Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,334, William Abbot, N. H.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N.H
Abbot William
Wesson, Mabel
Former widow
NUMBER 
R.11,334
This widow's other husband,
Ephraim Wesson, was a Rev War
pensioner, Claim. S.22040
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May 15 1834
a very extraordinary snowstorm
which fell in about
5 hours 14 inches deep in
this place and in many places
2 feet - 2 days. after in
morning the ground was
still covered with snow on
the [illegible]
The morning of the
May 16th afore ground was covered under
Frost
Died in Groton Vt
Feb 28 - 1835
Suddenly
Ephraim Wesson
thein the 81st
year of his age

1835 March 1 
after a visit to Lebanon
returned to Newbury
 and slept at
Eben Abbbots had one bone in
my left arm broken by a
Kick from a colt
Died in Dalton
Sept 18th Mary the wife of
Rev Wm Hulkins 
died in my House at Bath
on the 2nd day of November 1836
my husbands mother Mabel
Wesson in the 81 year of her
age
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1831 The Crops markable forward this year Isaac Allen began  reaping winter grain the 20th of July  
1832 May The past winter has been any cold and the spring [illeg] the Ice on the River Banks lay on this side till the 10 and in the other side till the 14th . of May and on the 23d Moses [illeg] was covered with snow 
It  remains very cold and rainy 
The month of June remained remarkable cold and wet corn exceedingly backward much corn not [illeg] the first of august and not all the 10th  26 sudden change to cold and squally which made the wet [illeg] [Gray?] with snow and next more a considerable frost so as to to effect vines and same or in spots 
November 22  snow fell about 5 inches very [illeg] 
1835 Apl from 17 to 20  weather so cold that Potatoes froze in the hol[] caben with [Iilleg] and St[illeg] from 6 in [illeg] keep as maple sup stopt running 
13 October snow fell about a foot deep and has resided on the level  ground in the open fields to the present time (Feb 4)
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3rd section of the act of 4th July 1836 and of the first section of the act of 3rd March 1837- State of New Hampshire county of Grafton(?) On this 3rd day of January A.D. 1851 personally appeared before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature in the 5th judicial district of said State at the (Illegible) term of said court (?) 1850 Moses Abbot of Bath in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged 72 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3, 1837. That he is a son of Mabel Wesson Dec. who was married to his Father William Abbot, who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution. That his said father William Abbot was at the time of the breaking out of the Revolution an (in crossed out) inhabitant of the town of Haverhill in said County of Grafton, and according to the best information he has been able to obtain and as he has understood from his said father & mother, and as he verily believes, said William Abbot enlisted from said Haverhill into the Company of Capt. James Osgood in Col. Tim Bedels Reg Mt. State Troops and went to Canada in the year 1775 and served in said company as a private from July 13 to Dec 31, 17715 and was discharged in Canada, and immediately reenlisted again into said Col Tim Bedels Continental Reg, for one year and actually served that time in Canada and elsewhere in said "Bedels" Reg in 1776- That he was a Sargent in Capt. Joshua Haywards Co in Col Lou Chases Reg. Mt. Militia at the taking of Burgoyne from Sept 26 to Oct. 26, 1777 and served one moonth and one day at that time-
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That he again enlisted a private in Capt. Tim Barron's (?) Col. Tim Bedels Rep N.H. State Troops on or about the 1st April 1778 for the term of one year and served as a private in said Co. one year. That the last service he ever heard his said Father William Abbot speak of was at the Burning of Royalton in 1780 or 1781 about ten days service, as will fully appear with the exception of the service last mention it from the records of Revolutionary service in the N.H. Secretary of States office.  He further declares that said Mabel Wesson, then Mabel Whittlesey and his father the said William Abbot were married in Haverhill aforesaid on the 9th day of December A.D. 1777 as will appear by a reference to the accompanying certificate of the town clerk of Haverhill aforesaid that said marriage took place before the expiration of the last period of this said fathers services as that said William Abbot died in Haverhill aforesaid on the 14th day of June 1809, that his mother Mabel Abbot - the widow of said William Abbot (?) afterwards married to one Ephraim Wesson who died in Grafton VT on the 28th day of February A.D. 1835, (that said marriage was consummated by Rev Leonard Worcester at Peacham, VT. (?) 24, 1828,) and that said Mabel Wesson was a widow on the 4th day of July 1836 and remained a widow up to the time of her death which took place as declarants house in Bath in said County of Grafton ((aforesaid) crossed out) Inf the second day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty six as will more fully appear by a reference to the proofs hereto annexed - that the annexed sheet containing a record of the death of Ephraim Wesson and Mabel Wesson aforesaid, was the last leaf of his daily account book cover (?) in 1829, and that the records therein were made by (?) in his own (?) handwriting soon after the decease of each
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Mabel Abbot Decedent


