Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16091, Peter Abbott, Continental N.H.
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Service: Continental N.H.
Abbott, Peter
Abbot Phoebe

Number: W. 16091

Contents
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Notification sent September 14 1820 to Peter Chadwick, Exeter, New Hampshire

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11.101 Q

New Hampshire

Peter Abbott
of Chester in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Poor of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of Three years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 12th of December 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th of May 1819 - and sent to Samuel Bell [?] Judge Dorchester, N. Hampshire

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 [?] - 22:19
Semin-anl. all'ce ending 4th-Sept.1819 - 48:

# 70:19

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March 1818.
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Notification sent September 14 1820 to Peter Chadwick, Exeter, New Hampshire

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11.101 Q

New Hampshire

Peter Abbott
of Chester in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Poor of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of Three years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 12th of December 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th of May 1819 - and sent to Samuel Bell [?] Judge Dorchester, N. Hampshire

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 [?] - 22:19
Semin-anl. all'ce ending 4th-Sept.1819 - 48:

# 70:19

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March 1818.
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State of New-Hampshire.
Rockingham SS.)
ON this twelfth day of December 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire
personally appears Peter Abbot.
aged - years, resident in Chester in the said State, 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 Peter Abbot enlisted in January 1776 at Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire in the company commanded by Captain Zachariah Beal of the third New Hampshire Regiment - Commanded by Col Enoch Poor on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until January 1779, when he was discharged in Danbury State of Connecticut; that he was in the battles of Saratoga, Stillwater, and Monmouth 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 said services except the affidavit hereon invoked.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.

Samuel Bell Att. Just. of the Sup. Court of New Hampshire

I, Samuel Bell Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Peter Abbot nine months at one time on the Continental establishment did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and that he is aware circumstances and [?] in need of the assistance of this court for support; 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.

December 12th 1818

Samuel Bell Att. Just. of the Sup. Court of Judicature of New Hampshire
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We Samuel Whidden and Joseph Copp both of Chester in the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire make oath and declare that we were soldiers in the Continental Army in the year 1777, 1778, and 1779 in the New Hampshire line. The said Whidden in the regiment commanded by Col Cilley and the said Copp in the regiment commanded by Col Scammel and that Peter Abbot of said Chester within named was a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt Beal in said regiment commanded by Col Cilley from the year 1777 till 1779 during all that time and overseeing we have been well acquainted with said Abbot and according to the best of our recollection said Abbot was discharged at Danbury early 1779.
Joseph Copp
Samuel Whidden

Dec. 12th 1818 Joseph Copp & Samuel Whidden made oath to the truth of the above affidavit Before me Samuel Bell of [?] Court of New Hampshire
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We Samuel Whidden and Joseph Copp both of Chester in the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire make oath and declare that we were soldiers in the Continental Army in the year 1777, 1778, and 1779 in the New Hampshire line. The said Whidden in the regiment commanded by Col Cilley and the said Copp in the regiment commanded by Col Scammel and that Peter Abbot of said Chester within named was a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt Beal in said regiment commanded by Col Cilley from the year 1777 till 1779 during all that time and overseeing we have been well acquainted with said Abbot and according to the best of our recollection said Abbot was discharged at Danbury early 1779.
Joseph Copp
Samuel Whidden

Dec. 12th 1818 Joseph Copp & Samuel Whidden made oath to the truth of the above affidavit Before me Samuel Bell of [?] Court of New Hampshire
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Peter Abbott
11.101.

Sept. [1019?]

Cont

Peter Chadwick Esq
Exeter, NH

14 Sept.
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

ROCKINGHAM.....SS.

ON this 17th day of August. 1880, personally appeared in open court, at Exeter, before Daniel M Durell John Harvey & Hall Bergin, Esqrs. Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Rockingham, being a Court of Record for the said County of Rockingham, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Peter Abbot, aged sixty three years, resident in Chester, in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:

[viz?] in Captain Dimcki Company in third New Hampshire Regiment for three years commencing in 1777 that after the expiration of that team he lived nine months in the Militia.

The date of my original certificate to obtain a pension is the twelfth day of December 1818 The numbers of my pension certificate is 11.101 I have received a pension

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have no since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as 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 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, die to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. My occupation is that of a Labouror in agriculture but in [cor-?] or of any stable state of health [acc-?] by swelling in one of my knees which I have been told by the physician [?] what swelling and others take a [?] [?]- I am unable to perform my labour except that of the lightest kind and of that not half a mans labour. I have a wife aged seventy two years who is feeble and sickly and not able t support herself.
Peter Abbot

Sworn to and declared at Exeter on the 17th day of August 1820
D M Durell
John Harvey
Hall Bergin

I, Peter Chadwick Clerk of County of Common Pleas for the Court of Rockingham do hereby certfy that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truely copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion f the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is twenty two dollars and - cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this eighteenth day of August, 1820.

Chadwick }Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham.
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SCHEDULE
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscribed, exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for the Couty of Rockingham, on the day of August - 1820, and annexed to his oat, viz.

One room in an old house scarcely habitable, four acres of land under improvement and three acres yielding new income which he held during the life of his wife aged seventy two years } 20.00

Household Furniture - - - 1.50
farming Fouls - - - - - - .50

$22.00

Peter Abbot
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Act [of?] July 1831

Application of
Phoeeve Abbit
Wife of Peter [?]
of Chester for a
Pension

forwarded by
David Cunin [?]
of Chester County
of Rockingham
and State of New Hampshire
through ther
West Chester P.O.
Married March 17 178[2?]
died 1828
Allow $80 [?]
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham bounty [?] On this sixth day of September 1838 before me Court of Common Pleas for said County, personally appeared Phoebe Abbot a visit out of Chester in said county of Rockingham aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn six years doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain  widows"
That she is the widow of Peter Abbot who was a private in the War or the Revolution and at the time of his death a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States.

She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Abbot some time in the month of March Seventeen hundred and Eighty two. It was on Thursday but the day of the month she does not recollect. That her husband the said Peter Abbot died sometime in the month of November Eighteen hundred and twenty Eight. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four viz: at the time above stated the widow of the aforesaid Peter Abbot.
Her maiden was Phoebe Abbot.
her
Phoebe + Abbot
mark

Witness
David Cunin [Jr?]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court.
[Mr?] I. B. Hoitt Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham SS.

I Ira B. Hoitt Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said bounty hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original [proceedings?] of the [service?] Court in the matter of the application of Phebe Abbott for a pension-

in testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and the Seal of [service?] Court this Eighth day of September Anno Domini 1838,
I. B. Hoitt Clerk
[Cl. O. Puck?]
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State of New Hampshire Town Clerk's office
Rockingham County of Kingston Sept. 6, 1838
Peter Abbot of this town & Phoebe Sprat of Deerfield married seventeen hundred and eighty two,
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, "March 1782
Sam Webster Town Clerk
I Sam Webster above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Kingston in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exceptions above named as certified by me,
Sam Webster Town Clerk of
the town of Kingston
Rockingham County [?] September 6. 1828
Sworn to before me and I hereby certify that Samuel Webster above named is a credible witness
David Cunin Jr Justice Peace
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New Hampshire 3222

Phebe Abbot
Widow of Peter Abbot
who was a Private
in the New Hampshire NH line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Eighty Dollars -
Cents fer annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
fifth day of December 184[8?]
and sent to
Henry F French
Exeter
New Hampshire

[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 23
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1928 July 18 Photos to E. V. Martindale. A. H. Y.

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Rev WIDOW, &c.

[Case?] No. 16091
Phebe Abbot
Widow of
Peter Abbot
[Dri Rev War?]

Act March 3d 43
Index: Vol. A, Page 2

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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New Hampshire 1292

Pheobe Abbot of Chester widow of Peter Abbot, died.

who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar 1818, and who died on the November 1828 of Rockingham in the State of N. Hamp who was a private in the Comp'y commanded by Caption - of the [west?] commanded by Col Poor in the N. Hamp line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth NH at the rate of 80 dollars - cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of Decr 1838 and D. Currier [Jr.?] of Chester New Hampshire

Appears to the 4th of Sept' 38 $200.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39 40.00

$240.00

{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by DW. Curdy, Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 1. Page 33.
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Nancy Mills
[illegible]
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I Nancy Mills of Chester County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire do testify and say that I was acquainted with Peter Abbot late of said Chester deceased. He died at our house sometime in the month of November one thousand Eight hundred and twenty Eight. He was at the time of his death a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States. That is, sometime in the month of November 1828 but the precise day of the month I do not recollect.
Chester Sept. 5, 1838.
Nancy Mills
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham [?] September 5, 1838.
Sworn to before us, and I hereby certify that Nancy Mills above named is a credible witness.
David Cunin Jr. Justice Peace
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I Stephen Webster of Chester County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged sixty four years do testify and say that I was acquainted with Peter Abbot late of said Chester and know that he was at the time of his death and Revolutionary pensioner of the United States.
He died at Mr [Jason?] Mills house in our neighborhood I believe sometime in the fall of the year one thousand Eight hundred and Twenty Eight. I was one of the [appearing?] on his estate, his inventory was taken the 7th day of https://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pngMay 1829. & to the best of my recollection he [died?] the November pensions.
Chester Sept. 5. 1838. Stephen Webster
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Js. September 5,1838.
Sworn to before me and I hereby certify that Stephen Webster above named is a credible witness.
David Cunin Jr. Justice Peace
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I Flagg J. Underhill of Chester County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire do testify and say that I am acquainted with Phoebe Abbot of said Chester the widow of Peter Abbot late of said Chester a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States. I know that the said Phoebe Abbot has never married again, but has continued a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Peter Abbot. The said Peter died several years ago, but I do not recollect the year when.
Flagg J. Underhill
Chester September 5, 1838
State of New Hampshire
in Rockingham Js. September 5, 1838.
Sworn to before me, and I hereby certify that Flagg J. Underhill above named is a credible witness.
David Cunin Jr. Justice Peace
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R. Hittridge
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I Rufus Kitteridge of Chester County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire physician, do testify and say that I am acquainted with Phebe Abbot of said Chester widow of Peter Abbot late of said Chester who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States. The said Phoebe Abbot has never in the [unkind?] but her continued a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Peter Abbot.
I attended the said Peter Abbot in his last sickness as his physician and should think he died about ten years ago.
Rufus Kittredge
Chester September 5, 1838.
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham [Js?] September 5. 1838.
Sworn to before me and I hereby certify that Rufus Kittridge above named is a credible witness
David Cunnin Jr. Justice Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Js
I I. B. Hoitt Clerk of the Court of Common Please within and for said Couty hereby certify that David Curren Jr Esq who has subscribed the annexed certificates is a Justice of the Peace and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have here unto put my hand & affix the seal of our said County of Common Please this seventh day of September annum domini 1838

I. B. Hoitt Clerk
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Phoebe Abbot

$80
Land certificate to
Henry French
Exeter NH

[Postmark?]

3222
23
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Couty Js. on this twenty fifth day of May A.D. 1843 personally appeard before the subscriber a justice of the Pease for for the County aforesaid Phoebe Abbot a resident of Chester in the County of Rockingham aged Eighty five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Peter Abbot who was a private in the War of the Revolution, the widow of whose pension is now in the pension office at Washington, and that she recieved Eighty dollars for her year as a pension under the act of July 7, 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witness J [Rand?]
her
Phoebe X Abbot
March

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, and I certify that the declarant is personally known to me.
David Currin Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Js
I, Ira B. Hoitt Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Rockingham certify that David Curnin Esq who has subscribed his name to the foregoing and annexed certificates is an acting Justice of the Peace throughout the state of New Hampshire, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commision is dated on the ninth day of January AD 1843, and will expier in five years from that that; and that the signatures thereto purporting to be his, are in his own proper hand writing and genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & afficed the seal of our Superior Court of dicature this twenty first day of August Anno Domini 1843
I. B. Hoitt Clerk
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I Benjamin Moore of Chester County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged forty six years do testify and say that I am acquainted with Phoebe Abbot the declarant, she is still living, and still continues the widow of Peter Abbot late of Chester deceased, She was a pensioner under the act of July 7, 1838.
Benjamin Moore

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Js. August 9. 1843
Sworn to before and I certify that Benjamin Moore above named is a person of credibility.
David Cunin Justice Peace

I Jeremiah Rand of Chester County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged seventy four[five?] years testify and say that I am acquanted with Phoebe Abbot widow of Peter Abbot late of said Chester deceased. She is still living and still continues the widow of the said Peter Abbot and was a pensioner under the act of July 7, 1828.
Jeri Rand

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Js. August 9, 1843.
Sworn to before me, and I certify that Jeremiah Rand above named a person of credibility.
David Cunin Justice Peace
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See receipt for Henry Abbott W.1347.

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DATE OF PUBLICATION
RECEIVED
JUL 7 - 1928
DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR

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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. | 1.681 | PHONE Branch 476

All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 24908-H

Requisition of Duplicating, Addressograph Photostate, and Blue Print Work.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON

CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137 | July 3[8?], 1928[3?]
Please furnish work specified below.

Bureau ordering Pension | Deliver to Room No. 5033

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Title and description of job photostatic copy of 1 page from Rev. Way pension claim of Peter Abbott, W.160[9?]1.

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