Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18873, Jonathan Carpenter, Mass. Privateer Vt
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SERVICE
Mass.
Privateer 
VT  
Carpenter, Jonathan 
Olive 
NUMBER  W.18873
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Vermont 1861 
Jonathan Carpenter
of Orange County in the State of Vermont 
who was a pvt Corpl. in the company commanded
by Captain Cox of the--of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cary--in the [illegible    ]

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 56 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sept 1833 and [ ]
J. K. Parish  Randolph

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833.    $140.00
semi-an. allowance ending[ ] 34         28.00
                                                             $168.00
Revolutionary Claims,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams  Clerk,
Book  []  Vol. 3. Page 57
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Jonathan Carpenter  son  of Jonathan Carpenter and his wife Abigail born June 19th 1757.
As of [illegible] in the town Clerks Office in Rehoboth
Rehoboth August 25th 18[illegible]2.

Attest James Blanding Town Clerk
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Jona Carpenter
Declaration
No 6268.
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Jona Carpenter
Declaration
No. 6268.
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State of Vermont
Orange County
On this 10th day of August 1832, 
personally appeared in open court, before the Probate Court at Randolph Orange County for the District of Randolph in sd State ^at Randolph Orange County^ now sitting, Jonathan Carpenter a resident of Randolph in sd County of Orange, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to the law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, viz that he entered[?] the service of the United States & performed the following terms of service under officers herein after mentioned.

1st. On the 10th day of December 1775 he served as a substitute for his father, Jonathan Carpenter. who was drafted for six weeks, & served the term of six weeks in Captain Nathaniel Carpenter's company in Massachusetts militia stationed at Brookline near Boston.

2nd. That in February AD 1776 he enlisted for three months in Captain John Paine's company in the Massachusetts militia, &  served out the sd three months in the company, stationed a part of the time on Winter Hill in Charleston & a part of the time at Dorchester.

3rd That on the 23rd 0f July 1776 he was drafted for five months, & served the term of five months in Captain Nathaniel Carpenter's company, which company then belonged to Col, Simeon Careys regiment & Gen. John Fellows' Brigade, stationed most of the time in & near White Plains in the state of New York & was discharged December 1st. 1776 at Groten's bridge N.Y.

4th. That on the 28th day of December 1776, he joined Captain James Hill's company, as a substitute for Jonathan Carpenter, his father, & performed three month's service in a company, in Col. John Daggett's regiment, stationed at Bristol in the state of Rhodes Island.

5th. That on the 30th day of September 1777 he enlisted & served in
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the same Captain James Hill's company one month, stationed at Fall River in the state of Rhodes Island.

6th. On the 10th of February AD 1778 he sailed from Boston in the privateer Brig Reprisal, of ten guns & six swivels, Captain James Brown, commander, was shortly after captured by the British Frigate Unicorn was carried to England & and kept as prisoner till the 22nd of July AD 1779 when he was exchanged & set at liberty in France, that he immediately entered on board the privateer ship General Mifflin, of twenty guns & continued on board her till November 1st. 1779, when he was discharged at Boston.

7th. that on the 14th of August 1780 he enlisted for three months in Captain Benjamin Cox's Company of Vermont militia & served out the three months in a fort at Barnard in the state of Vermont.

That he is enabled to declare with certainty to all the above facts, by referring to a journal, a diary which the sd declarant kept during the whole of the time embraced in sd declaration & which he has now in Court; that he knows of no other documentary evidence, & that he knows of no  persons whose evidence he can procure  who can testify to any considerable part of his sd services; that he resided during the period of all said services, except the last, in Rehoboth in the County of Bristol & of Massachusetts, & at the time of the last mentioned service he resided in Pomfret in Windsor County & state of Vermont.
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He further declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state & he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present.
He further declares that he never received any written  discharge to recollection, as it was not customary in the Militia services, he has lived in Randolph ever since the year 1784, & is well known  every [illegible]  in Pomfret.

