Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 18330, Amos Westcot, Conn. R.I.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE | [blank] | NUMBER
Conn | Westcot, Amos | W18330
R.I. | or Westcott | [blank] 
{blank] | Abigail | [blank]

CONTENTS
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Set to H. R Mygatt
Nov 8 '42

2828
New York
Amos Westcot
of Norwich in the State of New York who was a fifer in the Company commanded by Captain May of the Regt commanded by Col Morcy in the Rhode Island line for 21 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 77 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of December 1832 and sent to Henry R Mygatt Oxford Chenango Co N.Y.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 | $115.50
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 | 38.50
[total] | $154.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk,
Book D Vol, 5 Page 205
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Reported

834
New York Albany
Abigail Westcott widow of Amos Westcott R.I.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a fifer

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 77 Dollars no Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of July 1848 and sent to James W Glover
Oxford NY

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 240 Vol 4
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8493

Abigail Westcot
N.Y.
Act 7 July 38
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FAMILY RECORD

[left column]
BIRTHS
of Amos Westcot
is himself born
Sept 1761
Abigale Keth Westcot
Born July the 17 1766

[right column]
BIRTHS
Children
Arthur Westcot August the 3 1785
Olive Westcot Born June the 11 1788
John Westcot Born Febr the 3 1790
George Westcot Born April the 4 1792
Charles Westcot Born August the 27 1793
Cyntha Westcot Born Dec the 13 1795
Daniel K Westcot Born Jan the 10 1798
Horace Westcot Born June the 9 1801
Ambrose Westcot Born June the 11 1804
Mary Westcot Born April the 17 1808
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FAMILY RECORD
MARRIAGES | MARRIAGES
Marriage of Daniel K Westcot
to Martha Gibbs April the 1 1825
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State of New York
Chenanga County ss
On this thirty first day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two personally appeared before Samuel McKoon one of the Judges of the Court of Common please of said County of Chenango, Abigail Westcot of and a resident of Norwich in said County of Chenango aged seventy six 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to ce3rtain widows and the joint resolution passed at the last session of Congress declarative of said act. That she is the widow of Amos Westcot who was a fifer in the revolution and for the proof and particulars of his service she refers to the papers and proof upon which he was pensioned under the act of June 7th 1832. She further declares that she was married to the said Amos Westcot at Thompson in the State of Connecticut on the (day forgot0 day of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five. That her husband the aforesaid Amos Westcot died on the seventeenth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four. viz: at the time above stated. That she was married by Elder Nelhiah Mushin of the Babtist [sicv] church of Said Thompson and that there is no record of said marriage to deponents knowledge of belief.
Abigail Westcot

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me and I certify that from bodily infirmity the said Abigail is unable to attend the Court of which I am a Judge
Samuel McKoon Judge of Chenango County Courts
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State of New York
Chenango County ss
On this first day of November 1842 personally appeared before me Samuel McKoon, a Judge of Chenango County Courts, Daniel K Westcot of Norwich in said Chenango County, who being duly sworn says that he is forty four years of age and is the son of Amos Westcot and Abigail his wife and that the declaration of said Abigail is annexed. And deponent further saith that he was present at his said fathers death who died March the 17th 1840 and that said Abigail has lived with deponent much of the time since her said husbands death and that she has not married since her said husbands death.  That is has always been understood in the family and deponent believes true that said Amos and Abigail were married in Thompson in the state of Connecticut in January 1785. That there is no record of their marriage but annexed is the record of their childrens births and of the birth of said Amos and Abigail taken from deponents bible and a bible at all times kept by deponent and that Arthur Westcot named therein as the elder son born August 3 1785 was the first child after marriage and that the other children therein after named and the date of whose birth are thereafter named are the children of said Amos and Abigail and that said record was made about eighteen and at least seventeen years ago by deponent at his said fathers request and from the memory of his said father which was then believed and deponent now believes to be correct the said record was made and is the same record there made and is believed by all the family to be correct and it has always been reputed in the family that said children were born as therein stated and that his father and mother lived together as husband and wife from their marriage until his death.
Daniel K Westcot

Sworn to the date above and I certify that I am acquainted with said Daniel K Westcot and that he is a credible and respectable man
Samuel McKoon Judge of Chenango County Courts
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STATE OF NEW YORK
CHENANGO CO. CLERK'S OFFICE, SS.

I, Alfred Purdy, Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Samuel McKoon Esqr whose name is subscribed to the certificates of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instruments and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgments a Judge of the Courts in and for said county, dwelling in said county duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signatures to said certificates of proof or acknowledgement are genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county this second day o November A.D. 1843
A. Purdy Clerk
by Nelson C Reaford Depty Clerk
(in absence of clerk)
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No 5548
admitted
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State of New York
Herkimer County ss
I, Sherman Wooster a Judge of the Herkimer County Court of Common Please, hereby certify that James Keith of New Port in said County who personally appeared before me on the 6th day of August 1832 and witnessed as to the service of Amos Westcot of Norwich in Chenango County, in the Revolutionary Army is a credible person and that his statement as then made is entitled to full faith and credit. Dated this New Port in the County of Herkimer aforesaid this November 17th 1832
Sherman Wooster
a Judge of Herkimer Common Pleas

State of New York
Herkimer County ss
I, Julius C Nelson, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, certify that Sherman Wooster is a Judge of the Herkimer Common Pleas as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name. this 22nd day of November 1832
Julius C Nelson Clerk
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Henry R Mygatt Esqr
Oxford
Chenango County
N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Chenango ss
On this 13th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honl Robert Monell, Vice Chancellor of the 6th Circuit of the State of New York at a Court of Chancery, held at the residence of the Vice Chancellor in the town of Greene, in the County of Chenango and State of New York, now sitting. Amos Westcot, a resident of the town of Norwich in the County of Chenango and State of New York aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that he living at Thompson in the State of Connecticut on or about the 25th of August 1776, then being only in his fourteenth year, he volunteered and enlisted for 3 months in Captain Samuel May, Lieutenant Daniel Sprague, Ensign Caleb Sheldon's Company, and from Thompson went to Smithfield in Rhode Island, about 11 miles distant, where he joined the Company and with the Company he marched to Providence and from thence to New Port, where his Company joined Colonel Elisha Moreys (Lt Colonel & Major forgot) Regiment of Rhode Island State troops. remained at New Port several weeks when he with the Company went to Bristol to guard Bristol fort, and whilst he was with the troops at Bristol the British took New Port, continued at Bristol with the troops until the last of November 1776 when the time (3 months) for which he enlisted had expired and he was discharged and returned home.
That he about the 15 December 1776 volunteered and enlisted for 3 months in Captain Payne Converse (Lieutenant & Ensign forgot) Company, and soon after enlisting marched with the Company from Thompson aforesaid through Gloucester, Smithfield and Johnson to Providence in Rhode Island and there joined Colonel McLarrens Regiment (Lt Colonel & Major forgot and believe, the Regiment was called Connecticut State troops, remained with the troops in the College at Providence until March 1777, the term of his enlistment expired, after a service of 3 months, he was discharged.
That on or about the 15th of March 1777 when returning home from Providence he had got as far as Johnson 4 miles from Providence, he enlisted as as substitute for one month for Stephen Hammond in a Company of Rhode Island State Militia (officers of Company forgot) that he with the company immediately marched to Pawtuxet  where Company joined Colonel (Christian name forgot) Ebbins Regiment (Lt Colonel & Major forgot) the Drum Major was Stephen Dyer, remained with the troops one month at Pawtuxet, when he was discharged and returned home.
That he on or about the 1st December 1777 volunteered and enlisted in Captain (Christian name forgot) Williams, Lieutenant (christian name forgot) Walters (Ensign forgot) Company. That he went from Thompson and joined the company at Pomfret and from thence marched with the company to Providence and there joined Colonel (believes Elija) Regiment and believes they were called Connecticut State troops. Lieutenant Colonel & Major forgot, that he remained with the troops at Providence until about the 1st of March 1778 when he was discharged and returned home after an absence of 3 months, in active service.
That he on or about the 1st of March 1778, immediately after his return from Providence, volunteered and enlisted for 3 months in Captain John Greens Lieutenant (he believes) Cady (Ensign forgot) Company of Connecticut (believes) State troops, that he soon after enlisting with the company marching through Killingsley Plainfield Canterbury to Norwich living there took a sloop and sailed to Groton, that there was a Regiment at Groton fort commanded as he thinks by Colonel Ledyard, that his company joined no Regiment but were stationed about 2 miles east of Groton fort that he there remained with the company until about the 1st June 1778, when he was discharged and returned home after an absence of three months, in active service.
That he on or about the 1st of August 1778 again enlisted in Captain John Greens Company and from Thompson marched to Norwich landing and from thence sailed to New London, and lived in the North port of New London, and there joined a Regiment of Connecticut State troops and went into tents with the Regiment (officers of the Regiment forgot) remained at New London with the troops until about the 1st November 1778 when he was discharged and returned home after an absence of 3 months in active service.
That he on or about the 1st of June 1779 volunteered and enlisted for 3 months in Captain Jonathan Cady's (Lieutenant & Ensign forgot) Company, which company was raised in Thompson and Killingsley that he with the Company went to Norwich and from thence to Groton and there joined a Regiment (officers names forgot) and there remained with the troops through the summer until about the 1st of September 1779 when he was discharged and returned home after an absence of three months in active service.
That he as a substitute for his father, 
Amos Westcoat, on or about the 1st of May 1780 joined Captain (christian name forgot) Bates Company (Lieutenant & Ensign forgot) believes Connecticut State Militia
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that he from Thompson went to Norwich Landing & from thence with the company sailed to New London where they joined a Regiment (officer forgot) that he remained with the troops at New London two months when the time for which he had enlisted had expired where he was discharged and returned home.
That he always acted as a musician during the Revolutionary War and played upon the fife. that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows o no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify o his service except James Keith, whose affidavit is hereto annexed and that the said James Keith could not be produced in court without great inconvenience and expense as he lives more than 90 miles distant from this court.
To the 1st Interrogatory prescribed by the War Department, he answers that he was born in Johnson, 4 miles from Providence R Island on the 9th day of September 1760
To the 2d answers that he has a record of his age at home in his bible.
To the 3d answers that he lived in Thompson Windham County Connecticut when called into service that after the Revolution until the year 1785 he lived in Thompson and then moved to Pomfret in the same county and there lived 4 or 5 years and from thence moved to Glocester in Rhode Island where he lived 2 years and from thence moved to Killingley where he lived until 1811 when he moved to Norwich in Chenango County and State of New York where he has since lived and now lives
To the 4th answers that he always volunteered his services except that at one time he was a substitute for Stephen Hammond and another time a substitute for his father Amos Westcoat as heretofore mentioned.
To the 5th answers that he recollects of no Regular Officers who were with the troops where he served except Colonel Ledyard and that he recollects no Continental or Militia Regiments except those already above mentioned with whom he served and that the general circumstances of his service are above written.
To the 6th answers that he never received a written discharge nor asked for one.
To the 7th answers that Caleb Arnold Sullivan Reynolds the Revd Amos Mansfield, Erastus Eggleston, Justice of the Peace, Elisha P Beckwith who reside in his present neighborhood know him and they can certify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
That he lives in the edge of the town of Norwich, near to the town of Guilford and that the Revd Amos Mansfield of Guilford is the nearest Clergyman to whom he is known, and that Sullivan Reynolds lives in his neighborhood whose certificates are hereto annexed and that he could not procure their attendance in Court without considerable inconvenience and expense as they reside more than 20 miles distant from Court.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Amos Westcot
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Note an [illegible] before word "Providence" & "pension" word "Sullivan" written over on [illegible] word was intended "November" written over on [illegible]
Robt Monell
Vice Chancellor
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State of New York
County of Herkimer 
James Keith of the town of Newport in the county of Herkimer in said state, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is seventy four years of age and further saith that he is acquainted with Amos Westcott and was acquainted with him in the years 1778 & in 1779 in the state of Connecticut and this deponant further saith that the said Amos Westcott was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war; and served under Jonathan Cady, Captain, and was stationed on Groton Banks at Fort Griswouh And this deponant further saith that he himself was drafted [enlisted struck thru] under Capt Lincoln and was stationed at Fort Griswouh in March 1778 and served there one month, and the same Amos Westcott was in the service at that place when which this deponant arrived there and was there when this deponant left the service.
James Keith

Sworn and subscribed before me S Wooster a judge of Herkimer Com. Pleas Aug 6 1834
Sherman Wooster

State of New York
County of Herkimer ss
[I Julius C Nelson stuck thru] I Francis E Spinner Deputy Clerk of the County of Herkimer, certify that Sherman Wooster is a Judge of the Herkimer Common Please as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 10th day of August 1832.
F E Spinner Dpty Clerk
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Amos Westcott
application for Pension
James Keith
Testimony
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State of New York
County of Chenango ss
We Amos Mansfield a clergyman residing in the town of Guilford in the County of Chenango and State of New York and Sullivan Reynolds residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos Westcoat of the town of Norwich in teh same County and State that we believe him to be 70 years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion, and that we never have heard any doubts expressed as to his service as a Soldier of the Revolution
Amos Mansfield
Sullivan Reynolds
Sworn to and subscribed this 8th day of August 1832 Before me
Elisha P Beckwith
a Justice of the Peace of the town of Guilford in the County of Chenango and State of New York

State of New York
Count of Chenango ss
I Jarvis K Pike, Clerk of the County of Chenango certify that Elisha P Beckwith is a Justice of the Peace as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this tenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
P.B. Prindle
Deputy Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Solder and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Amos Mansfield who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the gown of Guilford, County of Chenango and State of New York and that Sullivan Reynolds who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and that they could not be produced in court without too much inconvenience and expense to the applicant.
I Jonathan L Woods, Clerk of the Court of Chancery for the 6th Circuit of the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amos Westcoat for a pension
Robt Monell
Lia Charelle
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Jonathan L Woods Clk
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April 3, 1931

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF/eel

Miss Rachel C. Wilkins
36 Ferry Street
Troy, New York

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 18330, that Amos Westcot or Westcott was born September 9, 1761, at Johnson, Rhode Island.

While residing at Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, he served as a fifer as follows:

From August, 1776, three months in Captain Samuel May's Company, Colonel Elisha Morey's Rhode Island Regiment; From December 15, 1776, three months in Captain Payne Converse's Company, Colonel McLellan's Connecticut Regimen[t]; from March 15, 1777, one month in Colonel Ebbins' Rhode Island Regiment; from December 1, 1777, three months in Captain Williams' Connecticut Company; from March 1, 1778, three months in Captain John Green's Connecticut Company; and from August 1, 1778, three months in same company; from June 1, 1779, three months in Captain Jonathan Cady's Connecticut Company; from May 1, 1780, two months as a substitute for his father, Amos Westcot, in Captain Bates' Connecticut Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, while a resident of Norwich, Chenango County, New York.

He died March 17, 1840.

The soldier married in January, 1785 at Thompson, Connecticut, Abigail Keth, who was born July 17, 1766.

She was allowed pension on her application executed October 31, 1842, while a resident of Norwich, New York.
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Their children were:
Arthur born August 3, 1785.
Olive born June 11, 1788.
John born February 3, 1790.
George born April 4, 1792.
Charles born August 27, 1793.
Cyntha born December 13, 1795.
Daniel K, born January 10, 1798, married April 1, 1825 Martha Gibbs.
Horace born June 9, 1801.
Ambrose born June 11, 1804.
Mary born April 17, 1808.

