Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,485, Abiel Whitman, Continental. N.H.
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(3─1776)

SERVICE
Continental 
N. H.

Whitman, Abiel      
Alice             

NUMBER
W. 15.485
B.L. Wt. 19.706-160-55.

CONTENTS
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

18.502
Vermont
====================
Abiel Whitman
of Windham in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the Company commanded 
by Captain ---- of the Regt commanded 
by Col Read in the N H Contl. 
line for 15 mo's 16 ds. [15 months 16 days]
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 57 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
====================
Certificate of Pension issue the 7 day of Sept'r 
1833 and Sent to P. White.   Putney.
====================
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 $128.85
Semi-annual allowances ending 4 March '34 25.77
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$154.62
=====

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk, [signature]
Book D Vol. 3 Page 98
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Windham County Vt. [Vermont]
Abel Whitman Dec'r [Declaration] for
Pension -- August 6th 1832

No. -- 5209

Please to make within[sp] to D. S. White
Putney Vt.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

STATE OF VERMONT.
County of Windham ss.
District of Washington

[first paragraph illegible to] in said District on the sixth day of August 1832 Being a Court of Record having a Seal of Register.
           [illegible] Peter R Taft judge
On this Sixth day of August A. D. 1832 -- Personally appeared in open Court, at [illegible, perhaps Townshand] in said District
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said [illegible] now sitting -- Abial Whitman a resident of Windham in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged Seventy three years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 -- That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: He declares and says that on or about the first day of January 1776 he inlisted for the term of one [illegible] Westmoreland in the town of Westshire and state of New Hampshire and entered the Company commanded by Capt. Stindr in the Regiment commanded by Col. Read of the Notthampsire of the Continental Establishment. Marched directly to Wintedskill and remained there till the British evacuated Boston. Thence to Ros R. I. -- thence to Albany N. Y. -- thence to Montreal, Lower Canada. [illegible] back with the army to [two words illegible] -- thence to Fort George -- thence to Mount Independence. Then being very sick in the month of October, was released from the army on account of sickness -- having served between nine and ten months. And afterwards  on or about the first day of July he inlisted at said Westmoorland for a term of six months and entered the company commanded by Capt Mustin or Marstin, in the Regiment under Col. Peabody of the N. Hampshire troops, marched to Rhodeisland--was there in time of the battle and retreat under Gen. Sullivan, sent to Trenton, from thence to South Kingston R. I. from there to Providence and was then discharged at the expiration of the term of six months but not in writing..... He has for witnesses Benjamin Rivea and Joel Hester---

He hereby 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. To the interrogatories  prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
1. He was born in [illegible] Massachusetts in 1758--
2. He has no warrant of his age
3. He was living at Westmoreland N. H. Removed from Westmoreland to Windham N H more than forty years ago, where he now lives.
4. He inlisted voluntarily both times.
5. [illegible]
6. He never received a written discharge.
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7. The names Timothy Burton Esq. and Mr. Archibald Mark both [illegible] and respectable citizens [two words illegible]
                        [Signature] Abiel Whitman
   Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
                       Before Peter R. Taft Judge

We Timothy Burton residing in the town of Hawthorn in said County and Archibald Marl of Hawthorne in said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Abiel Whitman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
  Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.            Archibald Mark
                           Timothy Burton
   Before  Peter R Taft -- Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 Timoth Burton who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the said town of Hawthorne and that Archibald Mark, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Hawthorne in said county, and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, in the [illegible] clergyman [illegible to end of line].  Asa Keyes, Registrar of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Hawthorne [this place is probably wrong but illegible handwriting makes it difficult to be sure what is correct] aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abial Whitman for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Sixth day of August A. D. 1832.
                                    Asa Keyes
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4217
Vermont
Alice Whitman
widow of Abiel Whitman
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private N. H.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 57 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issue the 12 day of Mch. 1819. and sent to Hon. Wm. Henry
                                             U. C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2 1818, Page 103 Vol. 3.

