Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1856, Amariah Winchester, Continental Mass. R.I.
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Service:  
Continental
Mass
Rhode Island

Winchester, Amariah
Hart, Betsy  -  former widow

W.1856
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14.625

Connecticut

Amariah Winchester of Hebron in the state of Connecticut who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Whitcomb of the Massachusetts line for the term of one year.
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Inscribed on the roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on the 25th of March 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Sept 1820 and sent to Sylvester Gilbert, Ovid Connecticut
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819  $138.86
Semi-anl all'ce ending Mar 1820  $48.00
$186.86

Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March, 1818

Continued

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Died Mar 5, 1821

Notification sent [illegible]
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Date of death not on AB
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Rhode Island

Betsy Hart, formerly widow of Amariah Winchester, who served in the Revolutionary War as a Sergeant in the Rhode Island line
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1848.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of September 1849 and sent to B Cowell, Providence, RI.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under... July 29, 1848, Page 11, Vol c
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No. 435

Betsey Hart, formerly widow of Amariah Winchester, RI

Act 29 July 1848

Married 1796
Husband died 1825

Served 2 years Sgt, $120 per annum, Act 4 March 1848
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State of Rhode Island
County of Kent

on this 16 day of August AD 1849 personally appeared before me George A Braxton associate Justice of the Supreme Court of said State, Betsey Hart now resident in Haverish in said County, aged 78 years who being duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 29 1848 for the relief of certain widows of officers & soldiers of the army of the Revolution.  Vis the said Betsey declares that she was formerly the wife of Thomas Stanton of West Church in said County, that she married him when she was about Eighteen years of age and lived with him until he died but has no record of her marriage. That after his death she went to live in the town of Stafford in the State of Connecticut with one Elisha Waldren, that while living at his house, she married Amariah Winchester, a soldier of the Revolution. She was married to him by Elder Foster on the fourth of March seventeen hundred & ninety six (1796). She remembers the day & month from the
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Winchester and that he died on the same day & month she was married in 1825 but she has no record of her marriage, nor is it recorded in any public or private record to her knowledge but there were many witnesses at her marriage & the evidence of these reputable witnesses is now produced. Her husband the said Amariah Winchester was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States under the acts of Congress of March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820, & drew a pension at the rate of $96 per annum at the agency for paying pensions at Hartford, Connecticut up to the time of his death; according to her best recollection he died March 4, 1825.  she thinks he signed a power of attorny to draw his pension on the day of his death & she remembers of remonstrating against it. After the death of her husband, the said Amariah, she lived a widow a few years when she married Jonathan Hart of Marlboro & he died in Oct 1829. she was not married to the said Amariah Winchester prior to his leaving the service but her marriage to him took place previous to second of January Eighteen hundred
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to wit at the time above mentioned on the 4th of March AD 1796. And she further swears that she is now a widow & has never before applied for a pension. She refers to the declaration which husband, the said Amariah Winchester made for a specification of service, she thinks he served a number of years during the war of the Revolution but whether he stated all his services she does not know.

attest Geo. A Braylow

Betsey Hart  (her mark)

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year just above mentioned by the said Betsey Hart and I further certify that her statement is entitled to full credit. I also further certify that from old age and infirmity she is unable to attend court.

Geo A Brayton associateJustice of the Supreme Court
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I Mary Brown of Warwick in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island aged 51 years do testify & say that Betsey Hart who has made the preceding declaration is my mother. She is now the widow of Jonathan Hart formerly of Marlboro, Connecticut. she has lived with me ever since his death, which was over twenty years ago.  Before she married Jonathan Hart, she was the widow of Amariah Winchester, who I have always understood was a soldier of the Revolution. after the death of said Winchester she married said Hart & since his death, she has remained a widow and is now his widow & lives with me.

Mary Brown

State of Rhode Island
Kent County

on this 16 day of August AD 1849 personally appeared before me the subscribed, the above named
Mary Brown & subscribed & made oath to the Jury & I certify that the said Mary is a credible person

George A Brayton associate Justice of the Supreme Court