Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 17807, Joseph Abbot, N. H.
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(8-1770) 
SERVICE
N.H 

Abbot, Joseph
Or Abbott

NUMBER
S 17807

CONTENTS  

carded
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770
New Hampshire
Joseph Abbott
Of Boscawen New Hampshire in the State of N St who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Marston of the Regt commanded by Col Peabody in the N Hampshire lines  for 6 Mos 13 Dys from June 1778 

Inscribed on the Roll of N Hampshire at the rate of 27 Dollars 10 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of October 1832 and sent to Joseph C. West  Concord N H 

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832 $31.65 
Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 33 10.5 
(Total) $42.20

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by J. McBlain Clerk 
Book D Vol. 1st Page 139
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N- 1833

Joseph Abbot 
Boscawen 
PensionOffice July 29th 1832
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State of New Hampshire
 County of Merrimack, on this seventeenth day of July 1832 personally appeared before me Samuel Green an associate Justice of the Supr Court of Judication in & for the State of New Hampshire, Joseph Abbot resident in Boscawen in the County of Merrimack aforesaid, aged seventy 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 an Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 viz 

That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer at Concord in said Merrimack County, on the twenty eighth day of June 1778 & immediately marched to Rhode island where he remained in the service for the term of six months in the Company of Capt Samuel Marston of Deerfield N Hampshire & in the Regiment commanded by Col Peabody & that at the close of the six months he was regularly dismissed but did not receive any written discharge 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State 
Joseph Abbot
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above named  - Samuel Green Assoc Jus

I Samuel Morse depose & say that I was in the service of the United States as a soldier in the Revolution during the time, at the place & under the Officers mentioned in the above declaration made by Joseph Abbot, & know that said Abbot served the time & under the circumstances mentioned in his said declaration, & that I am an inhabitant of the same town of Boscawen above mentioned 
Samuel Morse 
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above named, before me Saml Green Assoc Jus
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And I Samuel Green asso Justice as aforesaid do declare that from the examination of Joseph Abbott & Samuel Morse who has subscribed the within identification & from information from persons entitled to my confidence, I have good reason to believe & do believe they are persons of good characters & that their declarations are entitled to belief — that the said applicant is quite infirm & in my opinion unable to attend any of the Courts of record held in the County within which he resided 
Saml Green Asso’Jus’
July 19. 1832 

State of New Hampshire 
Secretary’s Office July 19, 1832 
I hereby certify that the above named Samuel Green is an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of Judication in said State, duly constituted and sworn and the above signature on his own hand writing. In testimony whereof I have affixed the seal of this date 
Ralph Metcalf Secretary
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1135
Joseph Abbott 
Private
[en]roll Capt. Marston’s Company 
Col Peabody’s Regt [ante] 23 June 1778 discharged 5 Jany 1779 — 6 Months and 13 days - 
[*] L. Beale
6 Months & 13 days
Admin
J.L.E.  $21-10 
Joseph C West 
Concord 
N.H.
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Brief in the case of Joseph Abbott 
of Boscawen in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7 June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?     Judge of Supreme Court. 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes 

3. How old is he? 72 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period.
1778 (June 78)
Duration of Service.
 Years [blank]
 Months. 7
 Days. [blank]
Rank.
 Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Capt. Samuel Marston. Col. Peabody in Rhode Island 

5. In what battles was he engaged? [blank] 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Concord N.H.

 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
only by one witness who with him, the whole term. 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
No witnesses to the general belief; no discharge; does not state that there no person who can testify 

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Wm Ward Examining Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.       (Initials) MDY

July 28, 1925

Mrs. Ella M. Stewart 
1703 Normandie Street 
Spokane, Washington. 

Madam:  

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S-1707, it appears that Joseph Abbot (or Abbott), enlisted in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, June 28, 1778 and served six months as a private in Captain Samuel Marston's Company, Colonel Peabody’s New Hampshire Regiment. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 17, 1832 while a resident of Boscawen, Merrimack County, Hampshire, aged seventy-two years. 

There is no data on file as to his family. 

Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.
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P 
17807 
INVALID
File No. 17,807
Joseph Abbott
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: Vol 1. Page 7
[Arrangement of 1870]

1923 Apl. 20 hist to Andrew Walgo Esq
1925 July 28 - Hist to Mrs. M. Stewart
M.D.?
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Spokane, Wash.
May 31, 1925

Bureau of Pensions
Wash. DC

I am delirious of gaining some information that will help me to establish my right to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

One of my ancestors, one Joseph Abbott served in the Revolution in Colonel Peabody’s Regiment, and afterward received a pension.
Can you tell me if there is such a name upon the Records, and, if not, to whom can I apply for further information.  Any information you can give me will be gratefully received.  The most that I have is found in a book called
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The Genealogy of the Abbot family and was published in 1842 or 1846 by the descendants of George & Hannah Abbot who settled at Andover New Hampshire in 1640.  This is a private book and I know of only two copies, but there are probably a number of others.  This Joseph Abbot bought land near Boscawen & made his there, married a Miss Molly Melon.

Thanking you for any assistance you can give me I am
Gratefully yours
Mrs. Ella M. Stewart
N. 1703 Normandie St.
Spokane
Wash.

P.S.  If there are records of Joseph Abbot on pension list, please give the volume and pate where it is to be found.
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ANDREW WALZ 
MINING ENGINEER 
309 West 109th St.
NEW YORK 

February 16th. 1923

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC, 

Dear Sir, 

My wife Mrs. Isabel Renick Walz is planning to become a member of the D. A. R. and wishes to learn if her ancestor, Joseph Abbott who fought in the Revolutionary war under  Gen Peabody is on record in your office as having been a pensioner. Joseph Abbott was born in 1759 at Concord, New Hampshire and died at Boscawen, N. H. on his farm. We have not the original pension certificate and would ask you to give the above information and any other regarding Joseph Abbott which would be of interest and useful for the D. A. R. application.

Yours very truly, 

Andrew Walz

(Stamped) Pension Office Feb 1923
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS 
   3 -- 525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., Apl 20, 1923 
S. 1787 
In reply to your request of [blank] for the history of Joseph Abbot or Abbott a soldier of the Revolutionary War,  the following is taken from the sole claim for pension. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT June 28 1778

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
6 mos 

RANK. 
Pvt, --- 

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN.  Samil Marston 
COLONEL.  Peabody 

STATE. N. H. 

Battles engaged in, none stated 

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  enl Concord, Merrimack Co. N. H. 

Date of application for pension, July 17, 1832-al

Residence at date of application, Boscawen, Merrimack Co, N.H. 

Age at date of application,   72

Remarks: No fam data

Respectfully, 

Commissioner.