Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,884, for Frederick Mc Cutchen, New Hampshire
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SERVICE                                           NUMBER
N. H.        McCutchen, Frederick     S. 1388

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CONTENTS
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5038
New Hampshire
Frederick McCutchen
of Grafton in the State of N H
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain ---- of the regt commanded by col Stark in the H H
line for 1 year

Subscribed on the roll of N H
at the rate of 40 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Feby
1833 and sent to
Moses Dow  Havenhill, N H

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                   $60--
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33    20--
                                                               $80--
{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk
b
ook D.  Vol. 1st   Page 170.

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1890
Dec 26  Hon B M McCutchen history Prior
(thro Dr  Arnworth - War Dept)
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12,171
Fredk. McCutchen

Anl

Pmnts 17 Mar

$40--

 Moses Dow Esq
Haverhill N H
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12,171
BRIEF in the case of Frederick McCutchen of Bridgewater
Grafton Cy in the State of N. H.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disable by bodily infirmitu?
3. How old is he?  81
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.   |  Duration of Service.   |  Rank      |
              | Years,  Months,  Days  |  As a       |
fall of 75|              3                     |substitute|
Jany '76 |               4                    | private    |
June '76 |            x 5                    |     "          |

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
     Gen.
Capt. Moore -  Col. Stark
Capt. Jno. Lane  - Col. Chesley
Capt. Barnes  - Col Wingate
on Roll of service

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Pembroke N H
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  3 Living Witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Right
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
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McCutchen
12,171
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832
State of New-Hampshire,} ss. At a Court of     County of Grafton }     Probate holden at Bristol
On this twentyfirst day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court,
before the Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting, Frederick McCutchen
a resident of Bridgewater in the county of Grafton and State of N. H. aged 81 years, who
being first 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein
stated that he volunteered into the Service of the United States in
the fall of the year 1775 at Winter Hill after the Battle of Bunker Hill
as a Substitute for Moses Morrill in the New Hampshire Militia
for three months under Capt James Moore Lieut. Foye in Col. Starks
Regt served three months there and was dismissed did not have any
written discharge. That he enlisted in Pembroke N. H. in January
1776 under Capt John Lowe Lieut James Cochran in Col Chesleys Regt
N. H. Militia for two months [illegible] directly to Winter Hill in [illegible] and
there served two months and was dismissed. That he enlisted again at
Pembroke State of N. H. in June 1776 under Capt Barnes [illegible]
[illegible] in 'Col Wingate's Regt N. H. Millitia for five months
[illegible] immediately to [illegible] and [illegible] three months
to Sheep'sborough N. York. From there to [illegible] thence
by water to Mount Independence then served the full time
of five months and was honorably dismissed had no written
discharge for any of the above services.  that he has no [illegible]
[illegible] evidence and knows of no person whose testimony
he can procure who can testify to his [illegible]
accompanying affadavits [sic]
that he actually served in the above several enlistments
the full time of twelve Months
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That he was born in /Barrington, County of Strafford State
of New-Hampshire ss 1751.
That he knows of no Record of his Birth except a Family Record
 in his possession.
That he resided in Pembroke in the County of Merrimack
when called into Service
That since the Revolutionary War he resided in Pembroke
aforesaid thirty years. Since that time he resided in
Bridgewater where he now resides, in the County
of Grafton H. H.
He refers to John Case and N. Melion who can testify as to
his character and their Belief of the truth of his  Statements and
of his services as above stated who are selectmen of Bridgewater.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that
his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above written.  Frederick McCutchen
We, John Coss residing in Bridgewater N H and N. P. Melion
residing in Bridgewater N H hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
Frederick McCutchen, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
81 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a sol-
dier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year first above written  John Coss  N. P. Melvin
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, 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 certifies, that it appears to them that John Coss
who has signed the preceding certificate, is selectman resident in the Town of Bridgewater and that
N. P. Melvin, who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Bridgewater & Selectman
and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edward Webber  Judge of Probate
I, Moses Dow Register of the Court of Probate
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Frederick
McCutchen for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said court, this twenty first day of August A. D. 1832
Moses Dow
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3--525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,..................., 19........
In reply to your request of ..............., received.....
for a statement of the military history of  Frederick McCutchen
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.  S. f. 13,884.

