Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 17707, Benjamin Weaver, R.I.
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Service
R. I.

Weaver, Benjamin.            Number
                                            W 17707
Davison, Susannah
(Former widow)
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4663

Connecticut
__ Susannah Davison vis.
Widow of Benjamin Weaver who died on the 28th Feb. 1785 of Brooklyn in the State of Connt. Who was a Sergeant in the Compy. Commanded by Captain Gorton of the Reg’t commanded by Col. ____  in the R. I.       Revolution One year

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt. At the rate of 60 Dollars ————Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 and ending 4th Oct 1836 when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Jany. 1849, and sent to Daniel P. Tyler of Connt.
Arrears to the 4th of 
Semi-annual allowance ending now present payable to her surviving children. John Weaver
Betsey Weaver, & Abigail Davison
{ Revolutionary Claim}
{Act July 4, 1836,}
{Section the 3rd}

Recorded by Tho. Pumpkin Clerk, 
Book C Vol.7. Page 73
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State of Connecticut

County Windham

John Weaver of Brooklyn in said County declares and says that his father Benjamin Weaver of said Brooklyn, was as he believes a soldier of the Revolution that during the Revolutionary war he enlisted in East Greenwich 
In the State of Rhode Island and served as he believes in Col Lippitts regiment of Rhode Island  
troops, That soon after the war, his father moved his residence from Rhode Island to said Brooklyn, and died soon afterwards, when he the said John was about ten years of age. That his mother married a second time but after the death of her second husband lived a widow until Oct 4th, 1836 when she departed this life. that, he believes,, she was entitled  to a pension at the time of her death under the act of Congress of July 4, 1836 but died without attaining it.-
Wherefore for himself and the other children of his father who survived his mother, he claims all _____ of pension due his said mother at the time of her death under the act aforesaid, He the said John is now in the 71st year of age

John Weaver
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At a Court of Probate at Brooklyn for the District of Brooklyn & State of Connecticut on the 24th day of Sept. A. D. 1846.

Present, Bela P. Spalding ~Judge.
Holding said Court

Personally appear before me the within named John Weaver signer of the within declaration, and made oath to the truth of the same. I like wise certify that the said Weaver is a credible witness and cannot be impeached in testimony when  __ I have seen my hand and affixed the seal of the office of this court.

Attest. Bela P. Spalding Judge
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I William Harrison of Warwick in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island Town Clerk of said town do testify that I have in my profession by virtue of my office the records of marriages which have taken place in said town and it appears by said records that Benjamin Weaver son of Benjamin Weaver late of East Greenwich and Susanna Hammett daughter of Elder John Hammett late of Warwick deceased were lawfully married on the twentieth day of December one thousand seven hundred and seven two
The marriage as it stands on record is in the following words and figures, to wit.

Warwick December the 20th 1772
This may Certify all whom it do or may Concern that Benjamin Weaver son of Benjamin Weaver late of East Greenwich decd and Susanna Hammett daughter of Elder John Hammett late of Warwick decd. was lawfully married the day and year above said in the presence of Witnesses by me~~
Charles Holden Elder”

All which appears
State of Rhode Island [?] }
Kent Jr

Wm Harrison T. Clerk
Warwick September 8th 1846

Sworn to before me by the said William Harrison  known to me as the town Clerk of Warwick

Geo. A. Brayton associate Justice of the Supreme Court

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We John Weaver, Betsey Weaver, and Abigail Davison all of Brooklyn in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age and engaged according to law do depose and say the we are each and all of the children of Susannah Davison late of said Brooklyn deceased; that the first husband of the  Susannah was Benjamin Weaver of East Greenwich Rhode; that our Mother the said Susannah Davison died at said Brooklyn on the 4th day of October 1836: that we have each and all of us frequently heard our Mother the Susannah speak of the services of her husband the said Benjamin in the Army during the Revolutionary War, that he was in the Army about one year; that we have heard her say where he was, but cannot say positively as to the places she named, but think she said he served at White Plains, and in the State of New Jersey; We have often heard her speak of what she suffered from being under the necessity of taking care of stock & attending to the management of  the farm in consequence of her husband absence in the Revolutionary Army-

John Weaver
Betsey Weaver 
Abigail Davison
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State of Connecticut __
Windham County

Brooklyn 4th Nov. 1846 

Then personally appeared the foregoing depenents [?dependents], and having subscribed the same in my presence, severally made oath to the truth of the same before me- and  I certify of that I am acquainted with each of them, that ____ individually persons of respectability and well entitled to credit and belief.