Jonathan Carpenter

Sworn & subscribed the day & year

Frederick Griswold  Judge of Probate

We Tilton Eastman a clergyman residing in the town Randolph in the county of Orange & state of Vermont & Israel Kibbee, residing in the same Randolph , hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Carpenter, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years old on the 19th day of last June, that he is reputed  & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have [been] a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Tilton Eastman
Israel Kibbee
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Frederick Griswold Judge of Probate
And the court  [?]    do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Tilton Eastman who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in Randolph where resides as pastor of the church & congregation for about thirty years
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I Jacob K. Parish  Clerk [?]   Regs of the Probate Court for the District of Randolph  & State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the sd. Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Carpenter for a pension.
 In testimony where of I hereto set my hand & seal of office this 10th day of August AD 1832
J.K.Parish Reg & Clerk
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State of Vermont
Orange County
District of Randolph
At a Probate Court holden at Randolph in said District on [illegible] 10th day of June AD 1833.
         Calvin Blodgett Judge personally appeared in open Court Jonathan Carpenter named in the within Declaration, and made     his further Declaration for the purpose of obtaining  a Pension
In addition to his first Declaration he stated that the [illegible] Depositions herewith enclosed had been sent for but not received.            That the services as stated in the first Declaration were all [illegible]  for the United States, accepting as stated in regard to Privateering, that during that time he states as being in service he was not engaged in any [illegible]

That he served according ti his best recollection and belief in the following grades   and the times [illegible]

1 1/2  1st That in 1775 & first of 1776 he served as a Private to Nathaniel Carpenter not less than  one month and fourteen days.

3-   2nd That in 1776 he served as a Private he served not less than three months at Dorchester.

5-   3rd. That in 1776 he served as a Private he served not less than five months at White Plains most of the time as a Private.

3-    15th That in 1777 he served not less than one month at Fall River on [illegible] as a Private.

3-       4th That in 1776 he served as a substitute for  his father Jonathan Carpenter not less than three months.

3-       6th That in 1780 [ illegible] to Pomfret in the State of Vermont he served as aPrivate not less than three months.

16 1/2

Making in the whole Sixteen months and fourteen days- and for such service he claims his Pension.

That the Journal herewith forwarded is the same referred to in first declaration, and the notes and records
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than three months –
making in the whole sixteen months and fourten days and for such a claims a Pension.- That the Journal herewith forwarded is the same referred to in his first declaration, and the notes and records them made, were made at the time in which they bear date.

In answer to the questions required by the Department to be put and answered he  states 

1st that he was born in Rehoboth, now Seekok Mass. the 19th day of June 1757 – 

2nd His age is recorded in the Town Clerks office in Rehoboth, - 

3rd Living in Rehoboth - in 1780 came to Randolph Vt and lived there four years and have lived in Randolph ever since.

4th He enlisted or volunteered, called it enlisting but did not sign any paper, and he was a substitute for his father. 

5th For officers see first Declaration 

6th Never received any written discharge- 

7th Benjamin Blodgett, Hon. Dudley Chase, Rev Wilton Eastman 

He further states that the Testimony here with furnished composes all that request knows that he is able to obtain

Jonathan Carpenter

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.- 
Calvin Blodgett Judge 

I William Hebard Clerk or Register of the Probate Court aforesaid hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Court in the case of Jonathan Carpenter in his application and second declaration ┃ for the purpose of obtaining a Pension 

In testimony of which I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 10th day of June AD 1833 

Wm Hebard Clerk or Regt
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6268
Jonathon Carpenter
J.K. Parish
Randolf Vt
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office
March 16, 1833

Sir:
        
       The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjcined [sublicensed] notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew [show] what is neocelsary [necessary] to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, ( thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, showing the Service of Jonathan Carpenter

Period when the service was rendered: 1775.76
Duration of the claimant’s service: 1 month 15 days
Rank of the claimant: private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: name of field officers unknown
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: 76 Rehoboth
Proof of which the declaration is supported: affidavit of Ben. Bosworth

Period when the service was rendered: 1776
Duration of the claimant’s service: 3 month 
Rank of the claimant: ditto
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: name of field officers thinks Col. [illegible] & Gen. Sullivan
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: 76 Rehoboth
Proof of which the declaration is supported: ditto of Jos. Wheatan

Period when the service was rendered: 1776
Duration of the claimant’s service: 5 month 
Rank of the claimant: ditto
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: name of field officers thinks Col. L. Lang & Gen Fellows
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: 76 Rehoboth
Proof of which the declaration is supported: ditto of Wm. Daggett

Period when the service was rendered: 1776&7
Duration of the claimant’s service: 3 month 
Rank of the claimant: Corporal
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: name of field officers thinks Col. Daggett
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: 76 Rehoboth
Proof of which the declaration is supported: ditto of Joseph Wheatan

Period when the service was rendered: 1777
Duration of the claimant’s service: 1 month 
Rank of the claimant: private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: name of field officers thinks Col. Finch
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: 76 Rehoboth
Proof of which the declaration is supported: ditto of Peter Whitaker

Period when the service was rendered: 1780
Duration of the claimant’s service: 3 month 
Rank of the claimant: private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: name of field officers thinks Capt. Cox commandant
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: Pomfret, Vt.
Proof of which the declaration is supported: Adam Howard
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territory, or District of
County of
On this ____ day of ____ personally ____ appeared (a) before ____ A.B. a resident (b) ____ of ____ in the county of ____ and State, Territory or District of ____ aged (c) ____ years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ____, with ____ and served in the ____ (e) regiment of the ____ line, under the following named officers: ____

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ____.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court,)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I ____ of the Court of ____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of ____. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ____ day of ____ & c.

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ____ and C.D., residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____ 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 then will follow the certificate of the Court.)

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
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. ____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, ____Clerk of the Court of ____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____ for a pension.

I, ____ Clerk of the Court of ____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____ for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of officem this ____ day of ____ &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition. If one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier,} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer,} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year---months, and --- days. I served as a---.
For ---months and --- days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely stat that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagements, the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.

(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.

In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.

(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable in the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in (j) note applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows"
State of Vermont
On this 18th day of August AD 1838 personally appeared before District of Randolph the Probate Court within and for the district of Randolph in the County of Orange
the widow Olive Carpenter a resident of Randolph in the County and State aforesaid aged eighty 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 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of
Jonathan Carpenter who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a pensioner under the Act of 1832 until his death as she believes will appear by his declaration papers & files now in the Pension Office at Washington City.
 
She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Carpenter on the twentieth day of May seventeen hundred and eighty four that he said husband the aforesaid Jonathan Carpenter died on the 14th day of March 1837. 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 & ninety four viz on the 20th day of May 1784 at the time above stated Olive Carpenter

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before 
William Hebard Register

State of Vermont District of Randolph
In Probate Court the day & year above written the widow Olive Carpenter well known as a credible person made the foregoing declaration & was duly sworn to the truth of the same
Given under my hand & seal of said Court this 18th day of August AD 1838
William Hebard , Register
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640
Oliver Carpenter
and of
Jonathan
Vt
Oct 7 1838
Married
July 1784
died 1837
Allowed $56.00
per annum from
14 March 1837


J. K. Parish Randolph
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Town Clerks office at Pomfret
August 13 1838
Jonathan Carpenter was lawfully married
to Olive Sessions May twentieth Seventeen
hundred and Eighty four By me Aaron Hutchinson
I Otis Chamberlin certify that the foregoing
 is a true copy of the record of said town
with the exception of the date which is expressed
in fair legible figures as follows May 20th 1784
I Otis Chamberlin above named depose
and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk
the town of Pomfret County of Windsor
and State of Vermont and that the above
a true extract from the records of said town
with the exception above named as certified by my
Otis Chamberlin Town Clerk
Pomfret
State of Vermont Woodstock August 13th 1838
Windsor County personally appeared Otis Chamberlin
subscriber to the above Certificate and made solemn
oath to the truth of the above, And I hereby
Certify that the said Otis Chamberlin is a credible
Witness
Before Walter Palmer Justice Peace
State of Vermont  I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Winder County Court
Do hereby certify that Walter Palmer by a Justice of the Peace
in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified, and that the
above is his signature 
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County Court
this thirteenth day of August AD 1838
Benj. Swan Clerk
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J.K. Parish of Randolph in Orange County of State of Vermont of lawful
age depose and say that I was for many years acquainted with Jonathan
Carpenter previous to his death, and that he was a Pensioner at the ┃
time of his decease, and that he died according to the best of my
memory and belief on the 14th day of March 1837 and that he left 
a widow by the name of Olive Carpenter whom I have also
known many years. I further testify that she still remains
a widow not having married since the death of her said husband
J. K. Parish
Sworn to & subscribed in Probate Court this 18th day of August 1838
I certify that the said J. K. Parrish to me well known, is a credible
person
William Hebard Register
I George 
Carpenter of Randolph in Orange County and State of Vermont
of lawful age depose and say that I have read the above affidavit
of J. K. Parish and am acquainted with the facts therein stated and that
they are all true
George Carpenter
Sworn to and subscribed in Probate Court this 18th day of August 1838
Before
William Hebard Register
District of Randolph ⎬
I hereby certify that the foregoing affidavits were sworn ┃
to & subscribed in open Court and that each of the persons
subscribing the same are persons of credibility
Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 18th day of August
1838
William Hebard, Register
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2833
Vermont Montply
Olive Carpenter
widow of Jonathan Carpenter who served in the Revolutionary war
 as a private for corps
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
56 Dollars
per annum, to commence on
certificate of Pension issued the day of Jan1 1887
Hon J.C. Collamer
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
the 4th day of March, 1848.
reported
February 2, 1848
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First page of this letter is in Nathan Bower S5292 to whom it refers

