Claim No. 1180 (Bellinger)
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[left column] Class 2 No 408
Grantham
71
Claim
Marey Ann
Elizabeth
Bellinger
Widdow
£45
Estimated at Thirty five pounds
[right column] No 1180
Mary Ann Bellinger
or Benninger
Claim £110
Allowed £50
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A Statement of Losses sustained by Mary Ann E. Bellinger, Widow, of Grantham, during the late War between Great Britain and the United States of America
| Losses sustained by the Enemy | ||
|---|---|---|
| One horse stolen by the Enemy | £15 | £25.0.0 |
| Do. Do. Do. Do. with saddle & bridle | 15 | £20.0.0 |
| £30 | Hfx Cy £45.0.0 |
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| Losses sustained by the British Troops | ||
|---|---|---|
| One four Horse Waggon pressed by Lieut. Shaw (Glengy Rt) in Augt 1814 to convey Ammunition from 6 Mile Creek at the time the Vessel was blown up | 30.0.0 | |
| 35 Days teaming @ 20/ per day in Q.M.Genls. Dept | 35.0.0 | |
| Hfx Cy £65.0.0 | ||
| £110 |
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[margin] To be considered in 1st Class where see duplicate of this part of claim [/margin]
Amounting, in all, to the sum of one hundred and ten pounds, Halifax Currency
Personally appeared before me J. Muirhead Esquire one of His Majesty’s Justices of the peace for the District of Niagara, Mary Ann Bellinger, Widow, who made oath that the above property was stolen by the Enemy & taken by the British troops, and further that the above property this Deponent declares to amount to one hundred and ten pounds, Halifax Cy, and for no part of which has she received any remuneration
Mary Ann Bellinger (her mark)
Sworn before me this 4th day of Octr 1815
J. Muirhead J.P.
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Personally appeared before me James Muirhead One of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace William Powers of the District of Niagara Gentleman who upon oath deposeth & says, that about the 20 of May 1813 he saw the first mentioned horse in the within Estimate in the possession of Maryann Bellinger & that afterwards in the month of June when the Deponent was a prisoner of war he saw the above mentioned horse in the Enemy’s possession at Luis Town.
William Powers
Sworn before me at Niagara the 4th of Octr 1815
J. Muirhead J.P.
Personally appeared before me James Muirhead one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace John Bissell who being duly sworn says that he saw a bay horse the second mentioned in this Estimate in the possession of the Enemy about the month of November 1813, but Deponent has no knowledge how they came in possession of it.
John Bissell
Sworn before me at 2 Mile Creek the 10th day of October 1815
J. Muirhead J.P.
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Class 1 No 225
No 71
Mary Ann Bellinger
£65._._
Estimated at Twenty five pounds
2nd Claim no
408 2nd class
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Account of Damages done by his Majesty’s Forces Stationed at different places
| 1814 | Particulars of Property Destroyed | Amount Currency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| £ s d | |||
| Augt | One Waggon for four horses | £20 | 30.0.0 |
| Thirty five days teaming with a two horse waggon @ 20/ per day in Q. M. G.’s Dept | 35.0.0 | ||
| The above four horse waggon was pressed by Lieutenant Shaw of the Glengarry Regt. in August 1814 to convey Ammunition from the 6 Mile Creek at the time the Vessel was blowed up | |||
| Currency | £65.0.0 |
We the Subscribers do Certify that the above charges are reasonable
John D Servos
Daniel Sturgis
Witness
David Cudney says on Oath that the Waggon mentioned in this statement was taken from the Claimant, & that he drove it himself from her premises
1st Octr 1815 Robt Addison J.P.
30
20
Alld £50
M Bellinger, Widdow to the late S. Bellinger
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