Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,922, for Samuel Newton, Massachusetts
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SERVICE
Mass

Newton, Samuel

NUMBER
S.42,922

CONTENTS
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4,649
Roll of Vermont
Samuel Newton
Putnam's Regt
Private
Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 21 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of Nov 1810
and sent to Phinehas White
Putney

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 mo [illegible] 35:73

Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819
48.
11  83.73

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

9 months
New Fane Windham
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On Mass Role
Ret for evidence
of his reduced
circumstances

Admitted
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Saml. Newton Appl

Certificate to be forwarded 
to P White - [illegible]
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To Phinehas White Chief Judge of the
County Court within and for the County of Windham and

State of Vermont
I Samuel Newton in the 68th year of my age
and a resident in the town of New Jane
in the County
of Windham and State afsd claiming the benefit of an
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"" do pursuant to the
provision of the said act hereupon oath, make the
following Declaration, to wit, that I served in the
War of the Revolution on the continental Establishment, as follows. - I enlisted about the first of June 1770
for the time nine months in the Company of Capt.
Morse in the Regt. under Col. Rufus Putnam of
4th Massachusetts Line - and faithfully served out said term and was honorably discharged 

I also declare that I served seven other times
in the Militia during who was one at N. York
and around 
at Dorchester in duty. In the following 
of 1779 was the month up the Mohawk River --
And I do further where oath declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances I am
in need of the assistance of my country for
support-
-
In witness whereof I hereunto [illegible] my hand
this 21st day of April A.D. 1818
-
Signature of Samuel Newton
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State of Vermont
Windham County ss.
Be it remembered that
on this 21st day of April AD
Samuel Newton the aforenamed applicant, personally
appearing before me Phinehas White, Chief Judge
of Windham County Court
he made solemn oath to
wthe truth of the preceding declaration by him subscribed
in due form of La
AndI do hereby certify that it appears to my
satisfaction the said Samuel Newton did same
in the War of the Revolution as stated in the preceding
Declaration against the common enemy for [illegible]
nine months in the continental Establishment
And I do now admit the proceedings and testimony had and taken before me to the secretary  of Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the of
aforementioned act of Congress-

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my official
signature and have entered the seal of Windham County Court to be affixed
Phineas White Chief Judge of
Windham County Court

I hereby certify that I am full
satisfied with respect to the extreme poverty & indigence of the foregoing applicant
Phineas White Chief Judn.ge
of Windham Co. Ct

To the Hon. [illegible] of the Department of War
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This may certify that Saml Newton of Capt Morse Company in the 4th Massachusetts
Battalion, having served his time out faithfully
for which the Engaged, is hereby
Discharged from sd. Regiment
Given under my Hand [illegible} Colle
In
Barrach in N. York State this 7th
Day of March 1779
Jonathan Allen Major
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June 22, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Salmon Allon, R. 141
Samuel Newton, S. 41922
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. Robert E. Dunklee
3 Chase Street
Brattleboro, Vermont

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you
request the Revolutionary War records of Salmon Allen, of Marlborough,
Vermont, whose wife was named Temer, and who died after 1815; Hansel
or Anselm Farnham or Farnon, of Bristol and Woolwich, Maine, wife
Abigail Plummer or Plumer, and had son Hansell; James Tarr, born 1729,
lost at sea in 1781, leaving widow who was Lucy (Poole), and had a son,
Solomon Tarr, born 1764, who married Anna Rowe; Jonathan Dunklee, of
Vermont; Samuel Newton, a pensioner of Windham County, Vermont
Stephen Smith, of Bath, New Hampshire, wife Naomi Johns; Samuel
Laughton, of Vermont, wife Susannah Melvin, and Jacob Laughton, born
about 1761, who married Esther Laughton.

Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary
War soldiers, and the lack of a trained clerical force
available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to
make a series of investigations and reports pertaining to soldiers of
that war for one person. The records of Salmon Allen and Samuel Newton
are furnished you herein.

Salmon Allen
R. 141

You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named
Salmon Allen found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension
claim, R. 141, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Salmon Allen was born June 9, 1757, in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
the names of his parents are not given.

After the Revolutionary War, Salmon Allen resided in Marlborough,
Saint Johnsbury and Milton, all in Vermont, then moved to New York
State.
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Salmon Allen, while residing in Oswegatchie, Saint Lawrence
County, New York, applied for pension October 22, 1832, and stated
that while living in Worcester, Massachusetts, he enlisted about
June 1, 1776, and served as private in Captain Swan's company,
Colonel Thomas Crafts Massachusetts regiment, stationed at Boston,
Dorchester Point and Long Island, length of our eleven months;
also, that he enlisted in May, 1777, for a term of three years, that
he served as private in Captains Balch's, Cushing's, Ingersoll's and
Lincoln's companies in Colonel Crafts' Massachusetts regiment,
stationed at Boston and Bedford in Massachusetts, at Rhode Island
and at Castle near Boston, and that he was discharged after having
served on this tour two years nine months.