[Second page] Montpelier 29 March 1850
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11821
Rc April 3. 1845
Alice Whitman
     N. Hampshire
Act 17th June 1844.
[illegible]
1844---
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows, and the act of March 3 1843 and the act of January 17 1844
State of Vermont
Windham County ss
District of Westminster ss On this 26th day of February 1845 personally appeared before the Probate Court in and for the District aforesaid Alice Whitman a resident of Windham in the County of Windham aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 [illegible] July 4, 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows, also an act of the 3rd of March 1843 and the act of June 17 1844 ; that she is the widow of Abial Whitman late of Windham aforesaid deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolution and served as she believes about one year and three months or more and she refers to his declaration and the accompanying papers in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions for proof of his service. The said Abial Whitman having been a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 who resided in Windham at the time he was placed on the pension list. She further declares that she was married to the said Abiel Whitman  [illegible] believes in the year aforesaid Seventeen
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hundred and eighty seven
Westminster in the State of Newhampshire by
Worton justice of the Peace that her husband the aforesaid Abial Whitman died on the 8th day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty four. 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 [illegible] at the time above stated and that she remains a widow of the said Abiel Whitman.
                             Alice Whitman
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before                     Emery Allbe, Probate Judge
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State of Vermont
District of Westminster ss   I James H Phelps Register of the Probate Court for the District of Westminster in said State certify that Ellery Cillece is Judge of the Probate Court for said District, that said Court is a court of record and that the fore going signature [illegible] to be his or her genuine signature.
   In testimony whereof I have [illegible] to set my hand and affixed the Seal of said
            Court this 26th day of Feb. One thousand              Eight hundred forty five
 James H Phelps     Register
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15th.999 May 28
Act [illegible] 55
Alice Whitman  wid
Abiel Whitman priv.
Capt. S. Marston
   NH mil.
    Pensioner
    [illegible] June, 78 [perhaps year enlisted]
     [illegible] Jany. 79  [perhaps year discharged]

[two words illegible??]

Sent July 48 - 4217
Private bl Reid
   N H Line
Ad 160ach  Mar 26/56
Robbins & Chapman
               [illegible]

Vol VII. page 144
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Claim of
Alice Whitman for
Bounty Land
Act of March 3, 1855.
150.999

Prosecuted by Robbins &
Chapman Attys.
  Ludlow, NH
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State of Vermont.
Windham County. ss.
On this Seventh day of May, A. D. one thousand eighty-hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, Joseph Wood, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, Alice Whitman, aged Eighty seven years, a resident of Londonderry, in said County, who being duly sworn  according to law, declares that she is the widow of Abiel Whitman, deceased, who was a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Simon Marston in Lieut. Col. Stephen Peabody's Regiment, in the war of the Revolution, which Regiment was raised by the State of New Hampshire for the Continental Service of Rhode Island in 1778 -- Engagement June 23, 1778 -- Discharged Jan.5. 1779 -- Time of service 6 months and 14 days. Does not know whether her said husband enlisted, or was drafted into such service. Also, that her said husband was a private in Col. Stephen Peabody's Regiment under the command of Maj. Sullivan, New Hampshire Militia -- place of service Providence Rhode Island, as appears from a certificate of service from the Records of the Office of Secretary of State [illegible] 76 which she supposes was included in the 6 months and 14 days service above. She does not know whether her husband was discharged with or without a certificate in writing but her husband drew a pension while he lived of $57.50. She thinks for years -- and she has drawn a pension on account of the service of her husband of $57.50 for years since the 4th of March 1848 and that she has a pension certificate for that amount of that date. Her said husband as she believes entered the service at Westmoreland N. H.
She further states that she was married to the said Abiel Whitman on the 29th day of November 1878 by Samuel Works Esq. a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her marriage was Alice Dunham, that her said husband died at Windham in said County of Windham, August 8th, 1844 and she is the still his widow
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She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3. 1855.   Alice Whitman [her mark]
We William Pierce and Selon Thompson residents of Londonderry in the county of Windham and State of Ver. upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Alice Whitman in our presence, and that we know her to be the widow of Abial Whitman and the identical person she represents herself to be.
             William Pierce
              Selon Thompson

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year above and herein before written:  And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the person, the claimant, Alice Whitman, is the same and identical individual she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.
             Joseph Wood      Justice of the Peace

For value received I, Alice Whitman, who signed and made oath to the above declaration for County Land do hereby sell and assign unto Clark H Chapman of Ludlow, in the County of Windsor, and State of Vermont, and to his heirs and assignees forever the said Land Warrant to which I may be entitled and do authorize him to locate the same and to receive a patent therefore.
Witness my hand & Seal this 7th day of May A.D. 1855.  Attest.  Wm  Pierce and Selon Thompson
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State of Vermont
Windham County ss.
At Londonderry in said county, this seventh day of May 1855 Alice Whitman personally appeared and acknowledged the foregoing instrument of assignment of the Land Warrant -- to be her free act and deed
          Before me
            Joseph Woods    Justice of Peace

