Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14634, for Nathaniel Sweeting, Massachusetts
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SERVICE: Mass., New York
Sweeting, Nathaniel
NUMBER: S. 14634
Carded
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1727
New York 
Nathaniel Sweeting 
of Oneida in the State of New York 
who was a Liet. & Pri in the Compy commanded
by Captain Clapp of the Regt commanded 
by Col Leonard in the * line for 
9 mos. Lieutenant and for 15 " a Private 
Mass. and *N.Y. 
Records completed Feb 27/07 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 169 Dollars 95 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Novr. 1832 
and sent to P.P. Johnson

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $254.92 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33  84.97 
[=] $339.89 

Date of death June 14, 1841 from Agency Book 
{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book D Vol.5  Page 14?
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Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 7th[?] April 1838 from 4 March to 14 June 1841. Agents Notified 23d Jany[?] 1843

Let. Hon. O.B. [?]atteson
July 22d 1850
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Addl. Afft.
State of New York} 
Oneida County ss.} On this 29th day of October 1832 before me Personally appeared Nathaniel Sweeting named in the annexed Pension papers, who being duly sworn deposes and says - that the grade in which he performed Service in the army of the Revolution from April 1776 for the term of nine months under Capt Josiah Smith as stated in the annexed declaration, was that of a Lieutenant - and in that capacity and grade this deponent Continued during the whole of said Nine Months to serve in the army of the United States. 
And further this deponent says not, except that this deponent does not know of any living witness to prove this service other than what is referred to in the annexed afft of Lewis Sweeting
[Signed] Nathl. Sweeting 

