Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26006, William Whittle, N H
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N.H Whittle, William W. 26006
Rachil
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Rep 268
New Hampshire Concord
Rachil Whittle

widow of William Whittle
who was a private
in the New Hampshire line for 8 months & 4 days

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 27 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the day of June 1843 and sent to Perley Dodge Amherst N. H.

[Ac of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
vol. 1. Page 22.
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State of New hampshire 
Hillsborough County SS. 
On this ninth
day of January in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty nine, personally appeared before me
Simon P Colby one of the Justices of the Court
of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough,
at Weare in said County, Rachel Whittle a
resident of Weare, aforesaid, aged sixty eight
years, 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 7th 1838, entitled "An act granting half
pay and pensions to certain widows-
That she is the widow of William Whittle
late of Weare in the County of Hillsborough
aforesaid, deceased, who was a private soldier
in the army of the Revolution, and
That according to the best of her knowledge
and belief he the said William Whittle, then
residing in Litchfield N.H. some time in the
latter part of the summer or first of the fall
of the year 1780 enlisted as a volunteer in the
Company commanded by Capt. William Barron
in the regiment commanded by Col. Moses
Nichols of the Newhampshire troops, that he
marched to West Point, and served, an
this tour of duty, three months at that place
He was at the fortress of West Point, on the
day Major Andre was captured, and the
traitor Benedict Arnold made his escape to
the British Sloop then lying in the river-
That afterwards in the month of June of the
year 1781, he again enlisted as a private
and volunteer in the Company commanded
by Capt Isaac Frye in the regiment
commanded by Col Scammel for
the term of six months, & fully served out
said last term along North river & last, at Peakskill,
where he was discharged, at the expiration
of said last mentioned term of six months she
has no documentary evidence of the
revolutionary services of her said husband
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William Whittle, she refers the Department to the
depositions accompanying this declaration for
proof of the nine months service of her said husband
herein alledged; and also to the returns and files
of the militias services of the Newhampshire troops
none in the office of the war department, in
the city of Washington, to sustain her claim she
further declares, that she was married
to the said William Whittle on the thirty first day
of December in the year of our Lord one thousand
&
seven hundred and eighty nine.-
That her husband the aforesaid William Whittle
died on the seventeenth day of February AD Eighteen
hundred and thirty at Weare aforesaid
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-
Rachel Whitter
Sworn and subscribed on the day and
year above written, before me
S. P. Colly
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid
one of the Justices
of the Court of
Common Pleas
for said County
of Hillsborough
And I do further hereby certify that the above named
Rachel Whittle by reason of bodily infirmity, is
in my opinion, unable to attend Court, for the
purpose of making a declaration in this case.
S. P. Colby
Justice of the Court
of Common Pleas
as aforesaid
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Record
of
marriage in the town of Litchfield
County of
Hillsborough and State of New
Hampshire as given in by Rev Samuel
Cotton and recorded by Samuel Chase Jr
Town Clerk
one thousand seven hundred
and eighty
nine december the thirty first
William
Whittle to Rachel Parker
A true copy
of the record with the exception
of the date which is expressed in the record
in fair legible figures as follows
1789
December 31st

Joshua Marsh Town Clerk

I Joshua Marsh above named
depose and
say that I hold the office of town
Clerk in the
County town
and State aforesaid and that the
above is a true extract from the said
records
with the exceptions above named
as certified by me
Joshua Marsh Town Clerk
Hillsborough December 27th 1835
of the above named
Joshua Marsh appeared and made oath that the above
certificate by him subscribed is true
Before me
Obadiah Marland
Justice of the Peace
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Rachel Whittle's case
Depn of A.Martin &
E. Harris
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I Amos Martin a pensioner of the United States
, for services rendered in the army
of the revolution aged seventy seven years depose
and say, that I was well aquainted with
William Whittle of Litchfield in the County
Hillsborough and State of Newhampshire in
the year seventeen hundred and eighty
one, and know that he enlisted, in the
month of June in that year, into the company
commanded by Capt Isaac Frye
in the regiment under the command of
Col. Scammel for the term of six
months; and that he fully served out the
whole of said term - I served in the same
company with him during the whole
term--
During the term aforesaid, we were stationed
at different stations along North River
and at the end of said term were discharged
at a place called Peekskill in the State of N. York
I further say that after said William Whittle
left the service he married and moved to
Weare in N. Hampshire where he lived at
the time of his death, which according to the
best of my knowledge and recollection took
have something like seven or eight years
ago
Amos Martin
State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough County SS 
Sworn and subscribed on this fifth
 day of January 1839 before me
and I further certify that Amos Martin the above deponent
is a person truth & entitled to full credit, Hubbard Newton Jus of Peace
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I Ebenezer Harris aged seventy nine years
depose and say that I was well acquainted with
William Whittle in the year seventeen
hundred and eighty-- He then lived in
the town of Litchfield in the County of
Hillsborough in the State N. Hampshire some
time in the latter part of the summer
or fore part of the Fall in the year 1780 the
said William Whittle enlisted into the company
commanded by Capt William Barron in
the regiment commanded by Col
Nichols, for the term of three months enlisted
with him into the same company
and for the same term - We marched from
Litchfield to West Point, in the State of
New York, and we were stationed at that
fortress at the time of the capture of Maj
Andre, and of the escape of the traitor Arnold
I further say that said Whittle served out
fully said term, and was discharged at
West Point in the State of New York
said William Whittle after he left the service
moved to Weare in N. Hampshire when
he has lived for a number of years, and until
his death, which according to the best of
my recollection took place seven or eight
years ago
Witness Daniel Chase
Hubbard Newton
Ebenezer his x mark Harris
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State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough County SS On the fifth day of January 1839 Sworn
and subscribed by the aforesaid Ebenezer
Harris, before me. And I further
hereby certify that Ebenezer Harris
who subscribed the foregoing deposition
is a person of truth and entitled to
full credit
Hubbard Newton Jus. of the Peace
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Rachel Whittle's
case
Depn of Dan'l Chase
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I Daniel Chase seventy two years
of age depose and say that I was well
aquainted with William Whittle and Rachel
Parker before their marriage in the year
Seventeen hundred and eighty nine, and
with said William Whittle to the time
of his death, which according to my best
recollection took place in the year of
our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty
I further say that the widow Rachel
Whittle who now makes application for
a pension for the services of her said
husband under the act of 7th July
1838 is the same identical person
who was married to the said William
Whittle on the thirty first day of December
1789, that she is now a widow has
been such ever since the death of the
said William Whittle
I further say that I was well
knowing to the fact that the aforesaid
William Whittle, in the latter part of
the summer or fore part of the fall of
the year 1780, enlisted as a volunteer
and served in the company of Capt. William
Barron, in the Regiment commanded by
Cal. Moses Nichols for the term of three
months. He lived in Litchfield N.H. at the
time of his enlistment, & served a part
or all of said three months at West Point
in the State of New York; and was then
when Maj Andre was captured, & when
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he traitor Arnold deserted to the
Vulum sloop of war then lying in the
river- I also knew the fact that said
Whittle afterward in June 1781 enlisted
again into the continental service for the
term of six months & that he served out
the last mentioned term. Although I was
not with him during either of the aforesaid
terms of service; my brothers were one of
them one term, and another of the them
the other term in the same companies
with him; and now have a distinct recollection
of the wants of that time and
have no doubt, but that said Whittle
did serve as above stated.
Daniel Chase
State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough County SS
Sworn and subscribed on the second day of
January A.D. 1839, before me. And I further
certify that the above named deponent Daniel
Chase is a person of good character for truth
and is entitled to full credit
Hubbard Newton Justice of the Peace
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4506
Rachel Whittle
Weare NH
Wid of William
NY
Act July 7 1838

