Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15814, Glading Waterman, Conn. Conn. Sea Service Continental
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Conn. 
Conn. Sea Service 
Continental 

Waterman, Glading  
Charlotte

W. 15814
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New York (A) 1541
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Charlotte Waterman, 
widow of Glading Waterman, d
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died in the Month of October, 1834 of Herkimer Co. in the State of N. York who was a Seaman & pvt of Inf in the _______________ commanded by Captain ______________  (Conn) of the ___________ Commanded by _______________ in the (N York this crossed out) line for Seaman 6 months, priv. of Infantry 18 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 
84 Dollars ________ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 183[ ].
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of January 183[ ], and sent to Hon. A. Loomis, H. R.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 = $210.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 
4 M. 39 =                                           42.00
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                                                        $252.00 
{Act July 7,}
{1838.}

Recorded by S. A. Elliot  Clerk
Book A,       Vol. 2       Page 109 

(Left side Page)
Date of death 
not on AB
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13388
Ohio Pittsburgh (crossed out)
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Glading Waterman
of Portage C. in the State of Ohio, who was a P. Seaman in the Army/Navy commanded by Captain Parker of the Ship commanded by O Cromwell in the _______________line for two years.
$92. 00
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 92 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the [   ] day of July 18[]3 and sent to Woolsey Wells.  Ravenna Ohio.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 18[]3      184
Semi-anl. allowance ending 
4 Sept 1837                                           46
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                                                           $230
{Revolutionary Claim}
{Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm R Palmer   Clerk
Book E    Vol. 8.    Page 132   

(Left side Page)
Dead - 
See Letters to Hon. A Marm 
& P. Acts Albany & Pittsburgh.
4 April 1837
Transferred to Albany
see letter as above
Let to Pension agt 14 Sept 1837

Died Oct. 14, 1834
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Declaration of Glading Waterman
Revolutionary
Soldier
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Declaration of Gladding Waterman a Revolutionary soldier in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of Ohio
Portage County ss

On the twenty ninth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three, personally appeared Gladding Waterman in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now setting a resident of Akron in the County of Portage & State of Ohio, aged Seventy three 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 I entered the service of the United States under the following named officers as herein stated.
I.  I was born in the Town of Lebanon in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, September seventeenth day of September AD 1759. 
II.  I have a Record of my age in a Bible at my 
[illegible] residence in the Town of Sullivan, Madison County State of New York.
III. When called into the service of the United States I lived at Lebanon, Windham County in the state of Connecticut.  After the close of the Revolutionary war I lived in Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York for ten years. I then removed to Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts where I lived twenty one years. Then I removed to Sullivan in Maddison County, New York where I have ever since that time resided until May 1832 when I came to Akron, Portage County, Ohio to visit my son. Where I now live.
IV. In the month of October (the day I do not recollect), in the Year 1775, I enlisted in Col Jeremiah Mason's Regiment for the term of six months as a soldier. I went to Roxbury, Massachusetts and was at the siege of Boston, when the city was evacuated by the British Troops. I served my Term out [illegible] not recollect whether I had a written Discharge or not.
V.  In the month of March 1776 I enlisted for one year in Captain J[illegible] Waterman's Company
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in Col John Durggs Regiment. That in this Regiment were Captains Daniel Tilden, Keys, Grosvenor, Dyer, Brown. I served during the year for which I enlisted and two months more. Lieutenant Col Knowlton of this Regiment was killed on York Island.  In 1776 this Regiment was stationed on Paulus Hook where the city of Jersey now stands and remained there until the British took possession of New York. It then removed to the English neighborhood, thence to Fort Lee & remained there until the British crossed the North River. Then retreated through Jersey to Pennsylvania. Then was quartered near Newtown in Pennsylvania and remained there until the 25th of December.  Then it crossed the Delaware River and was in the Battle of Trenton where the Hessians were taken.  Returned the same day with the prisoners to Newtown and in a short time crossed the Delaware and was in the Battle of Princeton. Then went to Morristown, where I was discharged in April 1777.
In the month of February (I think) in 1778 I enlisted as a sailor before the mast in the 20 gun Ship Oliver Cromwell belonging to the State of Connecticut commanded by Captain Timothy Parker. Sailed the 10th of March from Boston and was in the service eighteen months in the Latitude of the Island of St. Kitts. I was in this ship in a Battle with two British ships, the Admiral Keppel carrying 20 guns and the Cyrus carrying 18 guns. Both of which were taken by the Oliver Cromwell and brought into Boston.  After this I received a verbal warrant as a midshipman on board the same ship supply the place of midshipman Cahoon who had been taken sick.
I was appointed to this birth by Captain Timothy Parker. The Oliver Cromwell again sailed from Boston and took a British schooner, on which I was put aboard as Prize master & sent into New London. The Oliver Cromwell proceeded on her cruise and was soon after taken by a British Ship on the south side of Long Island and was carried into New York. I served at this time as I can recollect
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Six months as a midshipman - I
VI.     I never received a written discharge or comissin as I can recollect. I have no documentary evidence of my services & know of no person living by whom any portion of the same can be proved, except Col Daniel Tilden [illegible] residing in Hiram, Portage County Ohio, whom I have mentioned as Captain Tilden in Col John Durggs Regiment. His affidavit I have procured & forwarded the same herewith. There is no clergyman residing in the Town where I now live except a man who has within a few weeks past come to reside there & who is not acquainted with me. I refer to Woolsey Wells & Charles P. McDonald, residents of Akron by whom I am known in my present neighborhood, who can testify as to my character for truth and verity & their belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolution.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Glading Waterman

