Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33891, William B Whatley, Navy (Mass.)
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(8-1776)
SERVICE        
Navy (Mass)

Whatley, William B.

NUMBER
S 33891

CONTENTS
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{handwritten} 7.137
Massachusetts
William B. Whatley {/handwritten}
of {handwritten} Boston (Mass) {/handwritten} in the state of {handwritten} Massachusetts {/handwritten}
who was a {handwritten} Mariner  on board the Hague {/handwritten} {crossed through} in the regiment {/crossed through} commanded by
{crossed through} Colonel {/crossed through} {handwritten} Cap: Manly {/handwritten} of the {handwritten} U. S. Navy {/handwritten}
ine, for the term of {handwritten} two years. {/handwritten}

Inscribed on the Roll of {handwritten} Massachusetts {/handwritten}
at the rate of {handwritten} Eight {/handwritten} Dollars per month, to commence on
the {handwritten} 5th {/handwritten} of {handwritten} February 1819- {/handwritten}

Certificate of Pension issued the {handwritten} 5th {/handwritten} of {handwritten} March 1819 {/handwritten} and {handwritten} sent to the Honbl J. Davis.
Boston, Massachusetts. {/handwritten}

Arrears to 4th of {handwritten} March 1819 24/28 4/7 7.88 {/handwritten}
Semi-anl. all'ce ending {handwritten} 4th Sept 1819. 48.00
$55.00 {/handwritten}

{Revolutionary claim.
Act 18th March, 1818.}

{handwritten} Suffolk County
Continued {/handwritten}
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MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.

{handwritten} 5 February {/handwritten} 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, {handwritten} William B Whatley {/handwritten} by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR. 
{handwritten} J Davis {/handwritten} { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
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MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
 {handwritten} Boston 5 February  {/handwritten} A. D. 18 {handwritten}19 {/handwritten}
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that  {handwritten} William B Whatley {/handwritten} subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the  declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked  {handwritten} A. B.  {/handwritten} together with this certificate.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
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 {handwritten} 635
William B Whatley
(Mariner./
N. P. Frigate {underlined} "Hague" {/underlined}
Capt. Manly-
1702 - 4 years
5th Feby. 1819-

Admitted  {/handwritten}
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 {handwritten} United States,
Massachusetts District
Willilam B Whatley of Boston in the county of Suffolk of the state of Massachusetts a resident citizen of the United States and applicant for a pension from the United States under an Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, maketh oath that he served as a mariner in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, upwards of one year in manner following. he enlisted in August 1762 as nearly as he can recollect on board the United States Frigate Hague, and served on board said frigate, and in navigating her furis into Martinique, and one into the United States called the Baily, until February 1764,and when the frigate arrived which was in May 1764, he was formally discharged, and is in such reduced circumstances as to require the aid of his country.

William B Whatley
Massts District
Boston 5 February 1819
Sworn to before me
JN Davis Dist. Judge Massachusetts {/handwritten}
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 {handwritten} W. B Whatley
7137 5 March '19
CM  {/handwritten}
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District of Massachusetts, ss.

ON this {handwritten} Seventh {/handwritten} day of {handwritten} July {/handwritten} 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record, vis. Boston Court of Common Pleas {illegible} such by the Laws of this Commonwealth
William B Whatley {/handwritten} aged {handwritten} Fifty three {/handwritten} years, resident in {handwritten} Boston {/handwritten} in the County of {handwritten} Suffolk {/handwritten} in said District, {handwritten} Mariner {,handwritten} who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: {handwritten} as a Mariner on board of the United States Frigate Hague commanded by John Manley Esquire. his relocation was dated on the 5th February 1819. his pension certificate is no 7127. dated 5th March 1819 in which it is stated that he was a Private in the army of the Revolution. he did {underlined} not serve {/underlined} in the Army but was a Mariner in the Navy of the US {/handwritten} 

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
{handwritten} Signed William B. Whatley
by the said William B Whatley {/handwritten} 
Sworn to and declared on the {handwritten} Seventh {/handwritten} day of {handwritten} July {/handwritten} A. D. 1820 before {handwritten} Artimas Ward Sole Judge of the Boston Court of Common Pleas {/handwritten} 

I, {handwritten} John Callender {/handwritten} , Clerk of the {handwritten} Boston Court of Common Pleas {/handwritten}  do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is __________ {handwritten} Nothing {/handwritten} dollars and _________ cents.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seat of the said Court, on this {handwritten} Seventh {/handwritten} day of {handwritten} July {/handwritten} 1820
{handwritten} JN Callender M {/handwritten}
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{handwritten} Schedule of Property belonging to the Subscribed {illegible} Mariner in the Navy of the United States during the War of the Revolution.
Real Estate None
Personal Estate None
Occupation a Mariner but rendered incapable of following the Sea in consequence of my Years and infirmities having my right arm rendered useless by Rheumatic affection
Family I have none
Signed William B Whatley {/handwritten}
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{handwritten} United States,
Massachusetts District,
Peter Schedard of Boston in the county of Suffolk and District of Massachusetts, Physician maketh oath that he was surgeon of the United States Frigate Hague, commanded by Cmmdr Manley, and from 1762 to 1764 and has no doubt that {erased} Samuel {/erased} William B Whatley served as a mariner on board said frigate, and her {illegible} during those years, more than nine months at one time P. S. Medard Surgeon U. S. Navy

Suffolk from Boston February 5th 1819
Personally appeared the above named Peter S Medard whom I certify to be in my opinion a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above declaration.
Before me Stephen Hooper Justice of Peace {/handwritten}
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{handwritten} United States
Massachusetts District
Tubal Keen of Boston in the county of Suffolk maketh oath. that he was a midshipman on board the United States Frigate Hague, commander by Commodor John Manly in the revolutionary war, and that he well knows William B Whatley to have served on board said frigate and on board {illegible} taken by her, more than nine months at one time.
his mark Tubal Keen

Suffolk Boston February 4 1819
Personally appeared the above named Tubal Keen and made oath to the truth of the  forgoing statement.
Before Me Stephen Hooper Jus Pac
I also certify the above named Tubal Keen to be in my opinion a credible witness.
Stephen Hooper Justice of the Peace {/handwritten}
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{handwritten} Invalid {/handwritten} 
{crossed through} Widow, &c {/crossed through}
{handwritten} Navy {/handwritten} 
File No. 33891
{handwritten} William B Whatley
Mariner
U. S. Navy
Rev War {/handwritten} 
Act {handwritten} March 18 1818 {/handwritten} 
Index: Vol. __, Page ___
[Arrangement of 1870.]