Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15702, Rogers Weston, Mass. N. H.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
N. H.
Contents
Weston, Rogers.
NUMBER
S. 15702.
Carded-
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6168
New Hampshire
Rogers Weston
of Hillsboro in the State of N. H.
who was a Sergt and Co in the company commanded by Captain Hartwell of the Regt commanded Col Nichols in the Massachusetts and N. H. line for 3 months Sergt 
10 m 18 days private

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 50 Dollars 31 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of Feby 1833 and sent to James
Dana Esq Present

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 75.46.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 25.16
[Total] $100.62
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book D Vol 1 [crossed out] 2 Page 194
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59
Declaration of
Rogers Weston
Mason
Please to send my [illegible]
directed to Saml Dana Esqr
Groton Ms [Massachusetts]

On Roll Colonel
Nichols Regt enlist
6 July 1780, Sergeant
term 3 Months
Sergt. 3 Months
Private 10 Months and 18 days
13 - 18
Adm
New Hampshire
James Dana Esq
Present
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State of New Hampshire
[crossed out] Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hillsborough
[crossed out] Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate
begun and holden at Amherst within and for the County of Hillsborough on the twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1832
On the application of Rogers Weston claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him on oath to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I am told that I was born in Billerica in Masa [Massachusetts]
On the last day of September AD 1758
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer,
I have not at this time any such record -
[crossed out] I was living in
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you had served, the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
When called into service the three first Compains [campaigns] I was living in Townsend in Massachusetts, the last Campain in Mason in New Hampshire- I lived two years in Hancock in New Hamps and in Mason ever since
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? Answer,
By voluntary enlistment each Campaign except one term, when I was drafted by my own consent my Mother and Sisters being opposed to my going into the Army
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? Answer,
I have stated this fully in my general declaration
6. did you ever receive any written discharge from service?
Ansr [Answer], I never recd [received] any such discharge
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for voracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution? Answer,
I am well Known to the Hon Isaac Mills now a
Senator in Congress and to numerous Individuals in my neighborhood having served five years in the Legislature of New Hampshire.
Rogers Weston
atten C H Atherton Regr
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
_________________________________
Secretary's Office, Nov. 26  1832.

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Rogers Wilson is borne on A Muster roll of Capt. Hartwells company in Col Dikes regiment from the 14th of December 1776 to the 1st of March 1777--

Again, Rogers Wilson is borne on a Pay roll of Capt Aaron Jewetts company in Col. Samuel Bullards regiment of Mafsachusetts Bay Militia for the space of 3 months and 25 days term to return home included, from the 15th of August  Date of discharge Nov'r 26th 1777--

Again, Rogers Wilson is borne on a Pay roll of Capt. John Porters company of the 2d regt of Mafsachusetts Bay Militia commanded by Col. Samuel Denny Regt for the space of 1 month and 15 days, from the 19th of October 1779--
Edward D Bangs Secy
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I Stephen Daw of Hollis in the State of New Hampshire Do testify and declare that I served in the war of the Revolution In the year A.D. 1780.  I engaged to go into service to New York for three months and was in the Company of Capt Bains of Merrimack in Col'o Moris Nichols Regt.  I marched from Hollis some time in July served out my term & returned home in October, and I well knew Rogers Weston Esqr now of Marlow in N.Hamp. and know that he was Searjant in the same Company & served out his time--We were occupied in the usual duties of the Comp.--
Stephen Daw

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex  ss.    July 13th 1832.

Personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, within and for all the Counties in said Commonwealth Stephen Daw of Hollis who subscribed the annexed Deposition and well known to me as a person deserving credit and made solemn Oath that the same is just and true in all its particulars according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Sam'l Dana
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["Commonwealth of Massachusetts."  stricken out]

State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough   SS.