Department of the Interior
   Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 5th 1845 Alice Whitman widow of Abiel Whitman who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of fifty one dollars and fifty four cents per annum commencing on the 4th of March 1845 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
   Given at the department of the Interior this 12th day of March one thousand eight hundred forty [illegible]
     [signature unclear] Secretary of the Interior
L. S.
Examined & countersigned
J. G. Bount
for Commissioner of Pensions
Windham County ss I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Pension certificate [illegible] in the hands of the widow Alice Whitman
    Joseph Wood  Justice of [illegible]
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State of Vermont,
   Windham, S. S.
I, Royall Tyler, Clerk of the County Court, for the County of Windham, being a court of record and having a seal, as hereto attached, do certify that Joseph Wood was at the date of the paper writings to which this is attached, and now is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned, and qualified; that his signatures to the three certificates [illegible] written are genuine; that the said paper writings are executed according to the laws of this State, and are in due form; and that as such Officer, he is duly authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of Deeds, take Depositions, administer Oaths, & etc.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at Brattleborough, this 21st day of May Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
                      Royall Tyler         Clerk.
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Marriages
Zebulan Hodges & Anne Pierce  April 19th 1787
Charles Johnson & Anna Higgens of Montpelier May 21st 1787
Levi Cole & Cloe Stoddard of Westmoreland June  18 1787
Lorin Francis & Betty Carlisle, Westmoreland November 29th A. D. 1787
Abial Whitman & Alice Dunham of Westmoreland November the twenty ninth in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty seven. 
[illegible] Stearnes Stiles & Rebeckah Wyman Westmoreland December 17th 1787
Obediah Walker & Charlotte Kendall Westmoreland January [remainder illegible]
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[Top of document is a duplicate of previous document with that last entry reading:]
Obediah Walker & Charlotte Kendall
Westmoreland January ye. 7th A. D. 1788
John Taylor & Hannah Robbins Chesterfield January ye 22 A. D. 1788
March ye 26th A. D. 1788 then was
David Brown & Sibble Britton married

all the above married by Smal Woarks, Esq.
The forgoing is a true extract from the marriage records of the town of Westmoreland in my office with the exception of the date under the names of Abial Whitman & Alice Dunham which is expressed on the record in fair legible letters & figures as follows "November ye 29th A. D. 1787."
    Attest Nathan G Gabbett Town Clerk of
                                      Westmoreland.
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I Nathan G Babbit within named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Westmoreland in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire and that the foregoing is a true extract from the records in my office of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me      Nathan G. Babbitt
     Cheshire   fs March 28th 1845
Sworn before me   Horace Chapin Justice of Peace

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire  [illegible]
 I Leonard Bisco Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said county of Cheshire within said state, certify that Horace Chapin is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county of Cheshire, duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that his signature as above written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have [illegible] set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this twenty eighth day of March A. D. 1845.
                      Leonard Bisco    Clerk
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150.999
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Town Clerk Office Westmoreland May 2nd /55 Abial Whitman and Alice Dunham of Westmoreland were Married November twenty ninth A. D. Seventeen hundred and eighty seven
              By Samuel Works Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the above certificate is a true copy of the record found Recorded on Page 534 of Westmoreland Records
            Dexter Warren Town Clerk

A true Record
            Attest Dexter Warren Town Clerk
                        of Westmoreland
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Res WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15485-
Alice Whitman
  Widow of
Abiel Whitman
Pri Rev War

Act: Feb 29 48
Index:- Vol. M, Page 33/
 [Arrangement of 1870.]
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19.706

[unclear & illegible; perhaps W Auy]
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No 11821
Alice Whitman
[illegible] of Abil
N.H. [crossed out] Vermont
Act of July 1838
Rejected husb. died 1844
[illegible] 17 June 1844
6 mo 14 days [??]
   $21.55
Commencing August 1844 --
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FREE

Hon. L. P. Waldo
   Commissioner of Pensions
      Washington. City.
               D. C.
150.999
Claim for Bounty Land--
Presented by Robbins & Chapman, Attys.
      Liedlawn Vt.
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See let: to A. S. Campbell
  May 31. 1845.
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23rd March '46. Repd: to
   Pen. Agt: -- [Pension agreement??]

No. 86
Vermont
Alice Whitman,
widow of Abiel Whitman,
who was a private,
in the N. Hampshire line.
Increased from $21.55 per annum
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
51 Dollars 54 Cents per annum to commence on the 8th day of August, 1844.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of March, 1846 and sent to Hon. Solomon Foot,
                                  H. R.

[Act of June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book D.
Vol. [illegible] Page 143--
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86 
Vermont, 86
Alice Whitman
widow of Abiel Whitman
who was a private
in the N. Hampshire, line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
   21 Dollars 55
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 8th day of August, 1844.
Certificate of Pension issue the
  26th day of August, 1845
and sent to A. S. Campbell
                       Boston
                    Massachusetts
   [Act of June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in  Book D
Vol. A  Page 143.

Sent to Hon. S Foot
Feb. 20 '44
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Return [illegible]
Abel Whitman


Admitted
15 mos 14 days

P White Esq
     Putney

50
   1.54
51.54
$103.08
    25.77
128.85
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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 Abel Whitman which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
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?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
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? [answer is unclear & illegible; perhaps:] No Sir year 5 ???????
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
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?
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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?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
No
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?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No [unclear] Vide [?] Given 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
        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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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 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, and &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
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 the officer of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office

I do hereby certify that from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Service in the war of the Revolution which, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of Abiel Whitman is borne upon a "Pay Roll for Capt. Simon Marston's company in Lt. Col. Stephen Peabody's Regiment which Rgt. was raised by the State of New Hampshire for the Continental Service at Rhode Island 1778 as a private. Engagement June 23, 1778; Discharge Jany. 5, 1779. Time in service 6 months 14 days.

And upon a "Muster and Pay Roll of sixteen able bodied and effective men enlisted for the sixth Regiment of militia in the state of New Hampshire to serve in Col. Stephen Peabody's Regiment at Providence in the State of Rhode Island under the command of Major Sullivan until the first day of January next," is borne the name of Abiel Whitman, Time of enlistment 1778 June 15, months pay advanced $4.10 State Bounty L6, travel to Providence R. I.  permitted [remainder is illegible]
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Marston's Co. -- Dated " Winchester June 22, 1778"  Signed "Lemuel Ashley, Must. & Pay Master"--

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State this 23 day of May 1855.           John S. Hadley
                                 Secretary of State.
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I Asa Whitman of Windham in the County of Windham and State of Vermont testify & say that I was well acquainted with Abiel Whitman late of Windham in said county deceased a revolutionary pensioner; that the said Abiel Whitman died on the eighth day of August Eighteen hundred and forty four, leaving Alice Whitman his widow who is still living. I further testify that I am well acquainted with Alice Whitman widow of the said Abiel Whitman deceased and that she the said Alice Whitman has not been married since the death of the said Abiel but [illegible], single & unmarried.
                                         Asa Whitman
State of Vermont   [illegible] July 26th 1845 Windham County ss
personally appeared Asa Whitman who is a credible person & made an oath to the truth of the above applicant before
                           Ellery Allbe     Justice Peace

State of Vermont Windham County Court Clerk's Office February 27th A D 1845 
I Marshall Miller Clerk of said court certify that Ellery Allbe is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission began late October 1844 and will expire on the 30th day of November 1845 and that his signature above written is genuine. In testimony whereof I here unto set my hand and affix the seal of said court the day & year above written. Attest.
                 Marshall Miller, Clerk
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11827.    April 3, 1845.
Alice Whitman
    July 7, 1828

Hon. J L Edwards
   Comm. of Pensions
      Washington City
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Boston Mass April 1, 1845

Sir
    I enclose the Declaration of Alice Whitman widow of Abiel Whitman for a pension, together with the proof in support of her claim.
              I am very respectfully
                 yr. obt. Sert. [your obedient servant]
                     A S Campbell

Hon J L Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Washington City ---
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office,

I Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution which remaining in this office, is appears that the name of Abiel Whitman is borne upon the Pay Roll of Cap. Simon Marston's Compy. in Col. Stephen Peabody's Regt. as a private in said company, for six months & fourteen days service from Jun 23, 1778 to Jan. 5 1779.

  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of said State, this 8th day of June A. D. 1845.
                        Thomas P. Treadwell
                           Secretary of State


over
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office

I do hereby certify that I have examined the Books and Documents relating to the Military services in the War of the Revolution which remain in this office and that I have not been able to find any roll of Capt. Hind's Company for the year 1776.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said State, this 17th day of July A. D. 1845.

                      Thomas P Treadwell
                         Secretary of State
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Jul 21. 1845.
Ada. to case
Alice Whitman

[upside down text reads:]
 Hon. J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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SAME TEXT AS PREVIOUS DOCUMENT [# 40] but turned around so other text can be read.
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Boston.  [illegible] July 19, 1845.

I enclose the certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of N. H. in support of the Declaration of Alice Whitman of Windham County, Vermont, widow of Abiel Whitman, under the act of July 7 1838. It appears from your letter of the 31st of May last that 6 months & 14 days service is admitted which I suppose is the same service in the certificate. The Secretary further certifies that he has not been able to find any roll of Capt. Hind's Co. for 1776. Perhaps this register certificate together with the evidence on file in the case of the said Alice Whitman who was a pensioner under the act of 1832 furnished all the evidence required. If it does not, you may if you please, send me a certificate for the 6 months & 14 days service only.
                        I am very respectfully
                          Yr. Abt. Srt.
                            A S Campbell

Hon. J L Edwards
 Comm. of Pensions
   Washington City
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Payment to be made at
  Poultney by
Merrit Clark

Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
agency of
    Poultney

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Increase  15 mo 14.00 
               51.54 
           
Recorded in the Pension Office in Aug 44
in Book D Vol. 1 Page 14
W M Stewart                   Deduct what has been
      Clerk                                     paid her
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War Department.
    Widow's Pension.

I certify that in conformity with the act of June 17, 1844, Alice Whitman,
widow of Abiel Whitman,
who was a private,
and died on the 8th day of August, 1844, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty-one dollars and fifty-five cents per annum, commencing on the 8th, August, 1844, and terminating on the 4th of March, 1848, unless the Pensioner shall marry or die before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States,
this 26th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty five.

Countersigned.
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I Benjamin Pierce of Windham in the County of  Windham and State of Vermont of [illegible] do depose & testify and say that at the Commencement of the revolution I resided in the town of Westmoreland in the State of Newhampshire and was then and for many years after was a neighbor to Alice A Whitman [illegible] deceased. I know that Abiel Whitman enlisted into the American Service after the commencement of the war, and went on an expedition to Canida [Canada]. I think he enlisted for a year's service. [next sentence is very unclear but seems to suggest Abiel left the service because of sickness "which at that time prevailed among the soldiers.] Abiel Whitman's friends [illegible] his release some time tho than [illegible]....at the time I said Whitman returned home from the army it was [too difficult to decipher the remainder of this text since I can only pick out a word here and there -- sorry]
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State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
[illegible]  February 3-- A D 1846
I Marshall Miller Clerk of said Court, certify, that Ebenezer Huntington a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission start date November 4th, 1845 & will expire on the 30th day of November 1848 and that his signature within written is genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court the day and year first above written
     Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk
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Hon. Solomon Foot
   House of Rep.
     Washington City.
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Boston, March 10, 1846
Sir
   I enclose the certificate of Alice Whitman to be returned to the Commissioner of Pensions in order that a new one may be issued agreeably to the letter of the Commissioner to you of the 20th Feby.alt.
                   I am very respectfully
                     yr. obt. Sert.
                     A S Campbell

Hon. Solo Foot
   Washington City.
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Benja. Pierce, Affidavit
in favor of Abiel Whitman
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This affidavit of Benjamin Pierce of Windham in the county of Windham and state of Vermont, aged 71 years who testifies and says that he was well acquainted with Abiel Whitman of Westmoreland in the state of New Hampshire now of Westmoreland [illegible]for a number of years [illegible] after the year 1776 and knows [illegible] the first of January 1776 and said Abiel Whitman enlisted into the service of the Revolutionary War and returned in the month of October or there about he thinks -- that about the end of July 1778 said Abiel Whitman entered the United States service again and served six months -- This deponent understood that in the same company said Whitman served to [remainder of sentence is unclear -- perhaps saying he served in Montreal....] [finishing with:] he went to Rhode Island.    Benj Pierce

Aug 16 1832

 State of Vermont
Windham County
Sworn and subscribed this sixth day of August A D 1832   [illegible several words, ending:] Justice of the Peace
I certify that Benjamin Pierce who subscribed & sworn affidavit is [illegible to end of document]   Asa Keyes , Justice of the Peace
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Joel Streeter  Affidavit
in favor of Abiel Whitman
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The appearance of Joel Streeton of -illegible] in the
county of [illegible] and State of [illegible] aged 72
years who [illegible] and says ]illegible] he [illegible]
acquaintance with Heisl Whitman [illegible] year
1778 & them of Westmorland in the  State of New 
Hampshire now of Windham Vermont [illegible]
Whitman would [illegible] the first of July 1778 enters the 
[illegible] of the United States [illegible] 
of the New Hampshire [illegible] and want the [illegible]
[illegible] at the time of [illegible] &
[illegible] six months - that this Department [illegible] 
now in the [illegible] Company with said Whitman
August 6, 1832
Joel Streeton

State of Vermont
[illegible] County
Sworn & [illegible] this day the [illegible]
of August [illegible] 1832
Before [illegible] Asa Keyes Justice of Peace

I certify that Joel Streeton [illegible] is [illegible]
[illegible] to the [illegible] of [illegible] 
whom testimony [illegible]
[illegible]
Asa Keyes Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windham County ss }
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned Justice of Peace, Abial Whitman of Windham in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, who being duly sworn deposeth in truth that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service or to the precise days this service commenced or ended, but according the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following [illegible]. For nine months, at least, commencing about the first day of January 1776 and ending about the first of October same year. I served as a private soldier. For six months commencing on or about the first day of July 1778 and ending on or about the 18 day of January 1780. I served as a private soldier and in all , both terms, fifteen months and for such service I claim a Pension.  
                           Abial Whitman
State of Vermont
Windham County ss }  
June 14th 1833  Sworn to and subscribed before me               Phineas White Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windham County
District of Westmoreland }
I Asa Keyes 2nd Clerk & Register of the Probate Court in [illegible] certify that [illegible] who certified the [illegible] Abial Whitman, was on the day of the date of said appearance a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County duly commissioned and qualified & that the signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature. I also certify that Asa Keyes 2nd who certifies the oath of Benjamin Pierce & Joel Streeter as per affidavits herewith attached was on the day of the date of said certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County & qualified & the signatures [illegible] are his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I [illegible] set my hand and [illegible] the seal of said Probate Court this 17th day of June Anno Domini 1833
Asa Keyes 2nd
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I Lydia Carlile of Westmoreland in the County of Cheshire & State of Newhampshire aged eighty nine years, do make oath testify & say that in the year 1776 & for some years previous & many years since, I was acquainted with Abial Whitman then resident in said Westmoreland & who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and I well remember that my father went somewhere to the North whether to Ticondaroga or some where toward Canada I cannot say & brought home my bro[ther] Nehemiah Pierce & the said Abial Whitman who had both been in the service together & were then both sick. This was in the fall or Summer of the year 1776. At what time they went into that service I cannot recollect but think it was in the winter season previous as I well remember it was the next term of service that my late husband went into after his return from his first term of service at Cambridge Mass.
Witness Draco Goodridge     Lydia Carlile
 [illegible] Carlisle                          [her mark]

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire Co.
On this 30th day of January A.D. 1846 the said Lydia Carlile who is well known to me as a credible person personally appearing made oath to & subscribed by her mark the foregoing affidavit
            Nathan G Babbitt  Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire Co I Leonard Bisco Clerk of the Superior Court of said state within and for said county of Cheshire do hereby certify that Nathan G Babbitt is a Justice of the Peace within & for said county of Cheshire duly commissioned and sworn according to law and that his signature as above written is in my belief genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of February A. D. 1846.
                         Leonard Bisco, Clerk
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Alice Whitman
     aa
         86--44
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STATE OF VERMONT,
Windham County     ss.
On this 13th day of September A. D. 1848, before William Harris a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by the laws of the State to administer oaths, personally appeared Alice Whitman a resident of Windham in said County, aged 81 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 the second day of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Abiel Whitman who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, that she was pensioner and received a pension under the Act of the 17th of June 1844, at the rate of Fifty one dollars and fifty four cents per annum.

She further declares that she is still a widow. 
                          Alice Whitman [her mark]
Witnesses  Hannah Whitman
                  Esther Whitman
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year last above written, before me
     William Harris         Justice Peace
I also certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and is the same individual she represents herself to be.
         William Harris             Justice Peace
I, Marshall Miller Clerk of the County Court in and for said County, do hereby certify that William Harris is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures above written are genuine.
     In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, this 18th day of September in the year A. D. 1848
          Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk