Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 22835, Nathan Colburn, Mass
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(3 - 1776)
Mass
SERVICE
CONTENTS
Colburn, Nathan
Betty
NUMBER
W 22835
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Set 17 May 1711
Jennison
88
[illegible]

4151
Massachusett
Nathan Colburn
Ledminston the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain _ of the Regt commanded
by Col Bigelow in the Mass
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Jany 1833 and sent [illegitlbe]
J G Kendall Be of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832
$120-
Seminal allowance ending 4 Mar 33 40
$160-
Recorded by J M Blain Clerk
Book D
D. Vol. 22Page 43.
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
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Massachusetts 1837
Betty Colburn
widow of Nathan Colburn who dies on the
29th November 1835
Worcester Co. in the State of Massachusetts
who was a private in the company commanded Captain -
of the regt commanded
Col. Bigelow in the Massachusetts line
for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of
80 Dollars _ Cents per annum, to commence. on the 29th Nov, 1835
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of June 1837--- and sent to M
Jennison, Esqr Worcester
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1837 $40.{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3}
Recorded by WM S Allison Clerk
Vol. 1
Page 55
Book
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Nathan Colburn
application-
5826
in Hall Col Bigelow
Regt entered  26 May 1777
[illegible]
11 Jany 1778 7 months 17 hrs
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester SS
On this eleven day of August 1832
personally appeared before Solomon Strong
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the Commonwealth [illegible]
more being a Court Record having a [illegible]
Clerk and
Nathan Colburn a resident of Leominster
in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts, aged eighty eight 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service
of the United States
under the following named
officers & served
as herein stated. About the first day of July
1775 I enlisted into a company
commanded by Capt Stearns of [ Illegible Shrewsbury]
in the County
of Worcester for five months & immediately marched to [illegible] bridge in said
Company &
was stationed on Winter Hill where I
served five months- Col Doolittle was the
Colonel of the Regiment . One letter was the Lieutenant of
said Company was discharged at
Winter till about the first of December 1775
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at the end of five months from the time he entered
the service- On or about the first day of 
March 1776 at a town meeting in said Leominster
he enlisted for one year to march to Canada-
Lieut Elisha Whitcomb was the officer who enlisted
him He belonged to Carlish's Company & Col Bedels
Regiment. He marched to Canada, as soon as the enlisted halted a day or two at Ticonderoga +
proceeded to Montreal in In the month of May
1776 he was taken prisoner by the enemy, at place called the Cedars, about 40 miles above Montreal
Those captured were locked up to keep them from the Indians as
prisoners in a French Church & after twelve days were released under an arrangement that said officers should remain as hostages until they should be exchanged
for prisoners taken by the American

that he came from Cedars to this, where
he found General Gates with a large force Gen Gates informed Maj. Butterfield who was also taken prisoner at the Cedars, that he, Gen. Gates, could
not supply the applicants & the other prisoners (about one hundred in number) with clothing & arms of which
said prisoners were nearly totally
destitute & advised the said prisoners
to go to their home & recruit &
rejoin the army where ever they were
the said Colburn returned to Leominster
after having been absent in said service about four months
that he well recollect he was absent as much as
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four months in this
service that he remained
at said Leominster about two week, as near as he can recollect the time, if then, that he
enlisted to serve for five months
in a company commanded by Capt Keep of which his brother
Ebenr Colburn & one teach were Lieutenants that
he does not recollect the field officers under whom
he served agreeably to this enlistment. That he marched to the City of New York in Keeps
company by the way of New London through to the sound the British fleet was then in the harbour of New York, & after some days (two or three weeks, he believe) the Americans were compelled to be
the City-- that he then marched in said Company to White Plains that when the battle of White Plains was fought, he was taking care of his brother, Lieut Colburn who was then sick at Horse Neck - that he served five months and discharged at Horse Neck
some time in December 1776-
that he enlisted in 1777 for eight
Col. Bigelow + was at the taking of Burgoyne that he does recollect the name of
his Captain Lieut Sawyer
of Sterling Mass was one of his officers
that in 1778 he enlisted into
Capt Jackson's
copany for five months to serve in Rhodeland
that he marched by Worcester to Providence, was
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stationed there some time - & afterwards marched to Rhode Island -  staid there about three weeks & was compelled to retreat from the Island by the British Army- that he served five months at this time
& was discharged at River near the month
of Pounton River. That in all the above mentioned enlistments
he was a volunteer that at the
Cedars he was engaged in skirmishes several
days & in defending some [illegible breastern ] against the British & Indian's before he was made prisoner - that he
was in several skirmishes at Saratoga
the Capture of Burgoyne - & that he was in a skirmish on Rhode Island the day before the retreat of the American
that he has no documentary evidence to prove his serve +
does not recollect that he ever
had any
I hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that his
name is not on the pension roll of
the agency of any state
that he was born in Concord in Mass
Nov. 18 1744
That he has now a memorandum of his age, taken from a
book of record left by his father, after the decease his father
that he was in every enlistment above
stated a volunteer that he has stated in the
foregoing all that he recollects in relation to the
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several Corps with whom he served, & the names of their officers & the general circumstances of
his service - his memory having
greatly failed
that he does not recollect ever receiving
any written discharge from the service - that he is known to Calvin Hale, Benja Perkins, Elisha Wilder John Russ & Edward Wilder of said Leominster, who
the applicant believes
will testify + Knowlege
as to his character for veracity their
belief
of his services as a soldier of the revolution
Nathan Colburn
Aug 11

Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
We Abel Conant Clergyman residing in the said town of Leominster and Joseph G. Hind all residing in said town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Colburn who has subscribed & sworn to the above
that we believe him to be eighty eight year
of age; 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.  Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Abel Conant
Warren County ss. On this first day of September Joseph G. Kendall
1832 personally appeared the County & Joseph G. Randall the signed the
above certificate I made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me
Solomon Strong Judge CC Pleas
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss.
I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of said Commonwealth, for the
County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the
Honorable Solomon Strong, Esquire, is one of the Justice of said Court of Common Pleas, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate in the matter of the application of Nathan Colburn
is in his own proper hand writing.
●
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal of said
Court, this sixth day of September in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty two
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
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Betty Colon.
Worcester County,
Massachusetts.
additional proof in
support of her claim
for a pension, in right
of her husband.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3d section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss
On this eleventh day of February
1837. Personally
appeared before Solomon Strong one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas  for the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, the same being a Court of Record
---
Betty Colburn of Leominster in said County
Widow aged 85.years who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the Act of
Congress passed July 4 1836. That she is the
widow of Nathan Colburn who was
pensioner or a Revolutionary soldier and service in the
Revolutionary war as a private soldier
or will appear more fully by the papers and evidence on
file in the War Department. She further declares that her maiden name was Betty Fuller and that she was married to the said Nathan Colburn at said Leominster, on the 10th day of May 1769.
by the Reverend Francis
Gordon then a settled minister in said Leominster that her said husband died at said Leominster on
the 29th day of November 1835 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period
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all which will more fully appear by the prof which is hereto annexed 
[illegible] Solomon Strong
her
Betty Colburn
mark
subscribed and [illegible]the day and year above written before
Solomon Strong Judge C.C. Pleas
I certify that Betty Colburn who has subscribed the above
declaration is a credible person, and her Clements are
entitled to full credit that I have been
acquainted with
Calvin Hale who has signed one of the annexed affidavits for
more than thirty years and with Moses Snow who has signed another affidavit, for twenty years, and
that both of them
are respectable and credible
persons, and their statements entitled to full
credit. I also certify that I am well acquainted with
Albert Smith who has signed the two Certificates which are hereto annexed that he is now the Town Clerk for the town of Center, that these two certificates are in his hand writing and the signature are his hand writing, and he is a credible person and
his statements are entitled to full credit
I further certify that there now lies before me a Book which purports to be the church Records of the first Church Counter and which came from the possession of Mrs
Conant the widow of the late that Abel Conant the last for Pastor of said Church, in which I find the following
and to wit "Nathan Colburn married to Betty Fuller May 10. 1769". The Reverend Abel Conant the last Pastor of said Church, died December 6, 1836. and there is
no minister settled on said Church at this time
I certify that Betty Colburn who subscribed the above declaration by reason of age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend court,
and the subscribed and swore to the above declaration before me at my dwelling House in said Leominster
Solomon Strong Judge C.C. Pleas
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the application of
Mr Nathan Colburn and Miss Betty Fuller both of Leominster intend marriage.
May the 8th - 1769.
I certify that the above is a true and correct copy from the Records of the town of Leominster, Volume first
Page 138 - at the bottom of which page it is signed by Stephen Johnson as town clerk
May 25th 1837
Albert Smith Town Clerk of Leominster
"Nathan Colburn was married to Betty Fuller May the 10th 1769.
The above is a true and correct copy from the Records of the
of the Town of Leominster Volume first page 173 and signed at the bottom of the page as solemnized by
Francis Gardner late minister of the town & recorded
by Stephen Johnson Town Clerk
Albert Smith Town Clerk of Leominster.
May 25th 1837
I Albert Smith, testify and say that I am now the town Clerk of the Town of Leominster, that the above extracts and
true and correct copies from the town records of Leominster in
now in my possession
Albert Smith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss
On this 25th day of May 1837 Personally appeared Albert Smith the signer of the above affidavit and made solemn
oath to the truth of the same before me
Solomon Strong, Justice of the Peace.
I certify that Albert Smith the signer of the above affidavit is
a credible person and full confidence may be given to his statements.
Solomon Strong Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester, SS.