Dates of         |  Length of | 
Enlistment or |  Service.    |
Appointment.|                  |   Rank.  |
Sept 1775      |   3 mos.    |   Pvt.     |
Jan   1776      |   4 mos.    |
June 1776      |   5 mos.    |

Officers under whom Service     |
              was Rendered               |   State
  Captain.      |   Colonel.             |
Daniel Moore|   John Stark        |    N. H.
 John Foyn     |   Chesley            |
Barron           |  Wingate           |
Battles engaged in, Not stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pembroke, Merrimack Co. N. H. in 1751
Date of application for pension, Aug 21, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Age at date of application, born in Barrington N. H. in 1751
Remarks: there is no family data on file
Respectfully,
N. H. Vol I  p. 476
N. H. Vol 2 p. 358
6--2856                                    Commissioner
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1915 Mch 23+ history to Raymond
E. Van Syckle.        M. B. H.
1928 Aug. 27, Mrs. S. W.
McKee adv. as to
proper spelling of
name of Capt. M.Ct

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Rev War
13,884
INVALID.
File No. 13,884
Frederick McCutchen
Priv.  Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832.

[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Federick [sic] McCutchen
of Epsom, N. H.
Enlisted 1775 in the 
New Hampshire Regiment
Commanded (it is thought)
by Major Andrew McClary
of Epsom.
Was a revolutionary
Pensioner for many years
For Hon B. M. Cutcheon c/o Dr. Ainsworth
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[written]
Captain Johnathan
Carroll
of Sutton
Mass.
Revolutionary War
For Dr. F. C. Ainsworth
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink will apply to the claim of
Frederick McCutchen which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?   ------
IV. Has declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [sic] of pension he is entitled?  Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu-
tionary service?  No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
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SIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  Yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?   Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

Quere V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how log he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  
For ____ year____months and _____ days, I served as a ______. For ____months and____days, 
I served as a______________; and for such service I claim a pension."
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I Benjamin Norris of Dorchester in the coun
ty of Grafton, & State  New-Hampshire, of lawful depose & say, that I was in the service
of the United States, in the revolutionary war
in Capt Daniel Moor's company in Col John Stark's
regiment N. H. Militia, that the last of
Sept. 1775, being then a soldier of said com
pany, Frederick McCutchin of Bridgewater,
in said county, them as well as my
self of Pembroke, N. H. became a soldier
of said company, I served in it from
that tjme till the last of Dec. serving full
three months. This service was on Win-
terhill. That is said service I was at Mount
Independence from the last of June or first
of July 1776, in Capt Barnes company, in 
Col. Wingates Regt. N. H. Militia, for the term
of five months, & that said Mc Cutchen was
a soldier in said company & Regt. at
& during said term of five months, 
to my knowledge, excepting a few days,
at the close of the time when I was absent
on account of sickness.
Benjn. Norris
State of New-Hampshire
Grafton ss  Sept 5, 1832  Now personally appeared the above named Benjamin Norris & made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just & true.  Before me Geo. Kimball. Jus. Pea.
Sept 5, 1832  I certify that the above is [illegible] a very respectable magistrate of this county & is a person of truth & veracity.   Geo. Kimball J. Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for the county of
Grafton do certify that George
Kimball Esq is a Justice of the
Peace within & for said county of Grafton duly qualified to take
affidavits & that I believe the within
to be his genuine signature.
Witness my hand & the seal
of said Court this 5th day of
September 1832
Geo. Woodward Clerk
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[written]
John Brown