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Geo. Kirkum    Clerk


We Woolsey Welles & Charles P. McDonald residing in the village of Akron, Portage County, Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Gladding Waterman, who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three 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 that he is a man of truth and verity.

Woolsey Welles
Charles P. McDonald

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Geo. Kirkum   Clerk.
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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 soldier of the Revolution and served as he states and the County further certifies that it appears to them that Woolsey Welles and Charles P McDonald, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Akron, Portage County, Ohio, are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.

I, George Kirkum, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Portage County, Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gladding Waterman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 29th day of May 1833.

Geo. Kirkum   Clerk
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1541            /3437

See the  [illegible] of the 
application of Charlotte Waterman,
widow of Glading Waterman
decd, for a pension .
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Declaration proofs

Admitted 
Sailor          6 mo        24
Private of
Infantry       18 mo      60
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                                     84
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2 years

Send certificate (if granted)
to H. Nolton
Little Falls




Hon. A Loomis
Wa
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State of New York}
County of Herkimer} ss

On this twenty fourth day of October in the year 1838 personally appeared before me , Arphaxed Loomis, First Judge of the County of Common Pleas of the said County of Herkimer, the same being a County of record according to the laws and constitution of the said State, Mrs. Charlotte Waterman, a resident of the Town of New Port in the said County of Herkimer, aged seventy four years and upwards, who being first duly sworn and according to law doth on her oath, depose and make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision under [illegible]  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 Glading Waterman, who was in his lifetime and at the time of his death a revolutionary pensioner of the United States on account of services which he performed during the war of the revolution. That as she is advised and believes the  declaration & proofs of his revolutionary service, on which his said pension was granted are filed in the office of the Secretary of War of the United States at the City of Washington and she prays to refer to the same in proof of his said service & of her claim to a pension as his widow. She further declares that she was married to the said Glading Waterman on the sixth day of February in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two. That her said husband aforesaid, Glading Waterman died, as she believes in the month of October 1834. The year 1834.  That she was not married to
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him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four. Vos: at the time aforesaid.  [Three lines crossed out here]. That all the persons who were present at her marriage are now dead and that no record or certificate of her marriage was ever made, except an entry made in a family bible of their marriage & of the birth & marriages of their children. That entry was transcribed into a new bible which was bought about thirty years ago and the old bible with its entries was afterwards burnt with the dwelling house in which they lived, but the new bible was saved. That she was the youngest of a large family & that she is the only survivor, so far as she knows, of them. That she had twelve children by her marriage. The oldest of whom was born on the 11th day of January 1783. She was married by the Rev. Jesse Clark at his house at Spencertown, NY.  Who was also her brother-in-law.
Charlotte Waterman

