Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,550, for Peter Thatcher, New Hampshire
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N.H.
Vt.
Thatcher, Peter
NUMBER
S. 11.550
carded
CONTENTS
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20.450
New York
Peter Thatcher
A [illegible]in the State of N.York who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Coates of the Regt. commanded by Col. Beedle in the Vermont line for 12 months
N.H. & Vt.
Recorded completed May 15/15
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars  Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept 1833 and sent to A.L. Chaff West Lodi
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33 $100
Semi-anl. allowance ending March 34 20
$120
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4. Page 81
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no. 12335
Peter Thatcher

Admitted
Private 12 months

16.06
P.364
A.S. Chaff
West Lodi N.Y.
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BRIEF in the case of Peter Thatcher
County of Cattaraugus in the State of N.Y.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
bodily infirmity
3. How old is he? 75
state his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[Chart]
Period.
In 1775 Aug
"77 July

Duration of Service.
Years,
Months,
6
6
Days.

Rank.
As a
[illegible]
Rangers

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt. Curtis, Col. Beedle
Col. Herrick, Capt Burton

5.In what battles was he engaged?  St. Johns
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Norwich Vt
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the
evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signature] Levin Bolt
Examining Clerk.
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12.35
Peter Thatcher
Pension Claim
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State of Newyork
Cattaraugus County} ss 
On this 21st day of September 1832 Personally came before me Dan Allen One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Peter Thatcher a resident of the Town of Perrysburgh in said County Aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he was born in the town of Lebanon in the County of Windham  in the State of Connecticut on the 10th day of June 1757. That he knows of no record of his age now in existence
[illegible line] under the following named officers & served as herein after stated as near as he can recollect
That on or about the 1st of August 1775 being then in his 19th [18th] year of age and residing then in the town of Norwich, County of Windsor, State of Vermont.  He the said Peter Thatcher Volunteered in to a company of Volunteers[,]  Israel Curtis Capt. - John House & Daniel Clapp Lieutenants & joined a Regiment of Volunteers under the command of Col Timothy Beedle at Dartmouth College (or a part of said Regiment) from thence we marched through the (then) woods to St. Johns Piloted by a friendly Indian, by the name Suesuss; belonging to the St. Traneway tribe or through the woods to the lake Champlain then by water to St Johns as aforesaid
At St. Johns We Joined General Montgomery who had laid siege to the fort with 2 Battalions of yorkers & a Regiment of Green Mountain boys under the command of Col. Warner- Soon after our arrival we were reinforced by a brigade of Volunteers from Connecticut & Massachusetts under the Command of General Worcester. Whilst here at this fort frequent skirmishing took place
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for 6 or 8 weeks as near as I now recollect at the end of said term the fort surrendered with about [600?] prisoners and likewise a fort at Chamblee distant from St Johns say 12 miles was taken with about 100 prisoners[.]   from thence we marched to Montreal; at which place we staid till winter and then was dismissed & we returned home,  was absent on this tour as near as I can recollect Six or Seven Months
That in the summer of 1776 whilest I lived in the town of Norwich as aforesaid I was under the direction of the Committee of safety (so called) by whose authority and at whose request I made (with others) of the town frequent tours of scouting in the Northern part of the State of Vermont[.]  was out one time I recollect particutary [particularly] Six Days and I am not certain how much time I spent in this summer, but my best recollection is, that I stood as a minute man, and as such, made several tours & that the aforesaid services rendered my time at home of little use the time thus spent (mostly in the service of said Committee) as near as I now recollect was Six months or there about.
[illegible line] 
raised a Regiment of Rangers under the command of Col. Herricks,  Benjamin Waite Major[.]   he Enlisted into a company belonging to said Regiment commanded by Capt. Elisha Burton, John Powel Lieutenant, & Nehemia Lovell Ensign
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as near as I now recollect in the month of July in said year the term for which I enlisted was 6 months- soon after my enlistment we marched to head quarters which was at Pawlet in the County of Rutland State of Vermont -- The British had taken some 80 of our men prisoners, and had carried them beyond Ticonderoga across the lake.  A project was formed to recapture our men  The Regiment of Rangers to which I belonged and a part of two Regiments commanded by Cols Brown & Barret were detached for the Expedition, we marched from our encampment at Pawlet as aforesaid to lake Champlain crossed South Bay about 6 miles South of Mount Independant.  Went over the Mountain which lies between the lakes, and supprised the British in [?] about 150 under the command of a Major and made them prisoners of War just at the break of day[.]   our 80 men of whom we were in search were confined in a barn distant from this Guard of 150 men (which we had taken) about one & half Mile  Major Waite was detached from our Corps with about 50 men to take the Guard at the barn and release our men which he gallantly performed making the British Guard at the barn Prisoners of War and liberating our men much to their joy & our satisfaction in these 2 encounters we lost but one man killed & some wounded one of which however died of his wounds in 4 or 5 Weeks
Another Expedition was formed to take
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a quantity of stores belonging to the British on an Island at the upper end of Lake George called Diamond Island about 40 miles up said Lake  This Expedition was entrusted to the command of Col. Brown who with about 500 men embarked on board a sloop with 3  9-pounders and 2 gun boats containing 1 12-pounder each with this force we sailed but the British having news of our approach were ready to [illegible] us in good style & by their cannon kept us off[.]   in this contest we lost many lives, had some of our boats cut in two and our sloop much injured, we retreated, hauled in to a bay, round a point of land destroyed our boats, and took up a line of march through the woods 60 miles to White hall from thence to Head Quarters   The Regiment of Rangers to which I belonged was ordered to join General Gates at Saratoga at which place we arrived soon after the battle of Stillwater & we had the satisfaction of witnessing the pleasing sight of a British general with from 7 to 9000 men lay down their arms - to our [illegible] commander General Gates - after this my term of enlistment having expired I was discharged or dismissed and sent home  Thar he does not
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I distinctly recollect whether he received any discharge in this or other campaign what he served if any they are lost.  he further states that he has no documentary Evidence of his service & that he knows of no person who can testify to his services  
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State
[signed] Peter Thatcher
Sworn & Subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid
[signed] Dan Allen one of the Judges of Cattaraugus County & State aforesaid