Mabel Wesson 
formerly 
Mabel Abbot 

A.
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of the persons mentions of the said Ephraim Wesson and Mabel Wesson -
Moses Abbott
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year(?)
Before me in open court-
J.D. Sleeper. Clerk of said Court
I Jonas D Sleeper Clerk of said court hereby certify that the above and foregoing are the original proceedings relative to the application of Moses Abbot therein contained, made in open court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this third day of January A.D. 1851
J.D. Sleeper.  Clerk.
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The State of New Hampshire
Grafton (?)  At the Superiior Court of Judication holden at Haverhill in the County of Grafton aforesaid within and for the 5th Judicial District of said Sate on the Tuesday next after the 4th Tuesday of December A.D. 1850.
Present the Honorable
Chief Justice
John James Gilchrist
Associate Justices
Andrew Salter Woods
Samuel D Bell
Ira Perley
Satisfactory evidence being exhibited to said Court that William Abbot, a Revolutionary soldier formerly of Haverhill in the County of Grafton aforesaid was married to Mabel Whittlesey on the 9th day of December A.D. 1777, and that said William Abbot died in said Haverhill on the 14th day of June A.D. 1807, and his widow Mabel Abbot was again married to one Ephraim Wesson of Groton VT and that said Ephraim Wesson died in said Groton VT on the 28th day of February A.D. 1835 and said Mabel (?) widow remained a widow from said 28th day of February 1835 to the time of her death, that said Mabel Wesson died at Bath in said County of Grafton on the second day of November A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty six and was a widow on the 4th day of July 1836 - that said Mabel Wesson never had any child or children by said Ephraim Wesson and that the only surviving children of said
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Jacob Abbot of Groton Vt. Amos W. Abbot of Ryegate Vt. William Abbot of Romeo, Michigan Ann Knight of Ryegate Vt. Sarah Fuller of Barnet  Vt,  and Abigail Robbins of Lowell Massachusetts the said Court find facts well known and order their said finding to be certified by  the Clerk of said Court 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 3 day of January A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and fifty- one 
J.D. Sleeper Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. 
I  J. D. Sleepper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County of Grafton hereby certify that Hosea S. Baker within named is Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Grafton duly commissioned and sworn.
That his commission is dated January 5th 1847 and will expire January 5th 1852 - 
I further certify that the within signature purporting to be the said Hosea T. Bakers is his genuine Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of December A.D. 1850 
JD Sleeper. Clerk

Certificate of Marriage Decr 9. 1777 William Abbot & Mabel Whittlesey
“C”
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State of New Hampshire 

Extract from the Records of the Town of Haverhill in the County of Grafton and State aforesaid.  “William Abbot and Mabel Whittlesey both of Haverhill were married December ninth seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven” 
I certify that the above extract of record is a true copy with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows-- December 9th 1777. 
Attest, Chas. G. Smith. Town Clerk

Haverhill Town Clerk Office December 14th 1850 
I Chas G. Smith above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the Town of Haverhill and State aforesaid and that the above is a true copy from the records of said Town with the exception above named, as certified by me 
Chas. G. Smith} Clerk of the Town of Haverhill 

State of New Hampshire }
County of Grafton ss}
Haverhill Dec. 14, 1850. 
There personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the con of Grafton aforesaid, Chas. G. Smith above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, Before me 
H S. Baker Justice Peace
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State of New Hampshire 
Grafton ss.   
I J. D. Sleepper Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County of Grafton hereby certify that Hosea S. Baker within named is Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Grafton duly commissioned and sworn. That his commission is dated January 5th 1847 and will expire January 5th 1852 -  
I further certify that the within signature purporting to be the said Hosea T. Bakers is his genuine Signature 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of December A.D. 1850  
JD Sleeper. Clerk  

Certificate of Marriage Decr 9. 1777 William Abbot & Mabel Whittlesey 
“C”
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May 16/[54?]
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271

Pension Office
May 16, 1854

Sir, 
I have received the additional proof in the case of the heirs of Mabel Wesson, formerly widow of William Abbott, and after examining the whole of the evidence, and the acts of Congress applicable to the case, I am constrained to reject the claim upon a point which appears to have escaped the attention of the Examiner in 1851=, up to the passage of the act of March 3, 1837, widows of revolutionary soldiers, who again intermarried were not entitled to the benefits of the act of July 4, 1836. Mrs. Messon died in November 1836 of course before the passage of the act of 1837, and therefore was not entitled to pension at the then time of her death. There was nothing then due her and, consequently, her children have now no claim 
Very Respectfully 
H[C?]

L.D. Stevens Esq
Concord
N.H.
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application pension on file in this Bureau.  William Abbot Rej. 1133 

4 DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
July 13, 1775
1776
Sept 26, 1777
Apr 1, 1777
1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
Dec 31. 1775
1yr   
Oct. 26. 1777  
1 year 
ten day 
RANK
Pvt.
Sgt.
Pvt.
RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. 
James Osgood
Joshua Hayward
Timothy Barron
COLONEL 
Timothy Bedel  
Timothy Bedel  
Jonathan Chase 
Timothy Bedel 
at burning of Royalton 

Battles engaged in, __Taking of Burgoyne__ Residence of soldier at enlistment, __Haverhill, Grafton Co__ N.H.__
Date of application for pension, _by son Moses__ Jany 3, 1851 
Residence at date of application,_ of son Moses Bath Grafton Co  N.H.___ 
Age at date of application, __of son Moses_72 yrs___ 
Remarks: Soldier married at Haverhill N.H. Dec. 9, 1777 Mabel Whittlesey, their children were Moses, Jacob, Amos W. , William, Ann Knight, Sarah Fuller and Abigail Robbins.  Soldier died at Haverhill N.H. June 14, 1807.  His widow Mabel married Ephraim Wesson at Peacham Vt. Sept. 24, 1828,  who died Feby 28. 1835 at Groton Vt. . She died at Bath, Grafton Co. N.H. Nov. 2, 1836 
Very respectfully, 

Claim was rejected as the widow had remarried.  She was not entitled to pension at the date of her death, hence no allowance could be made to the children. 

Commissioner. 
1565b3m10 - 08
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 Acts of July 14, 1860 and March 3, 1873 (crossed out) 

REJECTED
11.334

P.O._____
Mabel Wesson 

Service:______ 
Enlisted: _______, 18__
Discharged:_____, 18__ 
Application filed:____,18__ 
Alleges:________
Reenlisted:___________
Attorney:__________
P.:___________
_______Recognized.   _______Contract
________Cert. of Dis. Searched for____, 18__  


1911 Dec. 29 Hist. to Edward S. Abbott V.L..M. 1928 July 12 Photos to E. Martindale 
See Wm. Aaron W.10287. A D.Y 

1931 - Oct 8. Mrs. P. K. Von Ficht advised regarding Mabel Abbot. See letter- 
James Cooney- S3189 - ILL

1936 - Feb 3 - Hist to - Edwin Lilley. Lester in case of Benj. Lilley S. 37624 
EL
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Pension Office 
May 16, 1854
Sir:
 I have received the additional proof in the case of the heirs of Mabel Wesson formerly widow of William Abbot,  & after examining the whole of the evidence and the acts of Congress applicable to the case I am constrained to reject the claim upon a point which appears to have escaped the attention of the Examiner in 1851 = Up to the passage of the act of Mch. 3. 1837 widows of Rev. Soldiers who again intermarried were not entitled to the benefits of the  Act of July 4, 1836, Mrs. Wesson  died in Nov. 1836, of course before the passage of the act of 1837 and was therefore not entitled to pension at the time of her death. There was nothing then due her and consequently
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her children have no claim 
Respond ly etc

L. D. Stevens 
Concord .
N.H.
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[7.6.37]

Mabel Wesson decd
[wid?] of Abbott
N. H. 