His claim was not allowed as proof of service was not furnished
in accordance with the requirements of the pension law.

The name of soldier's wife was not given.

In 1833, one Henry Allen, of Oswegatchie, Saint Lawrence County,
New York, made affidavit in support of the claim for pension of
Salmon Allen, that he had known the soldier twenty-five years. In
1834, Salmon Allen was living with his son, Henry Allen, in Oswegatchie,
New York; it is not shown whether he was one and the same person as
the Henry Allen first mentioned. No other reference was made to
children.

The date of death of Salmon Allen is not on record in this office,
Salmon Newton
S. 41922

The record of Samuel Newton follows as found in the papers on
file in pension claim, S. 41922, based upon his service in the Revolutionary
War.

The date and place of birth and names of parents of Samuel Newton
are not shown.

Samuel Newton enlisted about June 1, 1778, place not given,
served as private in Captain Morse's company, 4"" Massachusetts Regiment,
and in Colonel Rufus Putnam's Massachusetts regiment, and was
discharged March 7, 1779. He again served in 1779 three months up
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the Mohawk River, also on other tours at New York and Dorchester,
no details of which were given.

Samuel Newton was allowed pension on his application executed
April 21, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty years and a resident
of Newfane, Windham County, Vermont.

No reference was made to wife or children of Samuel Newton.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of
person paid and possibly the date of death of Samuel Newton, you
should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

Samuel Newton
Certificate #4649
Issued November 28, 1818
Rate, $8 per month

Commenced April 21, 1818
Act March 18, 1818
Vermont Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[Note the imprint of the stamp - Received June 10 1936 Vets. Adm. READER No. 16]

Mrs. Robert Edward A
3 Chase Street
Brattleboro, Vermont

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly inform me
what your records state about
the following soldiers in the
American Revolution
1. Salmon Allen Marlborough, Vt. d. later than 1815. wife Tamer.
His name is in the Vermont Rev.
Rolls. His son Salmon, b. Vt. too
young to serve

2. Hansel or Anselm Farnham, or
Farnom, wife Abigail Plummer,
or Plumer. He is given in Mass.
S.& S. Vol 5. P. 517 as of Bristol
and Woolwich, Me in a Lincoln
Co. Regt. We lack many dates, and a
list of his children: His son Housel
Jr. b.1794 married Mina Ganiage of 
Bristol. Me.
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3. James Farr b. 1729. d. lost
at sea 1781. To early for a
pension, but perhaps his widow
or family may have had one etc.
He m. Lucy Poole, dau of Ebenezer
Poole, James Farr was of Cape [illegible]
when he enlisted at Cambridge Mass
in 1775, Did his widow have a
pension? A son Solomon Tarr
b. 1764 married Anna Rowe
Should like a list of his children
the

4. Do you find any thing on record
for Jonathan Dunklee, who
marched to Bennington, Vt. but
derived too late. He was of Brattleboro Vt.
and received a grant of
land in Bainbridge, N.Y. for his
troubles from sympathizing with
the York Faction here in Vermont
He might be called an independent
volunteer, perhaps, certainly, "Patriot."
He died in 1818, but might have
filed a claim for a pension, or
his wife might have had one. (He never took up the N. Y. claim.)
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5. Samuel Newton, Windham County
Vermont, Pensioner Can be be
identified? Did he marry Abigail
Warren of Westboro, Mass, etc Was
he the Samuel Newton of Southboro,
Mass, who had son Ellis Newton
of Dummerston or New Jane,

6. Stephen Smith of Bath, N.H.
Wife, Naomi Johns He had N.H.
service should like his parentage
date of title and place, or any
know the date of his death,
other identification. We do not
think but we have some
children - one a son Solomon
Smith, who m. Eusebia Cushman

7.Samuel Laughton of Dummerston, Vt.
wife, Susannah Laughton
was formerly Susannah Melvin.
If he died to early for a pension
did his widow have one?
Should like all dates available
and his children. He had Vermont
service.
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8. Jacob Laughton of Dummerston Vt
b. abt 1761. was a pensioner
Should like the dates of his
birth and marriage and all
children given. Wife, Esther
(Laughton) Laughton. She rec'd
a pension after he died. The
died in Spr. Mass. and be in
N.Y. State

Thanking you for your
kindness in this matter
I am sincerely
.
(Mrs.) Robert E. Dunklee
Historian Brattleboro
Chapter D.A.R.

Note: Received stamp - June 10 1936 VETS. ADM.
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{Handwritten text to left]
16. June 22 - Hist to Mr Rob
E. Dunklee - ML.B.

41922
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 41922
Samuel Newton
Pri Rev War
Act.: 18" March 18"
Index:-Vol. S, Page 363

[Arrangement of 1870.}