Sworn & subscribed this thirtieth day of October 1838 before me, A Loomis, 
first Judge of Herkimer County
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State of New York}
County of Herkimer} ss

Hiram Nolton, of the Town of Little Falls in said County, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is intimately acquainted with Widow Charlotte Waterman, above named and this deponent was also so acquainted with her deceased husband, Glading Waterman and that this deponent has known them both for thirty years and upward and that they have a number of children with whom this deponent is acquainted and that the family is of great respectability and this deponent says that the said Glading Waterman & the said Charlotte Waterman have always since this deponent's knowledge of them, lived together as husband & wife & were so received in society up to the time of his death and that the said Charlotte Waterman, since the death of her said husband, is known & received as his widow; and this deponent says that the said Glading Waterman,  a few years before his death went to Ohio and as this deponent was informed & believes, the said Glading, went into business there with his son, George Waterman, in the mercantile business & was intending, as he told this deponent, to move his family there. The said Glading Waterman came to Fairfield, where this deponent then resided several times, when he was in business in Ohio & said he had come to Utica to buy goods in their business and the last time he told this deponent he was intending to move, soon. Before he went to Ohio he & his wife & family
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Rev. Jesse [illegible], Parish, Spencertown
Columbia Co.
[illegible]  [illegible]

had resided in Salisbury in said County of Herkimer upwards of thirty years & here this deponent was acquainted with them & that when her husband went to Ohio, she came & lived at Fairfield, near this deponent, a part of the time with her son, John D. Waterman & a part of the time with Mr. George Kretsinger, her son-in-law.  Also she lived some of the time with her son, Harry Waterman in Newport in said County & when he came from Ohio he always called to see this deponent & his wife frequently visited a [illegible] deponent's house. Before be went to Ohio, he had become reduced & poor and broke up house keeping & Mrs. Waterman went to live with her children, as above stated & Glading Waterman went to Ohio & told me he was succeeding in business so he should [    ] to Ohio & go to house keeping again. He obtained his pension when residing in Ohio as he told this deponent. And this deponent says that he was informed & believes that the said Glading Waterman died in Ohio in the year 1834 and this deponent says that said Charlotte Waterman has never intermarried since the death of her said husband to his knowledge and belief that she is still his widow.
Hiram Nolton

Sworn  to & subscribed 
this 12th day of November
1838 before me.
A Loomis,  first Judge of Herkimer Co.

See the matter of
Charlotte Waterman
widow of Glading
Waterman, dec. 
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Declaration & proofs
for a pension
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State of New York
Herkimer County ss

I, John Dysert, Clerk of said County do certify that Arphaxad Loomis Esq, before whom the annexure affidavit purported to have been taken, was on this Date First Judge of the Herkimer County Court., duly appointed and qualified and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge & verily believe the signature to be genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 16 November AD 1838.
J Dysert   Clerk