I, Joseph G. Kendall, Clerk of the
Court of Common pleas for said County of
Worcester, do certify that the Honorable Solomon  Strong is a Justice of the peace in and for said 
County, and that his certificate and signature
to the foregoing affidavit is in his own proper
hand writing
In testimony whereof, I hereto set
my name, and affix the seal of said
Court, at Worcester, this twenty sixth
day of May in the year 1837
Joseph G Kendall, Clerk
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Betty Colburn
V1297
Massachusetts
Worcester County,
Massachusetts.
admitted
$80
died 29 November
1835,
W Jennison
Worcester
Mass
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I, Calvin Hale
of Leominster in the County
of Worcester and
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
on oath testify and say that I am 76 years
of age, that I have been well aquainted
with Nathan Colburn and Betty Colburn
his wife for 69 years  that he [illegible]
before me was Betty Fuller, that she
lived with said Nathan Colburn or his wife
and they so reputed to be man and wife
gor 68 years. 

that said Nathan Colburn
died at said Leominster on the 29th day
November 1835 and that said Betty Colburn
has remained a
widow ever sine his
death and that Betty Colburn
who is now before the judge
, and who I saw the declaration is the same person who lived with said Colburn as his wife for 68 years
Calvin Hale.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss
On this tenth day of February 1837 Personally
appeared Calvin Hale above affidavit by
him subscribed before me
Solomon Strong Judge CC Pleas
I certify that Calvin Hale above named is a 
credible person into
full faith may given to his statements Solomon Strong Judge CC Pleas
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I more know of Leominster in the County
of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath certify and say that I am 66 years of age that I am son in law Nathan
Coburn of said Leominster having married his daughter that I have been acquainted with
said Colburn and Betty Colburn
his wife for 40
years; that said Betty
Colburn who was Betty Fuller before her
marriage to said Colburn lived with said
Colburn or his wife and they [illegible] 
to be man and wife for 40 years before
the said Colburns death. That said Nathan
Colburn died at said Leomenster
the twenty [illegible] day of Nov 1835 and said Betty Colburn has remained a
widow ever since said Nathan Coburns death; and that Betty Colburn who is now before the Judge unto I saw sign the annexed declaration is the same
person who has lived with said Nathan
Colburn as his wife
Moses Snow

Commonwelth of Massachusett Worcester County SS
February 11. 1837. Personally appeared Moses Snow named
and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscibed the said now is a credible person and
full faith may be given to his [illegible]
 Solomon Strong Judge CC Pleas
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Mr Nathan
Colburn and Miss Betty
Keller both of Leominster intend marriage
May the 1769. Stephen Johnson Town Clerk
The above is a true copy from page 138
of Town Records of the town of Leominster

Albert Smith
Town Clerk of
Leominster Ma
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I hereby certify that the following marriage is
copy from page 17 of one of the volume of the Town
Records of the town of Leominster, and is recorded on the same
page with a number of other marriages, and which were solemnized by the Rev Francis Gardner and recorded by Stephen Johnson as
Town Clerk
Nathan Colburn was married to Betty Fuller May the 10th 1769
Leominster July 1. 1837
Albert Smith Town Clerk of
Leominster Ms
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester, SS

