Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16500, Josiah Batcheller, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Batcheller, Josiah
Ruth

NUMBER
W. 16500

CONTENTS
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1810
Concord N. H.
Ruth Batcheller
widow of
Josiah Batcheller decd
and who died on the 2d May 1827
of Hillsboro Co. in the State of N.H
who was a Private in the Comp. commanded
by Captain Hallard of the Regt commanded
by Col Brewer in the Ms. [Mass.]
line for 1 year artificer  6
8 mos. Private 8

Inscribed on the Roll of Concord N.H.
at the rate of 98 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Feb 1839 and sent Hon. F Pierce Senate U.S.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $246.65
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 39. 49.33
$295.98

{Act July 7,
1838.}

Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk
Book A Vol. 1st Page 34
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Mis To Vir
Abagil [Abigail] Bathe [Batcheller]
in Wenham
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New York August the 18 1776
Dear Sisters these lins [sic] comes [sic] with my sincere love and regards  to you to let you know that by the Blessing of God I am well and in good helth [sic] and I hope that these Lins [sic] will find you in the same I recived [sic] your Letter the of this month and I am very glad to here [sic] that you are all well I have not herd [sic] from my Brother since he went away nor from Joseph nor Benjamin Swain this morning about 7 o clock them [sic] two Ships came Back and two tenders with them [illegible] under our men burnt [illegible] inspect the  reaglers [regulars ?] to try 
for the city soon they have got about twenty thousand men and we have here about fifty thousands who is [sic] very sickly there now I would have you write to me as ofen [sic] as you can. there is fruit Brought into the market and to very dear I live well and have got a fire brick house to live I would be glad that you would let me know weather [sic] Hannah is at home or at Boston when you rite [sic] agin [sic] give my love to mis  [sic] Poly [sic] and Hannah Swain and to all enquiring frinds [sic] I have now an opertunity [sic] to send this Letter By Mr Crease of Beverly I would have you send me a Letter By Mr Bacor of old Beverl tavern keeper for he goes past for Col Glovers Rigement [sic] and will come here soon I will pay the post we have a Rigament [sic] of artificers Mr Sergent is captin [sic] of won [one]
Company and Mr Brown is won [sic] of his Leftin [sic] and I am won [sic] of his Sergents  [sic] in the room of a better I have Nothing more new to to write at "Pressent" [sic] But I
Remain your Ever Loving Brother Til Death 
Josiah Batcheller
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Mrs To
To
Abagail Batcheller
In Wenham
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I would be glad that
you would
let me know
weather [sic] to have got
that money that I
sent home by Capt
Sergent wich [sic] was
fifty Dollars I
Sent home by him
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Bedford November the 16 1776
Loving Sister these Lins [sic] come with my Sincere Love and regards for you to let you know that by the Blessing of God I am well and in good health and I hope these Lins [sic] will find you in the same I received your Letters 26 day of August wich [sic] informed me that you were well I was very glad to hear it we have had a good many removes sence [sic] I wrote home Last we have moved from Kingsbridge to 
taretown and from there to white plains and
then to North Caset and from their and from their to bedford and here we are now we Bord [sic] out and live very well and have good Lodging we are forty miles from the city of New York I have not had any News from Quebecl [sic] not lately I exspect [sic] to be
at home in two months from now if nothing happens I believe that I Shall not list [enlist] again Before I have been home I should be willin [sic] to List again if I was sertin [sic] that I should live as well as I due[sic] now I would have you write as often as you can give my love to all enquiring frinds [sic] here is two Shillings I send you to Drink my helth [sic] I would be glad that you would kneet [knit] me a pair of Deep blue Seemed [sic] Stockings again I come home and you shall have the money for
them I Shall send this Letter By Mr Kimball I have nothing more to write at present but
I remain your ever Loving Brother until Death
Josiah Batcheller
A
Death
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Declaration
Ruth Batcheller
Wid of 
Josiah

Married 1786
Died 1827

Act July 7 1838

Allow $8 mo pr 26.66
212 mo artificer 72
per ann            $98.66
Hon F Pierce 
U. S. S. [Senate]

4147
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
On this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of  Probate this day holden at Amherst in said County Ruth Batcheller a resident of New Ipswich in said County of Hillsborough aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain a
benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows" That she is the widow of Josiah
Batcheller formerly of said New Ipswich deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolution and a portion of the time held a Sergeants commission or officiated a  Sergeant, that according to her best knowledge and belief, he went into the service
from Wenham Massachusetts previous to the battle of Bunker Hill, as she has heard him tell of being there at the battle and that he was under the command of a Captain or Colonel Mansfield who he said was a Coward and kept his men back. That he was in the service from this time, till after the battle of Burgoyne in 1777 that he served a considerable portion of the time as an artificer and was attached to Colonel Brewer's Regiment, and Captain Hilliard's company, that he was a Blacksmith, that she thinks he served under two or three different enlistments, but she cannot tell the captains name under whom he first  enlisted, but thinks his captain or Colonels name was
Mansfield, nor can she fix the time definitely when he enlisted, but thinks it must have been some little time before the battle of Bunker Hill from the circumstance before stated. That she has no documentary evidence to prove his service excepting two letters which were written to his sister while he was in the service and which she knows to be in his hand writing and which are hereunto annexed
She further declares that she was married to the said Josiah Batcheller on the twenty sixth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six, and that her husband, the aforesaid Josiah Batcheller died on the second day of May in the
Over
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year eighteen hundred and twenty seven that she was not married to him prior to his having the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time before stated that she has remained a widow ever since the decease of her husband the aforesaid Josiah Batcheller
Ruth Batcheller

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year
before written in open Court, before me
L. Woodbury
Judge of said Court
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Rev War & 1812 Wars Section

October 9, 1928

Estelle A. Batcheller
Box 156
Blairstown, New Jersey

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.16500, it appears that Josiah Batcheller, while a resident of Wenham, Massachusetts, enlisted in 1775, served as a private in Colonel Mansfield's Massachusetts Regiment and was in the battle of Bunker Hill, length of service not stated.
He enlisted and served the entire year of 1776 and until after the surrender of Burgoyne, as a sergeant and blacksmith in Captain Hillard's Company, Colonel Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment of Artificers.
He died May 2, 1827, at New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
While a resident of New Ipswich, New  Hampshire, soldier married, December 26, 1786, Ruth Fletcher. The ceremony was performed by the Reverend Stephen Farrar of
New Ipswich. Said Ruth Batcheller was allowed pension
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on her application executed December 4, 1838 while a resident of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, aged seventy-one years.
The names of their children are not given.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a Peter Fletcher as described by you or to any Antony Fountain or Jonathan Stout.

Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

Sol. had sister Miss Abagil Batcheller
living in Wenham in 1776.
Sol. also had brother, name not given
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[illegible]
Paid
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Hon Luke Woodbury
Judge of Probate
Antrim
N. H.

New Ipswich
Dec 8
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
Concord December 17 1838
I hereby certify, that from the Records in this office it appears that on the Seventh day of
December A.D. Ephraim H. Farrar was duly
in Commission as a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Hillsborough and that his signature as such to the annexed Instrument is true and genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State.
of
Josiah Stevens Secretary of State.
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I Joseph Barrett of New Ipswich in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire do hereby testify and say, that according to my best recollection and belief, Mr Josiah Batcheller Husband of the Widow Ruth Batcheller of this place, died on the second
day of May AD. 1827 in this town, being myself
present at his funeral. And having been acquainted with the said Widow Ruth Batcheller for many years. I further say, that according to my full belief, she has remained a widow ever since the decease of her said husband
New Ipswich Dec 7th 1838-
Joseph Barrett

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough SS. December 7th, 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Barrett and made oath that the statement by him subscribed is true.
Before me Ephraim H. Farrar Just Peace

I hereby further certify that the above named
Joseph Barrett is a credible person
Ephraim H. Farrar Jus Peace
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I Samuel Lee Pastor of the Congregational
Church in New Ipswich in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire, certify, that I have examined the records of said Church with a view to the marriage of Josiah Batcheller and Ruth Fletcher and find that there is no such Record-
Saml. Lee

I John Gould Jr Town Clerk of New Ipswich in
the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire certify, that I have examined the town Records with a view to ascertain the marriage of Josiah Batcheller and Ruth Fletcher and find that there is no such Record.
John Gould Jr.

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss. December 7th 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Saml Lee and John Gould Jr and made oath that the statements by them subscribed are true Before me Ephraim H. Farrar Jus Peace

I hereby further certify, that the above named
Samuel Lee and John Gould Jr are credible persons
Ephraim H. Farrar Jus Pence
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This may certify that the widdow [sic] Ruth
Batcheler of New Ipswich was legally married
Mr. Josiah Batchelor, of S. Ipswich, who is
now dead. That we the subscribed were both
present at their marriage, which ceremony was performed, by the Rev. Stephen Farrar
N. Ipswich, and we believe a marriage was on the 26th day of December 1786
Aaron Appleton
Eunice A. Appleton

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss.
September 10. 1838
Then the said Aaron Appleton, and Eunice A Appleton made solemn oath that the foregoing certificate by them signed is true
I certify that the said Aaron & Eunice are
credible persons
Salma Hale Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss
I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Cheshire, certify that Salma Hale was on the tenth day of Sept. last past and still is, a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cheshire aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, and that his name within written is his genuine Signature - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at [illegible] this fifth day of October Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and thirty eight -
H. Coolidge Clerk

[seal]
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I, Joseph Eveleth of Salem in Massachusetts, aged 82 years, on oath testify that I served
all 1776 and part of 1777 till after Gen Burgoyne was taken in the fall of 1777 in Maj. Bacon's Corps of Artificers in Col Brewers Regiment: I well remember
that Josiah Batcheller, who then belonged to Beverly a Town adjoining this, served as a Blacksmith in the same corps of Artificers: he and I both enlisted at, Winter Hill near Boston, Marched to New York, worked there till the British took Long Island, then went up to Kings Bridge, thence to Tarrytown thence to North Castle & Peekskill, My time was out at the end of the year, but went back to Danbury & found said Batcheller & others at work ironing wagon wheels for the army & services in that corps; we worked there till after Burgoyne was captured and then came home
I was well acquainted with Josiah Batcheller till
that time, and have not since seen him and 
understand he went into the country & settled at New Ipswich in New Hampshire
Our captain's name was Hilliard, a Connecticut man. & our Lieutenant was on Jona. Brown, with whom I had proved my time as an apprentice. 
We also were at White Plains Joseph Eveleth
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State of Massachusetts Essex
Octr 12th 1838. Then the aforenamed Joseph
Eveleth, who is a credible witness, made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, is true
Before me
Benj. Merrill Just. Peace

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, ss.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, th t Benjamin Merrill Esq is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and that his
signature hereon is genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas,
October 12, A. D. 1838.
John Prince Clerk
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Josiah Batcheller
M 1786 d 1827
from Wenham Mass
May 4
75. 8. Eben Francis Vol. 14 p. 87
76. 12 Artificer, Col Brown, Cap Hilliard
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16500
Ruth Batcheller
Widow of
Josiah Batcheller
Pri Rev War

Act: July 7th 1838
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 36
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1913 Oct. 22. History to Miss
Margaret V. McCabe
1928 - Oct. 9. Hist to Estelle A.
Batcheller M E. E.
1929, June 27, J M Smith
adv. soldier not serve 
in War 1812
1937 Aug 14. Mrs. Geo. E. Warfield adv. sol. did not serve in War of 1812. A. D. Y.
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OFFICE OF
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
3 - 1903
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
October 15, 1913.

Miss Margaret V. McCabe,
Hotel Driscoll,
Washington, D. C.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the 13 " and received the 14” instant, you are advised that the name Josiah Batchelder (Bachelder ) of the New Hampshire troops appears more than once on the Revolutionary War pension records of this Bureau. and that in order to identify the subject of your inquiry, in addition to his name, some of the following data is essential: names of some officers under whom he served, his places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of his birth and death, given name and residence of his widow.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Deputy Commissioner.

Josiah Bachellor is quoted on the Travel Roll of John Marstons Reg - either Deerfield or Kensington is given as place of enlistment and I am under the impression that the wifes name was Ruth Kimball but this is vague
M.V. McCabe

[stamp]
Deputy Commissioner,
Oct 21 1913
PENSION OFFICE.
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Blairstown, N.J.
Nov. 10, 1927
The Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: Will you kindly advise me if the Revolutionary Records of the following direct ancestors of mine are obtainable and what
will be the amount of the fee, necessary for such information.
I. Josiah Batcheller, Jr. paternal G. Gr'father
a. He was born in Wenham, Mass. on 
Dec. 19, 1753, son of Josiah and Hannah Kimball Batcheller.
b. He married in 1766 Ruth Fletcher of New
Ipswich, N.H., born 1765. Oct. 10, daughter
of Peter and Ruth Adams Fletcher.
c. Josiah Batcheller, Jr., died in New
Ipswich N.H. on May 2, 1812.
Ruth Fletcher Batcheller died in New Ipswich, N.H. on Feb. 1st. 1842

II. Peter Fletcher paternal gt. at. grfather.
a. He was born in Westford, Mass., on
Jan. 11, 1736-7, son of Ephraim and Han-
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[Han]nah Munro Fletcher
b. He married Ruth Adams born in Concord. Mass., on Jan. 15, 1739, daughter of Joseph and Dorothy Merriam Adams,
c. Peter Fletcher died in New Ipswich, N.H. on April 11, 1812
Ruth Adams Fletcher died in New
Ipswich, N.H. on April 28, 1816.
III. Abraham Gale, paternal gt. gt. gr'father
a. He was born July 29, 1745, son of Josiah and Elizabeth Gale of Sutton, Mass.
b. He married Abigail Rice, born Oct. 7 1746, daughter of Absalom and Elizabeth Flagg Rice of Worcester, Mass.
c. Abraham and Abigail Gale lived in Marlborough and Princeton, Mass. and Alstead, N.H., but where or when they died I do not know, possibly in Galesburgh, Ill, named for one of their sons, an Illinois pioneer.
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IV. Antony Fountain, a maternal great great
grandfather
a. He was at Garretson's Station, now Dougan Hills, Staten Island, N.Y., on Nov. 3rd. 1754, son of Antony and Hannah Garrison Fountain
b. He married first on May 20, 1780, Katherine Journeay born Dec. 18, 1761, daughter of John Journeay and his wife Martha of Rossville, Staten Island, N.Y
He married second at Port Richmond, Staten Island, on Sept. 4, 1803, a widow Holmes.
c. When and where Antony Fountain and his second wife died I do not know
V. Jonathan Stout, a maternal great grandfather
a. Jonathan Stout was born in Middletown or Nutswamp, Monmouth Co., N.J., date unknown.
b. He married Esther Morris, born Jan. 21, 1777, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia Crawford Compton Morris, of Nut-
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[Nut]swamp, now Belford, Monmouth Co., N.J.
J. Date of the marriage of Jonathan and Esther Morris Stout was Oct, 1799.
c. Jonathan Stout was drowned at Eatontown, N.J., sometime after 1816, leaving wife Esther, sons Jonathan, Paul, James, Wm. Joseph Morris, and Benjamin, daughters, Huldah Susan, Lydia, Mary
Esther Morris Stout died at Nutswamp, now Belford, N.J. on Oct. 6 1864, Act [sic] 87 yrs 8 mos. 15 das.
Enclosed, please find stamped self-addressed
envelope. Thanking you in advance, I remain,
Yours truly,

Miss Estelle A. Batcheller
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116 WEST MAPLE STREET
ROSEMONT
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

Aug. 6th., 1937.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-

I am seeking information regarding the record of Josiah Batcheller's services during the War of 1812.
He was born at Wenham, Mass., Dec, 19, 1753, but moved later to New Ipswich, N.H. I have his Revolutionary War record in Claim W. File No. 16,500, obtained from your office in 1913, sent to Miss Margaret V. McCabe. This letter is now
in my possession.
He married at New Ipswich, N. H. December 26, 1786, Ruth Fletcher; he died May 2, 1827 at New Ipswich.
I was told by his grand - daughter that he served in the War of 1812, and if possible I wish to establish this fact.
Thanking you for any information you may be able to give me, I am,
Very truly,
(Mrs. G.E.) Nell H. Warfield
Mrs. George E. Warfield.

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RECEIVED
AUG 7 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM.
READER # 29
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Feb. 27. 1929
Winnisquam N. H.
Box  43

Dear Sir

Is there any record at the Pension Office of a Revolutionary soldier of the name Charles White who went from Parsonfield Maine and fought at Bunker Hill and died in Maine at  an advanced age,
Also if (Josiah Batchelder who fought in the same battle) had the War of 1812
over
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I have Josiah Batchelder's  Revolutionary
record from your office for which I thank you
J M Smith Box 33
Winnisquam
N. H.
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October 22, 1913.

Miss Margaret W. McCabe,
Hotel Driscoll.
Washington, D. C.

Madam:

In response to your communication received the 21" instant, you are advised that in the papers in claim W. File No. 16,500. Rev. War, it is stated that Josiah Batcheller of Wenham, Massachusetts, enlisted in 1775, in Colonel Mansfield's regiment, and was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill; he enlisted at Winter Mill in 1776, as a Blacksmith in Captain Hilliard's company in Major Bacon's Corps of Artificers of Colonel Brewer's regiment and served as a Sergeant at Kingsbridge, Tarrytown, White Plains, North Castle and Peekskill until after the surrender of Burgoyne in 1777.
Soldier married at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, December 26, 1786, Ruth Fletcher: He died May 2, 1827, at New Ipswich, and she was allowed pension on her application executed December 4, 1838, at which time she was seventy-one years of age and a resident of New Ipswich, New Hampshire.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tieman
Deputy Commissioner.
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August 14, 1937.
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BA-J/ady
Josiah Batcheller
W. 16500
ON

Mrs. George E. Warfield
116 West Maple Street
Rosemont, Alexandria, Virginia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request to know whether Josiah Batcheller, a soldier of the Revolutionary War (File No. W.16500) served in the War of 1812.
The War of 1812 records of this office fail to
show that a claim for pension was ever made to the United States on account of the services of Josiah Batcheller, nor is it shown that he served in the War of 1812 in Revolutionary War claim, W.16500.

Very truly yours
GEORGE H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[illegible] 1812
[illegible] Section
[illegible] E/eel

June 27, 1929

J. M. Smith
Box 43
Winnisquam, New Hampshire

Sir:

I advise you that in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Josiah Batcheller, W. 16500, it does not appear that the soldier ever served in the War of 1812.
In order to identify the record of a particular soldier of the Revolution named Charles White, as much as possible of the following data is necessary in addition to your statement that he went from Parsonfield, Maine: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence
at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Respectfully,
EARL DL CHURCH
Commissioner.