I certify that I have [part crossed out] was well acquainted with Gladding Waterman & his wife, who is the above applicant, more than 30 years since they lived near neighbors to my father when I was boy. I knew all their children then living. John D Waterman, their oldest son then, would if now living be over fifty years of age, I think.  I knew him a merchant in business as long ago as in 1807 or 1808. They were a very respectable family. The statements of the widow are entitled to entire belief. I have no doubt of her marriage at the time she stated & I saw the entry as transcribed in large bible, as stated in her deposition and it corresponds
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with her statement as to the time of her marriage & the birth & marriage of her children.
Dated Washington            A Loomis
December 4, 1838             Rep in Congress
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FAMILY RECORD
MARRIAGES
(from old Bible record)
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Glading & Charlotte Waterman was Married
February 6th 1782
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John D Waterman was married to Mary G Waldo Decr 31st 1810
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Catharine Waterman was married to George Ketsinger  July 17th 1813
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Nancy Waterman was married to Thomas Levingston October 29, 1816
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Henry Waterman was married to Sally Chatfield
September 23, 1816
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Charlotte Waterman was married to Henry Burrell March 28th 1820
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Glading Waterman was Born Septr 11th 1758
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Charlotte Waterman [illegible] Was Born July 2, 1764
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George W Waterman was married to Catharine
Vanslyke 15th October 182[ ]
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FAMILY RECORD
BIRTHS.
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Nancy Waterman was Born Sunday 11th January 1783
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John D. Waterman was Born Sunday 16th October 1785
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Harry Waterman was Born Wednesday 5th September 1787
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Catharine Waterman was Born Friday 9th September 1789
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Ralph Waterman was Born Sunday 12th February 1792
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Ashley Waterman Was Born Tuesday 5th May 1794
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Nancy Waterman Was Born Saturday 14th May 1796
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Charlotte Waterman was Born Sunday 10th June 1798
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William Glading Waterman was Born Monday 2d June 1800
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George Washington Waterman Was born January 30th 1802 Monday
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
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Mary Ann P. Waterman Was born Saturday 13th July 1804
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James L Waterman Was Born Sunday 1st March 1807
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Grand Children
Alexander Son of George & Catherine Was Born
6th November 1825 Sunday
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James Harvey Was Born 6th of June 1827 Wednesday
Glading Was Born March 11th 1829 Wednesday
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[This section rubbed out]
Glading Waterman was [illegible]
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[Very faint to read]
Mother came to Wm G Waterman's the 27th June 1834
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FAMILY RECORD
DEATHS.
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Nancy Waterman
Died 25th March 1795
In the Twelfth
year of Her Age
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Charlotte Burrell
Died 10th day of April
1821 in the 23 year of her
age
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24.191
Glading Waterman
Portage Co. Ohio

13.388

Adm 1 year & 6 months
as a Sailor & 6 months
as a private.
$92
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75       72
20        20
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             92

48 
24
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72
24
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 96


Woolsey Wells
Ravenna
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WAR DEPARTMENT
PENSION OFFICE
8th May 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 tubular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and regulations will shew what is necessary to be done.  These 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, sent this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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A STATEMENT, Shewing the Service of Glading Waterman
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(Line 1)
Period when the service was rendered.
Octr 1775
  
Duration of the claimant's service
Years   Months   Days
                6            -
Rank of  the claimant.
Private

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Col Mason

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
73 years - Lebanaon

Proof by whie't the declaration is supported.
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(Line 2)
Period when the service was rendered.
March 1776

Duration of the claimant's service
Years    Months   Days
    1             2

Rank of the claimant.
Private

Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served. 
Capt Waterman
Col Dargge

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Connect

Proof by whic't the declaration is supported.


(Line 3)
Period when the service was rendered.
Feby 1778

Duration of the claimant's service
Years     Months    Days
    1             6

Rank of the claimant.
Sailor
Midshipman
Prize master

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Capt Parker

Age at present, and place of abode when entered the service.
Ship   Oliver Cromwell

Proof by whic't the declaration is supported.

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I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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 et 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, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, 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. 
State, Territory, or District of} County of} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 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) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] 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 [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] 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 [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &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 [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] 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. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary 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 [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&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 from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
6 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 the answers to 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.
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[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 state 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 engagement 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 must co
mpass under the seal of office of the certifying office, 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.
[i]  The notes [a] to [c] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note [j] 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

19 Amendeck

24 Amended

hand written note in margin 
* he has not stated how long he served
as {heads before] & how long as a Sailor
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BA-J/EEL
Glading Waterman - W.15814

Jeannette L. Waterman
27 Elm Street 
Oneonta, New York

Dear Madam:

     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, Glading Waterman, who was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, served on the "Oliver Cromwell" and received a pension on account of his services.

     The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 15814, based upon the military service of Glading Waterman in that war.

      Glading Waterman was born September 11, 1758 or September 17, 1759 (both dates appear), in Lebanon, Windham (later New London) County, Connecticut.  The names of his parents are not shown.

       While residing in Lebanon, Connecticut, Glading Waterman enlisted in October, 1775, served six months as a private in Colonel Jeremiah Mason's Connecticut Regiment and was at the siege of Boston and evacuation of that city by the British;  he enlisted in March, 1776, served as a private in Captain Jedediah Waterman's (no relationship shown) Company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and was discharged in April, 1777.

