Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15918, Jeremiah Dutch, [BLANK]
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE

Dutch, Jeremiah
Kenniston, Mary
or Kenistone
Former widow

NUMBER
W.15918

CONTENTS
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5501
New Hampshire 
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Mary Kenniston
widow of Jeremiah Dutch 
who died in the the year 1799
of Rockingham in the State of N(ew) Hamp(shire) who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain (illegible) of the regiment commanded by  Col(onel) (illegible) in the N(ew) Hamp(shire) line for
(illegible) years 
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Inscribed on the Roll of  Portsmouth
at the rate of 80 Dollars  (left blank) Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of February? (illegible)  Compensation? 
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Arrears to the 4th of March (illegible)
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept(ember) (18)41   (illegile)
(illegible) 0.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3rd}

Recorded by D. McCurdy Clerk 
Book C Vol. 1 Page 29.
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2506
Mary Kenniston's

Declaration-
N(ew) H(ampshire)

July 4 1836

alleged marriage 14 July (17)'83

(Note-- This record and record 7 are identical)
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the third section of the act of the 4th July 1836
and of the first section of the act of 3d March 1837.

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham Co. ss } On this nineteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before Bradbury
Bartlet one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County of Rockingham, Mary Kenniston, a resident of New Market in the County aforesaid aged seventy three years, who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836, and the act explanatory of said act passed
March 3. 1837 - that she was married to Jeremiah Dutch then of Lee in the County of Strafford and State aforesaid at her Father Jonathan Stevens in said Lee about three fourths of a mile from her present residence in
said New Market, on the fourteenth day of July A.D. one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three, by the Rev. Nathaneal Ewer then a settled minister in said Newmarket who according to her best recollection deceased near forty years ago, and that amongst the persons present at her said marriage was Mrs Martha Stevens now living in said New Market -- that previous to, and at the time of her said marriage to said Dutch he was a Revolutionary Soldier, and at the time of her marriage was at home on a furlough of about two months, having been in the Continental services the five years immediately preceding and at the expiration of his furlough rejoined the army and continued in the service after her said marriage, until the close of the war
and the disbanding of the army in the following winter, when he returned home to said Lee in the spring of 1784 I think, having been absent after her marriage about nine months. The names of the
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officers, under whom her said husband served, she is unable to tell, or through what particular portion of Country he marched or served--she
further declares that she has no documentary evidence tending to shew his services or discharge, and knows not whither he was draughted, was a volunteer or substitute, but knows that he enlisted to serve during the war
and continued to serve until the close of the war. She further declares, that her said husband remained at home in said Lee a little more than two years after the war, and that she had two children by said Dutch the oldest of whom was fifty two years last December (1836), when he with several neighbors hired himself to go to Canada in the neighborhood of Quebec to assist in building a bridge, where he continued about a year and then went to the State of Pennsylvania, and never afterwards returned--that thirty seven years ago, his brother, then living in Brentwood New Hamp(shire) received a letter from her said husband stating that he was very sick and
desiring him his brother to call on her and get her to go on to see her husband, but owing
to her poverty and the great distance, she could not undertake the journey, and since that time, she has never heard from him, and has always supposed him dead.   The further
declares that from the time said Dutch went to Canada the remained single and unmarried until the tenth day of August one thousand Eight hundred and seventeen when she was married to Aaron Kenniston of said New Market who died the twenty Eighth day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred and
twenty three, and since that time she has remained, and still is his widow
(signed) Mary Kenniston (by her mark)

Rockingham County ss June 19 1837 Sworn and Subscribed 

Before me (signed) Bradbury Bartlett
Rockingham County ss. I certify that the above 
Mary Kenniston is a person that sustains a good Character and entitled to belief
and the reason of her making this declaration before me is on account of her age and debility not being able to attend Court.

(signed) Bradbury Bartlett one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham SS
I. J. Bartlett Hoitt Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that the Hon(orable) Bradbury Bartlett who has subscribed
the foregoing declaration and certificate is one of the Judges of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit should be given to all his official as such and I believe the same to be his genuine signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of said Court this twenty first
day of June Anno Domini 1837
(signed) J.B. Hoitt 
Clerk C(ourt of the). C(ommon). 
Pleas Rock(ingha)m County
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2506
Mary Kenniston's
Declaration
N(ew) H(ampshire)
July 4 1836
alleged marriage 14 July (17)'83
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Mary Kenniston's 

Declaraton
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Supplimentary Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the third section of the act of the 4th July 1836 and of the first section of the 3d of March 1837

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss}  on this thirtieth day of July 
one thousand Eight hundred and thirty eight,
personally appeared before Bradbury Bartlett one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, Mary
Kenniston a resident of New Market in the County aforesaid in the seventy fifth year of her age who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of
Congress passed July 4th 1836, and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3d 1837---. That in a previous declaration for the above
purpose, made in June 1837, and forwarded to the Commissioner of Pensions, she was mistaken in the following particulars, to wit; in
stating that she was married to Jeremiah Dutch on the 14th July 1783, and also in stating the age of her oldest child, the widow Hannah Thurston of Latham N(ew). H(ampshire). when she should have stated she was married to said Dutch on the 14th July 1781 and this she verily believes was the true date, and the reason
why she so believes is that her oldest child Mrs Thurston above named was fifty six years old last December whose birth in her former declaration she thinks she stated took place in December 1783 and that she was led into this error from a misrecollection of the year of her marriage, and knowing that she Mrs Thurston was born in December next following her marriage
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with said Dutch in July previous. She further declares that her health of body and mind have failed her any much within a few years.
(signed) Mary Kenniston (by her mark)

Rockingham County ss Sworn and subscribed 
the year first above written before me
(signed) Bradbury Bartlett

Rocking ham County  ss-- I certify that Mary 
Kenniston who Subscribed the above declaration (illegible) credible witness, and the reason of making this declaration before me is on account of age and debility not being able to appear in court 
(signed) Bradbury Bartlett Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham ss 

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss  I J B Hoitt Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas within and for said County hereby certify that the Hon(orable) Bradbury Bartlett who has subscribed the above declaration and certificate is one of the
Judges of said Court and that his signature
thereto is genuine. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal of said
Court this thirty first day of August
A.D. 1838
(signed) J. B. Hoitt Clerk C(ourt of) C(ommon) P(leas) Rocking(ha)m County
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Dep(osition)

David Stevens
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David Stevens of Middleton in the State of New Hampshire seventy two years of age in August last depose and say that I am the brother of the widow Mary Kennison of New Market N(ew) H(ampshire). and that I was present at her marriage to Jeremiah Dutch
formerly of Lee N(ew) H(ampshire). by the late Rev(erend). Mr Ewer of New Market

The marriage took place at my fathers in said Lee, and I well remember my sister was then considered quite young, not being Eighteen years old, to be married. I was then about fifteen years old and my sister now Mary Kenniston was about two years and a half older-- that her marriage took place
in the summer of 1781, in July I should think-- 
When I was about twenty one years old I accompanied Dutch to Canada and worked with him about six months on Bridge work, that after we started to return home Dutch unexpectedly left me and I have never seen him since-
(signed) David Stevens

State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss November 12, 1838. Personally appearing, the said David Stevens and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. Before me
(signed) Alvah Seates Jus(tice of the). Peace

I further certify that the above named David Stevens is a credible witness
(signed) Alvah Seates Justice (of the) Peace

I know David Stevens above named only by character and reputation, he lived about 40 miles from me while I resided in New Hampshire.   From the information I have received respecting the man, I should have no
hesitation in giving full faith & credence to his statements
(signed) Richard Ela
Treas(ur)y Dep(artmen)t
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford County ss

I  Francis Cogswell Clerk of the Superior
Court for said County hereby certify that
Alvah Seates is a Magistrate as written and
that I believe the within signatures purporting
to be his are genuine

Witness my name and
Seal of said Court this
12 November 1838
(signed) Francis Cogswell Clerk
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 15918
Mary Kenniston
widow of 
Jeremiah Dutch 
Pri(vate) New Ham(pshire_ 

Act  July 4, (18)36
Index: Vol. A, Page 373
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Mary Kenniston
widow of Jeremiah
Dutch, N(ew). H(ampshire).
act 4 July 1836
-
See letter to J. A. Richardson
May 17. 1839 D. Murray 15 Dec(ember) (18)48t
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Mary Kenniston
N(ew). H(ampshire).

Rejected

see let(ter) to J. A. Richardson
July 27, 1837.

See let(ter) to R. Ela, Sept 15, 1838
(Copy of above)
d(itt)o to Same, Oct. 16. 1838
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Durham New Hampshire Nov. 16. 1838

J. L. Edwards Esq(uire)

Sir

I send you enclosed the Deposition
of David Stevens relating to Mrs Kenniston's; application for a pension also your letter to R Ela Esq(uire) of the 16th Oct(ober).   The object of Stevens deposition is to furnish "better proof as to the period when the marriage
took place"-- that it does I think you will be satisfied as it corroborates Mrs Kennistons statements as to her own age and the period
of her marriage.   Mr Stevens says he was about 15 years old when his sister was married which fixes the period of marriage in 1781 - Mrs. Kennistons age at that time being  between 17 & 18 years which deducted from her present age fixes it at the same time -- Mr Stevens distinctly states that the marriage took place in the summer of 1781 unqualifiedly, & (underlined) thinks in July
Respectfully 
your Ob(edien)t ser(van)t
(signed) J. A. Richardson
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Durham N(ew) H(ampshire)
June 27th

J. L. Edwards Esq(uire) 
Com(missione)r of Pensions
Washington  D(istrict of) C(olumbia)


(sideways on record  from right)
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Mary Kenniston
widow of Jeremiah Dutch 
Rockingham Co(unty)
New Hampshire

J. H. Richardson

(sideways on record from left)
July 1

N(ew) H(ampshire) 
A(ct) July (18)'36
3rd Sec(tion)
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I Gilman Johnson of New Market in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in said New Market -- That I have in my possession the original records of & (illegible) --That I have made search for but find no record the marriage of Jeremiah Dutch to Mary Stevens 
I further depose and say that those marriages solemnized?  by the Rev(erend) Nathanael Ewer period Jan(uar)y (17)74 to September 11, 1792     appear by the Clerks (illegible)
all certified by said Ewer at the Twon Clerk at the time.   I further depose and say that the Church over which the said Ewer was Pastor was long before in my remembrance disbanded.   I further depose and
say that it is generally understood here that that many of said Ewers 
(illegible)  Neil and, among which were (illegible) have been recorded on the Town books.  

(signed) Gilman Johnson
Town Clerk

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County, ss On this twenty seventh day of August one thousand Eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared the above
named Gilman Johnson and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.  And I certify that say that the character of the said Gilman Johnson for trust is good
(signed) David Murray Jus(tice of the)  Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham C(ounty) ss 

I J. B. Hoitt Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County hereby certify
that David Murray Esq(uire) who has subscribed the within certificate is a Justice of the peace within and for said County, and that his signature thereto is genuine

In Testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand & affixed the
Seal of our Court of Common Pleas
this 31st day of August Anno
Domini 1838
J. B. Hoitt Clerk C(ourt of). C(ommon) P(leas)
Rocking(ha)m County
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Dep(ositio)n of Gilman Johnson
Town Clerk, New Market
N(ew) H(ampshire)
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J. L. Edwards Esq(uire)

Washington
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Durham N(ew). H(ampshire). Sept(ember) 8 1838

J. L. Edwards Esq(uire)

D(ea)r Sir:

Enclosed I send some additional papers in the case of Mary Kenniston whose declaration & some accompanying evidence I sent in June 1837.    In her first Declaration the old lady was mistaken as to the date of her marriage the enclosed is to satisfy you of this fact.   Mrs Thurston whose deposition I enclose appears to be a very respectable and intelligent woman & entitled to implicit credit & in the matter of her age cannot be mistaken, and she is the oldest child of Mrs Kenniston by Jer(emiah) Dutch on account of whose services she
claims a pension

I send also the Dep(ositon) of the Town Clerk of Lee N(ew). H(ampshire). to satisfy you that there is no record of Mrs Kennistons marriage in the Books of Record in that town, the only place where a record would  be likely to be found as the law required all marriages
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to be recorded in the Town where they were solemnized

I send also the Dep(ositio)n  of the Town Clerk of New Market where Parson Ewer lived not any important in this matter, except to show that proper diligence has been used to procure evidence of the marriage to shew that Ewers private records were destroyed-

Your Ob(edien)t Ser(van)t
(signed) John A. Richardson
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Muster Roll of the Ab? mustered by
Samuel Zohom to fill up the New Hampshire
Regiments in the Continental Army 1781

Jeremiah Dutch Age 20 Stature 5 feet 7
Complexion Light Time engaged for 3 years
When Mustered April 27, 1781. Place of Abode
here . Town engaged from Lee whom  presented Capt(ain) George Tuttle. To whom presented Lieut(enant) Boyenton

State of New Hampshire
Office of the Secretary of State
Nov 24 - 1840
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a
true extract from the original  now
in this office   In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed the seal of said State
(signed) Josiah Stevens Jr. 
Sec(retar)y of State

(seal affixed)
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J. L. Edwards Esq(uire)
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Durham New Hamp(shire). June 26. 1837

Sir

Inclosed I send you Mary Kennistons
Declaration, & two affidavits respecting her husbands services and manage, to obtain a pension-

I hope your files will furnish such evidence
in addition to what is enclosed as to ensure success to the applicant

Respectfully your ob(edien)t ser(van)t
(signed) John A Richardson
Durham New Hamp(shire)--
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J L Edwards
Comm(issioner) of Pensions

R. Ela Esq(ui)r(e)
Treasury Department
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War Department
Pension Office
Oct 16 1838.

Sir

I herewith return the letter of Mr Richardson in the case of Mrs Mary Kenniston formerly widow of Jeremiah Dutch   It appears that he served till the 3(r)d Sept(ember) 1781.   To
establish her claim under the act of 4 July 1836
it is necessary that it should be clearly shown that she was married before he left the service. It is alleged that she was married in July 1781 but I am not satisfied with the evidence exhibited in this court.   I do not attach less
credit to the statements made on account of the contradictions in the several affidavits than if they had been perfectly free from any discrepancy because I know that the memory cannot be relied on for accuracy as to dates after the lapse of fifty years, except in very extraordinary cases. The claim cannot be allowed under law of July 4, 1836, (underlined)-- without letter proof as to the period when the marriage took place--  Under the law
of July 7th 1838 no widow can receive a pension who has been married since the death of the husband on account of whose service he claim is presented

I am, respectfully,
your ob(edien)t serv(an)t

(signed) J. L. Edwards

R. Ela, Esq(uir)e 
Treasury Department
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Lee N(ew) H(ampshire)
Jeremiah Dutch d(eceased)

Mary m(arried) July 14, 1783

was a soldier before he
Married and certificate 

7/8 of 1784 to

(very faint) married July 14, 1784?
(very faint) (illegible)
(very faint) d(ischarged)? 27 Ap(ril) 1781
(very faint) 3 y(ea)r ? Lee
(very faint)  (illegible)  tp Lee ? 
(very faint) Reich Reg(imen)t 6 ?  1781
(very faint) ? depostion ? 54

Bundle 22 No 3 Cap(tain) Rowells
Co(mpany) the roll to Jan(uar)y 1783
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Mr. Elas letter
and aff(idavi)t of Mr.
Steven F. Thomson
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Treasury Department
Oct 16 1838

My dear Sir 

Allow me to submit for your perusal a
letter I have received this morning from my
friend J A Richardson of Durham N(ew) H(ampshire)

You will of course overlook the tone of
complaint in judging of the substance of the matter.  Mr Richardson is a respectable person --who gave the information which led to the prosecution of the claim? to whom he refers--and is incapable of asserting a claim in which he has not full confidence

The original declaration, and one of the witness(es) made a blunder which destroyed the claim under the first act - but does not affect it under the second.   The other witness Mr Stevens a most respectable person living in the same town to which I formerly belonged gave a correct statement
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Now it strikes me that the claim is perfect
under one act or the other-- and that the
evidence would probably satisfy your
self that the claim should be allowed
under the first.

It is a matter of consequence to this destitute woman on the approach of winter and permit me to ask you to glance over the papers yourself and see if an allowace cannot be legally made

Respectfully &(c)
truly Yours
(signed) R. Ela 

J L Edwards E(squire)
Comm(isioner) of Pensions
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2206
Mary Kenniston
formerly widow of 
Jeremiah Dutch
Married 1781
died 1799
Allowed 2 y(ea)rs per $80
per annum Cap(tain)
Rowell  Col(onel) Reid
on roll Jan(uar)y 1783
Act July 4 1836


David Murray Esq(uire)
New Market 
N(ew) H(ampshire)
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Martha Stevens &
David Watsons
Affidavits
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I Martha Stevens of New Market in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Widow aged seventy seven years, testify and say that Mary Kenniston the widow of
Aaron Kenniston who died about twelve years ago as near as I can recollect is my near neighbor in said New Market and that I have been acquainted  with her from her childhood
up and that I was present at her marriage at her Fathers house in Lee, New Hamp(shire) to Jeremiah Dutch with whom I was well  acquainted also from childhood-- I further State that the Rev. Nathaniel Ewer then the minister of New Market aforesaid performed the marriage ceremony which took place as near as I can remember fifty four or five years ago---Reverend  Ewer died more than thirty years ago. I well remember that said Dutch belonged to the Revolutionary Army-- and
when he returned home at the close of war.
I also state that said Jeremiah Dutch left this section of Country soon after he returned after the war and for more than thirty years has
been supposed to be dead, having never heard of him since
I lived within a half mile of said Dutch, while he was in this section of Country, before and after he was in the Army-I further State I well remember when Mrs Mary Kenniston then
Mary Dutch the widow of Jeremiah Dutch was married to Aaron Kenniston of said New Market about twenty years ago although I was not present at the wedding - I further state that Mrs Kenniston had two children by said Dutch the oldest of whom is upwards of fifty years old that since the death of said Kenniston Mrs Mary Kenniston has remained a widow
(signed) Martha Stevens (by her mark) 

Witness (signed) John A Richardson
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss}   June 14. 1837 Personally appeared
the above named Martha Stevens and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed before me--- I also also certify that her statements are entitled to credit-

(signed) John A Richardson Justice (of the) Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford County ss

I Francis Cogswell Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County hereby certify that John A Richardson Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been
taken is a Justice of the Peace for said County
and that the foregoing signatures purporting
the his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the Seal of said Court
this twenty sixth day of June
Anno Domini 1837
(signed) F Cogswell Clerk
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I David Watson of New Market in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged seventy seven years a pensioner of the United States testify and say that I was well acquainted with Jeremiah Dutch formerly of said New Market as also with Mrs Mary Kenniston now residing in my immediate neighborhood in said New Market who was the wife of said Dutch and afterwards
his widow - further that said Dutch was a Revolutionary Soldier belonging to the same Regiment with myself under the command
of Col(onel) George Reed and Major Wait that said Dutch did not belong to the same company with myself and the names of his
Company officers I cannot designate-- said Dutch entered the service about a year after I did in the year 1777 I think, and served
in the same Regiment until the close of the war - said Dutch was engaged with myself in the Battle of Princeton and Landon and at
the Skirmish at White Plains in New York and discharged at the North River with our Regiment and returned in the early part of the
Summer 1784 as nearly as I can recollect. I further state that I knew said Dutch after his return to said New Market and Lee N(ew) . Hamp(shire) I also remember that said Dutch went to Canada after being at home about two years and since then I have never seen
him, but have understood from Canada he went to Pennsylvania when he died nearly forty years ago
(signed)  David Watson

State of New Hampshire
Strafford Co(unty). ss}  June 14. 1837. Personally appeared the above named
David Watson and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me (signed)John A Richardson Jus(tice of the). Peace

I further certify that the above named David Watson is entitled to credit as a witness-
(signed) John A Richardson  Jus(tice of the) Peace
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Hannah Thurston
Deposition
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I Hannah Thurston of Stratham in the County
of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire declare depose and say that I am the oldest child of Jeremiah Dutch formerly of  New
Market in said County and that Mary Kenniston
of said market formerly the wife of said Dutch and now the widow of Aaron Kenniston is my mother, and that I was (lined out--born) fifty six years of age the nineteenth day of December last past, as I have so understood and known from earliest childhood.  At the
time of my birth my father was absent in the Army as I have understood; and my recollection of him very indistinct being only about three years old when he left this
part of the County since which time I have never seen or heard of him. My mother Mary Kenniston lives about six miles from my residence and I have frequent opportunities for seeing her and I have observed that within
the last three years her health and memory have very much failed 

(signed) Hannah Thurston
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State of New Hampshire
Stafford County ss          ⎬ April 18th 1838. Then personally appeared the within named Hannah Thurston and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed I 
further certify that her statement are entitled to full credit
(signed) John A. Richardson Jus(tice of the). Peace

State of New Hampshire
Strafford County ss
I Francis Cogswell Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County hereby certify that John A Richardson Esquire is a Magistrate
as above and that the above signature
purporting to be his are in my belief genuine 

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my name and affixed 
the Seal of said Court this 31st
day of August 1838
(signed) Francis Cogswell Clerk

(seal affixed)
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Thomas M Thompson
Dep(ostion) Town Clerk of Lee
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I Thomas M Thompson of Lee in the County of
Strafford and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I held the office of town clerk in said Lee -- That I have in my possession the original Records of said town.-- That said Records offer no proof of any marriages solemnised by the Rev(eren)d Nathaneal Ewer, late of Newmarket in the County of  Rockingham dec(ease)d-- That not over
twenty marriages have been recorded on
said record prior to the year one thousand Eight  hundred,  among which are none by said  Ewer. 

I further depose and say that said Lee is an 
adjoining town to said Newmarket
(signed) Thomas M. Thompson Town Clerk

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss     On this fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Rockingham the above named Thomas M Thompson and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is ?end  I certify that the character of the said Thomas M Thompson for truth is good
(signed) David Murray Jus(tice of the) Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss

I John Kelly
Register of the Court of Probate for said
County of Rockingham do hereby
certify that David Murray is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
and in his own proper handwriting

In testimony whereof
have hereunto set
my hand and the
seal of said Court this
fifth day of September
A D 1838
(signed) John Kelly Register of Probate