Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,813, Jonathan Burden, Mass.
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Service: Mass.
Burden, Jonathan
Bilote

Number W. 20,813
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1995.
Massachusetts
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Bilote Burden
widow of Jonathan Burden who was a Private in the Mass line for 11 months


Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars
 and 66 Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
16th day of Sept. 1843
and sent to
Ch. G. Prentiss
Worcester
Mass

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol.1 Page 36.
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Bilote Burden
widow of Jonathan
Mass.
Act 7 July 1838
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester Co

I, Charles G. Prentifs, Register
of the Court of Probate for the
County of Worcester, do certify that
Iva M. Burton is the Judge of
said Court, duly Commissioned
and qualified - and that his
signatures to the papers hereto
annexed are genuine
I further certify, that John
Davis is a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County, duly
Commissioned and qualified
and that his signature to the
paper hereto annexed is genuine.
In testimony whereof I
do hereunto set my hand and
affix the seal of said Court
this third day of October one
thousand, eight hundred and
thirty nine
Chas G. Pratt, Register
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester on this twenty
eighth day of May in the year of
our Lord eighteen hundred and
thirty nine, personally appeared before
the Court of Probate for said County, in
open court, the same being a Court
of record, Bilote Burden a resident
of Mendon in said County aged
seventy seven years, who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on
her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of
the pension made by the act of
Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled
an act granting half pay and
pensions to certain widows
That she is the widow of Jonathan
Burden late of Sutton in said County
deceased, who was a private soldier
in the war of the revolution, once
served as nearly as she can state as
follows. During the war they both belonged
to said town of Sutton, and
she remembers his coming home from
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(repeat of previous page) 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester on this twenty
eighth day of May in the year of
our Lord eighteen hundred and
thirty nine, personally appeared before
the Court of Probate for said County, in
open court, the same being a Court
of record, Bilote Burden a resident
of Mendon in said County aged
seventy seven years, who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on
her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of
the pension made by the act of
Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled
an act granting half pay and
pensions to certain widows
That she is the widow of Jonathan
Burden late of Sutton in said County
deceased, who was a private soldier
in the war of the revolution, once
served as nearly as she can state as
follows. During the war they both belonged
to said town of Sutton, and
she remembers his coming home from
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the service, and she has reason to
believe that he first went out to Boston
and Roxbury in the year 1776. She
is confident it must have been the
year 1776 because the has frequently
heard him say that he was fifteen
years old when he was there,
he became fifteen years of age on the
21 day of September of that year. She
cannot state what company he went
in she has frequently heard him
mention the name of Capt Jonathan
Carroll, and she believes that he enlisted
twice once upon his last enlistment
she has heard him say that he went
into Boston and made carriages
She believes that he must have been in
this service five or six months
She has heard her husband say that
he was out in the service most of the
time from the time he first went out
till he was nineteen years of age &
that he was out three years counting a
few days, that he enlisted at seven
different times. But it is impossible for
this declarant to specify the served services
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and she has been able to obtain but
little aid from the recollection of these
she has heard him lath a great deal
about taking Burgoyne, and she has
reason to believe he was in this service
about four months in Capt Bartholemew
Woodbury's Company in Col. Cushings Regiment. She has also heard him speak
about going down to Providence and
Rhode Island in Capt. Thomas Fish's Company, and she believes that he was gone
with him at one time about the year
'79, nearly or quite half a year. He
also went out to Rhode island once and reckons several times more, lest she has as yet
been wholly unable to ascertain the
particular times and places. She his
no documentary evidence of his services
and she must refer to the depositions she
has attained and which she may obtains,
and especially to the rolls in the
war department which she verily believes
will substantiate her claim to a full pension.

She further declares that her maiden
name bus Bilote Bartlet that she
was married to the said Jonathan Burden
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by the Rev. Dr. Hill at said Sutton on
the twenty first day of November in
the year seventeen hundred and
eighty two; that her husband the aforesaid
Jonathan Burden died at said
Sutton on the eighth day of May in
the year eighteen hundred and
seventeen and that she has remained
his widow ever since. That she
was not married to him previous to
his leaving the service, but the marriage
took place prior to the first
day of January in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit at the time above stated

Subscribed and saith
the day and year first above written

Bilote Burden

Before me
Gareth Bellon Judge of the
Court of Probate for said County
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I Nathaniel Burden of Charlton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts a pensioner
of the army of the Revolution
aged eighty three years,
do testify and say that Jonathan Burden a brother of mine, entered the army of the Revolution in the summer of
the year 1777 in the company to which I belonged commanded by Capt. Bartholomew Woodbury, and served with me in said company at the taking of Burgoyne &
about four months, and was discharged and returned with me to Sutton where we then belonged, and where we both enlisted. Soon after our return to Sutton, I believe
in the month of December of the same year said Jonathan entered the company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Carroll, and served in that company at Nantasket and there about for the term of three months or more as
I learned from letters received from
him during his absence and from his conversation afterwards
which I believe to be true; he returned in the month of April 1778 and gave me an account of his employment
such as labour on forts, and making cartriges. Some time after this, I believe in the year 1779 he, my brother Jonathan Burden, went into the American service in the company of Capt. Fish, whose given name I cant remember
now, and served at Rhode Island as I understood at the time, and believe now, to be true for the term of six months, and returned in the fall of 1779. Besides the
terms of service by said Jonathan in the Revolutionary army above stated, I was knowing to his serving in the manner I
knew the service in the two instances last above stated, another
term of four months at Nantasket under Capt. Carroll, but whether before his service at Rhode Island under Capt Fish as
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above stated or in the winter of 1779 or 1780. I am not now able to recollect so as to state with certainty, but believe
it to be in the forepart of 1779. I also knew of said Jonathan going into the service two other short terms during the revolutionary war, at Rhode Island one under
Capt. Reuben Sibley, and the other under Capt. Andrew Elliott, of about one months duration each as nigh as can recollect. I did not serve with said Jonathan except at the taking of Burgoyne, but am well
satisfied and verily believe said Jonathan performed the services, and to the full amount above stated
Nathaniel Burden

Worcester Co. September 18th 1839. Then the above named Nathaniel Burden made oath to the truth of the
foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me the
subscriber, And I further certify that said Nathaniel Burden is a man of good reputation for truth and veracity
John Davis Justice of the Peace