[illegible & crossed out]

11334 

1836
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Treasury Department
First Auditor’s Office 
January 8th 1851 
Sir
In reply to the inquiries of John Bedel[?] of Bath NH. which you referred to this office on 6th inst. I have  the [honor] to state for his information, that the pension of Ephraim Wesson appears to have paid in full to the 28 February 1835 the date of his death. 
Both present and past
Your ob’t  serv’t
Ju. S. Gallaher
[Aud - ]?

Hon. Harry Hibbard 
House of Representatives
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State of New Hampshire 
Secretary of States Office 

I do hereby certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of William Abbot is borne upon “A Pay Roll of Capt. James Osgood's Company in Colo. Bedels Regiment of Rangers raised by the Colony of New Hampshire in defence of the liberties of America” as a private - “Time, of engagement 1775 July 13, Time of discharge Dec. 31, Time in service 5 Mo. 19 Days

And upon a "A Return of men in the Haverhill Company who have been employed in the public service & are now in actual service" is borne the name of Wm.Abbot, " In Bedels Regimt. in Canada 1776” .- At the bottem of said Return  is the following certificate:

"State of New Hampshire 
Grafton ss Haverhill 1st May 1777-
The Selectmen of P. Haverhill hereby certify the above to be a true return of the number men who have been taken out of the Town for the service of the war & are now actually employed in said service
Charles Johnston 
Ezekiel Ladd 
James Woodward"
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And upon the “Pay Roll of Captain Joshua Haywards Company which marched from Haverhill and other towns at Coos to join the Northern Continental Army near Saratoga and were embodied in Colonel Jona. Chase's Regiment Sept. 1777" is borne the name of Wm Abbot as a sergeant. -
Entry Sept. 26. Discharge Oct. 26. 
Time in service to 1 mo’ 1 day” 

And upon “A Muster Roll of Captain Timothy Barrons Company in a Regiment raised for …….of the frontiers on and adjacent to Connecticut River, Commanded by Col. Timothy Bedel" is borne the name of William Abbot April 1st 1778 - as a private . April 10. 1778 “Appointed April 10th. For what time, 1 April 1779”. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State, this ninth day of January 1851 
John D. Hadley 
Secretary of State
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Bath N.H. 
January 29. 1857  

Sir:

Enclosed herewith please find application of Heirs of Mabel Wesson decd formerly widow of William Abbot, for benefit of 3. Sec of Act July 4, 1836, and first Sec. of Act March 3. 1837, made by Moses Abbot of this Town, one of her children, and Administrator her Estate - Also evidence in support of same marked from A. To F inclusive 
The material facts are conclusively established as follows - 

1st William Abbot service for over two years as private and Sargeant 2d from “B” entitling his widow to $81.72 per annum 

2d His  residence in Haverhill  N.H.  from “B” & "C”
 
3d  His marriage previous to last period of service from “C”

4th His death & his widows marriage with Ephraim Wesson from "A. & D. 

5th Ephraim Wessons Death from “A”. & “F” 

6.  Children's names & residences from “D”. 

All which is respectfully submitted in behalf of Moses Abbot Admr without argument on the presumption that the facts are to plain to need any- 
I am, Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Sert 
John Bedel 

Hon Jas. E. Heath
Comm. of Pensions
Washington D.C.

under cover to 
Hon. H. Hibbard 
House Rept.
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May 12, 1851 
Hon. H. Hibbard,
 Bath, N. H 

Sir:
II have the honor to inform you that the declarations and proofs in the case of Mabel Wesson decd, formerly widow of William Abbott, have been received. 
By them, it appears that certain services in the Revolutionary war were rendered under the name of William Abbot, but whether by one man or by several, does not appear. It seems also that one Mabel Whittlesey was married to one Wm. Abbot in 1777, but it is nowhere shown that the husband was ever in service or that Mabel Wesson  and Mabel Abbott were the same person. 
You will perceive, then, that the identity of the deceased with the wife of William Abbott, and the identity of that Wm. Abbott with a soldier who served at least 6 months, remain to be proved. 

J. E. Heath, Com.

Triplett
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(Copy)

Bath N.H. 
June 30, 1851 
Sir —
On the 29th & 30th Jany. last I forwarded you through the Hon. H. Hibbard the application of the Heirs of Mabel Wesson, the Heirs of Ezekiel Ladd, the Heirs of Lydia Brown & my own application as Administrator  of Mehitable Spaulding, accompanied by letter in each case. I have recd no answer to the above applications except in the case of Ezekiel Ladd dated May 10, 1851.  Had I not good reasons to suppose the above cases come in order at the time that you sent me the answer in the Ladd case I should not trouble you at this time, but inasmuch as the cases of Priscilla Moulton & Mary Palmer sent you by me on the 26 & 27th March, have been answered June 20 & 21   I must be justified in calling your attention to the cases of the Heirs of Mabel Wesson decd. formerly widow of William Abbott, the Heirs of Lydia Brown dec. Widow of Moses Brown, and my own application as Adm.  of Mehitable Spaulding decd formerly Widow of Ephraim Chamberlain forwarded in Jany. as above stated and desire that you will at least not deny me the benefit of the order in which these cases come if they have not already been  attended to and the answers misdirected —
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt.Serv.
John Bedel

Hon. J.E. Heath 
Com. of Pensions 
Washington D.C.
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Bath N.H. 
June 30th 1851 

Sir:

On the 29th & 30th . last I forwarded you,through the Hon. H. Hibbard, the application of the Heirs of Mabel Wesson, the heirs of Ezekiel Ladd,-- the Heir of Lydia Brown & my own application as Administrator of Mehitable Spaulding, accompanied by letters in each case. I have recd.. no answer to the above application except in the case of Ezekiel Ladd dated May 10, 1851. Had I not good reasons to suppose the above cases came in order at the time that you sent me the answer in the Ladd case, I should not trouble you at this time, but inasmuch as the cases of Priscilla Moulton & Mary Palmer sent you by me March 26 & 27th have been answered June 20 & 21 I must be justified in calling your attention to the cases of the Heirs of Mabel Wesson decd. formerly widow of William Abbot, the Heir of Lydia Brown decd. widow of Moses Brown and my own application as Adm. of Mehitable Spaulding decd.formerly widow of Ephraim Chamberlain, forwarded you in Jany as above stated, and desire that you will at least not deny me the benefit of the order in which these cases come, if they have not
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already been attended to and the names misdirected.

I am Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Serv

John Bedel

Hon. J.E. Heath 
of Pensions 
Washington 
D.C.
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Bath N.H.
July 28. 1851 

Sir
I am desired by John Bedel Esq. of this place, to call your attention to a letter heretofore sent by him to you of which the accompanying is a copy. 
Will you do me the favor to inform me or Mr. Bedel, as soon as may has convenient. whether the papers in the case mentioned in Mr. Bedel’s letter have been received, and give the other information desired in by him. The papers he forwarded to me were communicated to the Pension Office at the time I received them. 

Most respectfully
Your  obt. servant 
Harry Hibbard

James E Heath Esq 
Com Pensions 
Washington 
D.C.
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October 22, 1851

John Bedel, Esqr 
Bath, N.H 

Sir: 

X    X.   X.   X
X.   X.   X.   X

The claim of Mabel Wesson, decd. was examined on 12 May last, and reported to Mr. H. on that day X   X

X.   X.   X.   X 

John Wilson


(Kirby)
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I, Moses Abbott of Bath in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire Testify and say that I and the son of William Abbott late of Haverhill in said County deceased: that I am the same person who made a declaration before the Superior Court of Judicature of said State on the 5th day of July 1851 in order to obtain the pension due me & the other children in right of our father the said William Abbott: that the paper which is hereto annexed is the original paper of the said William Abbott and has been in my possession ever since the death of my said father: that the signature of William Abbott which appears on said paper is in the hand writing of my said father: the said William Abbott. 
Moses Abbott 

Orange  County Vermont 
Sworn to and subscribed on this third day of May AD 1854 before me 
R M Richardson, Notary Public
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State of Vermont 
Orange County ss

I CW J C Clarke Range County Court in & for the County the County of Orange & State aforesaid do hereby certify that R M Richardson was on the third day of May AD 1854 and still is an acting Notary Public in for said County duly appointed & qualified, that Notaries public are authorized by the Laws of this State to administer oaths, and that the signature to the within certificate purporting to be said Richardson’s is genuine —

Witness my hand & the seal of said Court the Eighth day of May AD 1854 
CW Clarke Clerke

Omit
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Concord N.H. May 18th 1854 

Sir,

I herewith forward additional evidence  in support of the claim of Mabel Wesson formerly widow of William Abbot for pension under the Act of 1836. 