Affadavitt [sic]
for McCutchen
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[written]
I John Brown of Grafton County of Orange and State of Vermont
of Lawfull age do testify that I have been well acq-
uainted with Frederick McCutchen of Bridgwater [sic] for
fifty years last past and know that the said Frederick
McCutchen did enlist in January 1775 for two months under
Capt John Lowe  Lieut. James Cochran in Col. 
Chesley Redgt. [sic] in
the New Hampshire line and marched to Winter Hill and
there served two months. I allso [sic] know that the said McCutcheon
enlisted at Winter Hill before he left the army for two months
more and served under the same officers the full time
of two months. John Brown
State New Hampshire   
Strafford ss.}Be it known that on the twentieth day of July
A. D. 1832 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County personally appeared John Brown who has
this day Subscribed the foregoing Affidavit and made oath in
due form of Law that the same is just and true.
before me
Nicholas M. Taylor Justice Peace
I Certify that the above named John Brown who has
Subscribed the foregoing Affidavit and made oath in is a person of good
character and his statements are entitled to credit.
Nicholas M Taylor  Justice of Peace
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[written]
State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office July 20, 1832
The within named Nicholas M. Taylor
is a Justice of the peace for our County
of Strafford duly constituted & sworn
and his signature as such genuine
In witness whereof I have hereto
set the 
Seal of the Stte
Ralph Metcalf  Secretary
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[written]
I, John Knox of Pembroke County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire
of Lawfull age do testify that I have been well acquainted with
Frederick McCuthen[sic]  of Bridgewater County Grafton ss State aforesaid
for fifty years last past and know that the said McCuthen [sic] did
enter the servis [sic] of the United States in June 1776 at Pembroke N. H.
under Capt Barnes, Lieut Stephen Bartlett in Col Wingates Redgt. [sic]
in N Hampire [sic] Militia for five months marched immediately to
Gafftown [sic] N Hampshire and then mustered from thence to a place
called Skeensborough [sic] about twenty five miles from Ticonderoga
there took Boats and went to place called Mount Independence
and there served out the full term of five months and dismissed
I allso [sic] served with him under the same officers.
I also knew him to serve two months at winter hill in Massachusetts
in Capt. Daniel Moors company in Col. John Starks Regiment
also I knew him to serve in Capt John Lanes company Col. Chesleys Regiment
at Winter Hill but do not know the length of time.  John Knox
Merrimack ss.  State New Hampshire
Be it known that on this twenty first day of July A. D. 1832 before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared John Knox who has this day subscribed the foregoing Affidavit and made oath in due form of Law that the same is Just and True.
before me -- Daniel Knox  Justice Peace
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[written]
John Know
for McCutchen
State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office July 1, 1832
The within named Daniel Know is a 
Justice of the Peace for our County
of Merrimack duly constituted
and sworn and his signature as
such genuine
In witness whereof I have hereto
set the Seal of the State 
Ralph Metcalf, Secretary

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August 25, 1928

Mrs. S. W. McKee
418 North Ave., N.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Madam:
I advise you that in the papers of the pension claim of Frederick McCutchen, S. 13884, it is stated that said soldier enlisted in June, 1776, and served five months in Captain Barnes' Company in Colonel Wingate's New Hampshire Regiment.
As verified by the muster roll, the proper spelling of the captain's name is Barron (see page 358, volume XIV, Revolutionary War Rolls volume I, New Hampshire state Papers, compiled by Isaac W. Hammond.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard toa Thomas Critchett.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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THE MICHIGAN SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOUTION
Officers
Albert M. Henry  President
Gen. Charles A. Coolidge Vice-President
Raymond E. Van Syckle  Secretary
Franklin S. Dewey  Registrar
Rev. Joseph A. Vance, D. D.  Chaplain
Clarence M. Burton  Historian
Enoch Smith  Treasurer

Office Of The Secretary
1729 Ford Building
Detroit, Michigan

March 10, 1915.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C,

Sir:-
Please send abstract of service and
genealogical data contained in the application
of John Hall (1758-1846), Orange County, New
York, pensioner, said to have been fife major
4th Regiment Orange County Militia.
Also Phedris McCutcheon, or Frederick
McCutcheon, born at Barrington, New Hampshire,
1751, died Bridgewater, N. H., Feb. 9, 1844,
said to have been a pensioner under certificate No. 5038.
Also Richard Tripp, born in England,1720, died Epsom, New Hampshire, 1810, said to have been a pensioner No. (463576.?) no such number on any Rev War pension claim they never ran that high. only 78000 claims in all

Raymond E. Van Syckle
Secretary

REVS NED
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
When I was in Washington I copied from the
pension of the above soldiers Pension and I have it Captain Barnes but I find in vol XXX N. H. State papers Rev Rolls 1 pg 395 etc the name of the Capitain [sic] he served under as Captain William Barrons.
Will you kindly tell me which record is correct for me to have ut [sic] on the marker for the revolutionary soldied [sic]
It maybe that the hand writing was hard to read and I may have made a mistake in the name.
Have you any pen sion [sic] receords [sic] for Thomas Critchett of Epsom or Exeter N. H.
My other ancestro [sic] was Thomas Critchet but I have not been able to prove any service.
Please help me in both these
Florence C McKee
418 North Ave
Grand Rapids Mich.  Aug 20