Daniel P Tyler
Justice of the Peace
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I George J. Tillotson of Brooklyn, Windham County & State of Connecticut, of lawful age depose and say that I am, and for more than fifteen years last past have been the Paster of the Church ____ with the Full Ecclesiastes Society in said Brooklyn that I am well aquatinted with the for the foregoing depenents
[?dependents] John Weaver, Betsey Weaver and Abigail Davison; and that I was well acquainted with their deceased Mother Susannah Davison- that the said Susannah died in October 1836, and that I was the Officiating clergyman at her funeral.

George Tillotson

State of Connecticut __
Brooklyn 4th Nov 1846

Then personally appeared the Rev. George J Tillotson t me well known as a person of veracity, and made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribe in my presence before me

Daniel P Tyler
Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut 
Windham County

I Uriel Suller Clerk of the Court in the County of Windham in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Daniel P. Tyler Esq. before whom the within and the foregoing affidavit were sworn, was at that time and now is the Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission bears date the 17th day of June 1846 and will expire on the 20th day of June 1847- I further certify that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine             

Testimony whereof I have herewith subscribed 
my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 28th day of November Anno Domini 1846

 Uriel Suller Clerk
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Susannah Davison widow select of Peter Davison died October fourth in the year of Our Lord, One Thousand eight hundred and thirty six.

Sate of Connecticut __
Office of Town Clerk Brooklyn, 4th November 1846.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of record

Attest Zachariah Spalding, Town Clerk.

State of Connecticut _
Brooklyn 4th November 1846

Then personally appeared Zachariah Spalding Esq. to me well known as a person of veracity, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing by him subscribed before me

Daniel P. Tyler
Justice of the Peace
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6835

Susannah Davison
Decd

Con:
Act 4 July 36.
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[upside down at bottom is:]
6835
Benjamin Weaver
Children
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Certificate of the Judge of Probate
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State of Connecticut, Windham County

At a Court of Probate Holden at Brooklyn within and for the District of Brooklyn on the 17th day of September Anno Domini 1846.
Present Bela P. Spalding Esq. Judge holding the said Court.
Be it remembered that satisfactory evidence is produced before said Court, that Benjamin Weaver formerly of East Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island and Susannah Hammett of said State were lawfully joined together in marriage on the 20th day of December in the year of Our Lord 1772- that they lived together as man and Wife until he departed this life on the 28th day of February A.D. 1785. That he died at said Brooklyn. That the said Susannah then lived a Widow until her inter  marriage with the said Peter Davison on the 6th day of November A. D. 1791. The said Peter Davison after marriage  departed this life on the 28th day of May A.D. 1800. That the said Susannah then lived a Widow until she departed this life on the 4th day of October A.D. 1836. And be it further remembered that at the time of her death she left the following children by the said Benjamin Weaver to wit , John Weaver and Betsey Weaver both of said Brooklyn, Caleb Weaver of Plain field in Connecticut, and Sally Parkis of Plainfield in Connecticut and that they all of them are over twenty one years of age and that the said Sally Parkis died July 25th 1841-
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And be it further remembered that satisfactory evidence is also produced before said Court that said Benjamin Weaver was a Soldier of the Revolution, that he enlisted and served twelve months as a Sergeant in Capt. Thomas Gordon’s Company and Col. Christoper Leppetts Regiment of Rhode Island State Troops during the war of the Revolution—
Attest. Bela P. Spalding Judge

The above and foregoing is a true copy from the records of this Court. In witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 19th day of September A.D. 1846~~

Attest. Bela P. Spalding Judge

State of Connecticut, Brooklyn Probate District
Brooklyn Sept 19th A.D. 1846.
Thereby certify that the above named 
Bela P. Spalding is at the present time Judge of the above named Probate District Court
In testimony where of I subscribe my name as Clerk there of-

James B. Whitcomb  Clerk of Probate
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From the papers in ____ Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 17707, it appears that Benjamin Weaver, the son of Benjamin Weaver, of East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, was born in 1755.
He enlist at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, in 1776, and served as a sergeant in Captain Thomas Gorton’s Company, Colonel Christopher Lippits’s Rhode Island Regiment for one year, and was in battle, name of battle not shown.
He died February 28, 1785, at Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut.
The soldier married December 20, 1772, at Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, Susanna, daughter of Elder John Hammett.
She married November 6, 1791, Peter Davison, who died May 28, 1800, and she died October 4, 1836, at Brooklyn, Connecticut.

The following children survived their mother:

Children of Benjamin Weaver:
John Weaver, born about 1776, and Betsey Weaver, both residing in Brooklyn, Connecticut, in 1836; Caleb Weaver, a resident of Plymouth, Vermont, in 1836; Sally Parkis, a resident of Plainfield, Connecticut, in 1836 (she died July 25, 1841).

Child of Peter Davison:
Abigail Davison.

John Weaver, Betsey Weaver and Abigail Daviso were allowed the pension due their mother as the widow of Benjamin Weaver.

Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

[top left] Letter to Hon RP Freeman for Mrs MB Bishop
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Hon. J. L. Edwards

Court of _________
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Washington 10 May 1849

Hon J L Edward’s
Court of Pensions

Sir

In the matter of Susannah Davison application for a pension, I see by your letter to Mr Gunell[?] that the brief is satisfactory on all points excepting the identity of the Benj Weaver who served Colo Lippitts Reg’t. in Capt Gortons Co. and of the Benj Weaver whose widow afterwards married Davison-
Will you Sir allow me to request of you a reexamination of the documentary evidence in your office in connection with the following statement as to the character of Mrs. Susannah Davison and of same of the persons who depositions are on file.
From my boyhood I have known Mrs Susannah Davison; her residence for more that thirty years has been in my neighborhood; she was a highly respectable and worthy woman, and her integrity of character beyond all question-
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I am also well acquainted with her children John Weaver Betsy Weaver and Miss A Davison a daughter by her last husband -
They are each and all of [illegible] of respectability and Nice Character and, in my opinion on any subject entitled to full credit
I am Sir
Very respectfully
The Hon
Daniel P .Tyler
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I Hannah Whitman of Coventry in the County of Kent & State of Rhode Island aged eighty one years do further testify relative to the service of Benjamin Weaver formerly of East Greenwich in said County, said Benjamin & myself were brought up under the same roof. Said Benjamin was about Eleven years older than myself. I hae a distinct recollection when he married Susannah Hammet of Warwick I was a child. I also have a distinct recollection that afterwards he enlisted in the army. I have a distinct recollection that he enlisted & went of with a number of others in the same neighborhood among them were Samuel Shipper, William Sprague, Jonathan Capron, Peleg Weeden, & Joseph Mattison. I have a distinct recollection that all the above enlisted & went of in the same company with said Benjamin, The Company was Commanded by Captain. Gorton according to my best recollection. I also have a distinct recollection that the regiment to which he belonged marched to the westward as I have before stated. They went as far west as the State of New Jersey were in a battle. This was when I was about ten or eleven years of age. I remember too when he came home & showed me a bullet which he said was shot into his knapsack. I remember when he went away that I cried being a child for he was to me a brother. I cannot remember how long he was gone but he was gone a great many months. I also have a distinct recollection that soon after this war said Benjamin moved with his family to Connecticut and soon afterwards died he moved away in the spring of
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Of the year I recollect that the ground was frozen all the above facts have distinctly come to my mind since I gave my first affidavit when said Benjamin moved away he went from the house where we were both bred & born
             Here
Hannah X Whitman

Authorization
March 25, 1847
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation  Kent.
I personally appeared the above named Hannah Whitman & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her signed & I further certify that she is a credible witness before me 
Cyrus Holden Justice of the Peace

I Anthony Tarbox of Coventry is in the County of Kent do testify that said Hannah Whitman who has signed & sworn to the above affidavit is personally known to me & she is a woman of impeachable integrity & her statement above is entitled to the fullest credit. I have known her for the last twenty years .
Anthony Tarbox