This claim was transfered to me by John Bedell Esq. agreeably to your letter of Dec. 27th 1853 to him. 

The evidence now forwarded consists of an original paper of William Abbot having his signature in his own hand writing upon it: also a facsimile of the signature of William Abbott as it appears on a receipt signed by him & others acknowledging the reception of bounty advance wages.

The signature of William Abbot on the deed, though written many years after that on said receipt is I think beyond all question the signature of one & the same man. This I trust will Settle the question of identity.

 It appears from the Return of the Selectmen of Haverhill that William Abbot was in actual service
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on the first day of May 1777, and it further appears that he was  in service in 1776 in Bedel’s Regt. 

This return shows conclusively that said Abbott Served during all of the year 1776 & till May 1st 1777 to say the least. 

It is a fact well known that Bedel’s soldiers on their discharge in Canada Dec 31st 1775 immediately re-enlisted - that is a large portion of them did. They were all enlisted for one year & served that full term of time.

This Return" shews the names of the men who continued in service in 1776 and the selectmen of each town made return of their men who so served for the purpose of getting the pay due to the towns from the State of New Hampshire for their service.

Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servt
L D Stevens 




Hon. L.P.  Waldo 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington 
D.C.
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William Abbot 

I do certify that the above is a  fac simile of the signature of William Abbot as it appears on a receipt signed by him and there found in Vol. 2 Page 194 of the Rolls & Documents relating to Military Service in the war of the Revolution which remains in this office, which receipts is as follows: 

“We the subscribent officers & soldiers in the  second Compy of Rangers raised in the Colony " of New Hampshire by the Congress thereof whereof " James Osgood Esq is Capt. for the defence of the American "Colonies do hereby severally acknowledge to have received  of Israel Morey Esq. Paymaster of the wages due to the said Company for their first months service our first month wages respectively as witness our hands this 8th, day August 1775. 

And upon ""A Return of men in the Haverhill Company who have been employed in the public service & are now in actual
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service" is borne the name of Wm Abbot In what services. In Bedels Regimt, in Canada 1776.” 

At the bottom of the foregoing Return is the following: 

State of New Hampshire Grafton SS 
Haverhill,  1st May 1777  

The selectmen of [?] Haverhill hereby certify " the above to be a true return of the number men who have been taken out of the Town for the service of the war & are now actually employ in said service — 
Charles Johnston 
Ezekiel Ladd 
James Woodward. 

State of New Hampshire }
Secretary of States Office }
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State this 10th day of May 1854 
John L. Hadley 
Secretary of State.
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Agreement between 
William Abbott and Stephen Couch Respecting our mines & minerals in Bath 

Grafton ss Feby 28 1807 Recd for record: Recorded Lib 43 folio 522 Examd,Attest 
Sam Brooks Regt 

Feb 28
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Articles of agreement made and concluded this twenty eighth day of February eighteen hundred and seven by and between William Abbot of Haverhill & in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire Gentleman of the one part and Stephen Couch of Bath in said County husbandman of the other part 

Witnesseth 

That the said William in consideration of the covenants & agreements hereinafter mentioned hath remised released, let and conveyed and by these presents doth remise release let & convey unto the said Stephen his heirs and assigns forever one moiety[?] or half part of  all the oar, mines, [?] minerals of any kind that are now or may hereafter be discovered on a certain tract of land in Bath aforesaid known by the name of the Governor farm or Governors Lot, and also full and free liberty to enter upon said land  & there dig as he shall think proper for the making of discovery of oars mines and minerals, he or they to fill up the holes that may be dug where no discovery of any thing valuables is made within any expence to said Abbott, Provided however that no sales of any proportion of said oars mines or minerals shall be made without the said Abbott approves thereof or joins in the conveyance of the same —
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The said Couch covenants that the said Abbot & his assigns shall from time to time have and receive one half part of the net profits of the sales of the oars  of mines & minerals aforesaid & of any part or portion thereof. 

The said Couch also covenants that he will use all the means in his power, using his best skill, to make discoveries so far as the use of the same may promises mutual benefit to the parties and that in case any oars mines minerals be found to use his best endeavors to find a purchaser or purchase in order that the same may be disposed of for the greatest benefit of the said Abbot as will as himself —

And the said Abbot covenants that the said Court this assigns shall receive & appropriate to his own use & benefit one half part of the profits of the sales of such oars mines & minerals discovered as aforesaid of any portion or part thereof. 

The said Abbot also covenants that he will not refuse to join in a conveyance of any part or portion of the same agreeably to any prudent contract made by said Court, upon his
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being secured for his proportion of the net profits of the considerations of the respective sales 

In Witness whereof the said parties have hereunto and to a duplicate hereof set our hands & seals the date before written - 
Stephen Couch
William Abbot 

Signed Sealed delivered in presence of 
Simon Towle 
John[?] C. Butler 

State of New Hampshire }
Grafton SS}

Haverhill Feb 28 1807
This day personally appeared the above mentioned Stephen Couch & and William Abbot & acknowledge the above Instrument by them signed to be their Volentary act —
before Simon Towle Just Peace —

J A Sta ┃ Ham William A Haverhill Feb 28th 1807
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PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL 
MONTPELIER, VERMONT 
EDWARD S. ABBOTT, PRINCIPAL 

Dec. 19, 1911. 

The Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington, D.C. 

Sir: Will you kindly inform me whether a pension was ever granted to (pencil notation R.11,334) William Abbott of Haverhill, N. H. who was a private in Captain Davenport Phelps's Company of Bedell's Regiment at the time of the Expedition into Canada in February and March 1778? Also whether his widow received a pension, and if so, up to what date. This record of service is to be found in Vol. IV   of the New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls, pp. 118 and 120 

Yours truly 
Edward S. Abbott 

(Office stamp)
US Pension Office
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Dec 21, 1911
Dec 22, 1911
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(Pencil notation)See Receipt in Wm  Aaron W 10287

SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.     1-68. 
PHONE BRANCH 476 
ALL inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 24866-K
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON 
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Please furnish work specified below. 

Bureau ordering _Pension_
Deliver to Room 5033. 
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)  

Title and description of job __photostatic copy of 2 pages fro Rev. War pension claim of William Abbot, R. 11334

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February 3, 1936

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Mr. Edwin Lilley 
113 Nobes Avenue 
Lockport, Illinois 

Dear Sir: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you furnish further information in regard to Benjamin Lilley, James Albert and William Abbot, in whom you are interested. 

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the James Abbot who was born in 1717, married Sarah Banereft, served in the New Hampshire line and died in 1833. 

The records of Benjamin Eilley and William A furnished you herewith as found in pension claim, S.17496 and N. 11936, respectively, based upon their service in the Revolutionary War. The record of Ephraim Wesson, S22040, is given, also, because he married Mabel Abbot, widow of William Abbot, R. 11334. 

Very truly yours 

A.D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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February 3, 1936 

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B4-J/EFL
Benjamin Lilley - S.37624
William Abbot - R.11334
Ephraim Wesson - 22040

Mr. Edwin Lilley
113 Nobes Avenue
Lockport, Illinois

Dear Sir:

The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file revolutionary War pension claim, S.37624, based upon the military service in that war of Benjamin Lilley.

The and place of birth and the names of the parents of Benjamin Lilley enlisted, place not shown.

Benjamin Lilley enlisted, place not shown, in April, 1777,  for three years, served as private and sergeant in Captain William Toogood’s Company. Colonel Thomas Nixon’s Massachusetts Regiment, and when his term of service had nearly expired, was transferred to sappers and miners, commanded by Colonel [Courion?], Engineer, and served until the end of the war. 

In 1806, he was residing in Franklin, Massachusetts (Maine). 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Monroe, Massachusetts (Maine). 

In 1820, he was residing in Castine, Maine, and gave his age as fifty-six years.  At that time he stated that he served, also, for two years “in the late war”. No further details of this service are given. In 1820, his family residing with him consisted of his wife, Mary, aged forty-four years. He did not give her  maiden name nor the date and place of their marriage and there is no reference to any children. 

Benjamin Lilley died January 31, 1828, place not shown. 

In order to obtain the date of last pay pension and
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the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Benjamin Lilley (S.37624), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: 

Benjamin Lilley, Certificate No.9133, issued April 9, 1819, rate $8 as per month, commenced April 7, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Maine Agency.