Oneida ss. Personally appeared before me the Subscriber the above named Nathaniel Sweeting being the same person named in the annexed papers and made oath to the foregoing affidavit. 
[Signed] J. Hathaway Judge 
of Oneida Com Pleas Counsellor &c
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State of New York 
Clerks office Oneida County ss: 
I George Brown Clerk of the Said County do hereby certify that Joshua Hathaway Esq before whom the within affidavit of Nathaniel Sweeting purports to have been Sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of the County Courts of the said County duly Commissioned and Sworn and Authorized by law to administer oaths &c. and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the Signature "J Hathaway" subscribed to the said affidavit to be genuine.
Witness my hand and Seal of Office at Utica in said County this 30th day of October AD 1832 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Geo Brown Clerk
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STATE OF NEW YORK} ss.
Before the Vice Chancellor of the 5th Circuit in Chancery 
On this fourteenth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Vice Chancellor aforesd and the court of Chancery for said circuit now sitting, Nathaniel Sweeting a resident of [said county - stricken] and state, aged Seventy three 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:  That he was born at Norton Mass Dec. 1758 - Has record of his age in family bible - Resided at Mansfield Mass. when called into service. His lived Since war at Lenox Mass, Stephentown N.Y., Whitestown N.Y. and now Westmoreland Oneida Co N.Y. That day after Lexington battle about 19 April 1775 he volunteered & went with minute men previously organized, in Capt Abriel Clapps Co from Mansfield, under Col Walker & marched thro Stoughtenham Dedham Milton, & Rochester to Roxbury near Boston & remained in said Co. until about 10 May when he enlisted in Capt Silas Cobbs Compy for Eight months under Cols Leonard & Whitney - thinks Leonard was 1st Colonel Gen Thomas Darnon[?], continued at Roxbury a short time then at Rochester -& then with three companies Capt Cobb - Capt. Benton the other capt not recollected moved to Squantum Island had a Skirmish with Bayes[?} & boats of a 74 gun ship off Halfmoon Point near said Island. After commencement of engagement at Bunker Hill ordered to that place & arrived as army was retreating & returned to Squantum where he continued till Eight Months was expired - and at request of Gen Washington enlisted for Six Weeks under Capt Job Gilbert & My bother Lewis Sweeting was 1st Lieutenant continued in service said Six weeks having served in the whole tour about ten 1/2 months. About 1 April 1776 returned to Boston - took enlisting orders with some others from Capt Jonah Smith with promise of a Lieutenancy to take rank according to number of recruits each should furnish - returned with 30 [90?] new recruits the highest No [#] returned by recruiting officers, but by counsel of officers by reason of my youth, the acting Lieutenancy was given to Thomas Weeks and I was retained as Supernumary [sic] for first Vacancy. Soon after part of the army moved to Nantasket by water about 10 miles below Boston - and I continued with army nine months, chief service drilling & disciplining new recruits under direction of Capt Smith - Gen Lincoln was I beleive commanding officer. 
In Summer 1777 Volunteered under Capt Isaac Hodges of Norton for three mos. as a Substitute for my brother[?] Eliphalet Sweeting in Gen Spencer's expedition to Newport Rhode Island and marched to Tivertown in Rhode I. to a place called Fog land opposite New Port and thence up to Fall River & was appointed to take Charge of Flat bottomed Transport No 70 & started with rest of army in boats & sloops in said expedition but from boisterous winds & difficulty passing bar [?] expedition was abandoned. Served out said 3 mos. 
In Spring of 1778 Enlisted under Capt Richardson for Six months and was turned over to Capt Coles Company under Cols. Pope & Jacobs, marched to Tivertown Rhode I. & placed under command Genl Sullivan crossed to North end of Newport. Soon after [rest is cut off]
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New Port and thence up to Fall River & was appointed to take Charge of Flat bottomed Transport No 70 & started with rest of army in boats & sloops in said expedition but from boisterous winds & difficulty passing bar [?] expedition was abandoned. Served out said 3 mos. 
In Spring of 1778 Enlisted under Capt Richardson for Six months and was turned over to Capt Coles Company under Cols. Pope & Jacobs, marched to Tivertown Rhode I. & placed under command Genl Sullivan crossed to North end of Newport. Soon after moved down agt[?] the City. Count De Estang failing to cooperate retreated under fire of the enemy to Bulls Hill where we made stand & fought during the day. Was on a heavy picket guard led off by Gen La Fayette after main army had left. Marched to Swanzy [Swansea] Officers head quarters at Providence. Served out 6 mos.
Some years after this volunteered in Stephentown Rensselaer Co N.Y. under Capt Turner to repel Canadians & Indians marched to Greenbush Stillwater Niskeuna & Schenectady & there served about six weeks - Making in the whole 2½ years of Service, nine months of which he was a Supernumary Lieutenant.  Refers to annexed affidavits &c. 
"as a substitute for my brother Eliphalet Sweeting" interlined. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[Signed] N. Williams Vice Chanr.   [Signed] Nathl. Sweeting 

We, Sherman Patterson farmer and Truman Enos, Tanner & Justice Peace residing in Westmoreland Oneida County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Sweeting who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be about Seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion & that we believe him to be a man of truth and veracity 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[Signed] N. Williams Vice Chansr.  
[Signed] Truman Enos 
[Signed] Sherman Patterson 