I Joseph G. Kendall, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, within and for said County of
Worcester do certify, that the Honorable Solomon Stony, is a
Judge of said Court for said Commonwealth.
that his signatures to the foregoing certificate by him signed, and hereto annexed, are in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof, I herto set my
hand, and affix the seal of said Court
at Worcester, this thirteenth day of
February, in the year 1837.
Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk
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Nathan Colburn Mass. act 7 June 1832
At what time paid
Pen Office May 16 '37
Deed 29 Nov 1835
At that period
JH
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Betty Colburn
Massachusettes
Suspended
See Letter 17 may
1837 M Jennison
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James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions, &c
Washington,
Sir
Please take into your charge the
enclosed case of Betty Colburn, an applicant
for a pension, under the law of July
1836; and when disposed of forward
the Certificate, is granted, to
Your obed Sevt
---
William Jennison
Worcester, Masstts
Feby 13. 1837.
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James L. Edwards Esq
Commisioner of Pensions
Washington
Sir,

I believe the enclosed evidence is
all that was required by your note, in relation
to the case, received the last week-- please receive
it, and allow such weight to it as shall be
deemed proper
yours very respectfully
William Jennison
Worcester, makes
May 26, 1837
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May 5
Nathan Colburn
Prate
2 years
Adm
$80-
Hon. J G Kendall
H R
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Leominster Sept 7 1832
Hon Lewis Cass,
Sir,
I have the honor to
and enclosed the application of Nathan
Colburn of this town-- Please to direct to
me the decision of the department in his
Care
Very respectfully
Your Obf Svt
Joseph G Kendall

It will be seen that the signature of Robert
Houghton in this
deposition & to other depositions, to other despositions  as well as
to his application, resembles my own hand
writing on account of his defect of sight
I directed
his heand, while held by
him in making said signatures
Jos G Kendall
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I Nathaniel Evans
of Stoddard County of
Cheshire
State of New Hampshire aged
seventy three years, testify
& say that in the year
1775 I resided
in Leominster in the County of Worcester + State of Massachusetts
Aug. 4th of said year enlisted
in to the Comany
of Merchant Militia, commanded by
Capt Josiah Stearns
of Lunenburg in the
said County of Worcester one
Ritter, I think
was Lieutenant & of Col. Doolittle's Regiment
I enlisted for five months
service & was discharged
at Winter Hill Jany 1st 1776. I served all said
time from Any 1775 to Jan 1776
at Winter HIll near the town of Boston. I then knew Nathan Colburn of said Leominster, who enlisted into said
Company about the same time the
marched with me
& several others to Winter Hill
about a week after I enlisted said Colburn served with me in said Company
It was of the same [illegible] 
during said period, & was
discharged Jany 1st 1776- we were called five months men but
we did not served, as will be seen quit that
time. I think that M. Nathan Colburn above
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named inlisted a few days sooner than I
did-- I was a neighbor of said Colburn &
recollect that my parents were pleased with
the idea of my having said Collin for my
fellow soldier
I do not know the age of said
Collin, but he was much older that myself
I have often seen said Colburn + often visited 
in said Leominster 
 I believe that the said Colburn [illgebile]
Charter for truth-- I believe that the said Colburn 
served in said company at West Hill the
term of five months I think he
enlisted some days sooner then
the service for the time of enlistment
Nathl Evans