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Kent of this County this 25th day of March 1847- Personally appeared the above named Anthony Tarbox known to me as the cashier of the Bank of Kent, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed & I further certify that he is a credible witness before me

Cyrus Holden Justice of the Peace
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I Jemyma Place of East Greenwich in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island aged eighty six years on oath do testify and say that I was formerly acquainted with Benjamin Weaver of said East Greenwich I well remember that during the war of the Revolution he and one Charles Andrews enlisted in the same company and regiment and marched away to the westward I do not remember the name of the Colonel, he was gone many months and when he returned I recollect to have heard that had a bullet which was shot into his knapsack while in battle, he lived only about two miles from where I then and now live. After the War he moved away to Connecticut and I have not seen him since 

Attest Mm Harrison.  Jemima  X her mark  Place

State of Rhode Island }
Kent County } on the 20th day of May 1867
Personally appeared before me Jemina Place and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed and I further certify that she is a credible witness

Wm Harrison Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations  
Secretary’s Office Sept 27. 1847

I certify that at the date of this ____ certificate annexed the said Cyrus Holden & William Harrison were evenally Justices of the Peace within the town of Warwick in the County of Kent, duly elected and Commissioned as appears of record

Witness my hand and the seal of said State at Providence, the day and year above written

Henry Bowen Secry
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I Nathan Miller of Warwick in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island being now in the ninety fifth year of age on both do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Weaver formerly of East Greenwich in said County. I knew him well during the war of the Revolution according to my best recollection said Weaver was an enlisted soldier in Capt Thomas Gortons Company and Col. Christopher  Lippitts regiment of and marched to the westward in the fall of 1776 I also remember one Caleb Mathews was an Ensign in said company and also Peter Weeden was in said company they both belonged to said East Greenwich also recollect that when the houses on Providence Island were burnt the same Benjamin did other services besides his enlistment in Col. Lippitts Regiment I have seen him on duty several times and in different places, at East Greenwich and at Aquidneck, I never knew any other Benjamin Weaver 

Attest Wm Harrison 

Nathan   his X    Miller  
                Mark

State of Rhode Island & Kent Sc In Warwick this 25th day of August  A D 1846
Then Nathan Miller made oath to the truth of the aforegoing deposition and subscribe the same in my presence And I further certify that he is a credible witness Before me

Wm Harrison Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island.  __

I Benjamin Crowell of the City of Providence in the County of Providence in said State do hereby certify that I have in my possession an original Pay Abstract having date Sept 1776, of a Regiment of Rhode Island Troops which was raised for one year from January A.D. 1776 by said State, & was under the command of Colonel Christopher Lippitt, Said abstract was put into my hands & possession by William Lippitt a son of said Christopher soon after the act of Congress of June 7 1832 was proposed  granting pensions to those who served in the war of the Revolution as officers or privates, and I further certify that  on the Roll of Capt Thomas Gortons Company in said Regiment having date as aforesaid is borne the name of “Benjamin Weaver” as a “Sergeant” In testimony thereof I have hereto set my hand this twenty fifth day of August A.D. 1846.
Benj Cowell
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Providence Is. In Providence this 25th August 1846 personally appeared the written name of Benjamin Cowell and on oath testified to the truth of this within affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that said Benjamin Cowell is a credible witness.

Franklin Greene
Jus. Peace.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.

Secretary’s Office, Providence,
Sept 30th A. D. 1846

I Henry Bowen 
Secretary of said State; Keeper of the Records and the Seal thereof;
DO CERTIFY, that on the eighth day of September ins George A Brayton was associate Justice of the Supreme Court of said State: That on the 25th day of August 1846. Franklin Greene was a Justice of the  Peace within the city of Providence in the County of Providence: That on the day last stated, William Harrison was a Justice of the Peace within the Town of Warwick in the County of Kent, _____ duly elected and commissioned, as appears of record: and as such by law authorized to take Depositions, the Acknowledgment of Deeds and other Instruments, and administer: all necessary  oaths.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Providence, the day and year above written.

Henry Bowen
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Providence Feb 1 1847

Sir

In answer to your letter of 16th of December relative to the claim of Susannah Davison formerly widow of Benjamin Weaver There is  no soldier living who served with him in Capt Gortons Company & as he moved from Rhode Island to Connecticut over sixty years ago, but few persons can remember him. The marriage certificate from beyond all doubt his residence at East Greenwich at the time of the marriage, and Capt Gortons Company were all enlisted in that and in adjoining towns, it would seem probable from these facts alone, that the identity of the soldier was preserved, But when in addition to these inconsistencies, it is found that there was no other Benjamin Weaver & one of these Nathan Miller, swears positively that this man did belong to Col Lippitts regiment & that his testimony is now corroborated by the enclosed affidavit, it does appear to me the that the soldier whose name is found upon the Rolls could be no other than the husband, The family tradition also show the past. This family is a very respectable
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Family as I understand, and this affidavit which I enclosed in my last letter is to be relied upon. Hoping the evidence will be satisfactory, I have request that the claim be granted

I am respectfully 
Your obedient 
Benjamin Cowell
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Th Backus

Feb 4. 1847

Hon John A Rockwell
(Member of Congress)
Washington Ciity D. C.
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Hon John A Rockwell
(Member of Congress)

Washington City D. C.

Th Backus
Feb 4 1847
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Brooklyn Feb 4th 1847

John A Rockwell

Dear Sir

I am requested by Benj Cowell Esq of Providence who is endeavoring to obtain a pension for a Mrs Weaver of this town, to write to you in regard to the character of Mr John Weaver the son of the applicant and a witness as to the services of his father- I am well acquainted with Mr John Weaver, and have been, for more than twenty years, and know him to be a gentleman of impeachable moral character, and that his family highly respectable- Any statement mad by Mr. Weaver under oath or otherwise would be entitled to full credit-

I am very respectfully Yours
Thomas Backus

To the Co of Pensions.
I read the above letter and __ add that Hon. Thomas Backus is one of the ____ ever in my ___ that and a among the greatest with and the object ___ and ___ ___ and any ______ to any statement _____
Aug Ref
File 12. 1847

Yours 
John A Rockwell
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Providence Sept 28 1847

Sir 

In answer to your letter of March 6th last ____ the claim of Susannah Davison formerly widow of Benjamin Weaver I herewith enclose further evidence, and proof of identity that the Sergeant’s he served in Col Lippitts regiment could by no other than her first husband, I have delayed sending the evidence hoping for further proof But I am satisfied there is no one living who served with him in the regiment But this additional affidavit of Mrs Whitman must be satisfactory on that point, she was born & brought up with Benjamin Weaver under the same roof & remember when he enlisted & went off and what, in my mind, shows she cannot be mistaken, she remembers a number of these who enlisted, from the same neighborhood with whom she was acquainted & in the same company & who went off with him & in looking on the roll of that regiment you will find these same names & in the same company with Weaver, Since her depositions was taken, I have seen Mrs Whitman and she has a remarkable food memory, and the Cashier of the Bank of Kent has certified
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 that she is a woman of unimpeachable integrity
I know this gentleman and he is very respectable much respected in his neighborhood 
But this is not all Jemina Place who lived only about two mile from Benjamin Weaver at the time of his enlistment has a distant recollection
Of his enlisting & goin off & also remembers another man of her acquaintance Charles Andrew’s who enlisted at the same time and the Roll _____ that this same person was with him in Capt Gortons Company, In addition to all this proof , when it is evidence that mus tall this company belonged to East Greenwich & adjoining towns, it cannot be reasonably doubted that the Benjamin Weaver who married Susannah Hammett was a Sergeant in Capt Gortons Company.
It is understood that Weaver not only served Lin Col Lippitts regiment but performed other services but the witnesses being all dead no satisfactory proof  can be attained. Nathan Milller to where affidavit on file I refer is now dead so that no further evidence can be attained from him. The proof of identity being the only thing required I hope & expect the claim will be admitted-

I am respectfully 
Your obt sent
Benjamin Cowell

J L Edwards, Esq
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Providence Dec 7 1846

Sir

In answer to yours of 19th of Oct ___ respecting the claim of the children of Benjamin Weaver, first husband of Susannah Davison, I herewith enclose further evidence, which fully corroborate the certificate of the Court of Probate, no person living who belonged to Capt Gortons Company in Lippitts regiment, Peleg Weeden the soldier alluded to in Nathan Miller affidavit died a few years ago he was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832
The family tradition corroborates the testimony of Nathan Miller
It is well known historical fact that Col Lippitts regiment was at the “White Plains” at the time of the battle & in the winter following marched with a New Jersey & was, as it appears them was no other Benjamin Weaver in East Greenwich from whence most of Capt Gortons Company was taken as I remembered, I hope & expect the proof will be considered satisfactory 

I am respectfully 
Your obt Sert
Benjamin Cowell

J L Edwards, Esq
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J. L. Edwards Esq

Pension Office
D. P. Tyler Esq     Washington 
                               DC
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Washington atty Jany 16th 1849

Dear Sir
Mr Brown of this Daniel P Tyler Esq of Brooklyn Ct is a highly reputable member of the Bar of Probate, a gentleman of unimpeachable character for _____ and ______ & any representation which I may make to you touching any matter of ____ pending in your office as in my judgement worthy of confidence Mr Tyler was in several years Secretary of  State of Connecticut from which office her voluntarily 
______ with much spirit 
I am truly your friend
Truman Smith
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Providence Oct 1 1846

Sir

I herewith enclose the application of the children of Benjamin & Susannah Weaver, for answer of pension sender the act of July 4 1836. They formerly belonged to this State but resided in Brooklyn, Con. at the time of their ____

I am Respectfully 
Your obt Ser
Benjamin Cowell
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[there is a number above the name]

5 [?]

Benjamin Cowell
Providence
R. I.

[there is a stamp next to the name above]

EAST GREENWICH
DEC 22
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I William Gorton of Warwick in the county of Kent and State of Rhode Island vc. Aged  upwards of Eighty four years , on oath do testify and say- that I was acquainted with Susannah Hammet of said Warwick, the said Susannah married Benjamin Weaver. I lived about a mile from her father’s house. I never knew any other Benjamin Weaver-soon after the war of the Revolution the said Benjamin Weaver moved away to the westward I never served with said  Benjamin Weaver but I heard of his being a soldier in the Revolution, I believe he enlisted and went off to the westward and I believe in Colonel Lippitts Regiment-

William Gorton

The State of Rhode Island vc.
Kent Se, Warwick December 21 AD 1846.
Personally appears before me the above named William Gorton and made oath to the above deposition by him signed and I further certify that he is a credible witness-

Jeremiah S. Slocum  Just. Peace
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State of Rhode Island vc
Kent Sa Clerks office Court of Common Pleas certify that Jeremiah S. Slocum Esq is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Kent, that the foregoing is his signature in his own hand writing—

In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal [illegible] of said Court at East Greenwich in said County this 21st day of December A.D. 1846

J.S. Slocum Clerk
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Coventry R. I.
Jan 28.                              5

Benjamin Cowell
Providence
R. I.
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I Hannah Whitman formerly of the town of East Greenwich, but now residing in the town of Coventry an adjoining town in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations aged eighty one years, on oath testify and say that I was formerly well acquainted with Benjamin Weaver of said East Greenwich — that he cousin to me, that he married Susannah Hammet of Warwick. I distinctly recollect of his serving as a soldier. I distinctly recollect of his going into the service and I think he marched to the westward and was gone many months.
I saw him on his return home with a hole in his knapsack and he said it was made by a musket ball, and that the ball lost its force in a loaf of bread. I recollect of his being in the service after his return, but in what company or regiment I do not remember,- and I further testify that I never knew any other Benjamin Weaver. 
Witness Anthony Tarbox
Hannah Whitmans Mark X

Kent Sc. In Coventry Jan. 27, 1847.
Personally appeared before me the above named Hannah Whitman and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her signed.
I further certify that she is a credible witness.
Before me Benjamin H. Horton Just. of Peace
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.

Secretary’s Office, Providence,

February 1st A. D. 1847

I Henry Bowen
Secretary of said State; Keeper of the Records and the Seal thereof;

DO CERTIFY, that on the twenty seventh day of January A.D. 1847. Benjamin H Horton whose official Certificate is annexed was a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Coventry in the County of Kent, duly elected and commissioned, as appears of record: and as such by law authorized to take Depositions, the Acknowledgment of Deeds and other Instruments, and administer all necessary oaths.
In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Providence, the day and year above written.

Henry Bowen
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Dec 10, 1846

___. __. __

Susanna Davidson [note spelling]

J L Edwards Esq.
County of Providence 
Washington DC
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V.                    6835

Susannah Davison
Dec:
Conn.

Let. to Ben. Cowell Oct 19th 1846

Same, Dec. 16, 1846
Same March 6/ 47
Same Oct. 28th ‘47
Act 4 July ‘36
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Susannah Davison, Dec. who was widow of Benjamin Weaver, Sargeant, Captilan T Gorton company of Col Lippitts Reg’t.
R. Island— on year $60 per annum from 4 March 1831 to 4.’ October 1836 payable to her children John Weaver, Betsey Weaver and Abigail Davison
________

R. Island Roll Act 4 July ‘36
Married 20 Dec 1772
Widow died Oct.4, 1836

Cert: to Daniel P Tyler, Esq of Connecticut now 
Present [?]
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 17707

Susannah Davison
Former Widow of Benjamin Weaver
Sergio. Rev. War

Act: July 4th 1836
Index:— Vol. A, Page 171

{Arrangement of 1870.}
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Dec 8’ 96 To
J.P McCall
Chattanooga Tenn

Feb 2, 1904 Hist __
Hon, Wm S. Greene H. R.

1916 Jan 18. History to Mr. Lucius E. Weaver. M 13 H

1930- Mar. 29 Hist to ____ R. P. Freeman
For Mrs Mary B. Bishop 
See data in claim 
Wm Barrett, S 12048
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Rev. War Section.      The Rev

January 18, 1916.

Mr. Lucius E. Weaver,
165 Alexander Street,
Rochester, N.Y.

Sir:

In response to your letter dated the 12” instant, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. file 17701, it appears that Benjamin Weaver enlisted in 1776 at East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, and served as a Sergeant in Captain Thomas Gorton’s company, Colonel Lippitt’s Rhode Island regiment one year. He was in a battle, name not given.
Soldier was born about 1755 he was the son of Benjamin Weaver of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, He married at Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, December 20, 1773 Susanna daughter of John Hammett. He died at Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, February 28, 1785 and on November 6, 1791 she married Peter Davison who died May 28, 1800. She died at Brooklyn, Connecticut, October 4, 1836. The following children survived her: John born 1776, Betsey, Caleb and Sally Parkis who died July 25, 1841 ( by her first husband ) and Abigail Davison ( by her second husband.)
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the pension due her as the former widow of Benjamin Weaver, was allowed to her heirs.

Very respectfully,
GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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J. H. Allison.                     J. P.  McCall.

ALLISON & MCCALL,
Wholesale Brokers and Manufacutrer’s Agents.
1001 and 1003 Chestnut Street.

Agency…..
Swift & Company.

Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov 26th 1896

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir

Will you kindly inform me if there is any second of Benj Weaver service in the revolutionary army as an officer or private.
—— was engaged at the battle of Cow Pens and also at Eutaw.

Very Respectfully
J. P. McCall
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[1.] OLD WAR & NAVY
         DEC 1 1896
         FILES.

[2.]. U. S. PENSION OFFICE
        NOV 28 1896
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C. Walter Smith, President
George H Perkins, vice-President
Lucius E. Weaver, Tres
Alfred M Moshier. Secy

Established 1826

SMITH, PERKINS & COMPANY,
(Incorporated)
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS.
Rochester N. Y.    12th January 1916

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D C

Dear Sir

In Colwells Spirit of 76 I find that Benjamin Weaver was in Capt Gortons Co. Col Lippitts Regiment Rhode Island troops in the Revolutionary War.
If he was on the pension roll please give me the record and the name of his wife.

Yours truly
Lucius E. Weaver 
165 Alexander St
Rochester N. Y.