Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,862, Nathaniel Duntlin, Continental Mass.
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SERVICE
Continental
Mass.

Duntlin, Nathaniel
or Duntlen
Sarah

NUMBER
W. 24,862
B.L.W.t 888-100
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1932
Massachusetts 

Nathaniel Duntlen
private,
Mass Line - 1778 - War
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 8th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th of July 1818 and sent to Stephen Minot Esq. Haverhill, Mass.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818,
4 mos 27/30. $39.20

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818


Continued
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Notification sent Oct. 18 1820 to Ichabod Tucker Salem Mass.
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1280
Massachusetts 
Sarah Duntlin widow of Nathaniel Duntlin who served in the Revolutionary war, as a matross.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued 19 day of August 1848 and sent to G. S. Bullfinch, Boston Mass

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 41 Vol 2
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888

Nathaniel Duntlin
private
Craney Artillery

Warrant issued March 30, 1821


Honorable J. Nelson
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Middlesex

Town clerk's office Wilmington 
August fifteenth one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight

   I Walter Blanchard in the town, county and state aforesaid make the following extract from the record of marriages made by Cadwallader Ford in now my possession.

   One thousand seven hundred and eighty five October sixth, Nathaniel Duntlin & Sally Jackson both of Wilmington were married by the Rev Issac Morrell.

   Copy attest Cadwallader Ford is Town Clerk
   I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - 1785 Oct 6th
  
   I Walter Blanchard above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, town & state aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named and certified by me.

Walter Blanchard Clerk of the town 
of Wilmington aforesaid.

Sworn before me
Middlesex August 15, 1838
James Jaques Jus Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex Ss.
I, Isaac Fisk Register of the 
Court of Probate in and for the County
of
Madison aforesaid hereby certify that
James
Jaques Eiger is a justice of the
Peace within and for said County of
Middlesex duly commissioned and qualified and 
that his signature within written
is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court of Probate this twenty first day
of
August in the year Eighteen
hundred and thirty eight
Isaac Fiske Register
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57

Nath. Duntlin
April 8, 1818
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I, Nathaniel Duntlen of the age of 58 years, declare and say that I am,
 a resident citizen of the United States, that I now reside in and
 belong to the Town of Andover in the County of York, in the Middle
 Circuit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: That In June 1778 I
 enlisted as a private soldier into the Army of the Revolutionary War, for
 the term of nine months, & entered the forepart of July into the company of
 Capt. Wiley, in Col. Michael Jackson’s Regt. of Massachusetts troops; that
 I continued to serve therein until about Oct. 1779; & then I reinlisted
 for during the War, & was immediately transferred into the company of
 Capt. Henry Burbank in Col. Francis’s Regt. of Artillery of Massachusetts line—
 in which company I served under the same Capt. & same Col. untill
 June 9. 1783 & was then honorably discharged at West Point by Genl. Washington
 in person, & so left the service. I have not now got that discharge, & know not
 where it is. — I also declare that I am by reason of my reduced circum-
 stances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support, and that
 I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States.
Nathl Duntlen
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Court of April 8. 1818 Then the above
 named Nathaniel Duntlin made solemn oath that the above declaration by
 him subscribed is true, before me,
 Stephen Minot, Judge of the Circuit Court of
 Common Pleas for the Middle
 Circuit.
I, Benjamin Berry depose and say that I am well acquainted with
 the above named Nathaniel Duntlin; that I was in the Army of the Revolution-
 ary war with him, and I know that he was a matross in Col. Frair’s
 Regt. of Artillery at the close of the war; & I understood he had the time in
 said regiment several years. I also know him to be poor & in need of assist-
 ance from his country for support.
Benja X Berry (his mark)
Teste, Stephen Minot 
Essex ss. April 8. 1818 Then the above named Benjamin Berry
 made solemn oath that the said declaration by him subscribed is true
 before me.
Stephen Minot, Judge of the Circuit Court
 of Common Pleas &c.
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Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Nathaniel Duntlen, did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case of the proceedings had thereon to the secretary of the department of war.

Stephen Minot {Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

I also certify that it appears to my satisfaction from the evidence aforesaid that the said Duntlen is in reduced & indigent circumstances & in need of assistance from his country for support.

Stephen Minot, Judge as aforesaid.
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1932

Nath. Duntlin
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ESSEX, ss.
   At the Circuit Court of Common Please of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A.D. 1820.

Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice
               Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
               Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the court of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Nathaniel Duntlen resident in Andover in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1932 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,

WAR DEPARTMENT REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM
I certify that, in the conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Nathaniel Duntlen late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen 
Given at the War of Office of the United States, this twenty seventh of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War

appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,

SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted to wit,
No real estate
One cow 18.00 5 old sheep & 4 lambs 8.00 $26.00
1 pig 3.00 5 old chairs .62, 1 case drawers 2.00
$5.62
2 old tables 2.00 looking glass .75 1 axe .75
$3.50
Andirons shovel & tongs .92 Ironware 2.00
$2.92
Tin ware .50 6 cups & saucers .17
.67
hoe, site & snaith  .87
The whole amount of all his property. $39.58
and he owes three times that sum
He is sixty two years of age, a laborer, very infirm, and unable to do do but little work.
His family are his wife aged 52 years and Rebecca aged 9 years, Mary 7 & Issac 5 years, their children, his wife is a feeble woman.
He served nine months from June 1778 in
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Capt. Wiley's Company in Col M. Jacksons Regiment, Mass line and prior to the expiration of said nine months he enlisted again and served for during the war in Capt. Burbanks Company, Col Crane's Regiment in the Massachusetts line and was honorably discharged in 1783. 
Nathl Duntlen

Essex July 13, 1820 Then the above named Nathaniel Dunten made oath that the above schedule & statement by him subscribed, are true, before me, Stephen Minot Judge of said Court
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following oath,
taken and subscribed by him, before the Honorable Stephen Minot
a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Nathaniel Duntlen do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States
on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not,
since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with
intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled ""an
act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary
war,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and
that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due
to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me
subscribed. So help me GOD.
Nathaniel Duntlen

Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. [clerk of the court of common pleas] June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the above named Nathaniel Duntletook
and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied
from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is
the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
thirty nine dollars fifty eight cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex,
on this
1820
17th
day of July
A. D.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
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789
Sarah Duntlin
widow of Nathl
Mass.
act of July 38
5 years

married in 1785
died in 1826

add
2 years $80

no deduction

L. M. Stone
Boston
Mass.
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In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled “An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,”

State of Massachusetts, } ss
County of Middlesex }

On this twenty first day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty,
personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said county of Middlesex Sarah
Duntlin, a resident of Waltham in the county of Middlesex, aged seventy-one years,
who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following decla-
ration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed
July 7, 1838, entitled “An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:” That
she is the widow of Nathaniel Duntlin who was a Private & Matross
in the Army of the Revolution; that her said husband enlisted for the term of nine months
the first of June or July in the year 1778, & served at Cambridge & Concord,
& at Monmouth, Middlebrook, & other places & under the
militia command of the United States. He served in the company
of Capt. Wiley or Randall. He was at the taking
of Burgoyne’s Army in 1777, and at the battle of
White Plains, Downs, etc. Was he enlisted in
Col. Daniel Rea’s Artillery, in which he served
several years.

That her said husband made a declaration under the Act of Congress approved
March 18, 1818, as will appear by reference to the rolls of the War Department,
in which declaration he stated the facts and for
proofs of her husband’s statement of his service
as declared under said declaration, she refers to those
on file in the War Department.

She further declares that she was married to the said Nathaniel Duntlin
on the thirtieth day of October, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty
nine; that her husband, the aforesaid Nathaniel Duntlin, died on the
ninth day of October eighteen hundred & twenty-six;
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. 

Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me,

S. P. P. Fay, J. P. of Prob.

Sarah X Duntlin
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I Ames Drake of Charlestown, in the
County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, of lawful age on oath testify
and say that I have been well acquainted with
Mrs. Sarah Duntlin the foregoing
applicant for fourteen years last past
having married her daughter, and know
that she was the wife of Nathaniel
Duntlin deceased formerly a soldier in the
Revolutionary Army.-
I well knew my
father in law, the said Nathaniel Duntlin
who was a resident of Wilmington and
a Pensioner of the United States under the
act of 18th March 1818, at $8, per month
and was present on the day of his death
which event took place on twenty ninth day of
October 1826.- The said Sarah Duntlin has
not intermarried since the death
of her husband but now remains his
Widow
Ames Drake
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County. ⎬Ss.
Be it known that on this twenty
first day of August A.D. 1838, personally appeared
before me the subscriber, a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County,
Ames Drake, a credible witness and
entitled to belief, and made oath that the
Above Affidavit subscribed by him is true
Arthur W. Austin Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Madison Ss.
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court
of Probate in and for the County of Madison
aforesaid hereby certify that Samuel P. P. Fay Esquire
Is a judge of said Court of Probate duly
commissioned and qualified and that his signature within written is his genuine signature.-
I also certify that Arthur W. Austin is a 
Justice of the Peace within and for said
County duly commissioned and qualified and that 
his signature written in the following
certificate is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
this twenty first day of August in the year
Eighteen hundred and thirty eight
Isaac Fiske, Register
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WIDOW, &c.
File Number 2486
Sarah Dunthin Widow of Nathaniel Dunklin InotrossRevolutionary War
Act February 2nd 1842. Index: Volume A Page 20 (Arrangement of 1870.]
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[illegible] 48864
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esquire
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the
United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof
Isaac Duntlin matross officer 
in the third artillery Regiment, having faithfully served the United States three year five months
and nine days and being inlisted for the War only, is
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the Ninth
day of June 1783
G. Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S
Command,
John Trumbull [illegible] [illegible]
REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment,
James Cooper Adjutant,
THE above Nathaniel Duntlin
has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Three 
Years faithful Service.
John Crane 
Colonel
Henry Burbeck Captain
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HEAD QUARTERS, June Ninth 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the
Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive
Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation
thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on
Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Gratuity by resolve of Massachusetts Legislation of 5th March 1801 has been paid
[stamp]
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
Nathaniel Duntlin
B.L. Wt. 888-100
Continental
Massachusetts

Nathaniel Duntlin
Certificate
presented 20 Sept 1801
Resides in Madison
His election is $20-
To put on next row [illegible] money
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Nathaniel Duntlin
Certificate
presented 26 Sept 1801
resides in Madison
his Election is $20-
to put on next Row
[illegible] money
Nathaniel Duntlin
B.L. Wt. 881-100
Continental
Massachusetts
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August  13 1848
I hereby Certify, That at its date of the annexed
attestation James Southingham was a justice of the peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted;
and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. B. Collman
Secretary of the Commonwealth
DUNTLIN, NATHANIEL
(CONTINENTAL, MASS) W.24862
[stamp] Archives of the United States
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DUNTLIN, NATHANIEL (CONTINENTAL, MASSACHUSETTS) W-24862 
Sarah Dunklin Admitted G. G. Bulfinch Boston Massachusetts
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An act
making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Middlesex COUNTY,
On this twenty fourth
day of July 1848, personally appeared
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Sarah
Duntlin
a resident of Charlestown
in the county of Middlesex aforesaid
aged seventy seven
years, who being first duly sworn, according to
law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the
provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2nd February, 1848, granting pensions to
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
Nathaniel Duntlin
who was a resident of Wilmington
Massachusetts and who was a
Matross
in the War of the Revolution
and is the identical person who drew a pension
under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband
aforesaid, at the rate of one hundred
dollars and
cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sarah Duntlin X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written,
Before me,
James K. Frothingham
Justice of the Peace.
In presence of
Ames Drake
James K. Frothingham
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner,
James K. Frothingham -
Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
___COUNTY, ss.
I, _____Clerk of the
Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that___is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly
commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this___
day of
18__
CLERK.
[stamp] Archives of the United States
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To the Secretary of the department of War 
Sir, please to transmit the Certificate of allowance of my pension under the late law to Stephen Minot Esquire of Haverhill Massachusetts who will forward it to me. Andover, Massachusetts April 3. 1818
Nathaniel Duntlen
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Revolutionary 
Honorable Jamish Nelson Nathaniel Duntlin deceased claim for Revolutionary Bounty Land. Served in the 3d Regiment of Artillery Warrant [illegible] Number 888 
the Honorable J. Nelson House of Representatives February. 29th [18]18
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[Two sides. Left side:]
522
Massachusetts
Sarah Duntlin
widow of Nathaniel Duntlin
who was a pensioned under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 29th October 1826
Of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts
who was a private
in the Company commanded by Captain Lilley
of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Crane
in the Massachusetts
line for 2 years mattress
increased from $80.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of May
1842  and sent to James Gregory
Marblehead Massachusetts as
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $500.00
Former payments to be deducted
$500.00
Act July 7, 1838
D.D. Addison Clerk
Book A
Volume 1st
Page 83

[Right side:]
Letter to Pension Agent
May 21st 1842
Letter to Pension Agent June 24. 1842
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Massachusetts - 522.
===
Sarah Duntlin
widow of Nathaniel Dunklin deceased
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818.
and who died on the 29th of October 1826
Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Lilley
of the regiment commanded
by Colonel Crane in the Massachusetts
line for 2 years private
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 80
Dollars __Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of September 1858 and sent to L.M. Stone, Boston, Mass
Arrears to the 4th of September 1838 $200.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March 33 40.00
$240.00
Act July 7,
Recorded by 
S.A. Elliot, Clerk
Book A Volume 1, Page 82.
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1890. 
Massachusetts 
Sarah Duntlin widow of Nathaniel Duntlin who was a Private Matross in the Massachusetts line for 2 years Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollar__Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of September 1843 and sent to L.M. Stone Boston Massachusetts Act of March 3, 1843. Recorded in Book A Volume 1 Page 40
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To the Secretary of War 
Sir 
You are hereby authorized and respectfully requested to deliver to the Honorable Jeremiah Nelson member of the House of Representatives from this District a Warrant for Bounty Land to which I am entitled and oblige your humble servant Andover Massachusetts March 20th 1820
Nathaniel Duntlen
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I Nathaniel Duntlen do solemnly swear that
I am the same person to whom was granted the
discharge accompanying this signed by George
Washington and dated the ninth day of June 1783
Nathaniel Duntlen
So help me God
Essex December 22nd 1818 Then Nathaniel Duntlen subscribed and took the above written oath before me
Mark Newman Justice of the Peace
I hereby testify that I know Nathaniel Duntlin
to have been a Soldier in the revolutionary war
and that he is the same person to whom was
granted the discharge hereto attached
John L. Abbot
I hereby testify that I know Nathaniel Duntlin
to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war
and that he is the same person to whom was granted
the discharge hereto attached
Ebenezer Jones
Essex Ss. December 2 1818 I hereby testify that John L.
Abbot and Ebenezer Jones two disinterested and credible witnesses made oath to the truth of the above affidavit
by them subscribed before me
Mark Newman Justice of the Peac
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss
I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth within and for the County of Essex,
do certify that Mark Newman Esquire
is a Justice of the peace within and
for the County of Essex, and that
his signature to the certificates within
written, are, according to my best knowledge
and belief, the proper hand writing of
him the said Mark Newman
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court at Salem this twenty
sixth day of December AD. 1819
Attest: Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
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2101 
Duntlin 
$100 per annum 
L.M. Stone 
Boston Massachusetts
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk County SS.
Be it known that on this ninth day of June 1848 personally appeared before me the Subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Suffolk, Mrs. Sarah Dutlin a resident of
Charlestown Middlesex County in said Commonwealth aged
seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to
other the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress
passed on this 3rd day of March 1843 Granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolution
War.
That she is the Widow of Nathaniel Dutlin deceased
who was a matross in the Revolutionary War, and
served as she verily believes, as stated by her in her original
declaration for a pension under the law of the 7th July
1838 to which declaration and the papers accompanying
the same now on file in the War Department should
Refer for a more particular statement of his services
the proof of her marriage, identity and the time of her of
husbands death
She further declares that she was pensioned under
said Act at the rate of one Hundred Dolars per annum which
amount she received from the 4th of March 1836 to the 4th
March 1841 at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts, and
at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered
the pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to
the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably
to the Rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not
intermarried since the decease of her said Husband but is
and ever since has been the Widow of said Nathaniel
Duntlin deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed
And further she saith not
Sarah Duntlin
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first
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Written and I certify that the applicant is personally
known to me to be the person within described
Before me
Lowell M. Stone
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 14th 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of
the within attestation, Lowell M Stone
was " Justice of the Peace for the County
of Suffolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned;
and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written
John A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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written and I certify that the applicant is personally
known to me to be the person within described
Lowell M. Stone
Justice of the Peace

I Ames Drake of Charlestown in
the County of Middlesex of lawful age on
oath testify and say that I am well
acquainted with Sarah Smith the applicant
within named and have been for
many years last past. I know that
she was the wife and is now the widow
of Nathaniel Duntlin and that she was
pensioner of the U.S. as stated by her
Ames Drake
---
Suffolk County, City of Boston ss, June 9. 1843. Then
came Ames Drake who is personally known to me
to be a credible witness and made oath that the
above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me
Lowell M. Stone
Justice of the Peace
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Merchants Bank
Boston, 21. June 1842

Sir
The enclosed vouchers of Sarah Duntlin
are forwarded for  examination prior to
making payment in compliance with
your circular of the 3d inst
I am very respt.
Your obt [illegible]
Haven
Pension agent

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Court of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
Page 39

Sarah Duntin
Mass.
all[?] 7 July 38
Issue new certificate
2 yrs[?] matross
100$
deduct what has 
been paid

James Gregory
Marblehead
Mass-
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Marblehead May 10th 1842
Honored Sir
I am requested by
Mrs Sarah Duntlin, alias Duntler of
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
a Revolutionary Pensioner under the law
of July 7th 1838, to make a statement
to your Honor respecting her claim.
She states that she is the widow
of Nath Duntlin, & that her
husband entered Col. Crane's
Artillery Regt Nov 1st 1779, and
served therein to the end of the
war & was then honorably discharged.

It appears by the Books at the
stated House that Duntlin received
50 shillings per month wages.
This amount of course
would make his pay one hundred
dollars per annum
The
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The widow received but Eighty
dollars
per annum, and I am
desired to enquire of your Honor
whether she was not entitled
to the same amount of pay
which it appears the husband
received
while in service- he having
served some three or four years
I am, with the highest respect
your Honors obt. Seal
James Gregon
James L. Edward [?]
Comm
of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Contributed by FamilySearchNARA Partner
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Nathaniel Dutlen
B.L. Wt. 888-100
The discharge certificate of Nathaniel Duntlen,
Matross, 3 Artillery Regt., showing three years,
five months and nine days service, signed
G. Washington, Henry Burbeck, Capt Jno.
Crane, Colonel, and dated June 9, 1783.
The above paper has been removed from
this claim for safe keeping, and locked up.
Jan. 17, 1912
F. W.
Bounty land allowed on Discharge Certificate