       In February, 1778, he went on board the ship "Oliver Cromwell"  belonging  to the state of Connecticut, Captain Timothy Parker, and served about eighteen months as a sailor.  He was on board the ship when it engaged the British ships, "Admiral Keppel" and "Cyrus", both of which were captured by the "Oliver Cromwell" and brought into Boston Harbor; after this, he received from Captain Parker a verbal warrant as midshipman and was on board the "Oliver Cromwell" when a British sloop was captured; he was placed on board the captured ship as prize master and was sent into New London; length of this service, six months.
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     After the Revolution, Glading Waterman resided in Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York, for ten years; then in Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, for twenty-one years; then in Sullivan, Madison County, New York, and in 1832, moved to Portage County, Ohio. It was stated that he also resided at one time in Herkimer County, New York.

       He was allowed pension on his application executed May 29, 1833, while residing in Akron, Portage County, Ohio.

        He died October 14, 1834, in Ohio. It was stated that he went to Ohio and engaged in the mercantile business with his son, George Waterman, and it was his intention to remove his family to that state but he died before this could be accomplished.

          The soldier married February 6, 1782, Charlotte, born July 2, 1764. They were married by the Reverend Jesse Clark, a brother-in-law of Charlotte, at his home in Spencertown, New York.  The place of birth of Charlotte and the names of her parents are not stated.  While her husband was in Ohio, Charlotte resided a part of the time with her son, John D. Waterman, in Fairfield, New York; a part of the time at the home of her son-in-law, George Kretsinger, place not shown; and a part of the time with her son, Henry Waterman, in Newport, New York.

         Soldier's widow, Charlotte, was allowed pension on her application executed October 24, 1838, while residing in Newport, New York. She then stated that she was the youngest of a large family all of whom were dead.

Children of Glading and Charlotte Waterman:

Nancy Waterman   born January 11, 1783, died March 25, 1795.

John D. Waterman    born October 16, 1785, married December 31, 1810 Mary G. Waldo.

Henry/Harry Waterman  born September 5, 1787, married September 23, 1816, Sally Chatfield.

Catharine Waterman   born September 9, 1789, married July 17, 1813, George Kretsinger.

Ralph Waterman   born February 12, 1792.

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Children of Glading and Charlotte Waterman, continued:

Ashley Waterman  born May 6, 1794.

Nancy Waterman   born May 14, 1796, married October 28, 1816, Thomas Levingston.

Charlotte Waterman born June 10, 1798, married March 28, 1820, Harry Burrell; she died April 10, 1821.

William Glading Waterman  born June 2, 1800.

George Washington Waterman  born January 30, 1802, married October 15, 1824, Catherine Vanslyke.

Mary Ann P. Waterman  born July 13, 1804.

James D. Waterman  born March 1, 1807.

The names of the following grandchildren are shown, also:

Alexander, son of George and Catherine, born November 6, 1825.
James Harvey (parents not designated), born June 6, 1827.
Glading (parents not designated), born March 11, 1829.

       It was not stated whether or not Alexander, grandson named above, was the son of George and Catherine Kretisinger or George and Catherine Waterman.

         In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Charlotte, widow of Glading Waterman (W.15814), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:

            Charlotte Waterman, widow of Glading Waterman, Certificate No. 1541, issued January 7, 1839, rate $84 per annum, commenced March 4, 1836, Act of July 7, 1838, New York Agency.

No charge is made for this service.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.

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BA-J/EEL
Glading Waterman - W.15814

Mrs. J. M. Casey
Fort Madison
Iowa

Dear Madam:

          Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Gladding Waterman, of Lebanon, Connecticut, who received a pension in 1832, on account of his service in the Revolutionary War; also, the record of his father, William Waterman, of Lebanon, Connecticut.

             A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a William Waterman which could be identified as that of the father of Glading Waterman. The record of Glading Waterman has been found and his history is furnished you herein as contained in the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.15814, based upon his military service in that war.

               Glading Waterman was born September 11, 1758 or September 17, 1759 (both dates appear), in Lebanon, Windham (later New London) County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.

                While residing in Lebanon,  Connecticut, Glading Waterman enlisted in October, 1775, served six months as a private in Colonel Jeremiah Mason's Connecticut Regiment and was at the siege of Boston and evacuation of that city by the British: he enlisted in March, 1776, served as a private in Captain Jedediah Waterman's Company (no relationship to soldier shown) Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and was discharged in April, 1777.

                   In February, 1778, he went on board the ship "Oliver Cromwell" belonging to the state of Connecticut, Captain Timothy Parker, and served as a sailor about eighteen months. He was on board the ship when it engaged the British ships, "Admiral Keppel" and Cyrus, both of which were captured by the "Oliver Cromwell" and brought into Boston Harbor: after this, he received from Captain Parker a verbal
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warrant as midshipman and was on board the "Oliver Cromwell" when a British sloop was captured: Glading Waterman was placed on board the captured ship as prize master and was sent into New London: length of this service, six months.

      After the Revolution, he resided Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York for ten years: then in Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, for twenty-one years; then lived in Sullivan, Madison County, New York, and in 1832, went to Portage County, Ohio. It was stated that he also resided in Herkimer County, New York.

       He was allowed pension on his application executed May 29, 1833, while residing in Akron, Portage County, Ohio.

         He died October 14, 1834, in the state of Ohio. It was stated that he went to Ohio and engaged in the mercantile business with his son, George Waterman, and it was his intention to remove his family to that state but he died before this could be accomplished.

        The soldier married February 6, 1782 Charlotte, born July 2, 1764, her maiden name not shown. They were married by the Reverend Jesse Clark, a brother-in-law of Charlotte, at his home in Spencertown, New York.

          While her husband was in Ohio, Charlotte resided a part of the time with her son, John D. Waterman in Fairfield, New York: a part of the time at the home of her son-in-law, George Kretsinger, place not shown, and a part of the time with her son, Henry Waterman, in Newport, New York.

           She was allowed pension on her application executed October 24, 1838, while residing in Newport, New York. She then stated that she was the youngest of a large family all of whom were dead.

Children of Glading and Charlotte Waterman:

Nancy                born January 11, 1783, died March 25, 1795.

John D.                born October 16, 1785, married December 31, 1810, Mary G. Waldo.

Henry or Harry       born September 5, 1787, married September 23, 1816, Sally Chatfield.

Catharine                  born September 9, 1789, married July  17, 1813, George Kretsinger.

Ralph                          born February 12, 1792.  

                        
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,
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Children of Glading and Charlotte Waterman, continued:
Ashley             born May 6, 1794.

Nancy                  "    May 14, 1796, married October 28, 1816, Thomas Levingston.

Charlotte           born June 10, 1798, married March 28, 1820, Harry Burrell: she died April 10, 1821.

William Glading     born June 2, 1800

George Washington born January 30, 1802, married October 15, 1824, Catherine Vanslyke.

Mary Ann P.               born July 13, 1804.

James D.                     born March 1, 1807.

The names of the following grandchildren are shown, also:
Alexander, son of George and Catherine, born November 6, 1825.

James Harvey (parents not designated), born June 6, 1827.

Glading (parents not designated), born March 11, 1829.

It was not stated whether Alexander, grandson above named, was the son of George and Catherine Waterman Kretsinger or George and Catherine Waterman.

There are no further family data.

Very truly yours,

A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Affidavit of
Col Daniel Tilden
-------------------
in matter of 
the application of
Gliding Waterman
a Revolutionary
soldier
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The State of Ohio}
Portage County} ss

In the Court of Common Pleas March Term AD 1833.
In the matter of the application of Gladding Waterman, a Soldier of the Revolution, for benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

I, Daniel Tilden of Hiram Township in the County of Portage & State of Ohio, eighty nine years old the 5th day of November AD 1832, on solemn oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with Gladding Waterman in the year of our Lord [illegible] Hundred and seventy-six in the Town of Lebanon then in Windham County now in New London County in the State of Connecticut and that I recollect he served in Capt Jedediah Waterman's Company in Col John Durggs Regiment in the Continental Line & that he served as a soldier in said Company one year according to my best knowledge, recollection and belief and further I say not.
Daniel Tilden