Certificate
We Thomson S Harris a Clergyman residing in the town of Collins in the County of Erie & State of New York (which town adjoins the town of Perrysburgh in the County of Cattaraugus & State aforesaid) and Amasa L Chaffee residing in said town of Perrysburgh hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Thatcher who has subscribed & Sworn to the above Declaration; that We believe him to be of the age of Seventy five years that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
[signed] Thompson S Harris
[and] Amasa L. Chaffe

State of New York
Cattaraugus County
I John W Staunton clerk of the said county do certify that Dan Allen Esq. before whom the foregoing declaration was made and who signed the foregoing certificates and annexed affidavits was of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and that I am acquainted with handwriting and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavits &c is his proper hand writing and signature-
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 28th day of September A.D. 1832 
[signed] John M Staunton Clk
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Certificate
And the said Dan Allen (Judge as aforesaid) doth hereby Certify & declare his opinion after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states above

And the said Dan Allen further certifies that he is well acquainted with the said applicant and from his knowledge of the bodily infirmities of of [sic] said applicant he is of the opinion that said applicant cannot attend the Court of Common pleas
And the said Dan Allen further Certifies that it appears to him that the said Thompson Harris is a Clergyman & that Amasa L Chaffee Resident of the town of Perrysburg as aforesaid and is a creditable person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] Dan Allen a Judge of Cattaraugus com pleas 

And the said Peter further declares an addition to his former declaration as above that since the revolutionary War he the said Peter lived in Norwich Co. Windsor, State of Vermont till within nineteen years since which time he lived in Cayuga 5 years the remainder of the time he has lived in this place.
Sworn before me the day & year first mentioned}
[signed] Peter Thatcher
[and] Dan Allen a Judge of Cattaraugus com pleas
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I Amasa L Chaffe of the Town of Perrysburgh in the County of Cattaraugus & State of New York hereby certify that all the papers to which this is annexed (being four in number to wit two half sheets and two quarters or there abouts), relating to Peter Thatchers statement & affadavit of Services rendered by him to the United States during the revolutionary War were so attached at or upon the time of his making such affidavit & Statement among  said services [signed] Amasa L Chaffe
Sworn and subscribed to before Me this 16th day of May 1833}
[signed] Dan Allen, a Judge of Cattaraugus County Com pleas

Certificate
And the said Dan Allen (Judge as aforesaid), Certifies that he is well acquainted with Amasa L Chaffe a resident of the Town of Perrysburgh (who made the above affidavit) That he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit and also certifies that the statement set forth in the affidavit aforesaid is correct
dated at Perrysburgh May 16, 1833
[signed] Dan Allen } a judge of Cattaraugus Com Pleas

State of New York
Cattaraugus County  ss}  I John W Staunton Clerk of the said County do Certify that Dan Allen Esq before whom the foregoing declaration was made and who signed the foregoing certificate and annexed affadavits was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said affadavits &c is his proper hand writing and Signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 17th day of May AD 1833
[signed] John W Staunton Clerk of the County of Cattaraugus
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
November 18, 1924

Susie M. Passmore
717 West Granite St.,
Butte, Mont.
Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2155, it appears
that Peter Thatcher was born June 10, 1757 in Lebanon,
Windham County, Connecticut.
While living in Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont
he enlisted in August 1775 and served six or seven
months as a private in Captain Israel Curtis' Company,
in Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment and
was at the Siege of St. Johns in Canada.
In the summer of 1776 he was a minute man in said
Norwich and was out of frequent scouting tours, about
six months in all, no officers stated.
He enlisted in July 1777 and served six months as a
private in Captain Elisha Burton's Company, Colonel
Herrick's Vermont Regiment, was in a severe skirmish
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and in the battle of Diamond Island.
He was allowed pension on his application execute
ed September 21, 1832 while a resident of Perrysburgh,
Cattaraugus County, New York,
There is no data on file as to his family,
Respectfully,

Commissioner.

Date death
not on aB
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Rev War
11550
INVALID
File No. 11,550
Peter Thatcher
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 1832
Index:-Vol. a, Page 374
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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PACIFIC COAST BRANCH.
ExCHANGE BUILDING, 369 PINE STREET.
SAN FRANCISCO CAL
THIRD CENTURY OF ACTIVE BUSINESS

CHARLES S. PASSMORE, Resident Agent
25 W. Granite Street
BUTTE, MONT.
October 27, 1924
 
Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.

AUTOMOBILE

Dear Sir:
Can you tell me from your records anything
of Peter Thatcher, who fought in the
Revolutionary War from Vermont and died in
Catteroughes County, New York. I would like
to know his wife's name or anything pertaining
to his family.
Thanking you for an early reply, I am
Yours sincerely,
Susie M. Passmore
117 W. Granite St
Butte Mont

[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE E OCT 31 1924