Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43295, John Wheelock, Continental Mass
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Wheelock, John
Service Continental Mass.
Number S 43295

Contents
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New York
17.775
John Wheelock to Rensselaer Co. in the state of N. York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel J. Baldwin of the Connecticut line for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4th of June, 1818
Certificate of pension issued the 7 of Sept. 1820
and sent to Leonard Ross, agt.
Stephenstown, New-York
Arrears to 4th of Sept, 1820   $216.26
Semi-anl.all'ce ending 4 March    48. 
27 mos. 1/30   $264.26

{Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March 1818}
and 1st May 1820

Death not on A. B.
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In the matter of
John Wheelock an
indigent soldier
Afft.
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State of New York
Oneida County ss.
On this fourth day of June 1818 before me the subscriber on of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Oneida County, personally appears John Whelock residing in Vienna in the County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act 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", That the said John Whelock enlisted into the service of the United States in Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts as a drummer in 1775 in the company commanded by Captain Adam Wheler of Col. Doolittle's regiment in the Massachusetts line for the term of eight months and in May or June 1776 he enlisted again into the army for the term of six months in the Company commanded by Capt. William Warner of Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment in the aforeaid line; ant that after the xpration of the six months he enlisted again for ther term of three months for a winter campaign & went
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to the Jerseys. That afterwards in the year 1777 he again enlisted into the company commanded by Capt. Seth Oaks, in the town of Lancaster in Massachusetts for one year and was attached to the army at Philadelphia under the command of General Washington. that he continued to serve in the army of the United States as aforesaid and at the expiration of which time he was discharged from the service. That he was in the battle of Brandywine & Bunkerhill and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
John Wheelock
Sworn to this fourth day of June and declared before me
Charles Wylie 
One of the Judges of Oneida Com Pleas
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Amended Declaration 
State of New York
Oneida County ss
On this fourth day of Jue 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of Court of Common Pleas for Oneida County personally appeared John Wheelock aged sixty two years, resident in Vienna in the said district, who, being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act 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" that he the said John Wheelock enlisted for the term of one year on one of the last days of April or early in May in the year 1777 in Lancaster in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Seth Oaks of the Regiment commanded by Colonel (blacked out-blank) in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States, until the latter part of April or early in May1778, when he was discharged from service in the state of Pennsylvania, about twenty miles from Philadelphia that he was in the battles of Brandywine during said term & previously at Bunker Hill. and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
John Wheelock
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Charles Wylie, One of the
Judges of Oneida Com. Pleas
I, Charles Wylie a Judge &c, as aforesaid, to certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Wheelock did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months at one time, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support.
June 4, 1818  Charles Wylie
(seal of the court)
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(crossed out-In the matter of affidavit 6 of 6)
John Wheelock
private
Vienna Oneida Co. N. York
Various services
one period 12 mos, year 1777
Col. name, regt. or line not specified
4 June 1818
The (illegible) is where the claimant performed the last service (illegible) is wanting the other enlistments not on the continental establishment (8illegible)

Charles Wylie, Judge
Rome, Oneida Co.
New-York
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State of New York
Oneida County SS

Starling Graves of Vienna being sworn saith that he is well acquainted with john Wheelock above named & believes that he served in the revolutionary war as in the foregoing affidavit is set forth; and further this deponent saith that the said John Wheelock is poor & as this deponent believes, in consequence of his reduced circumstances stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Starling Graves
Sworn 22nd June 1818
Before me
Charles Wylie 
One of the Judges of Oneida Com. Pleas
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State of New York
Oneida County SS
I Charles Wylie Judge of Oneida Common Pleas do certify that it satisfactorily appears to me that John Wheelock above named did serve in the revolutionary war as a soldier in the Service of the United States in the Continental establishment for the term of nine months & upwards-that the said John Wheelock is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Dated August 2d 1818
Charles Wylie

Clerks Office
Oneida County ss
I Certify that Charles Wylie was a Judge at the time of making the above two affidavits & one Certificate and that his signature to the same appears to be his own proper hand writing. Witness the seal of said County this 27th day of August 1818
Francis A. Bloodgood Clk.
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Leveus Eddy's Affidavit
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I Leveus Eddy of Lanesborough in the County o Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that I know that John Wheelock was a soldier in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in the year 1777 under the command of Capt. Oakes, his christian name I do not recollect and in the Regiment of Col. Jeduthan Baldwin Massachusetts line . I am not certain as to the time he served said Wheelock was a Drummer and Further I say not.
Dated at Lanesborough aforesaid this 7th day of July AD. 1819
Leveus Eddy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire SS
Leveus Eddy the signer of the above affidavit who is well known to me to be a person of strict truth and veracity, personally came before me and made solemn oath to the truth of the said affidavit.
Luther Washburn, Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire SS
(seal)
I Joseph Woodbridge Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Berkshire do certify & attest that Luther Washburn is a Justice of the peace within & for the same County, duly commissioned & acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that the foregoing is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this seventh day of July A. D. 1819.
Jos. Woodbridge Clk
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John Wheelocks 
Declaration
Rensselaer Co, N. Y. 
Original declaration 
4 June 1818
Col. Judathan Baldwin's regt. artificers, Connedt. line May 1777 to May1778
Not found on the rolls
Service proved by the testimony of two credible witnesses
worth $30.--
admd.

