Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,523, Moses Whittier, Mass. Residence In 1774
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
CONTENTS
Whittier Moses       NUMBER R. 6.523
Lunt Sarah
Mass residence in 1774 Former widow
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No 8105
Sarah Lunt dec. formerly widow of Moses
Whittier
Mass.
Hon. C. W. Upham  10 Jany. 1855
6523
Act 4 July 1836.
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6523
Sarah Lunt
Service: former Widow Moses Whittier

Rejected
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no papers

Capt. Moses Whittier
Mass.

Hon. Charles Upham
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From E. W. Jerett Beverly Mass
To C. W. Upham M. C. Wahington City D. C. 
Rowley Dec. 30th 1856

To the Hon. Charles W. Upham-House of Reps-
Sir-I take this opportunity to communicate to you some of the more important features connected with the case of Capt. Moses Whittier of Rowley Mass, at his urgent request.
It seems that the elder Moses Whittier-Father of the Capt., served in the Revolutionary War as a commissary for the term of 3 years & 4 months as the rolls of the State will show. The certificate which must establish this, having been received from the Secretary of State. the affidavitts enclosed will prove his identity as the youngest-son of the said Moses Whittier who was married to Miss Sarah Brooking Jan 18th 1774 by Rev. John Tucker. At the request of Mr. Whittier, I send you the copy of the Record of the marriage (as attested) which is to be found on the Record Books of the Town of Newbury. Moses the only survivor of a family of four children was born Dec. twenty seventh seventeen hundred and eighty one, being now 73 yrs of age as the Records will show. the elder Whittier died in 1782 on board a guard ship at New York. Mrs Sarah ( who afterwards married Thos. Lunt) died Nov.26th 1836. In 1805 the received 200 acres of Bounty Land  (illegible) Wild land in the
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province of Maine, for which she realized the sum of $50. No pension annuities have been received, and in fact no application has ever been made to government for such a purpose. The Capt. will send you his own affidavit in case you should need it as you probably will although as I understand the matter he can have not claim whatever unless  it can be made to appear that his mother (the widow), was entitled to a pension during some portion of her natural life (as his father was deceased many years since,) in which case he could draw the whole amount of course. If the act of July 1846 which allowed pension annuities to widows was really the 1st Act which passed Congress for the benefit of widows, I cannot see but a feeble chance for his realizing any considerable sum. I have as sometimes thought that his case might be one really of Special Notice by your Honors as Mr. Whittier has suffered very much from physical infirmities during the last 30 years of more-he having met with a services ^accident some 33 years since which shattered his constitution. It undoubtedly crippled him for life. He is now and ever has been in rather destitute circumstances, depending on his own uncertain labors for a scanty subsistence.
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Mr. Whittier served as Captain of a company of Militia in the last war with Great Britain for which service he has with many others received a Bounty Land Warranty of 40 acres. He has ever been a worthy man-an upright citizen-a devoted Christian one who deserves our kindly sympathy and notice. Amid all of his troubles he has ever been remarkable for those exhibitions of Christian sympathy and good will, which will always secure the confidence and esteem of those around us. he supported his mother during her last sickness (she having been confined to her bed with a lingering, painful disease for more than 6 years) and was assiduous in his attentions, watching by her side a great portion of the time with all the solicitude of a child. He also supported his father in law (Mr. Lunt) for some 10 or12 years. After the Revolution the family suffered severely from the great depreciation of the Continental currency as Bills of Credit reducing them to a state of comparative destitution, from which our worthy friend has not been able to rise. Mr. Whittier was always a patriot and a true Whig. I should be pleased to hear from you as soon as you can make it convenient.
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M. B. You will hear from the case of Benjamin Dresses in the course of a week or 10 days.
Yours Respectfully
E. W. Jerrett

To Charles W. Upham M. C. Washington City D. C.
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I, William Lunt of Newbury in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy years testify & say that I am & have from childhood been well acquainted with Moses Whittier now of Rowley, that he is the youngest & now the only surviving child of Moses Whittier, who served in the Revolutionary war, & of Sarah Whittier his wife (whose maiden name was Sarah Brookins) who after the death of said Moses Whittier became the wife of my father Thomas Lunt & that he is the identical person mentioned in an application for a pension on account of services rendered by his father the said Moses Whittier, & that I have no interest or concern in the allowance of any claim that may be due from the United States Government to the heirs of said Moses Whittier.
William Lund

State of Massachusetts
County of Essex SS
Newbury 20 Dec. 1854
Then personally appeared before me the above named William Lunt and made solemn oath that the above named testimony by him signed & sealed is to the best of his knowledge & belief true.
Joshua Coffin, Justice of the Peace
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Mr. Moses Whittier & Miss Sarah Brookins were married January 18th, 1774 (January eighteenth seventeen hundred and seventy four) by Rev. John Tucker.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the records of the Town of Newburg Massachusetts, with the exception of the words inclosed in a parenthesis.
Newburg December 7, 1854
Joshua Coffin, Town Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Decr. 7. 1854. Personally appeared Joshua Coffin, to me well known as Town Clerk, of the town of Newburg in said county of Essex, and made oath that the above is a true copy of the records in his custody. Before me
Joseph T. C. Bragden Just peace
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Hon. Charles Upham
H. R.
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I, Elizabeth Thing of Newburyport in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty years hereby certify that I am & have been from my childhood, well acquainted with Moses Whittier now of Rowley, that he is the youngest & now the only surviving child of Moses Whittier who served in the Revolutionary War as Commissary as I have been informed, and of Sarah Whittier his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Brookins, that his is the identical person mentioned in an application for a pension on account of the services rendered by his father the said Moses Whittier & that I have no interest or concern in the allowance of any claim that may be due from the United States Government to the heirs of said Moses Whittier.
Betsy Thing

State of Massachusetts County of Essex ss
Newbury 20 Dec. 1854
Then personally appeared the above named Elizabeth Thing & made solemn oath before me that the contents of the above paper by her signed & sealed are to the best of her knowledge & belief true.
Joshua Coffin
Justice of the Peace