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states: And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Sherman Patterson who signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Westmorland and is a farmer who has and that Truman Enos a Justice of the Peace who has also signed the same, is a resident in Westmorland and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I J. Watson Williams Clerk of the Court of Equity for the 5th circuit[?] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Sweeting for a pension. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fourteenth day of Augt 1832 
[Signed] J. Watson Williams Clerk in Chancery 
5th Circuit N.Y.
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State of New York 
County of Onondaga ss. 
Lewis Sweeting of Manlius in said County being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith, that he was in the service of the United States against Great Britain from the 19th April 1775 to about the first of March 1776, during all which time Nathaniel Sweeting of Westmoreland County of Oneida, aged seventy three, a brother of this deponent, was in the same service, at first in Abiel Clapps Company of Militia at Roxbury three or four weeks as a private: then for eight months in Captain Silas Cobbs Company as a private stationed at Squantum near Boston under the command of Colonel Nathaniel Leonard and General Thomas; afterwards six weeks in Captain Job Gilberts Company (in which this deponent was Lieutenant) as a private at Roxbury; This deponent further saith that during the Campaign of 1776, this deponent understood that the said Nathaniel Sweeting was in the service at or near Nantasket, and learned from Captain Job Gilbert of whom this deponent enquired that the said Nathaniel was in health; This deponent further saith that in 1777 Eliphalet Sweeting, now deceased, a brother of this deponent was drafted to serve three months and that the said Nathaniel took the place of the said Eliphalet as a substitute, and left home for the expedition under General Spencer against Rhode Island, and that the said Nathaniel was absent from home the said three months. In August 1778, This deponent, then being in the service of the United States on Rhode Island saw the said Nathaniel Sweeting there in the said Service, that during the campaign of 1778 this deponent was at home in Mansfield, Massachusetts where the said Nathaniel resided when at home, except about six weeks, while he was in service; and that he then understood and believed as he does now, that the said Nathanial served the whole campaign of 1778 the said Nathaniel being absent and returning home late in the fall; This deponent further saith that in the fall of 1781, then residing at Stephentown Rensselaer County State of New York, this deponent and the said Nathaniel Sweeting volunteered and served in Captain Turner's
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company in Colonel Van Rensselaer's Regiment and that they both served on the Mohawk River against the Tories and Indians about six weeks. This deponent further saith that his health is slender & his age upwards of eighty renders it inconvenient & [illegible- im?] for him to go far from home 
[Signed] Lewis Sweeting
Subscribed & Sworn this 10th day 
of August 1832 before me 
[Signed] Saml L Edwards First Judge of Onondaga County &c. 
I certify that Lewis Sweeting the above deponent is a credible person & full faith and credit may be given to his Statement. 
[Signed] Saml L Edwards 

State of New York, County of Onondaga ss.  Zebiah Gilbert of Manlius being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the year the British left Boston, Job Gilbert, then husband of this deponent, was in the service of the United States at Nantasket near Boston, and this deponent resided there with him for four months and a half during which time Nathaniel Sweeting, brother of this deponent was at that place in the service of the United States, and this deponent understood that he served the whole campaign well as as other times in the Revolutionary war. 
Zebiah (X her mark) Gilbert
Subscribed and sworn this 10th day 
of his August 1832 before me 
[Signed] Saml L Edwards 
First Judge of Onondaga County
Counsellor &c 

I certify that Zebiah Gilbert the above deponent is a credible person and full faith and credit may be given to her statement.
[Signed] Saml. L Edwards 

State of New York, County of Onondaga ss.  I Reuben L. Hess Clerk of the County of Onondaga hereby certify that Samuel L. Edwards before whom the above Depositions were taken, and who signed the above certificates was at the date of the same first Judge of the said County of Onondaga, and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe the Several signatures to be the proper hand writing & signature of the said Judge 
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at Syracuse this 10th day of August 1832 
Reuben L. Hess Clerk
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aw Rev. War Section 

March 12, 1917 
Mr. Henry H. Curran, 
Room 12, City Hall, 
New York City, N. Y. 

Sir:
In response to your letter of the ninth instant, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. File No. 14,634, it appears that Nathaniel Sweeting was born at Norton, Massachusetts in December, 1758, and while living in Mansfield, Massachusetts, volunteered in April, 1775, the day after the battle of Lexington, in Captain Abiel Clap's company of Minute Men, under Colonel Walker, and remained in said company until May 10, 1775, when he enlisted for eight months in Captain Silas Cobb's company, under Colonels Nathaniel Leonard and Whitney, was in a skirmish on Squantum Island, was ordered to Bunker Hill after the commencement of the engagement, and arrived as the army was retreating. At the end of this eight months, he re-enlisted for six weeks, under Captain Job Gilbert, his brother Lewis serving as First Lieutenant. 

About April 1, 1776, he took enlisting orders from Captain Josiah Smith and went into the recruiting service for nine months, with the rank of Supernumerary Lieutenant. 

In the Summer of 1777, he substituted for his brother, Eliphalet, served three months under Captain Isaac Hodges, and was in General Spencer's Rhode Island Expedition. 

In the Spring of 1778, he enlisted under Captain Richardson for six months, was placed in Captain Cole's company under Colonels Pope and Jacobs, and was in the battle at Butts Hill, during General Sullivan's Rhode Island Expedition. 

In the Fall of 1781, while living in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York, he volunteered in Captain Turner's company, Colonel Van Rensselaer's regiment, and served six weeks on the Mohawk River. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, while residing in Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. He died June 4, 1841, leaving children whose names and that of his wife are not stated. 

Very respectfully, 
G M Saltzgaber 
Commissioner.
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2382 
Nathaniel Sweeting 
Oneida Co. N. Y. 

1775 Capt Clapps Co. Col Walkers until 10 may 
Capt Cobb's Co. Col Leonard about Ten 1/2 months (Mass) 
1776, nine months as a Supernumerary Lieutenant 
1777 Volunt'd under Capt Hodges Gen Spencers exped R.I. 3 months 
1778. Capt C[?] Co. Col Pope Genl Sullivan, R. I. (LaFayette there) Six months 
1781. To repel Indians - under Capt Turner - Six weeks 

In whole 2 ½ years 
Lieutenant nine months 

B.P. Johnson 
Agent Rome N.Y. 
Pension to be pay'ble at B Bank 
Utica N.Y.
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Rev War
14634 
INVALID. 
File No. 14,634 
Nathaniel Sweeting 
Pri & Lt. Rev. War 
Act: June 7 1832 
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 366 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Jan 8, 1897 Hist to Miss (Mrs) Mary L.T. Alden
Troy N.Y.

May 5 1897 - Letter to Mrs. Charles L. Alden
4 Gale Place, Troy N.Y.

May 24/97 - History to 
Mrs. Chas. L. Alden - Troy N.Y.

1917 Mar. 12. Hist to Henry H. Curran aw
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Alden Cottage 
Little Compton R.I. 
May 17, 1897 

To the Pension Bureau 

Dear Sir -
Not knowing that there was any rule that only two certificates were allowed to any one person - I wrote for two other persons, instead of their writing to you personally. I had
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no interest in Oliver Soper, or Asa Maxson, and the record of Nathaniel Sweeting was very meagre & not given at all as other certificates that I have seen. 
Justice would indicate that I had my service of Nathaniel Sweeting as fully & completely
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as others, instead of receiving a [illegible - snub?]. Especially as I wish it for "Genealogical & Revolutionary purposes." 
Respectfully- 
[Signed] Mary L. T. Alden 
(Mrs Chas L. Alden) 
Little Compton R. I
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Receipt marks:
U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAY 19 1897

U.S.P.B. OLD WAR & NAVY FILES. MAY 22 1897
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Daughters of the Revolution. 
RENESSELAERWICK CHAPTER. 
Troy, N. Y.,  Dec[?] 7 1896. 

To the Pension Bureau
Dear Sir,
Will you send me all that the Pension Bureau has in regard to Nathaniel Sweeting of Mansfield, Mass. He drew a pension as Lieut., but I find no record of such service. I will gladly pay for any [illegible] services that cannot be put in your pension blanks 
Will you also send to Miss Josephine Curtis or her mother Mrs A.G. Curtis - the services

[Cannot make out the words written over the above, except:]
B & M & S [?]
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of Asa Marlson [?] of Westerly 
Also to Mrs H.O.R. Teeker[?] the services of Captain Oliver Soper of Taunton. Have you anything in regard to Samuel Bassett of Keene - Mass. If you will send these to my care, I will see that they are distributed. 
Hoping to have these as soon as possible to prove application papers in the D.A.R.
I am, very respectfully- 
Mary Langford Taylor Alden 
Regent Rensselaerwyck Chapter D.R. 
4 Gale Place  Troy N.Y.

U.S. PENSION OFFICE DEC 9 1896 [receipt mark]
U.S.P.B. OLD WAR & NAVY FILES DEC 11 1896 [receipt mark]
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Mr Wooton 
Chf. O W & N Div.
Please furnish the information asked for below if practicable.
Have there been filed claims on account of the service of Nathaniel Sweeting in a Mass. or N.Y. regiment or of Isaac Bucklin on board either the vessel "Ranger" or "Drake"?  
All service was rendered during the Revolutionary War.
Isaac Bucklin served under Commander John Paul Jones. It is possible Isaac Bucklin is identical with Isaac Buck who is known to have served under John Paul Jones.
Information respectfully requested, 
Wm. F. Alden, Spec. Ext. Dir. [stricken]

Mrs. Charles L. Alden
Troy N.Y.

Over written:
Has been furnished
B & S

Receipt mark:
O.W. & N. CHIEF'S DESK JAN 18 1897
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Hon Lewis Cass, 
The enclosed and annexed explanatory
Aff of Nathaniel Sweeting shows that the 
service performed in 1776 nine months - was 
performed as a Lieut. - 
that being the grade in which he served. 
I am most Respectfully 
Your Most Obt Servt. 
[Signed] B.P. Johnson 

Rome N.Y. A.D. 1832.

admitted 
9 mo Lt. 
15 mo private 
[bunch of calculations]
[=] $254.92
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War Department
Pension Office 
Oct. 19. 1832 

Sir,
The papers in the case of Nathaniel Sweeting are herewith returned. The Act of 7 June 1832 contemplates a rateable pension for an actual service. The claim of a Pension for Supernumerary lieutenancy is therefore rejected. But he is entitled to a claim for whatever service he may have rendered in the Grade in which it was actually performed .
I am Respectfully
Yr. Ob. St.
[Signed] J. L Edwards

B.P. Johnson Esq 
Rome N. Y.
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Nathaniel Sweeting 
pensd. Act 1832 N.Y 
Oneida Co.

Ex by Mr Wade 
April 4, 51
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Westmoreland N.Y.
March 18th 1851 

To
Hon Jas. E. Heath 
Comr Pens 

Sir, As one of the heirs of the late Nathaniel Sweeting, I have to request that the claim for pension in his case be reopened & my agent Willis G. Ward Esq allowed to examine the papers in his case upon which pension was granted him of $176.95 per annum. 
I am Your Obedt Servant
[Signed] Geo. Langford

The facts as stated in the above 
sworn to before me, on the day & 
Year above written 
[Signed] Alexr Cobring 
Justice of the Peace, Oneida Co. New York
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. 
April 6th 1843 

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The childn. of Nathaniel Sweeting, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. York. Agency, at the rate of one hundred & sixty nine Dollars and 95 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 14th June 1841. 
Respectfully, yours, 
[Signed] Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller. 

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.
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Revo. Sec. M

CITY OF NEW YORK 
Board of Aldermen
CITY HALL 

HENRY H. CURRAN
ALDERMAN 
26th (25th Assembly) DISTRICT 
ROOM I2, CITY HALL 
March 9th, 1917.
United States Bureau of Pensions 
Washington, D.C. 

Gentlemen:
In looking up the Revolutionary services of one Nathaniel Sweeting, an ancestor of mine, I find reference to his having drawn a pension under the Act of 1832. He hailed from Norton and Mansfield, Massachusetts, and served in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York, appearing in the Massachusetts Revolutionary rolls, variously, as Sweeting, Sweten, or Swetten. I should greatly appreciate it if you could send me, as promptly as convenient to you, a certificate of such pension as he may have drawn. If there is a fee for this certifying, please let me know and I shall be very glad to pay in advance. 
Yours very truly, 
[Signed] Henry H Curran