Worcester, SS Aug. 30th 1832 then the above named Nathaniel Evans personally appeared & made
oath to the fact of the foregoing
affidavit by him
subscribed I certify
that on [illegible] I find & believe
that said Evans [illegible]
the reputation of a person
of veracity
Joseph GKendall
Jus of Peace
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I Elisha Wilder of Leominster in the County of
Worcester & State of Massachusetts
of lawful age testify & say that
some time in the year 1776,
while the weather was warm
I think in the summer I was near the centre
of said town a near the meeting house in said town, 
being then a resident in said
place, & saw Nathan Colburn now
resident in said town, + one Joshua White
approaching the centre of said town they had been reputed to have enlisted
into the Continental Army
+ to have gone to Canada the time of their
return was a public occasion as I think
a meeting of the militia
of this Leominster.  the return of
said Colburn & White attracted much attention
this arose in part from their naked & destitute condition
I think they had neither has now
shoes, + were very aged & appeared much
exhausted. They were [illegible] to go up
into the hall of Mr Feller Tavern [illegible] 
the hass
was filled with people +
they said Collen & White got on to a table
related their adventures
they said they
had been in the army in Canada
had been taken prisoners by the Indians or
among the Indians - that said Colburn
had been struck by a tomahawks & that they
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had men a great dist of losing
their lives
I do not recollect when they left said
town, nor how long they who absent
I have no doubt that it was in summer
the day aforesaid was warm a very pleasant
I do not doubt that it was a [illegible]
of the year then the leaves were
on the trees & forests as near as I can judge + recollect, I am of the opinion that said return of said Colburn & White was in the month of
June 1776 said Colburn has
always lived in said Leominster
as I have mostly
 I consider him a man of truth & just is
his general reputation
Elisha Wilder

Worcester SS Aug 1832 then the above said
Elisha Wilder personally appeared and 
made oath to the time of foregoing
of  fident by him subscribed. I certify that the
said Wilder is reported to be a man
of veracity -
Joseph G. Kendall
Jus of Peace
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I Benjamin Perkins of Leominster in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts
of lawful age testify & say that in the year 1776 I was
acquainted with Nathan Colburn then & now resident in said Leominster 
I have always understood that in early pay the of the year. 
He enlisted to serve in the United States army I enlisted at that time into Capt Sawyer's company & marched to the
City of New York. My memory has very much failed out
I recollect that he was at New York in the same service with me. I think he was not in the same company I enlisted for five 
months, & I have no doubt, though I do not know, that the
said Colburn enlisted for the same term of service. I do not recollect the Colonel of our regiment. I recollect to
have seen Mr Colburn in the service at this period several times in the city or State of New York. I was at White Plains
& recollect to have seen Colburn out of the city in the service but
whether at White Plains I cannot recollect 
 I have no doubt that said Colburn did serve in the war of the revolution at this period of the term of five months. I recollect that the battle of White Plains took place[illegible]  I was in the service at this period
Worester SS  Aug. 13 1832 - then the above
named Benj Perkins personally
appeared made oath to the truth of the
foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
I certify that the said Perkins is very
advanced in year
but is a man of good
character for veracity
Joseph G. Kendall Jus of Peas
(turn over)
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and I the said
Benjamin Perkins further certify
the man said Colburn
is reputed to be a
man of truth

I certify that the said Perkins made
oath  to truth of the 
above portion of his affidavit at the same
time as to the foregoing in his signature
Joseph G. Kendall Jus of Peace
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I, John Burditt of Leominster in the 
County of Worcester, of lawful age testify
& say, that I resided in said Leominster
in the year 1776 & have always resided in
said town since. I was acquainted with
Nathan Colburn in the year 1776. He lived in
said Leominister at that time, & I know
that he went into the Army in 1776 & that
it was then said & universally believed that he
marched to Canada, at the United States
troops & was captured at the Cedars
during his absence.
In the fall of 1776, I purportedly recollect, that I
was at a training in said Leominster, and said
Colburn & one Joshua White of said Leominster arrived in said town, in a most destitute condition
without hats or shoes or coats. They stated
that they had been taken prisoners at the Ceders
& had made their escape & that at one time
the expected to be massacred by the side
to tell how long said Colburn was then
absent, but I think it was several month
such is now my best recollection as to the time-
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It was at this time univerally understood
that said Colburn had been to Canada
in the service of his country & returned
the situation & under the circumstances
above related.  I am Eighty six years of age - am very inform - have the gravel
& a breach & cannot side without
much pain-
I believe that said Colburn is 
eighty eight years of age-
.John Burditt