Leonard Ross agt.
Stephen-town N. Y.
14 Augt. 1820
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Schedule of the property of John Wheelock of Stephen Town Rensselaer County in the State of New York as follows viz.
1 Note against my son Otis Wheelock of $7.00
1 Note   do.         do.    John Whitlock      23.00
$30.00

I John Wheelock of Stephentown in the County of Rensselaer and State of Newyork do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March One thousand Eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intents thereby so to diminish it so to bring myself within the provision of an act 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" passed on the eighteenth day of March One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me ,any property or securities contracts of debts due to me nor have I any income other than that contained in the Schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed.
John Wheelock
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court 
July the 4 1820
Joseph D. Seldon, Clerk

State of New York Rensselaer County SS
I Joseph D. Seldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas called the Mayors Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing affidavit and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly coppied from the record of the said Court, that the total amount in value of his property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Thirty dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this fourth day of July 1820
Joseph D. Seldon, Clerk
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December 14, 1935
BA-J/MCS
John Wheelock, S. 43295

Mrs. John B. Meyer
3430 Kromer Avenue
Everett, Washington

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of November 22, 1935, requesting information in regard to Revolutionary War soldiers, John Wheelock and Henry H. Mallory.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account of the service of a Henry H. Mallory.
For information relative to pension that may have been granted this soldier by the State of Virginia, it is suggested that you address The Librarian, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 43295, based upon the military service of John Wheelock.
He enlisted in 1775 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and served eight months as a drummer in Captain Adam Wheeler's (relationship not shown) Company in Colonel Doolittle's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted in May or June, 1776 and served nine months in Captain William Warner's Company in Colonel Josiah Whitney's Massachusetts regiment. While living in Lancaster, Massachusetts, he enlisted late in April or early in May, 1777, and served one year as drummer in Captain Seth Oakes' Company in Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin's Continental Regiment and was in the battle of Brandywine.
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John Wheelock was allowed pension on his application executed June 4, 1818, at which time he was sixty-two years of age and was living in Vienna, Oneida County, New York. The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
In 1820 he was living in Stephentown, Renssalaer County, New York, and it was stated that he had reared a family of sixteen children but the only names given were his sons, Otis and John.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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43295
Revy.
INVALID

File No. 43,295
John Wheelock
Pri Rev War

Act: 28 March 18
Index: Vol D, Page 560

[Arrangement of 1870]

1912 Nov. 12 Hist. to Mr. Stanley Wheelock  VLM
1935 Dec. 14, hist to Mrs. John B. Meyers MCS
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S. F. 43295
In reply to your request of............received............for a statement of the military history of John Wheelock a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: 1775
Length of Service: 8 mos.
Rank: Drummer
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Adam Wheeler, Colonel Doolittle
State: Mass.

Dates of Enlistment: May or June 1776
Length of Service: 9 mos.
Rank: 
Officers: Captain William Warner, Colonel Josiah Whitney
State: Mass.

Dates of Enlistment: apr or May 1777
Length of service: 1 year
Rank: Drummer
Officers: Captain Seth Oakes, Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin
State: Continental

Battles engaged in: Bunker Hill, Brandywine
Residence of soldier at enlistment: enlisted in Cambridge, Mass.
Date of application for Pension: June 4, 1818 His. cl. al.
Residence at date of application: Vienna, Oneida Co., N. Y.
Age at date of application: 62 yrs.
Remarks: There were 16 children no names are stated or further family data

Very respectfully
Commissioner

6-2856
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Washington
(State Logo)
Mrs. John B. Moyer
State Registrar
3430 Kromer Avenue
Everett, Washington

Nov. 22, 1935

Veterans' Administration
Washington D. C. 
Dear Sir:

Will you kindly furnish an abstract of the application for pension including all family data, of the following pensioners of the Revolutionary War?
John Wheelock, born 1756 in Leominster Massachusetts. He engaged in the battles of Bunker Hill and Brandywine. He lived last, in Vienna New York
Henry H. Mallory, born in Virginia died in Bourbon Co, Kentucky. He appears in a compiled list of Revolutionary soldiers who died before 1840 as citizens of Bourbon Co. Ky. and left estates in that county.
Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours,
(Mrs. John B.) Julia M. Moyer

(stamped-Received Nov 27 1935 Mail Sub. Div.)
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1115 Chestnut St., Quincy Ill. Nov. 6, 1912

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Sir
Having made an application to the office of the Adj. General for statement of services of one John Wheelock, private soldier in the War of the Revolution, who probably enlisted from Leominster, Mass. or Swanzy N. H. & lived after in Jericho Vt. I was directed to apply to your office for information concerning the pension ($9.00 per annum) he drew until his death some where in N. Y. State about 1824.
The purpose of this inquiry is for genealogical purposes solely and an attempt to discover the place of death of the pensioner mentioned.
Will your office assist me?
Yours truly
Stanley Wheelock

