Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10486, Jonathan Butler, Continental Mass.
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(3 - 1776) 

SERVICE 
Continental 
Mass. 

Butler Jonathan
Lois.

NUMBER 
W.10486 


CONTENTS
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Declaration
 In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 and of the Resolution passed January 25th 1845 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows
 State of New Hampshire}
 Hillsborough County} ss 
On this Second day of June A.D. 1845 Personally appeared before me Jacob Whittemore a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire Lois Butter a resident of Lyndeborough in the County of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire aged Eighty four 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 7th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows. That she is the widow of Jonathan Butler decd. who was a Sergeant and Corporal in the Army of the Revolution. He enlisted and served as Corporal the first eight months of the war in 1775 from the Town of Gloucester County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, Captain Nathaniel Warners Company Col Moses Littles Regiment in the first of January 1776 enlisted in the same company and Regiment as Sergeant for one year at the expiration of which he engaged to serve another month and on the first day of February 1777 He received his discharge. He served as Sergeant during
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his last thirteen months service, except being drawn out to work at the Blacksmith buisness (business) about five months for which he received 5 1/3 dollars per month extra pay, was at the Battle of Bunker Hill Trenton and Princeton, that before he entered the army he resided in the Town of Gloucester County of Essex and State of Massachusetts that she has no documentary evidence to substantiate her  claim, (that if any) having been sent by her Husband now deceased to the Pension Office who drew a pension under the act of June 7th 1832 at the rate of ninety four dollars and thirty three cents per annum She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Butler on the thirteen day of August in the year seventeen hundred and Seventy eight that her Husband the aforesaid Jonathan Butler died on the fifth day of December A.D. 1844 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated and that she still remains his widow         her
             Lois X Butler
                   mark
                    
Witness Wm Scott 

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me 
Jacob Whittemore Justice of Court. Com Pleas 
                               County aforesaid     

I certify that the before named declarant by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend the Court and the above declaration was taken at her residence in Lyndeborough I am Personally acquainted with the

(Written sideways in right margin:)
 11983
Receivd June 16, 1845
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above named Lois Butler Widow of Jonathan Butler deceased and that she still remains his Widow
Jacob Whittemore} one of the Justices of the
                                Court of Common Pleas
                            for the County of Hillsborough

  I Jacob Butler of Lyndeborough County of Hillsboro State of New Hampshire do testify and say that the named Jonathan Butler died at Lyndeborough at the place of his residence on the fifth day of December AD 1844
 Jacob Butler

State of Newhampshire (New Hampshire)
Hillsborough ss
Sworn and subscribed to this 2d day of June A.D. 1845 Before me 
Jack Whittemore} one of the Justices of the 
                             Court of Common Pleas 
                         for the County of Hillsborough
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State of New Hampshire}
Hillsborough County} set. 
I Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough aforesaid, do hereby certify but Jacob Whittemore is an acting Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County and State aforesaid and was so, duly commissioned and qualified on and prior to the second day of June 1845 and that by the constitution of this State his commission has a term of years longer to run. that said Court is a Court of Record, with unlimited Jurisdiction in civil a criminal cause and that the signature of the said Jacob Whittemore to the papers above and annexed hereto are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 10th day of June 1845. 
Perley Dodge Clerk
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2441.
 New Hampshire 

Jonathan Butler of
Lyndenboro (Lyndeborough) in the State of N H
 who was a Sergt & Corp in the company commanded by Captain ______ of the regt commanded by Col Little in the NH line for 
13 mos. Sergt 
8 " (mos.) Corp 

Inscribed on the Roll of N H 
at the rate of 94 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Nov 1832 and sent Titus Brown 
Francestown nh

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                $141.49 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33    47.16 
                                                            ________
                                                           $188.65 
{Revolutionary Claim 
Act June 7, 832.)

Recorded by J F. Mc Blair Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1st, Page 143.
 
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838. from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838. agt notified 4 Jany 1839.
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108. 
New Hampshire 

Lois Butler,
widow of Jonathan Butler, NH 
who was a Corporal & Sergeant, 
in the N. Hampshire line. 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 94 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the (4th day of March, 1844 crossed out) 5th December, 1844.

Certificate of Pension issued the
17 day of Oct: 1845
and sent to Wm Scott, 
Peterboro', 
N. Hampshire

[Act of JUNE 17, 1844]
Recorded in Book D. 
Vol. 1 - Page 25.
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I, Jonathan Stephenson of Lyndborough (Lyndeborough) County of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire do testify and say that the following is a true copy of the record of the marriage of Jonathan Butler and Lois Hiddar with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows 
Mr Jonathan Butter and Louis Hiddar were Married August thirteenth Seventeen hundred and seventy eight by Rev. Sevall Goodridge 

Mr Jonathan Butler and Louis Hiddar were married August 13 1778 by Rev. Sevall Goodridge The above is a true record 
A true Copy            Peter Clark Town Clerk 
                            Jona. Stephenson Town Clerk    

I Jonathan Stephenson above named deponent say that I hold the office of Clerk of records in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me 
Jonathan Stephenson} Clerk of records 
                                      for the Town
                                      of Lyndboro 
                                     (Lyndeborough) 

State of New Hampshire 
Hillsboro 
County ss}
June 9th 1845 
Sworn and subscribed
Before me
Wm Scott, Justice of Peace
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State of New Hampshire 
Hillsborough County} set.
I Perley Dodge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that William Scott is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the twenty fifth day of November 1844 and will expire on the twenty fourth day of November 1849 and and that his signature above written on this paper is genuine 
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 10th day of June 1845. 
Perley Dodge Clerk
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8548- 
Jonathan Butler.

Sergt 1 year & 1 month 
Corporal, 8, do 

Admd.

$94.33. 


Titus Brown
C. H Atherton Esq. 
Francestown NH
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no 
8548

BRIEF in the case of Janathan Butler - 
of Lyndenborough (Lyndeborough) in the State of New Hampshire - 
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court - 

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? blank

3.  How old is he? 79

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
Spring of 1775.-
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days
    -       8.           -
Rank.
As a
Corporal
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen
Cap Warner, Col Little - 

Period.
At or before the expiration of the above service - 
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days
   -1 -       -          -
Rank.
As a
Sergeant
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen
Same - Same -  

Period.
at the end of this service - 
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days
    -       1.          -
Rank.
As a
" (Sergeant)
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen
Same - Same -  

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days. 
  1 -      9 -

5.  In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill 

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Gloucester_ Mass -

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary - one living witness, certified to be credible - 

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect? *

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Sam J Potts
Examining Clerk.

*See declaration -
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Jonathan Butler
8548
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE

County of Hillsborough, ss.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Jonathan Butler and the following answers given, on oath, to wit:

1.  Where, and in what year were you born?
 Answer, At Ipswich, Massachusetts Nov - 6. 1752

2.  Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no record

3.  Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, When called into the service I lived in Gloucester, Massachusetts.  Since the Revolutionary war I have lived & now live in Lyndeborough, N.H.

4.  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer, I enlisted

5.  State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I believe all the particulars within my recollection required by the interrogatory are stated in my foregoing declaration

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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE

County of Hillsborough, ss.
On this 18th day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Superior Court of Judicature at Amherst within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid, now sitting Johathan Butler a resident of the town of Lyndeborough in said county aged 79 years Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.  That is to say, In the spring of the year 1775 he enlisted for the term of eight months and afterwards served out said term as a Corporal in Capt Warner's company in Col. Little's regiment.  Other officers of the company were Lieut Burnham and Lieut Collins - of this regiment were Lieut-Col. Henshaw and Major Collins.  He was stationed at Cambride (Cambridge) till after the Battle of Bunker hill - was in the Battle - was afterwards removed to Prospect Hill and remained there till his time was out the last of December.

At or before the expiration of his said eight month's service he enlisted again for one year & served the term out as a Sergeant in the same company and regiment - remained at Prospect Hill till after the British Army Capt Borton - then went to New York - went afterwards onto Long Island - was at that place taken from his company and employed as a Blacksmith, still retaining his standing & rank in his company and drawing his wages as Sergeant.  Afterwards, Nov 9th he joined his company somewhere above White Plains - was soon after marched into New Jersey and was there till his time was out, except that he was a few days in Pennsylvania having crossed the Delaware at East Port.  The time of this service expired with the year 1776

At the end of the years service on account of the weak condition of the army he volunteered to serve out one month longer in the same company and grade & was then honorably discharged.

He was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, Nov. 6. 1752. - has no record of his age - when called into the service he lived in Gloucester, Massachusetts - since the Revolutionary War he has lived and now lives in Lyndeborough, N.H.  When he left the army he recieved (received) a discharge, signed he believes by Col Henshaw, but has lost it.  Joseph Jones & Nehemiah Boutwell Esquires of Lyndeborough are persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
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He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State,      Jons. Butler

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,     A. Wallace Clerk

We Nathaniel Merrill a Clergyman residing in the town of Lyndeborough in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and William Jones residing in Lyndeborough aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Butler who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 79 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.      Nathl Merrill
                           Wm Jones

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,     A. Wallace Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Nathaniel Merrill who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Lyndeborough and that William Jones who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Lyndeborough and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.     A. Wallace Clerk
     
I Andrew Wallace clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County of Hillsborough, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jonathan Butler for a Pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court for said County, at Amherst in said County, this eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - 
A. Wallace} Clerk of said Superior
                   Court of Judicature for sd. County
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE

County of Hillsborough, ss.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Jonathan Butler and the following answers given, on oath, to wit:

1.  Where, and in what year were you born?
 Answer, At Ipswich, Massachusetts Nov - 6. 1752

2.  Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no record

3.  Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, When called into the service I lived in Gloucester, Massachusetts.  Since the Revolutionary war I have lived & now live in Lyndeborough, N.H.

4.  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer, I enlisted

5.  State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I believe all the particulars within my recollection required by the interrogatory are stated in my foregoing declaration

6.  Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer, I received a discharge signed I believe by Col. Henshaw

7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services a soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Joseph Jones & Nehemiah Boutwell Esquires of Lyndeborough

Attest,  A. Wallace Clerk
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Examination
Johathan Butler

act 1832
Revolutionary
N. H. Rolls

Colo

filed 1, March 1852
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, %c.*

State of New Hampshire}
County of Hillsborough}  
Be it known that before me Charles Richardson a Justice of the Peace, personally appeared Jacob Butler aged 57 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of Johathan Butler who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of New Hampshire and that he died on the 5th day of December, 1844 and that his mother named Lois died on the 21st day of September 1846 - and that they were married on the ___ day of ______ in the year 1777 and that they were residents of Lyndeboro, in the State of New Hampshire and that they resided there 65 years, and that He resides in Lyndeborough and that furthermore He BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution - F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers his rights in all and any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension of Land, that may be due him as son of Jonathan Butler who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity He - is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF He has on this 13th day of February 1852, hereunto signed his name and affixed His seal.      Jacob Butler {SEAL.}

Witness:  C P Butler}
Witness:  Charles Richardson}
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on the 13th day of February 1852.
Charles Richardson J. P. {SEAL}

At the same time personally appeared before me Charles Richardson Justice of the Peace two credible and disinterested witnesses named William Whittemore and Wm. H. Butler residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that Jonathan Butler was a Revolutionary soldier and that Jacob Butler was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the Son of the said Revolutionary soldier.
William Whittemore {SEAL}
Wm. H Butler {SEAL}

Sworn to before me the day and year first above written. Chas Richardson J. P. {SEAL}

State of New Hampshire}
Secretary of State Office}
I HEARBY CERTIFY, That Charles Richardson Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Couty of Hillsborough aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written in genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State this twenty eighth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
John L, Hadley
Secretary of State

* If a Widow applies state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."
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October 9, 1925.

Mrs. Blanch B.Neal,
Redkey, Indiana.

Madam:  

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W-10486, it appears that Jonathan Butler was born at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts November 6, 1752.

While residing at Gloucester, Massachusetts he enlisted May 6,1775 and served as a Corporal and Sergeant in Captain Nathaniel Warner's Company, Colonel Moses Little's Massachusetts Regiment.  He was at the battles of Bunder Hill, Trenton and Princeton and was discharged February 1,1777.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 18,1832 while residing at Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.  He died there December 5,1844.

He married Lois Kiddar or Hiddar at said Lyndeborough, August 13,1778.  She was allowed pension on her application executed June 2,1845 while residing at said Lyndebo-
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bough, aged eighty-four years.  She died on September 21,1846.  In 1852 their son Jacob was fifty-seven years old and resided in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott,
Commissioner.
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V     11983
Lois Butler
N. H.
Let to Wm Scott July 15.'45


act 7th July 1838.
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1920. Oct 9. Hist to Mrs. Blanch
B. Neal.     MDY.

Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 10,486
Lois Butler
Widow of 
Jonathan Butler
Sergt NH (Mass?)

Act: June 19th 44
Index: - Vol. A, Page 102

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Redkey Ind.
Aug. 26th 1925.

Commission of Pensions
Pension Bureau
Dear Sir.
Will you please give me some information of "Jonathan Butler." and his war record did he receive a pension? and how much? any information you will give will be gladly received. he was a Soldier of the revolutionary war and fought in the battle of Bunker Hill please answer at once
Yours Truly
Mrs. Blanch B. Neal
Redkey Ind.
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No 11983

Lois Butler
Widow of Jonathan
NH
act 7 Jul 1838
Rejected, husb died 1844

admd. act 17 June 1844
13 mo. Sergeant    $65
  8  "  Corpl.              29.33
                              ________
                               $94.33
                          
Commencing on 5 decem.
1844 - 


Willaim Scott
Peterboro NH
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J.  L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Peterborough Sept 17th 1845

Mr. J. P. Edwards,

Dear Sir.  The muster Rolls of of Massachusetts are not, complete, For by the return there is no Roll of the company in which Jonathan Butler served subsequent to the first eight months which certainly did exits. on receiving the certificate of Service of Jona Butler of the Secretary of M.S. (illegible) I here send you?  I went to Mrs. Butler and shew to learn upon what evidence she founded her declaration, I shew her what I had received, she replied that her late husband certainly did perform all the service for which she claimed, and to convince me of the fact she exhibited from among the doc papers a diary which he kept during his Revol Services, it is in pamphlet form and contains incidents of Service of every day or nearly so, of except all for which she claims except the first part of the eight months.  the leaves being worn off and gone by hard service, the years service is complete at the close of which, he, Butler said part of the company engaged and staid another month, That this was writen (written) by no other than the person that performed the service at the time there is no doubt, and that he was the identicle (identical) person you would be satisfied by comparing the writing with his signatures now in your office, not withstanding the contrast
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of age in which they were writen (written). It can be clearly proved that Jonathan Butler stood (illegible) for truth and integrity in the community in which he lived, If, such proof on the diary would be of any service to Mrs. Butler in satisfying you of the justness of the claim I will forward the same to your office at the earliest (illegible)

Yours Respectfully
Wm Scott

J.L. Edwards Esqr.
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11983
Lois Butler
N.H
act 7. July 38
m 78 d. 5 Dec. 44 -

Rejected husband died
5th Decem. 1844



Wm.  Scott
Peterboro
N.H.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan Butler - which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes - 

II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? blank

IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes -

V.  *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes -

VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes - 

VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes - 

VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes -
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2

XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes - 

XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? blank

XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? blank

XIV.  +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes - 

XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes

XVI.++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? x

XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? blank

x see declaration

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:  "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For ______ year ______months, and ______days, I served as a ______ For ______ months and ______days, I served as a ______; and for such service I claim a pension."
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3

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

+QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.

++QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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J.L. Edwards Esq
Washington
D,C,
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Peterboro N. H.     June 11th 1845

Mr. J.L. Edwards Esq

Dear Sir
I here send to your office the declaration of Louis Butler and Polly Smith, I would merely say that I have been acquainted with them twenty five or thirty years Personally.  Know that Jonathan Butler and James Smith drew a Pension under the act of June 7th 1832 their Husbands now deceased, They have no documentary evidence in the their possession of the Revolutionary Services of their husbands that having been sent to the Pension office to which they report, The Services for which they claim were rendered in the Massachusetts line of the army and are undoubtably recorded on their Book, and can be provided and sent to the pension office if necessary.  I have seen the record of the Marriage of Jonathan Butler and Louis Hidder on the Book at Lyndboro, and James Smith and Polly Taylor at Peterboro.  Mrs. Butler declared positive from memory alone that she was married on the 13th day of August 1778 as the record after confirmed and the word thirteenth in her declaration not being writen (written) plainer is owing to no wrong, but to my carlessness (carelessness) as a scribe,    Thomas Steele Esq

the Clerk who recorded the marriage of James Smith and Polly Taylor lives in this place in
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full possession of his faculties and is knowning to all the facts necessary, If there should be anything further wanted to perfect their claims (which are just beyond a doubt) the earliest intimation would greatly oblige
Your very
Humble Servant
Wm Scott

J.L. Edwards Esqr

P.S. direct to Wm Scott Peterboro N.H.

This Butler proved the death of her husband last March and that together with his certificate was sent to the Pension office about that time
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
Decm. 24th - 1838

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jonathan Butler a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord, N. Hampshire Agency, at the rate of Ninety Four -Dollars and Thirty Three - Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 - has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1837 - to the 4th March 1838. - 

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Secretary's Office, Boston;
Sep. 1. 1845.

I 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 Department, it appears that the name of Jonathan Butler of Gloucester is borne upon a Muster roll of Capt Nathaniel Warner's compy., Col Moses Little's regt as a corporal from May 6. 1775. in the 8 months service; also upon a list of same compy., as above, and upon an Order of the compy. for coats, dated at Prospect Hill Nov. 25. 1775 - No rolls of said compy. subsequent to the above date; And this certificate contains all the evidence of service of any one of the name, as shown by the records in this office -
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.

John G Palfrey;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Application for a certificate of Revolutionary service made by the Widow of the party who rendered the service.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of my late Husband Jonathan Butler who served in the War of the Revolution  He was a native of the Town of Ipswich in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts  He enlisted from the Twon of Gloucester County of Essex and State of Massachusetts as Corporal for eight months in the A.D. 1775 in the company commanded by Capt Nathaniel Warner Col Moses Little Regiment, at the expiration of said time viz on the first of January 1776 He enlisted as Sergeant in the same company and Regiment and did duty as such untill the first of February 1777 except being drawn out about five months to work at Blacksmith work during which time his pay was increased 50/3 dollars per month  I am now Eighty four years old and my memory does not enable me to state my deceased Husbands Services more fully than above stated
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Lois X Butler
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Witness my hand at Lyndborough N.H. this second day of June AD 1845 Witness Jacob Butler

Signed by said Lois Butler in my presence}
Wm Scott Justice of the Peace
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I, John Burnham Eighty two years of age depose and say that Jonathan Butler now of Lyndeborough in the county of Hillsborough and the State of Newhampshire (New Hampshire) and who is now present did in the year 1775 then of Gloucester County of Essex & State of Massachusetts enlist himself into the army of the Revolution for the term of Eight months to serve as a Corporal in Capt Nathl. Warners Company & Colo Moses Littles Regiment which Regiment was raised by the State of Massachusetts and afterwards put upon the continental Establishment, that he did the duty of Corporal during said term, and at the expiration thereof the first of Jany 1776 enlisted again into the same company and Regiment for the term of one year as a Sergent and as such did duty untill (until) the Expiration of said term Excepting a few months being ordered to work with the Blacksmiths, but at this time continued on the roll of the Regiment and drew the pay of Sergent untill (until)  the expiration of his inlestment (enlistment)  - He then ingaged (engaged) to serve one month longer in the same grade as volunteer at the end of which received his discharge  I was Lieutenant in Capt Warners Company from the commencement of said Butlers service untill (until)  the 3 of Jany 1777 and personly (personally) knowing to the facts above stated 
John Burnham

Rockingham ss. (illegible) August - 1st 1832
Sworn & subscribed to before me
Saml. Adams Jus Peace

I certify that the witness is a reputable person & entitled to full credit as a witness - 
Saml. Adams Jus Peace
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I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Samuel Adams before whom the within affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Rockingham.  And that I believe the signatures to the written certificates to be in his own hand writing and to be his true and proper signatures

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this first day of August Amo Domini 1832
P Chadwick Clerk of the Court
                    Rockingham County