the Regiment, staid at Tarry town until the British shipping returned and they were sent home, can’t recall the dates but remembers picking apples at the time he was sent home- after he was sent home he was ordered to keep his men together as a guard at Salem aforesaid and to be ready to march at a minutes warning-that they kept together as a guard unit until the war was over-that he well recollects the burning of Danbury-that he marched on that alarm form Salem to Reading, Conn., from there to Ridgefield where they met the British and had a fight, that his party retreated across Kempo Bridge pursued by the British-had another pretty severe skirmish in which this deponent had his clothing cut with balls in four or five places. The British retreated on board the shipping, the militia returned. General Arnold commanded. Others were Col. Benedict, Maj. Tallmadge, Maj. Crane was wounded when Danbury was burnt. Does not recollect being in any other battles but had many skirmishes with the British and Tories, once in particular when Bedford in Westchester Co. was burned. They reached the town but not in time to save the place-had a few shots at the British in Pound Ridge. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person except Daniel Clary whose affidavit is hereto annexed, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. Signed James Newman He further testified he was born in Stamford, Conn., can’t state what year but thinks it was 1749. Has a record of his age at home in his Bible. Lived at Salem when called into service. At the end of the war he moved to Pawling, Dutchess Co., NY-moved from there 17 years ago to Enfield, Tompkins Co. where he now resides. Ezra Chase, a clergyman and Judah Baker testified as to their belief that James Newman was a soldier of the Revolution. DAR Record: NEWMAN, JAMES Ancestor #: A082988 NEW YORK Rank: SECOND LIEUTENANT Service Description: 1) PVT,CAPT SAMUEL LAWRENCE;2LT 2) 2LT,CAPT SAMUEL DELAVAN,COLS DRAKE,HYATT 1820 US Federal Census: James Newman, Hector, Tompkins, NY 1830 US Federal Census: Has James Newman living with his son Nathaniel Newman in Enfield, Tompkins, NY Sources: Jensen, Byrne, Janik, Newmann Family Tree Wyatt Family Tree Jacob Dirlam 1808 Ancestry.com. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15.National Archives, Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com. New York Pensioners, 1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998. Original data: United States Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, In Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. [New York Section]. Washington, D.C.: Duff Green, 1835. DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) online at www.dar.org Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. New York Census, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.