(stamped-U. S. Pension Office A Nov. 9
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L. Eddy
Affidavit
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I Leveus Eddy of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that I have once before ^testified^ as to the service of John Wheelock as a soldier in the Revolutionary army in the Company of Capt. Oakes, in the Regiment of Col. Jeduthan Baldwin of the Massachusetts line. I now further Depose testify and say that Col. Jeduthan Baldwin was an officer under the Continental Establishment and further I say not.
Dated at Lanesborough aforesaid this 15 day of May A. D. 1820
N. B. The work "testified" in the fourth line from top was interlined before signing.
Leveus Eddy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County SS 
Lanesborough May 15, 1820
This day Leveus Eddy personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed in my presence. 
Before me
Luther Washburn Justice Peace for the 
County of Berkshire aforesaid.
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Oliver Jewett
affidavit
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I Oliver Jewett of Bolton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Testify and say that John Wheelock formerly of Lancaster in the County of Worcester now resident in Steventown County of Ransaleer & State of New York Inlisted as a (illegible) in Captain Seth Oakes's Company in the month of April or the fore part of May 1777 and served as a Drummer in said Company under the Continental Establishment in the war of the Revolution for the term of one year from the time of said Inlistment. I further say not.
Oliver Jewett

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester SS
Lancaster, May 5, 1820
then Oliver Jewett above named who is a credible witness made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is just & true. 
Before me, Timothy Whiting Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester, ss.
I, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester, certify that Timothy Whiting and John Gardner Esquires before whom the annexed affidavits have been made are Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that their names subscribed thereto are their own proper signatures.
(seal)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County seal this eighth day of May A. D. 1820
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk

Application of
John Wheelock
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17,170
John Wheelock,
Oneida Co. N. Y.
4 June 1818
Col. Jeduthan Baldwin's Connedl. line, Ma 1777 to May 1778
Not found on the rolls

The testimony on oath, of two or more disinterested and credible persons, Certified as such by the Judge, proving 9 months service in Continuance of the applicant on Continental Establ. is required.
Leonard Ross, agent,
Stephentown, N. York
Recd. 26 July 1820
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Stephentown July 12, 1820
Honorable Secretary of War

Dear Sir
Enclosed you have the papers of John Wheelock which I hope you will find correct it has been very difficult for him to obtain the requisite proof as the witnesses lived a considerable distance apart and He a man in very indigent circumstances. I think on examination that you will find the proof sufficient.
He is a man of sober life and conversation has brought up a numerous family of sixteen children and is now wholly destitute of the means of support many who receive the favors of the government are in the habits of disipation and so not derive the advantages from their assistance which they might were their habits different but should Mr. Wheelock receive his pension it would be a blessing to him in his decline of life.
You will have the goodness to pardon my intrusion. I have taken the liberty to make the above statements being acquainted with the facts and by Mr. Wheelocks request.
I am sir very respectfully your 
obedient and very humble servant
Leonard Ross
P. S. Please to forward any communications to Stephentown Rensellear Co & state N. York
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John Wheelock's
Application
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Daniel Harris's
Affidavit
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I Daniel Harris of Fitchburg in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify & say that some time in the month of April seventeen hundred & seventy seven I enlisted as a soldier into the revolutionary army under the command of Capt. Seth Oakes and served the term of one year. Your Deponent saith that he well remembers that John Wheelock then of Lancaster in said Commonweath served for the same term and at the same time as a Drummer in the same Company and that Capt. Oakes & his Company was under the Continental Establishment.
Daniel Harris

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester SS.
Leominster May 6th 1920
then Daniel Harris above named (who is a credible man) made oath that the foregoing instrument by his signed is just and true.
Before me, John Gardner
one of the Justices of the Peace
for for said County residing at Leominster
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Honbl. Secy. of War
Sir
I this day received your communication relative to John Wheelocks case. You state that it is necessary to have the testimony of two credible witnesses to the fact of services on the continental establishment for nine months continuance certified by the Judge before whom they testify. By examining the enclosed affidavits of Daniel Harris and Oliver Jewett you will find that they contain the requisite information, they have both testified that Wheelock served a year in Capt. Oaks' company and that the sd. Oaks company was on the continental establishment. the depositions were not taken before a Judge, but before Justices of the Peace the county clerk has certified that they are acting Justices. If the deposition are informal or it is absolutely necessary that they should be taken before a judge and this will entitle him to his pension, and you will have the goodness to answer the questions specifically. If necessary he will go and have them taken over again in due form as he is extremely poor and the deponents living more than a hundred miles from the applicant and depending wholly on charity to defray the expenses of the journey it would not be worth while to go on an uncertainty. 
Your Respectfully
Leonard Ross
Please to forward your communications to Stephentown