From the papers in the pension claim, W. 18873, it appears that Jonathan Carpenter was born at Rehoboth, Massachusetts , June 19, 1757. He served as waiter, from December 10, 1775, in Captain Nathaniel Carpenter's Massachussetts Company, for six weeks. From February 1776, as private, for three months in Captain John Paine's Company, Colonel French's Regiment. From July 23, 1778, as private, for five months in Captain Nathaniel Carpenter's Company, Colonel Simeon Cary's Regiment. From December 28, 1776, as Corporal, for three months in Captain James Hill's Company, Colonel John Daggett Regiment, and from September 30, 1777, for one month in the same company. 

On February 17, 1778, he sailed from Boston on the privateer, Brig, Reprisal, Captain James Brown, and was shortly after captured by the Frigate Unicorn, imprisoned in England until exchanged July 23, 1779, set at liberty in France, where he immediately enlisted on the Privateer, General Miflin , from which he was discharged November 1, 1779, 

While living at Pomfret, Vermont, on August 17, 1780, he enlisted and served three months, in the Vermont Troops, in Captain Benjamin Cox's Company. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 10, 1832, while living at Randolph, Vermont.
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He was the son of Jonathan and Abigail Carpenter.
He died March 14, 1837.
He married May 20, 1784, Olive Sessions and she was allowed pension on her application executed August 18, 1838, while living at Randolph, Vermont, aged eighty years.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Revy Widow, & c.
File No. 18873
Olive Carpenter
widow of
Jonathan Carpenter
Corp Rev War
Act: Feb 29, 48
Index: Vol, A , Page 120
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1907 Apl.13.History to
Mrs. G. B.Harrington
1920 Apr 23 Hist(ory) to
Mrs, Chas. Basteu
1922 Aug.21. Hist(ory) to 
S.F. Bafectrelder
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Vermont Month 31411
Olive Carpenteer
widow of jonathan Carpenter
who was a private & Corpural
in the Massachusets line for 13 1/2 months Private 3 months Corpural
Insvribed on the Roll at the rate of Fifty-six Dollars
--Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the fourth day od December 1843
and sent to J. K. Parish
Randolph
Vermont
[Act of March3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 34
Reported
No. 290,
J. Resolution, 23. Jan
1845. issued
May, 28, 1845
Sent to 
Stephen Thomas
West Fairlee Vt.
by F. L. Swann
Clerk
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1,356
Burlington Vermont
Olive Carpenter
widow of Jonathan Carpenter {Illegible]
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 14th March 1837
of Orange Co. in the stae of Vt
who was a Pre. & corpl in the company commanded
by Captain Cox of the Reg.t commanded
by Col Cary in the Massa
line for 13 1/2 months Private
3 months Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington Vt.
at the rate of 56 Dollars ---Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th March 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Dec.
1838 and sent J. K. Parish Randolph Vt
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $140.00
Semi-Annual allowance ending 4, March 39 $28.00
$168.00
Act July 7th 1838
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk
Book A Vol. 2no Page 36
See [Illegible] March 21, 1839 to
P. Agts at Burlington &Bellows Fallls & J. K. Parish to be
paid at Bellows Falls
No 290
Joint Resolution
Issued May -28: 45
Sent to 
Stephen Thomas West Fairlee Vt.
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Olive Carpenteer
Wid of Jonathan
Vert
Sm. [Illegible]- J. K. Parish
28 Sept 1838
Act 7 July 38
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Jona Carpenter Ret 
when paid
July and Sept 1836
Right
Died 14th March 1837 paid to that pension
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Bank of Burlington
March 29, 1839
J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Sir
The names of Olive
Carpenter and Reben Lyndy are dropped from the Roll of this county under act July 7. 1838.
No payment has been to them at this office.
I have notified N Fulton
Very Respectfully
R C Cole
E T Engleby pension  Agent
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640
July 1838 Aug 24
J L Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington City
Pension Office
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Randolph  AD. Aug. 18th 1838.
J. L. Edwards Esq,

Sir, Enclosed is the declaration of the widow Olive Carpenter for a pension under the act of 7th July last. Jonathan Carpenter her late husband was pensioned the proof of services is at department as well as the certificate proof of his death [illegible] provided the Agent for paying pensions has forwarded his last returns.

There can be no difficulty I foresee in referring at once the case. I believe the papers herewith accompanying the Declaration are in conformity with the act.

I shall forward the cases of other applicants as I get records of the marriages which is attended with some difficulty. An early decision of this case of Mrs. Carpenter will much oblige me as I can then be certain what the Department requires.

Yours Respectfully
J. K. Parish
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I Adam Howard of Pomfret County of Windsor State of Vermont of the age of Seventy nine years old testify & say that in the year 1780 I enlisted under Capt Benjamin Cox & was stationed most of the time for three months in Barnard in sd Windsor County, I further testify that Jonathan Carpenter of Pomfret in sd Windsor County but now in Randolph in the county of Orange State of Vermont was in the same company with me we continued is this  campaign three months our Chief business was to watch the movements of the Indians it being the same year that they burnt Royalton
Adam Howard

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss
At Pomfret in said county on the 12th day of June 1833 the above named Adam Howard personally appeared and made oath to the above Deposition by him Subscribed__ I further testify the the said Adam Howard is a creditable witness & holds his reason remarkable for so [illegible]

Isaiah Tinkham Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss
Woodstock County Clerks Office 12th June 1833
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court
Do Certify that Isaiah Tinkham [illegible]is one of the Justices of the Peace written for said County, and that the above is his Signature. In testimony whereof I hereto affix the seal of said Court, subscribe my name of year last above__

Benj. Swan
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State of Vermont
Orange County
On this 9th day of September AD 1848 personally appeared before J. K. Parish a Justice of Peace within and for the County of Orange State of Vermont a resident of Randolph in said County Olive Carpenter aged Ninety 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 2nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Jonathan Carpenter late of Randolph deceased who was private & corporal in the Army of the Revolution and that she made her declaration under the act of June 7, 1844 and drew a pension of  $56.00 per annum and she now makes her declaration to obtain a continuance  of her pension during her natural life.
She further declares she is still a widow.
Witnessed  J. K. Parish     S. E. Carpenter   Olive Carpenter

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before J. K. Parish Justice Peace

I certify that the named applicant  is personally known to me & that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration
J. K. Parish Justice Peace
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State of Vermont

Secretary of State's Office
 Montpelier September 14th 1848.

I hereby certify that Jacob K. Parish Esquire, whose name is subscribed in his proper handwriting to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Orange in said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that full credit is due to his official acts and attestations as such Justice.