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William Abbot 
R. 11334 

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of William Abbot are not shown. 

William Abbot enlisted July 13, 1775, at Haverhill, Grafton County, Hampshire, served as a private in Captain James Osgood’s Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment of Rangers and was discharged December 31, 1775 ; during this tour he went on an expedition to Canada; he immediately reenlisted and served one year in Colonel Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire Regiment: he enlisted September 26, 1777, and served until October 26, 1777, a sergeant  Captain Joshua Howard's [see note below] Company, Colonel Jonathan [Chase’s?] New Hampshire Regiment and was at the taking of Burgoyne; he enlisted April 1, 1778, and served one year as private in Captain Timothy Barron's [see note below]. Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel's Vermont Regiment. He enlisted at the time of the burning of Royalton, in 1780, and served ten days; names of officers not given. . 

The soldier married December 9, 1777, Mabel Whittlesey.  They were married at Haverhill, New Hampshire, of which place both residents and their marriage was recorded on the town records of said Haverhill. The date and place of birth of Mabel and the names of her parents are not shown.

 William Abbot died June 14, 1807, at Haverhill, New Hampshire and his widow, Mabel, married September 24, 1828, at Peacham, Vermont. Ephraim Wesson. Ephraim Wesson died February 23, 1835, in Groton, Vermont, in the eighty-first year of his age.

(Howard pencil notations)
Identified sol in this N.H.  service
This name is spelled Hayward but in this [*] he makes an affidavit assigns [Howard?]
[**] see his [**] at 216416

(Barron pencil notation) Barron is [illeg] as Lt. in [illeg] at this time
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Mabel Abbot Wesson died November 2, 1836, in Bath, New Hampshire , in the eighty-first year of her age. 

On January 3, 1851, Moses Abbott (as he signed) then aged seventy-two years and a resident of Bath, New Hampshire, applied for the pension that might have been due on account of the services of his father, William Abbot, in the Revolutionary War. He made said application on behalf of himself and the following named children of William Abbot and his wife, Mabel. 

Joseph Abbett of Groton, Vermont. 
Ames W. Abbott ‘’ Vermont. 
William Abbott    “ Romeo, Michigan.
Ann Knight   “ Ryegate, Vermont.
Sarah Fuller  “ Barnet, Vermont.
Abigail Robbins  “Lowell, Massachusetts. 

The ages of the above named children are not shown nor are the names of the husbands of the daughters given. 

The claim was not allowed as there was no provision of law under which the children of the soldier were entitled to pension. 

The name Ebenezer Abbott appears; no relationship to the soldier shown. 

Ephraim Wesson 
S.22040 

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Ephraim Wesson are not shown. 

While residing in Haverhill, New Hampshire, Ephraim Wesson enlisted in September, 1776, served until December, 1776, as corporal in Captain Thomas Simpson's Company, Colonel Israel Morey's New Hampshire Regiment and was engaged in guard and scout duty on the frontiers: he enlisted December 20, 1776, and served until March 1, 1777, in Captain Joshua Howard's Company, Colonel David Gilman's New Hampshire Regiment and again enlisted September 1, 1777 and served two months in Captain Joshua Howard's Company, Colonel Jonathan Chase's New Hampshire Regiment and was at the taking of Burgoyne. 

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Ephraim Wesson was allowed pension on his application executed September 1, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy years and resided in Groten, Caledonia County, Vermont. 

He died May 29, 18[35?]. 

There are no data as to family in the papers in this claim. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of person paid in the case of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Ephraim Wesson (S.22040), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and cite the following dates.

Ehraim Wesson Certificate No. 9361, dated April 17, 1833, rate $26.14 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, , 1832, Vermont Agency.


Very truly yours , 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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WASHINGTON, October 8, 1931.

BA-J/IEL 

Mrs. F.K. Van Ficht
1100 North Dearborn Parkway
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Mabel Wesson, widow of Ephraim Wesson, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

In the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim R.11334, the place and date of birth and name of parents of Mabel are not given.  William Abbot and Mabel Whittlesey, both of Haverhill, Grafton County, Vermont, were married December 9, 1777 in Haverhill Vermont.

Very truly yours,


A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator