Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14481, Jonathan Clough, Mass
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Mass
Clough, Jonathan
NUMBER
W. 14481
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New Hampshire, 1973
Elizabeth Clough
widow of Jonathan Clough
who died
on the 4 March 1823
of Rockingham in the State of
N H.
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain McFarland of the Regt commanded
by Col for Mass in the line for Mass
8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth NH
at the rate of
26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23d day of April
A.D. 1838
and sent to David Currier Jr. 
Chester
N. H.
Arrears to the
4th of March 1838 $213.33
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sep 38 13.33
$226.66
Recorded by
Cook A.
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3d
D McCurdy Clerk
Vol. Page 23.

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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County
On this second day
of October Eighteen hundred thirty seven
before the Subscriber Chief Justice of
the Superior Court of Judication of the
State of New Hampshire, personally
appeared Elizabeth Clough a resident
of Sandown County and State afore
A
said aged Eighty Eight years next
'
December who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed
July 4 1836. That she is the widow of
Jonathan Clough who was a private in
as the applicant thinks in April 1775
for eight months into Capt McFarland
company of Massachusetts troops and
marched to Cambridge in said State, and
was in the battle of Bunker Hill and
served the whole time of his enlistment
He also went as a Volunteer at the
time General Burgoyne was taken, she
thinks he went away the summer before
Burgoyne was taken but who his officers
were or how long he was gone she does
not recollect. She further declares that
she was married to the said Jonathan
Clough in April Seventeen hundred and
seventy four and that her husband the
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said JonathanClough died on the fourth
day of March Eighteen hundred in
twenty then and that she has
a widow ever since that period as
will more fully appear by reference to the
proof hereto annexed-
Elizabeth Clough
and X [her mark]
Subscribed in my presence and now to the day and
year above mentioned. And I do certify that the above named Elizabeth Clough is by means
of her age
and bodily infirmities unable to attend [wast & that the
doing the matter] of a woman of truth and
veracity
is in my opinion intitled to full
undit.
Wm M. Richardson
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Josiah Clough
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I Josiah Clough of Sandown County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged
fifty
years do testify and say that I
have often heard my father Jonathan
Clough late of said Sandown deceased
say that he was out as a soldier in the
year 1775
under Captain McFarland, and
was in the Battle of Bunker Hill-
I have also frequently heard him
say he was out also in the army of
the Revolution as a soldier in the year
1777, and was in the army at Saratoga
when General Burgoyne was taken
I do not remember whether he told
me who his officers were at that time
if he did I have forgotten them-- I am
sun he told me he was in the United States
service two or three months at
that time and I have no doubt he
was-- I well recollect that he told me
he was out more than nine months
in the whole-- I think ten or eleven
months My father the said Jonathan
died on the fourth day of March
Eighteen hundred and twenty three-- I was
present at his death - my mother Elizabeth
Clough, who now applies for a pension, has
been in my family ever since the
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death of my father and has remained
a widow ever since that period the
November 24, 1837. Josiah Clough
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County
Sworn to before me
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David Currier Jr Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that the above named
Josiah Clough is a credible witness-
David Currier Jr. Justice Peace
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I Samuel H. Peckham, of Haverhill, County
of Essex and Commonwealth of Mass, testify
and say, that I am the regular ordained minister of the North Parish in Haverhill, aforesaid.
have in my possession the records of the church
since their commencement in 1730, to the
present time; and in said records is a
list of marriages, which appears to have
been kept by Rev. Gyles Merrill, commence
ing in 1765 & extending to 1801. In this
list I find the following recorded, viz:
1774
April 28th Mr Jonathan Clough of Sandown and
Miss Elizabeth Philbrick of Hawke, are
per license,
317.
Haverhill Sept, 4. 1837.
Samuel H. Peckham
chingham
Sept AD 187
then the aforesaid
Samuel H. Peckham made the
done affadavitt before me one of the
Justices in and for the County
of Rockingham of the day and
year aforesaid
M. F. Paler
notice of the Peace
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Jeannette Fox,
6520 Stewart Ave.,
Chicago, Ill.
Madam;
February 1, 1924.
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 14481, it appears
that Jonathan Clough enlisted in April 1775 and served
as a private in Captain Moses McFarland's Company, colonel
Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment, was in the Battle of Bunker Hill and served eight months.
He also served a tour in 1777 and in 1781 he was
in the service at the time Burgoyne surrendered, no officers stated. He died March 4, 1823 in Sandown, Rockingham
County, New Hampshire. Soldier married April 28, 1774, Elizabeth Philbrick,
who was born in December 1749 and she was allowed pension
on her application executed October 2, 1837, while a resident
of Sandown, New Hampshire.
In 1837, a son Josiah was a resident of Sandown, and
aged fifty years. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev

WIDOW, &c.
Act:
ex: -- Vol.
14481
Elizabeth Clough
Widow of
Jonathan Clough
Pri Rev War
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July 4th 36
Page 17
Arrangement of 1870.]
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[STAMP] Office of the Commissioner
JAN 4 1924
US Bureau of Pensions
January 3rd. 1824.
Honorable Washington Gardener
Dear Sir
Will you please and
me the term of
Revolutionary service
rendered by Jonathan Clough
of Hawke, New Hampshire
Thank You
Miss Jeanette Fox
6524 Stewart Rue
Chicago
Ill
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1054 Longwood Drive
Chicago, Illinois
April 26, 1924.
Hon Washington Gardner
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
Please send me the Revolutionary
service of Jonathan Clough of Sandown,
Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Also any
family data you may have on file
I am also anxious to know if there
is a pension claim for Rueban Clough, father
of Jonathan, also of Sandown
Very truly yours,
Richard H. Nelson
RECEIVED
APR 28 1924
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Chester R. Co. N.H.
December 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I received a few days
since your answers to the applications of
Deborah Waters and Anne Marden
As to Mrs Waters, from the facts disclosed
by the former application of her husband
she cannot I suppose under the present
act receive a pension-
Mrs Marden I think will be able to prove that her husband
actually enlisted and actually served
in the army one year or more probably
two and also in the case of Ratchel Haynes recently decided
by you. I entertain no doubt whatever
that her husband served in the army
one year, or any nearly a year. It
can be shown by evidence sufficient
to establish a Court of Justice,
but if you have adopted the sale
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not to grant a certificate to any
whose husbands name cannot be found
on a roll in your office, it will be
in vain to forward any more
evidence in support of the claims
either of Mrs Marden or Mrs Haynes
In the present application
of Mrs Clough, I hope to be more
successful, and that her husbands
name may be found on your rolls she
is a very respectable old lady, retains
her faculties in full, and the utmost
confidence may be placed in her
statement
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Respectfully Your most
Obedient
David Currie Jr
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I Josiah Tewksbury of Danville, formerly
called Hawke,
County of Rockingham
and State of New Hampshire, do testify
and say that I was
acquainted with
Jonathan Clough late of Sandown
in said County deceased-- soon after
the Battle of Bunker Hill. I went down
to Cambridge & took the place of Israel
Dimond who was a soldier in Captain
McFarland's company. I served for
said Dimond as a substitute one
week while he came home-
Jonathan Clough was a private
in said McFarland's company while
I was there and I left him then
when I came
away-- to the best
of my recollection 
Danville Sept. 11. 1837. Josiah Tewksbury
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss.
September 11. 1837
Sworn to before me, and I hereby
certify that the above named Josiah Tewksbury
is a person of credibility-
David Currier Jr Justice Peace
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I Stephen Quimby of Hampstead County
Rockingham and State of New Hampshire
aged Eighty four years do testify and say
that I was well acquainted with Jonathan
Clough late of Sandown in said County
deceased - I know that said Jonathan Clough
enlisted into the Revolutionary army in
April of 1775 for eight months and
marched to Cambridge in the State.
of Massachusetts, and afterwards
to Winter Hill. He enlisted into Captain
Moses McFarland's Company of Massachusetts
troops and I believe the Colonels name
was Nixon. I believe Captain McFarland
lived in Haverhill Massachusetts-
At the time said Clough Marched to
Cambridge I went in company
with him to Haverhill - I was afterwards
down to the American camp at Cambridge
to take the place of Joseph Keeper
for a short time I saw said Clough
in the army at that time-- I saw
said Clough when he was marching
into the Battle of Bunker Hill and
saw him
after become out of said Battle and
saw him the next day after the
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Batter writing a letter to his friends
to inform them that he was yet alive -
I saw him after he had served out
his time and returned to Sandown
and was always acquainted with
him till his death-
I have heard,
and
understood that said Clough was
also out in the army when General
Burgoyne was taken, but am not
knowing personally to his being out-
Hampstead Sept. 11. 1837 Stephen Quimby
State of New Hampshire in
Rockingham County
September 11. 1837.
Sworn to before me
David Currier Jr. Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above named
Stephen Quimby is a credible witness-
David Currier Jr. Justice Peace
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Application of
Elizabeth Clough of
Landon R. Co. N.H.
forwarded by
David Currier Jr
of Chester Rockingham Co. N.H.
through the Chester post Office
Vol. 1576. Mo pri in '75
no other term set forth admd
Mo, pri-
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$26.66
No deduction

David Currier Jr
Chester
N H.
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office Dec 2 1837.
the within named William
M. Richardson is Chief Justice
of the Superior Court of Judication
in said State and the within named
M.F. Peasler and David Currier Jr
Justices of the Peace in and for one County
of Rockingham, each duly qualified and
their respective signatures as the genuine
In testimony whereof [illegible]
set the seal of the State
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Ralph Metcalf Secy of State
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Sectionhttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.png
May 29, 1934
Mrs
Richard H. Nelson
10541 Longwood Drive
Chicago, Ill.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim W. 14481 it appears
that Jonathan Clough while a resident of Sandown, Rockingham County, New Hampshire enlisted in April 1775
and served as a private in Captain Moses McFarland's Company, Colonel Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment, was
in the battle of Bunker Hill, and served eight months.
He also served a tour in 1777 and in 1781 he was
in the service at the time Burgoyne surrendered, no officers stated.
He died March 4, 1823 in Sandown, New Hampshire.
Soldier married April 28, 1774 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
, Elizabeth Philbrick who was born in December
1749 and who was allowed pension on her application executed October 2, 1837 while a resident of Sandown, New Hampshire.
In 1837 a son Josiah was a resident of said San
aged fifty years. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner