Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21560, Benjamin Waterman, R.I.
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R.I.    Waterman, Benjamin    S.21560
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2240.
Rhode Island
Benjamin Waterman Deceased

Of Providence in the state of RI
who was a private in the company command by Captain ______ of the last command by 
Col Hitchcock in the RI 
one in the State of RI
line for 11, [illegible] certificate issued in favor
of Anne Waterman widow of the
deceased 22nd November 1832.


Inscribed on the Roll of RI
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annun
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.


Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of Nov 1832 and [sent same] 16
Atwell Glocester RI


Arears to 4th of
Semi-ant. allowance ending
and due up to the 24th July
1832 the day of his death $50.87
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Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by  I H M Blair
Book D. Vol. 32a Page 140.
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1981
Benj. Waterman
R.I.
W.C. E
[ ] in the 14
& 16 interrogatories
11 months
Admitted
$3666
S. Y. Atwell
Glouster
R.I.
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1981

Brief in the case of Benjamin Waterman (by His Widow) of Smithfield, Providence of in the State of R Island
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A judge
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes
3. How old is he? 82
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
May or June '75
spring of 77- thinks Aprl or May
thinks Spet '78 Sept 18
Duration of Service.
Months,
Days.
7
1
3
Rank.
As a
private
"
"
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt Jno Angell Col Hitchcock
Lt. Danl Angell
Capt Angell

5. In what battles was he engaged?
none mentioned.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Johnston

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? no living witness - tradition

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
The ribbon does not pass under the seal

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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Seal of the Court
Attest Wm R Watson Clerk
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
I WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for
the county of Providence in the State of Rhode-Island, do hereby certify, that Ira P Evans
--- is a Judge of the court of Common Pleas aforesaid, which court is a Court of Record; that the signature to the [ ] documents
purporting to be his, are in the proper hand writing of the said Evans and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of the said Evans
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Providence this 8th day of November in the year of our
Lord 1832 -
Wm R Watson
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Application
of
Anna Waterman
No 1981
for
[ ]
of
pension
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To the Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War of the United States of America
Humbly represent
Anna Waterman of Smithfield in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island that she is the widow of Benjamin Waterman late of said Smithfield deceased who died leaving no
children, as will appear by the deposition of Ziba Whipple here to annexed. Your petitioner would further represent that the said Benjamin was found dead in his bed on the morning of the 24th July 1832 & that he was a revolutionary soldier & an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress
passed June 7, 1832. as will appear by the annexed documents. She therefore prays that the man of this said Benjamin pension from the 4th March 1831 to the time of his death may be granted to her. I can in duty [ ] will ever pray
Anna Waterman
by her Atty
Saml Y Atwell
Plan address me at
Glouster R. I.
S. Y. Atwell
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I  Ziba Whipple of Burnsville in the County
of Providence State of Rhode Island of lawful
age being first duly sworn on oath testify &
say that I was well acquainted with Benjamin
Waterman late of Smithfield deceased. I further
say that I was present on the 23 day of July 1832 when the Hon Ira P Evans a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County examined under oath the said Waterman [ ] his application for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 & when the said Waterman signed said application-
I further say that said Waterman was found dead in his bed in the morning of the 24th of July 1832. I further say that Anna Waterman is the widow of the said Benjamin & that the said Benjamin left no children
Ziba Whipple
State of Rhode Island &
Providence [ ]
In Glocester this 16" day of August 1832 before me personally appeared Ziba Whipple who is well known to me & who being duly sworn
on oath says that the above deposition by him
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Signed is just & true in all its parts. I further
certify that the said Whipple is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. I further certify that I understood that Benjamin Waterman was found dead in his bed the morning after he had been examined by me under oath touching his application for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832
Ira P.
Evans Justice C.C. Pleas
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To the Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War of the United States of America
Humbly represents
Benjamin Waterman of
Smithfield in the County of Providence State of
Rhode Island that he was a soldier in the war
of the revolution as will appear by the annexed
application & documents. He therefore request
that a pension may be granted to him in conformity with the provisions of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 entitled An Act supplementary to the Act supplementary to [ ]
for the [ ] of certain surviving officers & Soldier
of the revolution
and as in duty bound will ever pray
Benjamin Waterman
by his Att
Samuel Y Atwell
Please direct to me at Gloster R I
S Y Atwell
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
County of Providence
On this twenty third day of July 1832 before me Ira P Evans a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County (Which Court is a Court of record in said State) residing in Glocester in said County personally appeared at Glouster aforesaid Benjamin Waterman
residing in Smithfield in said County aged 82 years who being first duly sworn according to law took on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
I the said declarant) was born in what was
then Providence now Johnston R I on the ninth day of December 1749. I have no record of my age. I lived in said Johnston, when first called into service, since the revolution I have lived in said Johnston Glouster & Smithfield in said County I now live in said Smithfield I first enlisted in May or June 1775 for seven months in Capt John Angells Company R I State troops, Coxwell they was lieutenant & Stephen Olney Ensign. We marched from Providence & went to the Camp at Roxbury near Boston [ ]. I remained in that Camp seven months when I returned home. Col Hitchcock I think commanded our regiment Major Israel Angell was then Major-- While I was at Roxbury the battle of Breeds hill was fought on the 17 of June or July Gen Washington arrived at Cambridge & went
then to be received by him-- Gen Warren was killed at the battle of Breeds hill-- Porter Church our principal Physician turned traitor & was sent off
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it was said he poisoned the man-- I remember
Gen Lee & Genl Gates being with Washington, I
remained in the camp until my 7 months expired
when I returned home. In the spring of 1777 I was drafted in a Company of R I militia in which Daniel Angell was Lieutenant & was stationed on the island Rhode Island below the fort on Butt hill. I think it was in April or May the British had possession of Newport & I served one month. I went again for a month in the same year on a draft & was again stationed on the island. In the year 1778, in September
I think, I was drafted in Capt Angel Company
R I militia for three months. We were stationed
on the shore of the bay below Pawtuxet R.I.
watching the British Ship lying in the bay
we were stationed there 3 months. The particular circumstances are gone from me like a dream. I am very old & feeble but I distinctly recollect serving the last time 3 months. never to my recollection received any written discharge. The depositions of such surviving witnesses as I could procure an annexed - John Colwell David Colwell Joseph Mowry Stephen Smith are my neighbors who will testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution
Gen Greene I then commanded the R I troops
at Roxberry-
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I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the agency of any State
Benjamin his mark Waterman
Sworn to & Subscribed at a Gloucester that day & year aforesaid before me
Ira P. Evans Justin C. C.

We Joseph Mowry & of Otis Mowry residing
in said Smithfield do hereby certify that we were acquainted with Benjamin Waterman who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 82 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the
neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
Joseph Mowry
Otis Mary
Sworn to & Subscribed at St. Glove to the day & year aforesaid before me
Ira P. Evans Justice C. C. Pleas
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And I then said Ira P Evans do hereby declare my opinion after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the before named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that Joseph
Mowry & Otis Mowry who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents in the town of Smithfield in said County, and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit I do further certify that it appears that there is no Clergyman residing in the vicinity of said applicant, and the said applicant is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the fitting of the Court, which by law fit in the City of Providence 14 miles from his place of residence. I further certify that the foregoing contain my original proceedings in the matter of the application of Benjamin Waterman for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Glouster aforesaid this 23d day of July 1832
Ira P. Evans Justice C.C. Pleas
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I Stephen Olney of North Providence in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island of lawful age on oath do testify & say that I was an officer in the army of the revolution & now receive a pension from the United States under a special act of Congress passed 15 May 1828. I further say that I was an Ensign in Capt John Angell Company Col Hitchcocks regiment R Island state troops from May 1775 to December 1775 & was with the said regiment in the Camp near Boston during that time - I further say that I well knew Benjamin Waterman now of Smithfield in said County & that he served as a soldier in said Company during said period
Stephan Chart

State of Rhode Island Providence [ ]

In Presence this 26th day of July 1832 personally appeared Stephen Olney who being
first duly sworn on oath testifies & says that the above deposition by him subscribed is just & true in all [ ] part
Thomas Rhodes Justice of the Peace
before me. I certify that the said Olney is well
known to me, that he is a credible person that his statement entitled to credit
Thomas Rhodes Justice of the Peace
Providence
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence I William R. Watson Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Providence, hereby certify that Thomas Rhodes whose name is within written, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island and duly empowered to administer oaths and I hereby certify that the signature within written, purporting to his is in the proper hand writing of said Rhodes

In witness whereof I hereunto
set my hand & the seal of said
Court this first day of August
1832-
Wm R Watson
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State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
I WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Providence in the State of Rhode-Island, do hereby certify, that Ira P Evans is a Judge of the court of Common Pleas aforesaid, which court is a Court of Record; that the signature to the annexed documents purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of the said Ira P Evans
and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of the said Evans-
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Providence this Twenty fourth day of July in the year of our
Lord 1832 -
Wm R Watson
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January 24, 1939.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

BA-J/o
Benjamin Waterman
S. 21560

Mr. C. R. Waterman
4100 Forest Avenue,
Des Moines, Iowa.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Waterman who was
born in Johnston ( previously called Providence), Rhode Island, married Sarah Sheldon and died in 1832, in Johnston. You
state that his wife, Sarah, died in 1825.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim S.21560, based upon service of Benjamin Watermen in the Revolutionary War.
Benjamin Waterman was born December 9, 1749, in Johnston, Rhode Island.
While a resident of Johnston, Rhode Island, Benjamin Waterman enlisted in May or June 1775, served seven months as private in
Captain John Angell's company, Colonel Hitchcock's Rhode Island regiment; from April or May 17, 1777, one month under Lieutenant
Daniel Angell, another month in 1777, officers names not stated, and from September 1778, three months in Captain Angell's company,
all in the Rhode Island troops.
Benjamin Waterman, while a resident of Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, made application for pension July 23, 1832,
on account of his service in the Revolutionary War and died July 24, 1832 before his pension certificate was issued.
Anna Waterman, soldier's widow, applied November 8, 1832 for the pension which was due her husband at the time of his death.
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She was then a resident of Smithfield, Rhode Island. Her age and the date and place of her marriage are not shown. Her claim for pension was allowed. The date of her death is not shown, and there is no reference to any other wife.
Benjamin Waterman, the soldier, was not survived by any children.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Benjamin Waterman S. F. 21360
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
May or June 1773
Apr or May 1777
1777
Sept 1778.

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
7 Mos.
1 Mo.
1 Mo.
3 Mos.

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Angell
Leiut Daniel Angell
no officers stated
Angell

COLONEL.
Hitchcock

STATE.
R. I.

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Johnston, R.I.
Date of application for pension, July 23, 1832 [ ]
Residence at date of application Smithfield Providence [ ] R.I.
Age at date of application born at Providence which was afterwards Johnston R.I. Dec 9 1749
Remarks: died July 4, 1832
Soldiers wife was Anna - He left no children
Very respectfully,
3179355m10-07
Commissioner.
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Des Moines, Iowa.
Jan. 18, 1939.
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: - Under date of Dec. 7, 1938, I requested what information your records disclose reference the following
pensioner of the American Revolution:
Benjamin Waterman by Providence ( now Johnston ) R. I.
Died 1832 in Johnston, R. 1.
Wife -- Sarah Sheldon d 1825 Johnston, R. I.
Will deeply appreciate your response.
4100 Forest Ave.
Very to
C.R. Waterman
C. R. Waterman
Received Jan 19 1939 Mail [ ] Div
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WHEELER LUMBER BRIDGE & SUPPLY Co.
DES MOINES, IOWA
Dec. 7, 1938.
Veterans Administration
Washington D. C.
Gentlemen: -- Will you please give me what information your records disclose reference the following pensioner of the American Revolution:
Benjamin Waterman by Providence, (now Johnston).
died 1832 in Johnston, R.I.
Wife -- Sarah Sheldon
The wife died in 1825.
will deeply appreciate your response at your early convenience.
4100 Forrest Ave.

Very truly yours,
C. R. Waterman
R. Waterman
Received Dec 10 1938 Mail [ ] Div
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E BC
MRS. BURTON ASHLEY CRANE
517 WEST TENTH STREET
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
December 5, 1922.
Pension Office,
Dept. of Revolutionary War Records,
Washington, D.C.
May I have a copy of the pension record of Benjamin Waterman, listed in the Revolutionary records as pensioner from Providence county,
Rhode Island,?

Also of Nathaniel Chapman, mark as des- (if he was a pensioner ) of Cranston, Providence county, Rhode Island.
Thanking you, I am
very truly yours,
Mary Knight Crave
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DISBURSING OFFICE
RECEIVED
DEC 7 1922
No. 1
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND HOPE

HERBERT O BRIGHAM
COMMISSIONER

STATE RECORD COMMISSIONER
STATE HOUSE
PROVIDENCE

September 1, 1921.

Washington Gardner, Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly send me an abstract of service for Benja- Waterman who served as Private, Rhode Island Continental Line, placed on pension roll Nov. 22, 1832, pension commenced March 4, 1831, age 83, died July 24, 1832.
Very truly yours
Hebert O. Brigham,
State Record Commissioner.
HOB-D
PENSION
K
SEP
2
1921
U.S.
OFFICE
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FRANK L THORNTON,
44 BRIDGHAM ST.
THE UNION 5998.
Prov. R.I.

Prov.R.I. May 30 1912

Daniel Thornton
Born in Prov. R. I. Nov 9. 1733 or 1734
died "Johnston R.I. July 14 or 27 1793
Records R.I. State House show that there was due him S 33 -9 -10 Belonged to Col. Archibald Crarys Regiment
Capt Abram Tourtelott.

S21V60 VLM
FRANK L THORNTON,
44 BRIDGHAM ST.
UNION 5998.
Prov. R.I.

Benjamin Waterman Born Prov. R.I. 1740
Died Johnston R.I.  1832
Instead of Providence, he might have born in Warwick or Cranston

Orrice
Sack
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Oak Lawn, R.I.
Apr. 29, 1911
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary record of a Benjamin Waterman whose name appears on the roll of 1835 as of Providence Co. Rhode Island
Yours truly
(Mrs) Louise P. Bates
Mrs. Louise P Bates
Louise P. Bates
Oak Lawn
R.I.
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PENSION 
D
MAY 2 1911
U.S. OFFICE

RECORD DIVISION
MAY 2 1911

MAY 2 - 1911
821560
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Revolution
21560
INVALID.
File No. 21560
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Benjamin Waterman
Pvt Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: -- Vol. 2
Page 434
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1911 May 8 Hist. to Mrs Louise P Bates [ ]
1912 June 10 Hist to Frank L Thornton, [ ]
1921 Sept. 26 Hist to H.O. Brigham
1923. Jan 3 Hist. to Mrs. Burton
Ashley Crane, [ ]
1939 - Jan 24 - Hist to C R Waterman