The above is the history of the only soldier names Amos Westcot, under any spelling of the surname, found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Very truly yours
E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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State of New York
Chenango County SS
On this 27h day of June 1842 personally appeared before Austin Hyde one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please in and for said County of Chenango Abigail Westcott a resident of Norwich in the County of Chenango and State of New York aed seventy six 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 July 7th 1838 and the 23d of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Amos Westcott who was a fifer during the Revolution and for evidence of his service she refers to the papers on which he was pensioned.
She also declares that she was married to the said Amos Westcott on the day forgot of January in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five. And her husband the aforesaid Amos Westcott died on the seventeenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and forty: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. She further declares she is still a widow.
Abigail Westcott
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above mentioned before me and I certify that from ill health said Abigail Westcott is unable to attend the Court of which I am a judge
Austin Hyde Judge of Chenango County Courts

STATE OF NEW YORK,
Chenango Co Clerk's Office ss
I, John Satharn, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Austin Hyde Esq whose name is subscribed to in the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the subjoined Affidavit as hereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county, duly authorised to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said county this first day of July A.D. 1843
J Satharn Clerk
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State of New York
County of CHenango ss
On this 27th day of June 1843 personally appeared before Austin Hyde one of the Judges of Chenango County Common Please Abigail Westcott a resident of Norwich in the County of Chenango aged seventy six 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 soldiers who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Amos Westcott who was a fifer during the Revolution and for evidence of his service she would refer to the papers on which he was pensioned. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Abigail Westcott
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Austin Hyde Judge of Chenango County Courts
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7571
AD
5743

admitted

James W Glover
Oxford
NY
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Declaration. In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February 1848 entitled "An act making further provision for surviving Widows of the soldiers of the Revolution"

State of New York
County of Chenango ss
On this 14th day of June 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the county aforesaid Abigail Westcott a resident of Norwich in said County of Chenango aged 82 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Amos Westcott who was a private and a fifer in the regiment of Rhode Island State troops and also in the regiment of Connecticut State troops and that she drew under the act of 17th June 1844 a pension of seventy seven dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Abigail Westcott
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written 
Before me
Uri Tracy
Justice of the peace

I certify that the above named declarant Abigail Westcott is personally known to me.
Uri Tracy
Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Chenango County Clerks office ss
I B. B. Auchard Clerk of said County do certify that Uri Tracy Esq whose name is subscribed to the written affidavit and Certificate is a Justice of the Peace in said said [sic] County duly Elected and qualified that his term of Office Commenced on the first day of January 1846 and will expire on the 31st day of December 1849. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such further and verily believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 10th July 1848
P E Clark Dept Clerk
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[address overwritten]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[stamped postmark]
OXFORD N.Y.
JUN 17

June 20 44
7571 38
Ab. Westcott
Ny wh 38
look for [illegible] 1843
[illegible] 38
$77 per an
act March 3 1843
Issue a certificate & 
Ent a number to the case
under act 1843.
Send cert to H. R. Mygatt
Oxford
N York
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H. R. Mygatt Esq
Howards Hotel
New York

T. Hill Esq
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State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office
Hartford 22d Jun. 1843

This may certify that on application for [illegible] in behalf of Amos Westcott as a soldier in the war of the revolution I have examined the records and files of this office, and find the following viz.
In the Journals of the Pay Table [illegible] vol 3 page 989 there is this entry "War dr to order on Treasurer Capt John Green Pa Roll [pound symbol]216.0.0" This amount is receipted in Harkell on the same day "13" Febry 1780." I also find in the Journals of the Pay Table Comt the following "War dr to order on Treasury Capt J Cadys Pay Roll New London Alarn [pound symbol]119.17:6." 29th Sept 1779. This is receipted in Harkell for "Militia service from April to November 1779" as follows "Capt Jonathan Cady amt paid in provisional money [pound symbol]2.2026.8.4". This same amount is charged in the Journal to "War dr Capt J. Cady's Pay Roll, Coast Guards [pound symbol]2026:8:4

I also find charged in the Journal Vol 3 page 919 "War Dr to order on the Treasurer Capt Isachar Bates Co. Coast Guards [pound symbol]1038.13.3d the same amount is receipted in Harkell Nov 3 1779 and I further certify that I find no Pay Rolls of either of the above companies
Gideon Welles Comptroller
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Apl 5 1843
NY
Abigail Westcot
Free
J. L. Edwards Eq
Commissioner of pensions
War Department
Washington City
D.C.
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Oxford Chenango Co March 37 1843 (NY)

Sir
In November last I sent to you the claim of Abigail Westcot for a pension and on the 5th Nov last in reply thereto that the act of 7th July 1838 (you informed me provided only for those who were widows at its passage and it appears that her late husband died in 1840"

Will you please inform me whether the said widow is entitled to any pension under any resolve or act of Congress. Her papers are on file in your office
Very Respy Yours
Henry R Mygatt
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7 Nov 1872 LWC
8493
Abigail Westcott
Widow of Amos
Chenango Co
NY.
Agt Henry R Mygatt
Oxford N Act of 7 July 1838

Free

[stamped] FREE

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
War Department
Washington City
D.C.
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No 8493
Abigail Westcott
NYork
Act 7th July '38

Admitted
21 months
Fifer
$77 per an

Henry R Mygatt
Oxford
Chenango Co
New York
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Oxford Chenango Co Jul 1 1843 (NY)

Sir
In the case of the application of Abigail Westcott widow of Amos Westcott for a pension, I send the declaration and certificate of the comptroller of Connecticut as required in your letter of the 9th May 1842
I also send declaration for pension under the act March 3d 1843.
You will please send the certificates at place where dated.
Very Respy Yours
Henry R Mygatt

J L Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
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Oxford Chenango Co NY Nov 3 1842

Sir,
I send declaration of Abigail Westcot for service pension due her as the widow of Amos Westcot dec'd under the late resolution of Congress.
Please send the certife for her
Very Respy Yours
Henry R Mygatt

J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
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Oxford Chenango Co N.Y. July 13 1848

Commissioner of pensions
Dear Sir
With this are declarations of Mrs Jacob Mrs Westcott & Mrs Olds under the act of Congress of February 2d 1848. I have been unable to learn the regiment or corps in which John Stewart the former husband of Mrs Olds served or whether in the militia or in the regular service have deemed it sufficient to say that her pension was granted by an act of Congress of 1844 which was a special act for her case.
Will you please send me with the certificates any new forms necessary for drawing pensions hereafter under the act of Feb 2 1848.

Respectfully yours
James W Glover
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No Act 1843
No. 6075
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Oxford Chenango Co NY June 17 1844

Sir,
In July last I sent to you declaration of Abigail Westcott for a fiver year pension. At the same time I sent declaration for 1 years pension under act March 3d 1843.

The certificate for the 5 years pension was recd in Sept last.

The certificate for 1 years pension has not been recd. By reference to the papers sent you in July last you will find the declaration for the 1 years pension.

Please send to me certificate therefore.

Very Resp Yrs
Henry R Mygatt


J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
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Wash. D. C. Feb. 23rd /11
2510 M St N.W.

To the Hon. Scry of the Interior Mr. Richard Ballinger
Ack. Mch 1 1911 & 
M. Wilson
[stamped] SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
RECEIVED FEB 24 1911

[stamped] To Chf [blank]
Act [blank]
FEB 24 1911
COMMISSIONER

Dear Sir
I am informed my great, great, grandfather Amos Wescott was in the War of the Revolution and that he drew a pension. 

Will you kindly give me all the information possible.

Very Respectfully
(Mrs.) Frances Marsh Gregory
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1446 Belmont St N.W.
May 10th 1912

Dear Sirs
I am in receipt of your letter with the one I wrote you. I am sorry to have to acknowledge my ignorance in the matter, and now enclose some items which I hope will aid in my behalf. The Amos Westcott W18330 which I claim as my ancestor date of his Birth Born Sep 1st 1761
Abigail Keith Born July 17th 1766
died April 11th 1849
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His wife Abigail or Abigal as it be spelled recd a Pension procured by "Henry R Mygatt" Amos Westcott enlisted in Conn. served as "Fifer" I think  he also enlisted from R. I. and think his COl was Obidiah Johnson. I think he lived in Norwich N.Y. after discharge (am sure)

I have a few items of the Keiths which I should very much to procure

Peter Keith Lieutenant
Capt Isach Stone
Col. Latimer
Conn.
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John Keith Serg
Col Phillip Bon Bradley
Enlisted May 20 1777 5th Reg.
Also John Keith Sergent Conn
Cap Mills Co
Enlisted July discharged Nov 16
Prisoner Ft Washington Conn
State troops
Hoping for an early reply 
I am most sincerely yours
Mrs R. E. King

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
MAY 11 1912
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Miss Wilson

[stamped] DEPT OF THE INTERIOR SECY'S OFF MAILS & FILES
RECEIVED FEB 13 1913
TO BUR. PENSIONS

[stamped]
To Chf [blank] Div.
Action [blank]
FEB 13 1913
COMMISSIONER

[letterhead]
R. D. Case
Dealer in All Kinds of 
HARD AND SOFT WOOD LUMBER.

Holmesville, N. Y. Feb 11, 1913

Secy Interior Dept.
Washington D.C.

Will you please furnish me with the records of "Amos Wescott" who was a pensioner in the Revolution. I have only the record of his birth and death, but nothing about his service. Was his father also a "Revo" soldier?
(Mrs.) Florence Graves Case
Holmesville
Chenango Co.
N. Yo.
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[top of form missing]
sion on file in this Bureau.

Amos Westcot W. File 18330
[following is in table format in original document]
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Aug. 26 1776
Length of Service: 3 mos.
Rank: Fifer
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain: Samuel May
Colonel: Elisha Morey
State: R.I.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Dec. 15 1776
Length of Service: 3 mos.
Rank: Fifer
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain: Payne Converse
Colonel: McLellan
State: Conn

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Mar. 15 1777
Length of Service: 1 mo.
Rank: Fifer
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain: [blank]
Colonel: Ebbins
State: R.I.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Dec. 1 1777
Length of Service: 3 mos.
Rank: Fifer
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain: Williams
Colonel: [blank]
State: Conn.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Mar 1 1778
Length of Service: 3 mos.
Rank: Fifer
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain: John Green
Colonel: [blank]
State: Conn.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Aug 1 1778
Length of Service: 3 mos.
Rank: Fifer
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain: John Green
Colonel: [blank]
State: Conn.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: June 1 1779
Length of Service: 3 mos.
Rank: Fifer
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain: Jonathan Cady
Colonel: [blank]
State: Conn.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: May 1 1780
Length of Service: 2 mos.
Rank: Fifer
Officers Under Whom Service was Rendered
Captain: Bates
Colonel: [blank]
State: Conn.
(substituted for his father Amos Westcot

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Thompson, Windham Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 13 1832 - Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Norwich, Chenango Co. NY.
Age at date of application, b. Johnson, R. I. Sept 9 1761
Remarks: Soldier died Mar 17 1840. His widow Abigail Westcot was al. pens. on an apl exec. Oct. 31, 1842, while a res. of Norwich NY
Family record also furnished

Very respectfully,
Commissioner


Eby Williams
4043b5m3-09
1-2
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162 Highland St., Worcester Mass.
March 9th, 1926.

U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
There is an entry in my note book which reads as follows: "Amos Wescott, fifer R.I.Mil, resident of Chenango County New York, placed on the pension rolls on Dec 5th, 1832."

Do the records of this man furnish any genealogical information? Do they give his place of birth or parentage or name of any of his brothers or sisters?

Thanking you in advance for any information that you may be able to give me, I am
Very truly yours
R H Wescott [signed]
R. H. Wescott

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
C
MAR 11 1926
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36 Ferry St., Troy, N. Y.,
Mar. 26, 1931.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Rev. & 1812 
Wars Section
MMHF: MLB

Dear Sir:
I would like to be advised if the following persons or their survivors ever drew pensions following the Revolutionary War: This is as per your letter of March 17, 1931.

Name: Isaac Reed
Date of Birth: About 1767.
Residence at Enlistment: Probaly [sic] Rhode Island.
Residence after Service: Danby, Vermont. (As it was very near the town line it may have been called Pawlet, Vt.) A history states that he died at the age of 83. He died prior to 1869.

Name: Amos Wescott.
Residence at enlistment: Either Connecticut or Massachusetts.
Residence After Service: He lived in the towns of Clarendon and Pittsford, Vermont.

