W.F. 15616                                                                N.H. Service

June 28,1837,  Elizabeth Burnham, of Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, aged 84 years, deposed :
that she is the widow of Asa Burnham, who enlisted June 1, 1776 from Dunbarton, N.H., with John Mills, John Jameson, Thomas Huse and others : marched to Mount Independence, was in an engagement with the British when Arnold was defeated, served out his term - six months - and returned to Dunbarton:
that she was married to Asa Burnham, Jan. 18,1774 and that her husband died Jan. 27,1831, and she has ever since remained a widow.
                                                                                                       Signed by mark.

Jesse Carr, Justice of Court of Commons Pleas, certified that Elizabeth Burnham was blind and unable to attend open court.

July 3, 1837, Abner Hogg, of New Boston, Hillsborough County, Revolutionary pensioner, testified to service with Burnham at Mt. Independence, in 1776, under Capt. William Barrows, of Lyndeborough,  N.H., Col. Wingate ; that during his term of service Asa Burnham volunteered to go aboard the flotilla under Benedict Arnold and before the expiration of his term he joined the company again ; understood that he was a married man when he was in service, & c.
                                                                                                              Abner Hogg.

June 28, 1837, Silas Burnham testified that he is 54 years old and was the fifth child of Asa and Elizabeth Burnham : testified also to death of his father and continued widowhood of his mother.
                                                                                                               Silas Burnham

Same day Elizabeth Southworth testified that she is 56 years old and is the fourth child of Asa and Elizabeth Burnham
                                                                                                                Elizabeth Southworth

Thr town clerk of Dunbarton, N.H. sent a certified copy of the birth record of the children of Asa and Elizabeth Burnham, as recorded on the books of the town :
Asa   Burnham Jr.            born      Oct. 26,1774
Zaccheus ""                       ""         Feb. 10, 1777
John        ""                        ""         Mch.20,1779
Betty      ""                         ""         Feb. 16, 1781
Silas       ""                         ""         Mch. 8,1783
Ruth       ""                         ""         May 17, 1785
   and died Feb.8  or 9, 1787
Hannah  Burnham            born       Sept 3,1787
Rachael     ""                      ""         Feb 11, 1789
Mark        ""                       ""         Feb. 15, 1791
Ruth          ""                      ""         June 23,1793
Zubah       ""                      ""          Mch. 25, 1796

In letter of Transmittal July 20,1837, Franklin Pierce, agent for Mrs. Elizabeth Burnham, also forwarded a copy of the will of Asa Burnham with letter of administration annexed ( which was returned to him at his request ) and stated that "all persons present at the marriage are now dead and the Rev. Mr, Currier, of Goffstown, before whom the marriage was solemnized did not cause any record to be made of marriages where he officiated while he remained in that town.

Claim allowed and certificate 1208, Concord, N.H. Agency, was issued July 25, 1837, Act of July 4, 1836, Section 3.
 

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