Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R., for Stephen Squires, Vermont
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Vt.
Squires, Stephen
R. ______
Brown, Bethiah

This woman was pensioned on account of the service of her last husband Abijah Brown, Mass. W.8155
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B

Betsy Squier Born
the 29 Day of January 1792
_____________________________

Ezekiel Squier Born
The 20 Day of February 1794
______________________________

Eunice Squier Born the
1 Day of February 1797
_______________________________

February of 1801
it was
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Saul Kellogg Born the 
22 Day of August 1784.
_________________________

Jonathan Kellogg Born
the 10 Day of march 1786.
__________________________

Reustien Squier Born the
18 Day of January 1790.
__________________________

Bethies Squiers
Born the
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I, Tamier Everts, of Burlington in the 
County of Chittenden and State of 
Vermont, aged 77 years the 2-day
of May last, _______ and say
_____ Mrs. Bethiah Brown, of Rich-
mond in the state, who is now applying
for a pension is my sister. The
said Bethiah's last husband's name
was Kelley, and he died at my
father's house in S____  on. 16, in
March A.D. 1787. My father, Daniel
Bishop, lived at said S____ until
the next March, when he moved to
Richmond Vermont, and my said
sister Bethiah and myself moved
to Richmond with him. The next
fall, or the forepart of the next winter,
after he moved to Richmond, in 
1788, as aforesaid, the said Bethiah
and the said Stephen Squiers
were married at the house of my
brother, Daniel Bishop, in Richmond,
by Amos Bronson, Esquire, as I learned
at the time of said marriage
and have always since understood
I was not present to witness the marriage
but recollect the time perfectly well.
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I further say that I have often
heard it said Stephen Squiers
say that he was a soldier in
the Revolutionary war and that
he enlisted when he was quite
young. He said Squiers was
reported to have been a soldier
in the Revolution and was so
reported of in the neighborhood.
I further say that after 
said Squiers died in A.D. 1813,
and that after his death my said
sister Bethiah married Abijah
Brown, who died in the [assault]
of January A.D. 1835. After which
time my said sister has remained
a widow and is still a widow.
And further, ____ from the time
of said marriage of the said
Bethiah and Stephen Squiers as ___
until the death of said Squiers
in 1813, I lived near them and
was well acquainted with them,
and during all of said time
they lived together as husband
& wife, and were so considered
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and respected by the neighborhood
and by all who knew them.
per Tamar Everts

Clintha E Everts
Artemas Flagg
HG Hubbell

____ and sworn to before me
this 18th day of July A.D. 1833;
and I certify __ I have no
invest in the result of this claim
and will not  corcerced in
its p____ and ___ ___
offic___ in ____.

HG Hubbell
Notary Public
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County

I, Daniel B. Buckley, 
Clerk of the County Court in this and 
for the county ____ do hereby
certify ___ H.G. Hubbell ____
who has subscribed and certified
the foregoing affidevit of Mr.
Tamar Everts, was at the ____
of so doing and still is a Notary
Public within said county ___
___ ___ and  ____ ___ to
administer ______________ I am
well acquainted with his hand
writing, and that his said sign
within is genuine.
In testimony whereof I
have heard is set my
handand affixed
___seal of said County
Court. This 03 day
of August A.D. 1853.

Daniel B. Buckley

Tamar Everts
___
July 18, 1853
_____
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Bethia Brown
Declaration
August 1, 1853
Before
Artemas Flagg
Betsy Flagg
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State of Vermont
District of Chittenden

On this 1st day of August
eighteen hundred and fifty three, ___
____ appeared before the Hon. Court
of Probate within ___ the District of
Chittenden and State of Vermonth, Mrs.
Bethia Brown, a resident of Richmond
in the county of Chittenden & state aforesaid
____ _ 3 years, who, being first duly
________________in her __
make the ____ declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of __ __ of Congress
___ July 7th 1838, granting pension
to certain __ ___; That she is the
widow of Stephen Squiers who was
a private in the Vermont Troops in
the war of the Revolution. That she 
has often heard said Squiers state that
he was a soldier in the war of the Revolu-
tion, relate the particulars of his said
service and give the names of the office
under when he served; but that she
cannot now recall the names of these
officers. She remembers that he used
to speak of ____ enlisted.
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and served in said war for a __ paid
in the first place, and when this period
expired he then enlisted for five
years or during the war, she thinks
at Clarenvillage in this state, ___
___ he was closed before she said 5 years
expired.
She further declares that her said husband
one aforesaid Stephen Squiers, resided at
an early day in the town of Clarenden
this state, or in near vicinity, and ___
when he ___ to this county he ___
From Clarendon.
She further declares that she was married to
the said Stephen Squiers, at Richmond, then
Williston, Vt in the fall of the years seventeen
hundred & eighty eight, in the forefront of
of the winter of seventeen hundred & eighty nine;
That her husband the aforesaid Stephen Squiers
died in March A.D. 1813; that she was 
not married to him prior to his lea___ of
service but that the marriage took place pr_
to the first of January A.D. 1794, __, on or about the
time she states, & at all events prior to A.D. 1790.
And that she is still a widow, that after his death
in ___ of  of said services she remarried Abijan.
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Eli Bronson
of Richmond
W. H. Frencg of Williston

From who died in March A.D. 1835,
since which time she has remained a 
widow.

          Her
Bethiah + Brown
          mark

Sworn to and subscribed, before me on
the day and year first above written,
and I certify that I have no interest
in the result of this case, and am not
concerned in its prosecution.

W.H. French           Judge

I, Artemas Flagg, of Richmond in
the county of Chittenden and state
of Vermont, in whose presence the
foregoing declaration of Mrs. Bethia
Brown was ___, depose and say
that I am 64 years of age and have
resided in Richmond ___ ___
of the time since the year eighteen hun-
dred. That I became acquainted with
the above named Bethia Brown and
her husband the said Stephen Squiers
about the year eighteen hundred.
The said Bethia and Stephen were then
living together as husband and wifeand
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so lived together and were on ___
until the death of said Squiers. Then
after said Stephen Squiers died at
Richmond aforesaid in the seventh of
March A.D. 1813. His widow the
said Bethia, was again married on 
the 14th day of January A.D. 1834 to Abijan
Brown, and the said Abijan Brown
died on or about the 10th day of January
A.D. 1835, since which time the aforesaid
Bethia has remained a widow.
And I further say that I always ___
stood from said Squiers and from others
in the neighborhood ___ said Squiers
was a soldier in the war of the Revo-
lution, and he was so respected and
___ of. I cannot recall the names 
of any of the officers with whom he said
he served. I think he used to say
that he enlisted for ___ the
war, I have a
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war, and how they they done this thing and that. I have often heard him speak of having been reviewed by Baron Steuben, and I remember this because he used to speak of Baron Steuben's wonderful heavy voice. Edward Allen, now dead, was a Revolutionary pensioner and lived in the neighborhood of said Squires, and I have often heard him say that he and the said Squires served together in the same Company and Regiment. but whether it was only on some particular occasion, or for a length of time, I do not remember. - said Allen was from Clarenden this state, I think.
The said Stephen Squires came from Clarenden, Vermont, in that vicinity, when he came to reside in this county, as I always understood and believe. 
I further state that I married a daughter of said Stephen and Bethiah Squires, and that her name if Betsy and she was born in the year 1792 as I am informed and believe.
I further state that I believe and have
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good reason to believe that the said Bethia and Stephen Squires were lawfully married previous to the year seventeen hundred and ninety, and that I have searched for a record of their said marriage, but can find none.
/s/Artemis Flagg
/s/Eli Brownson
/s/W. H. French of Williston

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 1st day of August AD 1853, and I certify that said Artemas Flagg is to me well known and that he is a man of truth and veracity and the highest respectability
/s/W. H. French Judge

I, Betsey Flagg of Richmond in the county of Chittenden and state of Vermont, in whose presence the foregoing declaration of Mrs. Bethia Brown was made, depose and say that said Bethia is
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my mother and that the said Stephen Squires was my father. My father, the aforesaid Stephen Squires died in March A.D. 1813. My father was always reputed a soldier in the war of the Revolution.
I have often heard him say that he enlisted into the army when he was about sixteen years of age, and that he enlisted in the first place, for some period (I cannot state how long) and that he then enlisted for during the war, as far five years, and that the war closed before the five years expired. I have often heard him speak of Baron Steuben and of his very heavy voice. I cannot recall the officers names under whom he said he served or the particulars of his service though I have often heard him tell the story of his service in the Revolutionary war.
My father died at said Richmond and was 52 years old when he died. I think he was a Clarenden man and that his parents resided there.
I think the said Bethiah and Stephen Squires were married previous
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to the year seventeen hundred and ninety. I was born in January A.D. 1792 and was 61 last January. and my oldest brother, Reuben Squires was born in January A.D. 1790.
My mother's first husband was named 1Kellog. and my father, the said Stephen 2Squires was her 2d husband; and after his death she married for 3d husband 3Abijah Brown who died in the year 1835, since which time she has remained a widow.
And I further state that the leaf hereto attached is a leaf from the family record in my mothers family Bible and that the statement therein of the date of my own birth and of that of my brother Reuben, is correct and true according to my best  knowledge and belief.
/s/Betsey Flagg
/s/Eli Brownson of Richmond
/s/W. H. French of Williston
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 1st day of August A.D. 1853; and I certify that said affiant is
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credible.
/s/W. H. French Judge

State of Vermont
District of Chittenden ss } I, John S. Adams, Register of the Probate Court for the District aforesaid hereby certify that the Hon W. H. French is the Judge of said Court; that the foregoing declaration of Mrs. Bethiah Brown, & affidavits of Artemas Flagg and Betsey Flagg were made before him in open Court, and that his signatures thereto are genuine. And further that I have no interest in this claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office as said Register this 1st day of August AD 1833 at Burlington.
/s/J. S. Adams Register
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No 15,085
Bethia Brown former widow of Stephen Squires Vt
let Weston & Noyes Jan 10/54 Burlington Vt.
same Jny 17 1854
Same Mch 16 1854
Rev act 7th July 1838
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15.085
Bethia Brown former wid of Stephen Squire Vt.
Weston & Noyes Jany 10 1854 (Geddis
Same Jany 17 1854 (Nip
same Mch 16 1852, ( "
Hon A. Sabin May 24 1854 ( "
B. H. Baldwin 6 Sept. 1854,
Same 22. Sept 1854
  Do  30 " 1854

July 7 1838
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Revolutionary
Bethia Brown formerly widow of
Stephen Squier
Act July 7. 1838. Suspended. Vermont
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mo 51 00
1, 17
7, 4
4, 15
4
76 /20 17
167/8

20 mos & 17ds
17 mo. 15 days
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(3-1776)
Service Number
Vt.
Squires, Stephen R. -----
Brown, Bethiah
Contents
This woman was pensioned on account of the service of her last husband Abijah Brown, Mass., W. 8155.
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[handwritten letter]

Washington Sept. 4th 1854

Hon L. P. Waldo
Com'r of Pensions } Sir
I beg leave to file herewith additional evidence in support of the claim of Bethia Brown (former widow of Stephen Squires) to a Pension under the act of July 7. 1838. I would also refer you to an affidavit of Edward Allen which will be found in the papers of John Moses of Vermont a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832. By this affidavit it will appear that Edward Allen did serve in the Vermont Militia in 1778 under Capt Thomas Sawyer of Clarenden V.T. as stated in the papers of claimant.
Prudence Walker one of the witnesses of claimant and a daughter of Capt Thomas Sawyer, says she lived in Clarenden V.T. during the Revolution and knew Stephen Squire. that there was no other man there by that name &c. - she also knew Capt Ichabod Robinson and Lieut David
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[handwritten letter]

Powers, both of Clarenden, and under whom claimants former husband Stephen Squires is reported by the Sec of State of Vermont to have served - The Sec'y also certifies that Edward Allen served seven months &c in Vermont Militia under Capt Sawyer - There can be no doubt by the proof now on file of the identity of Claimants husband in the period of his service - 
As to the credibility of the witnesses I would call your attention to the letter of Hon A. C Flagg formerly Comptroller of the State of New York and now treasurer of the City of New York. and also to the certificate of D A Smally, Collector of the Port of Burlington Vermont - 
Very Respectfully Your obt Servt
/s/Benj H Baldwin
I have a power of Atty in this case in connexion with others which I exhibited to you a few days since -
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Polly Moses - wid of John Vt @ 2d Feb 48
with in the case Bethia Brown

M Cole
Benj H. Baldwin Present

Cole
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[handwritten letter]

Washington Augt. 17th 1834

Hon S. Cole
Acting Com'r of Pensions

Sir
In the application of Bethia Brown former widow of Stephen Squires for pension under act July 7. 1838. it is stated that said Squires served in Capt Sampson Co Vermont Militia and that Edward Allen served with him a portion of the time. Edward Allen is a pensioner of Vermont under the act of 1818 but he only mentions his Continental Service in his application.
I am informed by Messrs Weston & Noyes (attornies in the case of Bethia Brown and from whom I have a power of attorney). that in the papers of John Moses of Vermont admitted under the act of June 7. 1832 will be found an affidavit of Edward Allen in which he states his service in the Vermont Militia as indicated above.
Will you please inform me if Edward Allen's affidavit is to be found in a Messr's papers as above
Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt
/s/Benj H Baldwin
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Letter of Hon A. C. Flagg.
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[handwritten letter]

New York, Sept. 2, 1853.

Geo. McClelland

Dear Sir,
My brother, Artemus Flagg, who resides in Richmond, Vermont, will forward same papers to the Pension office, in behalf of the widow of Stephen Squires: My brother married a daughter of Stephen Squires and  his widow, who afterwards married a man by the name of Brown, has resided with my brother for 20 or 30 years. whether such proof as the department requires of the marriage can be procured at this remote period, I am unable to say: But from my personal knowledge derived from living in the neighborhood when a boy, I have no doubt of the fact that Mrs. Brown is the widow and was the lawful wife of Stephen Squires
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[handwritten letter]

My brother, his wife, and Mrs. Everts are witnesses in the case, and as they are entirely unknown to those who will examine the papers, I have been requested to give my opinion in regard to their credibility: On this point I can say with entire confidence that their characters for truthfulness, one and all, are implicitly to be relied on.
Respectfully yours, 
/s/A. C. Flagg
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[handwritten letter]

Burlington Vt Jany. 2d 1854

L. P. Waldo
Comm'r of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 

Sir:
We enclose, herewith, the Declaration of Mrs. Bethiah Brown, of Richmond Vt widow of Stephen Squires for a Pension under the Act of July 7th 1838.
We have delayed the case in order to find, if possible, some living witness, to the service of Stephen Squires, but after diligent search we must give that up as impossible, and submit the case to your consideration and the evidence enclosed. The men of the Revolution, who sill live, are few, and, in this immediate vicinity, hardly one remains. 
We trust that the evidence submitted will be weighed by you with reference to that sound old common Law rule, which demands the best evidence which the nature of the case allows. But if the evidence is carefully considered, it can hardly fail to convince you that the husband of the applicant was the identical Stephen Squires of the rolls. - We think, in such a case as this, that much importance
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[handwritten letter]

is to be subscribed to the character of the witness.
It may occur to you to ask, why the applicant has not presented her claim until this late day. I declare that Mr. Flagg has omitted to give the reason in his statement. But a good reason exists, and Mr. Flagg can readily give it, if you desire explanation on that point.
Very Respectfully,
/s/Weston & Noyes.

Declaration Aug 1 1853
Affidavit of Artemas & Betsey Flagg.
 "  Lamar Everts
 "  Prudence Walker daughter of Capt. S.
Leaf of Family Bible
Certificate of service Secy. State, Vt.
Letter of A.. C. Flagg.
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[handwritten letter]

Burlington, Vt Jan'y 12, 1854

Loren P. Waldo
Comm'r of Pensions.
Washington,

In reply to your letter of the 10th inst. in regard to the case of Bethiah Brown, formerly widow of Stephen Squire, we have to state. - That Edward Allen of Chittenden County, Vermont, was pensioned under the Act of 1818 - and we think he died in this County but cannot now state the time of his death. - If we remember right, Abigail Allen was pensioned as the widow of said Edward, under the act of Feb. 1848 and she also lived in Chittenden Co. Vermont, when pensioned. - Very Respectfully
/s/Weston & Noyes
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B H Baldwin
Sept 7, 1854
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[handwritten letter]

Pension Office
Sept. 6 1854

Sir
The additional evidence in the case of Bethia Brown formerly widow of Stephen Squire of Vermont, has been received,
The evidence is insufficient to identify Stephen as the soldier whose services are described in the Certificate of the Secretary of State of Vermont. The affidavit of Edward Allen is found in the case of John Moses, who was a pensioner.
I am very respectfully Your Obt Servt,
/s/ L P Waldo
Commissioner

Benj. H. Baldwin Esq
Present
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Weston & Noyes
March 6, 1854
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[handwritten letter]

Burlington, Vt. March 6 1854

Sir:
We have the pleasure to forward you, herewith, in support of the claim of Mrs. Bethia Brown, of Vermont, a certificate from the Vermont Secretary of State, during that Edward Allen and the former husband of applicant, did serve together from May 1st to November 13 1778 in Capt. Thomas Sawyers Co. of Provincial Troops. 
We therefore trust you will re-consider the conclusion announced to us in your favor of January 17, 1854. - which you will pardon us for saying we thought hardly warranted by the facts in the case, - for it would certainly be most dangerous to truth and all fair investigation & make an inference forwarded upon another inference outweigh a positive well-attested fact. - We shall always be content to rely upon a fact positively asserted by Artemas Flagg, for he is not a man that talks or swears "in all directions." [illegible] has satisfied us that the said Edward Allen served in the militia of this state before
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[handwritten letter]

he rendered the service in the Conn. line for which he was pensioned.
We trust that you will now find the proof satisfactory and forward the certificates.
Very Respectfully
/s/Weston & Noyes

L. P. Waldo
Com'r of Pensions
Washington
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Mrs. Brown's case
Prudence Walker
Nov. 15, 1853
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I, Prudence Walker, of Whiting in the County of Addison and State of Vermont, and eighty six years, depose and say, That Captain Thomas Sawyer was my father, and commanded a company of Vermont Troops during the war of the Revolution. I was born in Templeton Mass, in the year 1767, and moved with my father to Clarendon, Vermont, where we lived until the close of the Revolutionary War. Soon after the close of the war may father moved to Salisbury, Vermont, I do not now know any one living who served in my fathers company.
I was acquainted with Stephen Squires, and with his family. This family resided in Clarendon aforesaid during the Revolutionary War. I was very intimate with his sister Elisabeth Squires, while I lived at Clarendon during the war after its close.
She married a man by the name of Martin and moved to Middlebury, I think, and I do not know where they went to from there. I never knew but one person by the name of Stephen Squires. the one above named. and he and myself were young folks together. My father Capt. Sawyer moved from Clarendon to Salisbury after the close of the war, in 1783, in the fall of the year - The next autumn the said Stephen Squire & his nephew Eli Squires worked for my father in Salisbury and took a job of "chopping" twenty acres.
I then became intimately acquainted with said Stephen, but never saw him after that as I recollect. I heard afterwards that
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the said Stephen was married, and I think that not being after the war, I hears that he had moved into what was then called the north part of Vermont. I afterwards heard that he died at Richmond, Vermont, and I heard of his death about the time he died.
During the war and while we lived at Clarendon, I often heard Elisabeth Squires speak of her father Stephen Squires and say that she expected him home after the close of the war. I have no doubt but that the said Stephen Squires belonged to my fathers company in the Revolutionary war, in regard to his statements as to his service. I recollect that those who had been soldiers came to my father, and talked about their pay and the depreciation of their pay and wanted my father to make up to them the depreciation. My father moved west and died many years ago. I recollect this fact of the soldiers coming to my father about their pay, but cannot recall the names of those who then came.
I was acquainted with Capt. Ichabod Robinson and Lieut David Powers who served in the Revolutionary war. they were both of Clarendon Vt.
I am the widow of Jim Walker.
/s/X her mark Prudence Walker
Witness: /s/Abel Walker
/s/Hannah Huker
State of Vermont, Addison County, ss. On this
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fifteenth day of November, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three at Whiting aforesaid, personally appeared before me, Prudence Walker, and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit, by her subscribed, is true according to her best knowledge information and belief. And, I certify that the same was read to her in my presence and that she is blind, and cannot write, ['but' crossed out] that she is a woman of truth and intelligence, and for so old a person retains here memory and faculties is a remarkable degree. That I have no interest in the result of this claim and am not concerned in its prosecution. 
/s/Abel Walker, Justice Peace

State of Vermont
County of Addison ss } I, George S. Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison aforesaid, do hereby certify that Abel Walker, Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whose name is above written, was, at the date of said affidavit, and still is a Justice of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned and qualified. & that I believe his signature above written to be genuine. That I have no interest in this claim and am not concerned in its prosecution. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal as Clerk of said Court this 18th day of November AD. 1853.
/s/George S. Swift Clerk
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I, Artemas Flagg, of Richmond, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged sixty five years, in February last, depose, testify and say that Bethia Brown, widow of Abijah Brown, and former widow of Stephen Squires, has lived in my family for thirty three years last past; that, from my present recollection, as to time, soon after the passage of the law of July 7, 1838, she spoke to me about getting a pension for her on account of the revolutionary services of her former husband, the said Stephen Squires. I told her that I thought she was not entitled to a pension because she afterwards, that is after the death of said Squires, married said Brown, and was then the widow of Brown, but as I was not informed on that point, afterwards I came to Burlington to enquire of Wm Weston, whom I supposed could tell me whether she was entitled to a pension or not. 
Not finding him at home, I enquired of Lyman Cummings, Esq., a lawyer of said Burlington, stating to him the facts relating to Mrs. Brown's case, and he informed me that the marriage to said Brown would prevent her drawing a pension, and I informed Mrs Brown of what he told me, and from that time until since the passage of the act of February 3, 1853, I never knew, nor was Mrs Brown informed, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Congress has passed a law giving pensions to widows who had married after the death of the former husband, provided they were widows at the time of making their application.
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This is a reason why application was not made in behalf of Mrs Brown for a pension, until recently. Believing that said information which I received from said Cummings was correct, I never consulted either said Weston or any other person, on the subject of procuring a pension for Mrs Brown, until after the passage of the act of Feb. 3, 1853, and thinking it probable she was entitled under the last mentioned act, I enquired to ascertain if it was so, and on stating the facts, as I understood them, I was informed that she was entitled under the act of July 7. 1838. I have given a former affidavit in Mrs Brown's case, but was not enquired of touching the reason why she did not sooner apply, nor advised that it was material to show the reason, which will explain why these facts were not stated in my former affidavit. 
I was intimately acquainted with Edward Allen, formerly of said Richmond, (who was a pensioner of the United States,) from the year 1800, to the time of his death, and have had many conversations with him relating to his revolutionary services and I well remember that said Allen stated to me that he, Allen, and the said Stephen Squires served together in the Vermont Militia or Vermont troops during the Revolutionary war. This fact I believe I stated in my former affidavit. I so intended to state, for this statement of Allen's is now, was then, and from the time of such statement, distinct in my recollection. 
Said Allen emigrated from the State of Connecticut to the State of Vermont, as I always understood
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from him, in his lifetime, but I do not remember that he stated the time when he thus emigrated.
I would further state that, if I had been informed early of the rights of Mrs Brown to a pension under the law of 1838, I believe the revolutionary services of said Squires would have been proved by the testimony of revolutionary men who either served with him, or were personally knowing to his services in the revolution - but they are now no more among the living. 
/s/Artemas Flagg
I further state that I have no interest in Mrs Brown's claim for a pension, nor am I concerned in the prosecution thereof, though, as she is the mother of my wife. I should be glad to have her obtain a pension if she is entitled to one 
/s/Artemas Flagg
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of August, 1854, And I certify that the said affiant is a man of intelligence and undoubted truth, and that I have no interest in the claim of Bethia Brown for a pension, nor am I concerned in its prosecution. 
/s/William W. Peck.
Justice of Peace -
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STATE OF VERMONT, .
COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
CHITTENDEN, S. S
I,  J. S. Adams, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Chittenden being a court of record and having a seal as hereto attached, do certify that
William W. Peck Esq.
was, at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a
Justice of the Peace within 
and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his signature to foregoing jural and certificate is genuine and that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form, and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgements of Deeds and Depositions, and to administer oaths, &c.
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Court at Burlington, this Sixteenth day of August
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty four

J. S. Adams Clerk.
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Artemus Flagg
[Depenter]
August 14, 1854

Custom House District 8th
Collectors office Burlington
Aug 16. 1854
Sir.
I have been acquainted with the within named
Artemus Flagg for more than twenty years I have resided in the
[same] County + within a few
miles from him during the
whole of that time. He is an
independent & highly intelligent farmer, who has frequently represented his town (Richmond) in the State Legislature, and
held other town & County offices.
His reputation for integrity & truth has never been questioned, and I should rely as implicitly upon any statement he might make as upon that of any person in the circle of my acquaintance.  
Very Respectfully
Your Obdt set
D. A. Smalley Coll
Hon L. J. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
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Mrs. Brown's case
Certificate of Service
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STATE OF VERMONT
Office of the Secretary of State Montpelier, August 22nd 1853 
I certify that there is on file in the office a pay
roll of Capt. Jehan Noble Company of Militia for services done the United States & State of Vermont, made up at three pounds per month
in which appears the name of Stephen Squire with an allowance of fifty one days service as private in said company
a payroll of Capt. Jehan Noble Company of
Militia, Col. Warrens Regiment which served in defence of the Northern Frontier," in which appears the name of Stephen Squire with an allowance of one month & seventeen days service as private in said company
Also a payroll of Capt. Thomas Sawyers Company of Provincial troops from the dates of their several enlistments until discharged, commencing May 1st & ending Nov. 20 1778
in which appears the name of Stephen Squires with an allowance of seven months & four days service as private in said company.
Also a pay all of Lieut.  Everests Company of Rangers in the service raised by the State of Vermont, commencing fifteenth of
November & ending the thirty first of March inclusive 1780 in which appears the name of Stephen Squires with an allowance of four months & fifteen days service as private in
said Company.
Also a payroll of Capt. Ichabod Robinsons Company
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of Militia in Clarendon in the State of Vermont for the year 1780, in which appears the name of Stephen Squires with an allowance of four days service as private in said company.
Also a pay roll of Lt. David Powers Company of
volunteers belonging to Maj Eben Allens Detachment raised by the town of Clarendon for the defence of the State of Vermont, commencing Aug. 17, 1780 & ending Nov. 8 both days included, in which appears the name of Stephen Squire with an allowance of seventy six days service as private in said company
Given under my hand & the seal of
this office this 22d day of August A.D.
1853.
Ferrand F Merrill
Secretary of State
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Claim of Bethia Brown
Vermont

Act July 7 1838
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Service in Sawyer Co.
Stephen Squire
Edward Allen
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Office of the Secretary of State,
Montpelier, March 4th 1854
I hereby certify that there is on file in
this office. "A Pay Roll of Capt. Thomas Sawyer's Company of Provincial Troops from the dates of their several enlistments, until discharged, commencing May 1st
and ending November 13th 1778", in which roll occur the names of Stephen Squire, and Edward Allen with an allowance to each for seven months and four days, as privates
Given under my hand and the seal
of this office, this the 4th day of
March, A.D. 1854
Daniel P. Thompson
Secretary of State
Geo. R. Thompson
Deputy