Thanking you for your attention.
 Very truly yours,
Miss Rachel C Wilkins

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REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
SECTION
MAR 27 1931
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repd June 20 '44

5743
Albany
New York
Abigail Westcott
widow of Amos Westcott
who was a Fifer in the R Island Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 77 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of June 1844 and sent to H. R. Mygatt Oxford N York
(Act of March 3, 1842.)
Recorded in Book A 
[Vol] 1 Page 269
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Repd

7571
Albany, New York
Abigail Westcott
widow of Amos Westcott
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 17 March 1840 of Chenango Co. in the State of New York who was a fifer in the company commanded by Captain May of [torn away] rgt commanded by Col. Morey [of] the R. Island line for 21 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 77 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of August 1843 and sent to H. R. Mygatt Oxford, N. York

Whole amount due $385
(Act of July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by D Brown. Clerk,
Book A Vol 2 Page 111
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8493
NY
rejected
Let to Henry R Mygatt Nov 8 42
Let to Henry R Mygatt May 9 1943

Act 7 July 38
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Rev Widow, &c.

File No. 18330
Abigail Westcott
widow of Amos Westcott
Fifer Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index: Vol. M, Page 322
(Arrangement of 1870)

1911 Mar 2 Hist to Mrs. Frances Marsh Gregory
1912 May 16 Hist to Mrs. R. E. King V.L.M.
1913 Feby 20 Hist to Mrs. Florence G Case V.L.M.
1926 Apr 29 Hist to R. H. Westcott [illegible initials]
1931 Apr 3 Hist to Rachel C. Wilkins - copied for Miss Ford - EEL
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EWJ

Rev. and 1812
War Section.

April 29, 1926

R. H. Wescott
162 Highland St
Worcester, Mass

Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 18330, it appears that Amos Westcot or Westcott was born September 9, 1761 at Johnson, Rhode Island.
While residing at Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, he served as a fifer as follows -
From August 25, 1776, three months in Captain Samuel May's Company, Colonel Elisha More's Rhode Island Regiment.
From December 16, 1776, three months in Captain Payne Converse's Company, Colonel McLellan's Connecticut Regiment.
From March 15, 1777, one month is Colonel Ebbins' Rhode Island Regiment.
From December 1, 1777, three months in Captain Williams' Connecticut Company.
From March 1, 1778, three months in Captain John
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Green's Connecticut Company; and from August 1, 1778 three months in same company.
From June 1, 1779, three months in Captain Jonathan Cady's Connecticut Company.
From May 1, 1780, two months, as substitute for his father, Amos Westcot, in Captain Bates' Connecticut Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, while a resident of Norwich, Chenango County, New York.
He died March 17, 1840.
Soldier married in January 1785 at Thompson, Connecticut, Abigail Keth, who was born July 17, 1766.
She was allowed pension on her application executed October 31, 1842, while a resident of Norwich, New York.

Their children were - 
Arthur, born August 3, 1785.
Olive, born June 11, 1788.
John, born February 3, 1790.
George, born April 4, 1792.
Charles, born August 27, 1793.
Cyntha, born December 13, 1795.
Daniel K, born January 19, 1798, married Apr. 1, 1825, Martha Gibbs.
Horace, born June 9, 1801.
Ambrose, born June 11, 1804.
Mary, born April 17, 1808.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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February 20, 1913.

Mrs. Florence Graves Case,
Holmesville,
Chenango Co.,
New York
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May 16, 1912.

Mrs. R. E. King,
1446 Belmont Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.

Madam:
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March 1, 1911.

Mrs. Frances Marsh Gregory,
2510 M Street, N. W. 
Washington, D.C.

Madam: In addition to the military history of Amos Westcot, W. File No. 18,330, you are furnished the following family data found in the papers in said claim:
Amos Westcot, born September 9, 1761, and Abigail Keth Westcot [struck thru], born July 17, 1766, were married in Thompson, Connecticut, January --, 1785.
Children:
Arthur, born August 3, 1785.
Olive, born June 11, 1788.
John, born February 3, 1790.
George, born April 4, 1792.
Charles, born August 27, 1793.
Cyntha, born December 13, 1795.
Daniel K, born January 19, 1798, married April 1, 1825, Martha Gibbs.
Horace, born June 9, 1801.
Ambrose, born June 11, 1804.
Mary, born April 17, 1808.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.