On this twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate ["Common Pleas" stricken out] now sitting at Amherst within and for the County of Hillsborough in the ["Commonwealth" stricken out] aforesaid State Rogers Weston of Mason in sd. County aged seventy four years Who being duly sworn according to 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 entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  That is to say In the autumn of 1776 he enlisted for the term of three months under Capt Hartwell of Lincoln in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Mas'a his Gen'l was Dodge of Shirly in the same County, and William Weston of Taunson was the Ensign.  Col'o Dike was one of the Col'os--that he marched to Dorchester near Boston where he served as a private the full term of three months.--

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He next enlisted for the space of three months, in the Summer of 1777 to go to Saratoga to meet Burgoynes Army ["my" stricken out] his Captain in this Expedition was Jewett of Littleton, ["my" stricken out] his Lieu't was Gibson, ["my" stricken out] his Ensign was [name stricken out], ["my" stricken out] his Orderly Sergant was Ellsworth of ["Littleton" stricken out] Gibson, ["my" stricken out] his Col'o I think was Bullard, ["my" stricken out] his Lieu't Col'o was Brown of Reading and the Major was Bryant of Stoneham.   He marched to Bennington & from there to Stilwater having  been about twenty days on a scout, by order of the Col'o against ["my" stricken out] his Company at Stillwater and served out ["my" stricken out] his term of three months & come days

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He next engaged in 1778 for three months to go to Claverack in New York, his Captain was John Porter of Littleton--He does not remember ["my" stricken out] his other Company Officers--He marched to Claverack, thence to Albany, thence up the Mohawks to the falls [illegible--stricken out] and having served out ["my" stricken out] his term of three months returned home  

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Having removed from Townsend Middlesex County in Mafsachusetts ==turn over
[this paragraph is continued on the following page which is the back of the original paper]

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State.  
Rogers Weston

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Edmund Parker  Judge of Probate
Middlesex County Court

Commonwealth of Mafsachusetts
Eben Hill a Clergyman residing in the town of Mason in the county of Hillsborough and Nathaniel Cumings of the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Rogers Weston Esqr who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Eben Hill
Nath'l Cumings

Sworn and subscribed ["the day and year aforesaid" stricken out]
Before me  Sam'l Dana  jus peace

and
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And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states.

And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Ebenezer Hill who has signed the preceeding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said Mason & that Nath'l Cummings who has signed the same resides in s'd Mason and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate--

I Charles H. Attenson Register & Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Hillsborough aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Rogers Weston for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirteenth day of Septr in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
C H Attenson  Register

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]

[following is the continuation of paragraph #4 from the previous page, which is the front of the original paper]
==to Mason in New Hampshire an adjoining Town  After the discovery of Arnolds treason in A.D. 1780 He engaged to go to West Point three months.  his Captain he does not recollect but believes it was Capt Bains, his Lieut. was Handy, after He arrived in Camp, they had a Quarter Masters Searjant from the Company and He was chosen and appointed a Searjant of the Company  The Col'o of the Regiment was Holls Nichols of Amherst, the other field Officers He do not remember.  He had then recently moved into the State--The above is according to the best of his knowledge and belief, as well as he can call to mind the various facts, and circumstances.
Rogers Weston
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Washington, D. C., [illegible], 1907
Madam [handwritten]
In reply to your request of [handwritten] 5 inst, received [handwritten] 8 inst for a statement of the military history of Rogers Weston 15.702 [handwritten] a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) [crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[CHART HEADINGS]
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
Length of Service
Rank
Officers under whom service was rendered. Captain, Colonel,
State
[handwritten in column]
1776 3 mos Priv Hartwell Dike Mass.
1777 seven mod Priv Aaron Jewett Samuel Bullard Mass
1778 over 3 mos [blank] John Porter [blank] [blank]
1780 3 mos Sgt. Barns Moses Nichols NH

Battles engaged in, [handwritten] None started.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [handwritten] Townsend Mass and Mason N.H. [crossed out]
Date of application for pension, [handwritten] Aug 27, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Mason Hillsborough Co, N.H.
Age at date of application, born Sept 30, 1758, Billerica Mass.
Remarks: [blank line]
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Com. Pensions,
Wash. D.C.--

Will you kindly send me whatever records your bureau may have concerning Rogers Weston, who served in the Revolutionary War--Think he resided in Hillsboro Co. N.H.
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but served with the Mass. troops--

Yours truly
(Miss) May Weston

4--5--'09

320 Rialto
Kansas City  Mo--

[stamp reading as follows]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A
APR
8
1909

[stamp reading as follows]
RECORD
DIVISION
APR
9
1909
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P
15702

INVALID.

File No.  15,702

Rogers Weston
Pri  Rev  War

Act:  June 7"  32

Index:--Vol. 1,  Page 400

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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April 22, 1909.  Hist sent to
Miss May Weston.  L.H.