The State of Ohio}
Portage County ss}
On the twenty eighth day of March A D 1833
Daniel Tilden, whom is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit, personally appeared before me, Woolsey Welles, a Justice of the Peace of Portage Township within and for the County of Portage & State of Ohio, and on solemn oath deposed & said that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true according to his best knowledge, recollection & belief. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & seal this
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day and year above written.
Woolsey Welles
Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio}
Portage County ss} 

I, George Kirkum, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that Woolsey Welles Esquire, before whom the within Deposition of Daniel Tilden appears to have been taken, on the 28th day of March A.D. 1833, was at that time and still is a Justice of the peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn according to Law: And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the 
said Justice, and do verily believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are true and genuine.

In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Ravenna, this 29th day of March A.D. 1833.
Geo. Kirkum, Clerk
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To what time was Glading Waterman
of Pittsburgh act 1832, last paid?
JL Edwards
April 4, 1837

Paid to 4 March 1834
J H
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H Waterman
Charlotte Waterman



20               61
   6.36            5
      66          ----
--------         66
 27.02

Hon. Arpaxad Loomis           FREE
[   ] of Rects               MC
Washington City

Hon. A Loomis
HR
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Ann A Loomis
An H Waterman gave me the enclosed leaves from Mr. Waterman's bible; & you have seen them will recognize same. I hope pension will be granted on same.

Yours Truly
H Nolton
Dec 17, 1836[8]
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23 Feb
A Mann Jr.
respg G Watterman

[       ]
papers
[ not readable]
M.C.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr  [   ]
Washington
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Washington 22d Feb '37

Sir

I transmit necessary papers from Mrs. Waterman, widow of Glading Waterman a pensioner who died in Ohio, to obtain the arrears of pension due at his death. I knew him in his life time and know his widow, now residing in my district.  It is desired that payment of arrears may be made at a pension agency in New York. The verity of these papers may be relied upon fully.
James Risby HH

A Mann  Jr
J L Edwards Esq
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N. York
Charlotte Waterman
widow of Glading
Letter to Hon. A Loomis  8 Dec '38

 84
    2
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168
  42
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210



Act 7 July 1838
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Akron   May 29th 1833

J S Edwards commissioner of the Pension Office
 
Enclosed is the Declaration of Gladding Waterman a Revolutionary Soldier and also the objections returned to a former Declaration. These objections are removed in the present Declaration.  If a Pension is allowed to him, you will please to forward his certificate to me at Akron, Portage County, Ohio.

Respectfully yours,
Woolsey Milles
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Rev  WIDOW, &c.
--------------------
File no. 15814
Charlotte Waterman
Wid of 
Glading Waterman
Segt Rev War
-------

Act July 7th '/38
Index:  Vol.  M,   Page 310

{Arrangement of 1870}

(Side ways on left side)
1931 July 29. Photos mailed to Kate S. Curry & Account[    ]. [   ]. A. D. Y.
--------------------------------------------------
1934 - Copies 5 - 3 list to Mrs. J M Casey -EEL
---------------------------------------------------
1936 - Nov 23 - 7 list to Jeannette L. Waterman             EL
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JEANNETTE I. WATERMAN  * 27 ELM STREET  *
ONEONTA, NEW YORK
----------------------------------------------------
November 8, 1936

The Veterans Administration
Washington
D. C.

Dear Sir:

      I am a descendant of Gladding Waterman who served in the Revolution & fought in the battles of Trenton & Princeton with Washington.
He later enlisted in the marines, servicing six months on the "Oliver Cromwell".
       He was a pensioner & I believe there is much information in the pension files pertaining to him. There is also
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a copy of the Bible record.
     May I have either a copy of this material ----
or whatever you give people who wish this information? Or if it is a certificate you give, I should like this.
      I shall be glad to pay for any service of this kind if you will let me know how much it will be.
       Thanking you in advance for anything you will be able to send us.
                  Very truly yours
                   Jeannette Waterman

[stamped] RECEIVED
NOV 10 1936
[    ] SUB-DIV.
[   ] ADM
[       ] # 30
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Fort Madison, Iowa         Aug 22, 1934

The U.S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir;
       Can you send me the record of Revolutionary Service of Gladding Waterman of Lebanon, Conn.  He enlisted from that place and serviced both as a sailor (on the Oliver Cromwell) and as a private in the Connecticut Line.
    He was pensioned in 1832. 
     And can you find record of service of his father William Waterman of Lebanon, Conn.?

Thanking you - I am
Most Sincerely,
Sarah Johnson Casey
(Mrs. J. M.)

1 copy
3 R.
1818
Conn    60
1 Com 1764
      "     1744

[stamped] RECEIVED
AUG 25 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV.
[illegible] 12
VETS ADM.
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FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES
---------------------
Glading & Charlotte
Waterman was Married
February 6th 1782
---------------------------
John D Waterman
was Married to Mary G Waldo
Dec 31st 1810
----------------------------------
Catharine Waterman 
Was Married to George Kretsinger
July 7th 1813
---------------------------------------
Nancy Waterman was
Married to Thomas Levingston
October 28th 1816
--------------------------------------
Henry Waterman was
married to Sally Chatfield
September 23 1816
----------------------------------------
Charlotte Waterman was
Married to Harry Burrell
March 28th 1820
----------------------------------------
Glading Waterman
Was Born Sept 11th
 1758
-----------------------------------------
Charlotte Waterman
[         ]: - Was Born
July 2d 1764
------------------------------------------
George W Waterman
was married to Catharine 
Vanslykej 15th Oct 182[ ]
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
-----------------------
Nancy Waterman was
 Born Sunday 11th
January 1783
------------------------
John D. Waterman
was Born Sunday
16th October 1785
-------------------------
Harry Waterman was 
Born Wednesday 5th 
September 1787
--------------------------
Catharine Waterman was
Born Friday 9th 
September 1789
----------------------------
Ralph Waterman was
Born Sunday 12th February
1792
------------------------------
Ashley Waterman
Was Born Tuesday 6th
May 1794
------------------------------
Nancy Waterman
Was Born Saturday
14th May 1796
-------------------------------
Charlotte Waterman
was Born Sunday 10th
June  1798
--------------------------------
William Glading Waterman was
Born Monday 2d June
1800
------------------------------------
George Washington Waterman
Was Born January 30th
1802 Monday,
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
--------------------------
Mary Ann P. Waterman
Was Born Saturday 13th
July 1804
----------------------------
James L. Waterman
Was Born Sunday
1st March 1807
----------------------------
Grand Children
Allexander son of George
& Catherine was Born
6th November 1825 Sunday
-------------------------------
James Harvey Was Born
6th of June 1827 Wednesday
Glading Was Born
March 11th 1829 Wednesday
--------------------------------
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FAMILY RECORD

DEATHS.
-----------------------
Nancy Waterman
Died 25th March 1795
In the Twelfth
year of Her Age
-------------------------
Charlotte Burrell
Died 10th day of April
1821 in the 23 year of her
age
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Rev & 1812
No. 3

July 21, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Sect.           541
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Rev. War pension claim, Glading
Waterman,  W 15814
Actual   2 of each page
              No charge for one
               set as it is for 
                official use.

Remitter:
          Miss Kate S. Curry
           1420 Gerard St.
            U W, Wash., DC

$0.60         4 pages
(uncertified)
xxxxx

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 inches at
top of each page and return papers
in each case in folder with corresponding 
name and number.
Chief of Rev. & 1812 Wars Sect.
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List to Kate S. Curry:
4 pages of family record.
_______________________________
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Cash 1.05
ced

July 20, 1931

The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
         Please send me uncertified photostatic copies of the following Revolutionary War pension claims:
  2 pages from Ephraim    Waterman, W. 22509
  4 pages from Glading     Waterman, W. 15814
  1 page from Jedediah     Waterman, S. 43236
Total 7 pages

Very truly yours, 
                                               29381
ada
Remitter Kate S. Curry
               1420 Girad St. N.W.
                Washington, D.C.

Received payment
$1.05
July 20, 1931
Ms. Christine Stokes
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

Fee, copy of Pension record
RECEIVED
JULY 22 1931
Accounting
DIV
PAY SUBDIVISON