Hubband Newton
Amherst NH
Agent

Married 1789
died 1830
Allen 8 mo 4 dy
$27.10 [illegible]
in Cap Fry
col Scammle

H Newton
AmherestMA
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I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for
the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do
hereby certify that Simon P. Colby is a Justice of the Court
of Common Pleas within and for the said County of
Hillsborough as before mentioned and that the foregoing
signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine
and I further certify that Obadiah Marland and Hubbard
Newton are Justices of the Peace within and for said County as mentioned in the papers attached hereto, and that the
foregoing signatures, purporting to be their respectively
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affix
ed the Seal of said County and subscribed
my name at Amherst in said County
this Eleventh day of January A.D. 1839
A. Wallace Clerk
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County  set.
I, Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid do hereby
certify that Obadiah Marland is an acting Justice of the
peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and
qualified; that his commission was dated on the twenty
seventh day of June 1835, and will expire on the twenty seventh
day of June 1840. and that his signature hereunto annexed
is genuine. And I do hereby certify that Hubbard Newton is
an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly
commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on
the nineteenth day of May 1836, and will expire on the nine
teenth day of May 1841, and that his signatures three in number
to the papers hereunto annexed are genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of
said County this fifteenth day of
June 1839
A. Wallace Clerk
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W Whittle Litchfield
1780 3. Bann
1786 6 mo [illegible]
M 89. AD 1830
Donnell
(2 ) on roll 5m 42
Vol 4 p556
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Revy
 
WIDOW, & c.
File No. 26006
Rachel Whittle
Wid of 
William Whittle
Pri Rev. War 
Act: March 3d 43
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 325
Arrangement of 1870.]
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3288 rep
New Hampshire
Rachel Whittle
widow of William Whittle, Decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of
who died on the 17th February 1830
Hillsboro in the State of N.H.
who was a private in the Compy. commanded
Captain Frye of the Regt. commanded
Col. Scammel in the N. Hampshire
for 8 months & 4 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
the rate of 27 Dollars 10 cents per annum
commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d day of June
1839 and sent to H. Newton
Amherst, N.H
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $81.30
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 13.55
$94.85
Act July 7, 1838

Recorded by Wm Stewart Clerk,
Book A Page 59
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635
Declaration of Rachel Whittle

3 March 43
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3d
of March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain
widows who have need pensions under the act of July 7th 1838
State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough SS. On this eighteenth day of April eighteen
hundred and forty three personally appeared before me
Jesse Carr a Justice of the peace and for the County of
Hillsborough and State of Newhampshire Rachal Whittle
a resident of Weare in the County of Hillsborough and state of
Newhampshire, who being first duly sworn according to
law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision 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 William Whittle who was a
private, the Regiment or corps in which he served she
cannot say if she ever knew she has forgotten. the annual
account of pension which she received under the act of July
1838 was twenty six dollars or twenty seven and some unto
which she cannot say that she had for you
The further declars that she is still a widow
Rachel Whitter
Hillsborough SS. April 18. 1843 personally appeared
before me the above named Rachel Whittle and
and made oath that the above by her signed is
time he
Jesse Carr Justice Peace
I hereby certify that Rachel Whittle above named is
personally known to me
Jesse Carr Justice of Peace
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State of New Hampshire.
Hillsborough County
I Peley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County and State
aforesaid do hereby certify that Jesse
Carr is [illegible] Justice of the Peace
and Quorum for the County of Hills
borough and throughout the State
aforesaid duly commissioned & qualified
that his commission was dated
the 21st day of May 1839 and will
expire on the 20th day of May 1844.
and that his signature above with
is genuine
Given under my hand
and the seal of this
Court this 19th any
of April 1843
Perley Dodge Clerk