Given under my hand and the seal of this office this 14th day of September A. D. 1848.
Ferrand F Merrill
Deputy Secretary of State
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Orange County   I, Perley C. Jones Clerk of the CountyCourt of the County of Orange in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
 J. K. Parish
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified;
that his commission was dated on the 4th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two and will expire the thirtieth day of November next and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this 8th day of August A.D. 184[]
Perley C, Jones  Clerk.
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3146

J K Parish
Randolph Vt
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd of March 1843 granting pensions for one year  to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.
State of Vermont
Orange County
On this 17th. day of July 1843 personally appeared before me J. K. Parish a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Orange Olive Carpenter a resident of Randolph in the County of Orange aged Eight. 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed the 3rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Jonathan Carpenter who was Private & Corporal in the Mass. line in the Revolutionary War as will appear by his Declaration & proof at the Pension Office and that she rec. about the sum of fifty six dollars per annum under the Act of July 7 1838. 
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Olive Carpenter [signature]

Sworn & subscribed on this day and year above written before one J. K. Parish
I further certify that the above declarant is to me well known as a person of truth & veracity & is entitled to full credit.     J. K. Parish Just. Peace

State of Vermont
Orange County
I Jason Steele Notary Public hereby
that J.K. Parish is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Orange [?] duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature  purporting to be his is genuine and due credit should be given to the same as his official act.
Witness my hand and seal of Office of Chelsea in said County this 18th day of July A.D. 1843.
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23rd January 1845

Whereas the act of the 30th of April 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband  was a pensioner.  I now make the following Statement under oath, to obtain of the resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of Jonathan Carpenter who was a Private in the war of the Revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of Fifty Six dollars per annum from the 14th day of March 1837, and now ask for the amount due me from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 14th day of March 1837, where my former pension commenced in the year 1837 at the rate of Fifty Six dollars per annum.

At Randolph in the County of Orange & State of Vermont May 1st 1845
Olive Carpenter [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 1st day of May 1845
Stephen Thomas  Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that She is the same individual She represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Stephen Thomas Justice Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT.
Secretary of State's Office,
Montpelier, May 6th 1843

I certify that Stephen Thomas Esq whose name is subscribed in his own proper hand writing to the foregoing certificate, is and was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Orange duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of this office, at Montpelier, this the 6th day of May
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
Ferrand F. Merrill
Deputy Secretary of State
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Widow Olive Carpenter Declaration for arrears

Please to communicate with
Stephen Thomas, agent
West Fairlee
Vt.
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Declaration in order to obtain arrears of Pension under the act of 7th of July 1838.
State of Vermont 
Orange County 
Personally appeared before me S. G. Heaton a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orange, on this 16th day of March A.D. 1844 Olive Carpenter a resident of Randolph
in the County of Orange & State of Vermont Aged 86 years who being first duly Sworn according to law doth make the following Declaration in order to obtain a Pension which She claims to be due to her from the 4th of March 1836 to the 14th day of March A.D.
1837 from which period She has been already paid under the act of 7th July 1838. That she is the widow of Jona. Carpenter who was a Private in the army of the Revolution. That She was a Pensioner under the act of July 7. 1838 at the rate of Fifty Six dollars per annum which commenced on the 14th day of March
A.D. 1837. That her husband the aforesaid Jonathan  Carpenter died on the 14th day of March A.D. 1837. from which time she has already been paid as aforesaid
and that She now claims a Pension at the same rate per annum from the 4th of March A.D. 1836 to the 14th of March A.D. 1837. and that she is still a Widow
Olive Carpenter

Sworn and subscribed this 16 day of March
1844 and I further certify that the above
declarant is personally known to me and that she is a Person of truth and veracity

S. G. Heaton Justice Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT 
Orange County
I,Calvin Blodgett Clerk of the County Court of the County of Orange in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
S G Heaton

is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that
his signature affixed to the declaration of Olive Carpenter hereto annexed is genuine.

Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this Eighteenth day of
March A.D. 1844

Calvin Blodgett
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I,Benjamin Bosworth of Royalton in
the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of
lawful age depose and say that in December A.D. 1755 a company of which I was [illegible]a private was enlisted in the town of Rehoboth in Massachusetts my native place to serve for six weeks around about Boston to fill the places of the first eight months men whose term was then about expiring, until the new enlistments would be made. I served  these six weeks according to enlistment.
There was one Timothy Walker of Rehoboth who was a  colonel in the first eight months men: He said during the six weeks that I served; and I think that this company was turned into Colonel Walker's regiment, but of this I cannot be positive; and if it was not so I cannot [illegible] under what Colonel I did serve.
Of this company Nathaniel Carpenter
was Captain and Frederick Brown was Lieutenant both natives of Rehoboth.
Jonathan Carpenter a native of and the resident in Rehoboth, now, in Randolph in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, enlisted as a private into the same company and served out the six months weeks with me.
Benjamin Bosworth

State of Vermont 
County of Windsor 
Royalton June 11th 1833
Then personally appeared before me Benjamin Bosworth personally known to me, and whom I
hereby certify to be a person of truth and veracity and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed 
contains the truth and nothing but the truth.

Nathaniel Sprague Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County &
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Woodstock County Clerks Office June the 12th 1833
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor Court
do hereby certify that Nathaniel Sprague is one of the Justices of the Peace within for said Count and that the above is his signature

In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day of year last above
Benjamin Swan
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   3     mons Corp
131/2      "     Priv



The Hon. Secretary of War
Pension Office
Washington

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Randolph Vt. June 13th 1833

Sir
Herewith is returned the papers in the case of
Jona. Carpenter, since his first declaration he has obtained
several affidavits proving his service, which are forwarded
as also the Journal alluded to in his original declaration
for the particulars of his service he refers to page 11.13.
23. 27 .38. & 72. have turned down for the statement of
Privateering cruize imprisonment & S. R 44.
It may be proper to state the original diary or memorandum
is in his possession, yet as it was carried constantly about him during his services would from various causes be absolutely
uninteligable even to  the writer himself after a lapse of some 60 years the one herewith forwarded was drawn from
the original very soon after the transactions.
The said claimant considers the journal of no absolute use to
any one accept himself or his posterity and
therefore expects it will be returned as soon as
the Department become satisfied with his statement
and declarations
I am Sir Your obt Servt.

J. K. Parrish

Hon. Sec. of War
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I Peter Whitaker of Seekonk in the County of
Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
of lawful age to give evidence being duly sworn
according to law, do give testimony and say ┃
that Jonathan Carpenter now residing in
the Town of Randolph in the State of Vermont
sometime in the Month of September in the year A.D. 1777 was drafted, and served one month with
me in the company commanded by Capt James
Hill at Trenton and Howlands Ferry (so
called) in the State of Rhode Island in the
Regiment of Col French, (his given name I
do not now recollect) Brigade of General
Spencer, on Spencers expedition (so called); during
said term we were ordered to go on to Rhode Island
but on going to the shore and finding our Boats
not ready the troops were ordered to
retreat to little Compton Woods that we
might be secreted from view of the enemy
Witness Allen Hunt

Peter Whitaker   X  his Mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol County ss
Seekonk August 14th AD 1832
Then personally appeared Peter Whitaker and
made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition
 by him Subscribed
Before me Allen Hunt Just. Peace
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I, Joseph Wheaton of Rehoboth in the County of
Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful
age to give evidence being duly sworn according to
law do testify and say, that Jonathan Carpenter now residing in the town of Randolph in the State of Vermont did in the month of January enlist into a company of Militia under the command
of Capt John Paine and March to Winter Hill & Dorchester near
Boston, there joined Col. Frenchs Regiment, and General
Sullivans Brigade, and there served in the same
Company with me untill the first of April following
in Capt James Hills Company, whereof John Davis
and Samuel Brown were Lieutenants; as a
making a term of service of three months

I do further testify and says, that said Jonathan Carpenter
did enlist or was drafted and did serve three months
Corporal in said Company, in the Regiment.
of Col John Daggett, stationed at Tiverton in the
State of Rhode Island under the command of
General Farnum, I at the same time was
stationed on Board the Galley Spitfire stationed in
the River opposite said Tiverton, and on the 22nd of Febry
we had an engagement with the British in which
we had a number of Men wounded and had occasion
to carry them in to the Barracks where said Carpenter
was stationed

Joseph Wheaton
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol County ss

Seekonk August 14. A.D. 1832

Then personally Joseph Wheaton Signor of the within
deposition and made oath to the truth of Same


Before me Allen Hunt Just. Peace
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I William Daggett of Seekonk in the County
of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
of lawful age to give evidence being duly sworn
according to law do give testimony and say, that
Jonathan Carpenter now resident in the Town of
Randolph and State of Vermont, did enlist
in the month of July, in the year AD 1776 into the
Company of Captain Samuel Carpenter, James Horton
and Jacob Fuller Lieutenants, and march with
me to New Haven in the State of Connecticut from
thence to the City of New York, from thence to
White Plains, in the State of New York and
did serve at the last mentioned places in the
Regiment of Col. Simeon Carey and Brigade
of General John Fellows untill about the
tenth day of December following, making
a term of service as near as I can recollect
of five and one half months
William Daggett

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol County ss
Seekonk August 14th A.D. 1832
then personally appeared William Daggett of
said Seekonk and made oath to the truth of
the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before Me Allen Hunt Justice Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bristol ss.

I, James Sproat, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do
hereby certify that Allen Hunt Esq. whose
signature is affixed to the within certificate is a Justice
of the peace in & for said County of Bristol and duly
qualified to administer oaths.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set myand
affixed the seal of said Court, this Eighteenth day
August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty two

Jas. Sproat
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President
EPHRAIM EMERTON
19 Chauncy Street, Cambridge
Treasurer
FRANCIS WEBBER SEVER
4 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
Curator
EDWARD LOCKE GOOKIN
Widener Library, Cambridge
Secretary
SAMUEL FRANCIS BATCHELDER
73 Tremont Street, Boston
15 July 1922.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Section,
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
According to my information Nathan Bowen, of
Marblehead, Mass., was pensioned on March 4th, 1831 at
$80. per year, for thirteen months service in the Revolutionary
War. I should be greatly obliged if you could
supply me with what information you may find on file regarding
his service, particularly dates, locations, companies
regiments, rank held, etc.
The same information is desired concerning
Jonathan Carpenter Jr.? of Rehoboth, Mass. Unfortunately
in this case I do not know whether he was pensioned, so
that you may have no records about him. It may help to
identify him to say that he appears in December, 1775, at
Brookline, Mass., in Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter's company
of Rehoboth. He was subsequently captured and spent a
year in an English prison, so that it is quite likely he
applied for a pension.
Thanking you for your kind attention, I am,
Respectfully yours,
Samuel F. Batchelder
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Setauket N.Y. April 8 1920

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C
Dept Rev. War Records

Gentlemen:

I would like to get some information
as to dates etc of
Samuel Wilson and Sarah
Eadie his wife. He served in "The Line" Lee N. Y.
in Rev. Page 12. He settled in [illegible] before the Rev and died in 1807.
Is there anything on record about 
the family (and) did he receive a pension.
Have you any
record of his birth, and marriage or any of the family. 
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I and also like to obtain informed on Mary
Carpenter of
Bennington, Vt. She died Jan. 30 1822,
and her husband Archibald Clark Mc Gowen, called Clark, died July 9, 1823
I have to know her her fathers name whether
he was in the Rev. War. Some of
her brothers were in the Rev. War.
I think some of the bros. who served in the war was
Jonathan William,
and Johansan. 
It is said they served in the Battle of Bennington and if so there should be a record of their fathers and mothers name. 
She had a brother Reynolds Carpenter who lived in Pownal or Bennington, in or near [illegible].

(Mrs. Chas) M. J. Basten
Setauket N.Y.
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Edgar S. Scott, President,
J.O. Humphrey, Vice President,
Dr H.B. Buck, Medical Director,
Dr O.F. Maxon Asst. Med Director.
Henry Abels, Secretary
Will Taylor, Asst. Secretary,
L.M. Cathles, f.f.a. Actuary,
B.R. Hieronymus, Treasurer,
Edgar S. Barnes, Asst. Treasurer,
Geo. B. StaddenAgency Manager,
W.F. Workman, Agency Manager.
The Franklin Life Insurance Company,
of Springfield, Illinois
Princeton, Ill. 3/18/1907
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindley give me informantion regarding Jonathan Carpenter of Rehoboth, Mass. who enlisted in the Revolutionary war, is he on the pension roll?
Thanking you in advance. I am very truley yours.
Mrs. G. B. Harrington
Princeton, ILL