Worcester ss. Aug. 6th 1832 then the
above named
John Burditt I mad oath
to the truth of the above affidavit by 
him subscribed
I certify that said Pardett is to appearance very aged & infirm
that he is wholly worthy of credit, being
a son of good moral character
Before me
Joseph G Kendall
Jus of Peace
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I Robert Houghton
of Winchendon in the
County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachsetts, aged seventy four years, testify & say that
I know Nathan Collburn of Leominster in the
County of Worcester aforesaid the resided in said Leominster in 1778, in June or July of that year enlisted with
me unto Capt Jackson's company
of the Massachussetts
Militia of Col Ward's reqiment & marched with me in said company, soon after he enlisted, to Providence
& to Rhode Island we
were in Sullivan's repeats
& served six months - when we were discharged at Trenton said Collins was one of the Corporals
of our Company during said term of service. I am informed that [illegible] is a man of truth & believe it, he is
very aged as his present appearance shows
Robert Houghton
Worcester Sept. 11th 1832 then personally
appeared
the above named Robert Houghton & made
oath to the
truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
& I certify that in inquiring
I am credibly informed &
her that said Houghton is reputed to be
of truth
Before the
Joseph G. Kendall
Jus. of Peace
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I Calvin Hale of Leominster M
the County of Worester & Commonwealth of Mas
Said herewith of  lawful age
testify & say that I was at Rhode Island
six months in the year 1778
& served in a Company of militia belonging
to said State commanded by Capt Jackson of Westminster in said County 
John Rogers of Petersham County
said County was a Lieutenant
in said Company I served six months
in said Company
I maintained about the first of July 1778 to Worcester + Providence & thence to Rhode Island I was in Sullivan's retreat was 
was stationed at Fall River in freetown
after said retreat. I have always
known Nathan Colburn 
of said Leominster
said Colburn other testified that
he was in the same company served
five or six months at the same time in Rhode
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Island and with I cannot [illegible] 
testify I do not recollect that said Colburn with me at said time - I was to
often in the army of the Revolution
in different services that I cannot testify
positively that he was in said Jacksons
Company.  [illegible]
the service of his country
But I have not a doubt that he
was there beware he is an honest
man & would not falsity in this Matter
& because he relate so many particulars
of our campaign in Rhode Island in 1778
of which I have a recollection that I
has not a doubt that he was in
the service. He says we were transfered
from Jackson Company to Edgetts
Company & this was true-- the mention
one being stationed near Capt Burditts
in [illegible] & his Orchard opposite his
house & his keeping deer &c. which
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I will recollect
also the particular
circumstances of Sullivan retreat
& of the Companies & men
engaged in and
Harnishing the day after the retreat
by our rear guard that it is possible
[illegible] to state these circumstances
so so particularly men to
had been in the Army
of the [illegible]  at this time at
I can't recollect many of the now
I were in Jackson's Company & served
with me
at this time I recollect there
of now
Mess but not one quarter
of the [illegible] of
Jacksons Company. M.C. named as his
deposition is taking a fact I will
recollect that 
Col Thomas Logate appeared
one day on the land before the retreat in 
company with Gen Hancock and State
was an Inhabitant of said Leominster
will known to us both said Collins says
not he was ordered to lead me out of Camp
while we were at Tivertown  & I was sick this
I do not recollect. But it is then the
I was sick & was left the Camp for about
three weeks while at Tivertown of Fall River
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from there many other particulars named
by said Colburn
I have no doubt whatever
that said Colburn was in the service this
County at this time I ought
also to add that for all he says as that
we were discharged in the cold season
when there was snow in the ground
the direction he wanted when he went to
Rhode Island & the other facts stated by
being I can't doubt that said Colburn served, as long as I did. He thinks it was
five months we served
I have no doubt
that we served six months in said company
Calvin Hale
in 1778
Worcester SS . Aug 21 1832
them the said
Calvin Hale  personally appeared &
oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit
by theSubscribed & I certify that said Hale is a man of good Character for
State
Before me Joseph G.  Kendall
Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial
Courts, holden within and for the County of
Worcester, do hereby certify that the Hon. Joseph G. Kendall, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Nathaniel Evans, Elisha Wilder, Benjamin Perkins, John Burdett, Robert Houghton and Calvin Hale were made and sworn to, is a
Justice of the Peace within and for said
County of Worcester and that his signatures
thereto appear to me to be in his own proper
hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto at
my hand and affixed the County Seal,
this sixth day of September in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow Cler.
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
Act:
22.835
Betty Colburn
Widow of
Nathan Colburn
Pri Rev War
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{Arrangement of 1870.]