Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,597, Nathaniel Flanders, N.H.
Page 1

(3-1776)
Service N.H.
Flanders, Nathaniel
Mary
Number R3597
Page 2

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack p.
On this twelfth day of July in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight
personally appeared before me Benjamin Wadleigh
one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas
for said County of Merrimack, Mary Flanders a
resident of Wilmot in the County of Merrimack and
State of New Hampshire aged eighty two years in the
month of April last, to wit, A.D. 1838, 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 4th 1836. That she is the widow
of Nathaniel Flanders who was a private in the war
of the Revolution. That the said Nathaniel Sanders
went as a volunteer to join the forces collecting at
Winter hill & Cambridge in the year A.D. 1775, that he
left home on the 19th day of April of that year and
did not return except on furlough until[l]the winter
following, it is her belief that he served as a private
at that time in the war of the Revolution, eight or
nine months, he was in the battle of Bunker hill.
what officers he served under she is not able
to state, but she has heard th[at] said Nathaniel Flanders
tell of being in the Regt. or company with Loccist Jacoby Quimby of Hawks N.H. and John Pollard
of Kingston N.H. a private-
That in the year A.D. 1776 the said Nathaniel
Flanders served as a private in a company com
manded by Capt. French in a Regt. commanded
by Col Gale Hubbard was quiet in the company
how long he served at this time she not able to state
but he was stationed at Portsmouth N.H. and
great Island so called-
That in the year A.D. 1878 the said Nathan
Flanders went as a private soldier to Rhode
island, it is her belief that he was in the company of
Page 3

Gill in Col Stephen Peabody's Regt. he thinks
he served this time about one year-
That in the year A.D. 1781 the said Nathaniel Flanders again entered the service
as she believes in Col Reeds Regt was somewhere
in the State of New York, where the army was then
stationed, how long he served she is not able state,
but is certain that he was a long time absent from home & believes he was in the service of the War of
the Revolution-
That she has no record or documentary
evidence of the service of said Nathaniel Flanders
She further declares that she was
married to the said Nathaniel Flanders on
the fourth day of January, in the year seventeen
hundred and seventy four; that her husband
the aforesaid Nathaniel Flanders, died on the
fourth day of January in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty two; and that she has never
claimed a widow's ever since that period, as will
more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto
annexed.
[TEXT CROSSED OUT...Sworn to and subscribed the  day and year above written, before]
Mary Flanders
t [her mark, small Christian cross]
mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written
Before me
Benjamin Walbeigh
Justice of [illegible]
Courts of [illegible]
Pleas for the
County of Merrimack
Page 4

I hereby certify that by reason of the bodily infirmity of the forgoing named Mary Flanders she was unable to attend court and that her aforesaid declaration for these reasons was taken out of court at her grandsons in Wilmot that being her present place of residence
Benjamin Wadleigh Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Merrimac
Page 5

Town Clerk certificate
Page 6

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss

Town Clerks office Hampstead
 I Andrew B. Marshall Town Clerk of
Hampstead do hereby certify
that the following is a true copy
of a record in the town book of said
Hampstead to wit " Married by the
Rev(erend) Henry True January 4th 1774
Nathaniel Flanders to Mary Goodwin"

I further certify that the above is a
true copy of record
(signed) Attest  A B Marshall Town Clerk of
Hampstead

State of New Hampshire}
Rockingham County ss.} April 8, 1838

Then personally appeared the above
named A. B. Marshall and made solemn oath that the above certificate & copy of marriage by him subscribed is true before me
(signed)Moses Hoyt Justice of the Peace
Page 7

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham SS

I J.B. Hoitt, Clerk of the Judicial Court within and for said County, hereby certify that Mosed Hoyt Esquire who has subscribed the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified as such & that his signature hereto is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of our Superior Court
of Judication this sixth day of April AD. 1838
J.B. Hoitt Clerk
Page 8

I Timothy Flanders of Danbury in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire Depose and say that I am Son of Nath'l [NATHANIEL] Flanders, late of Danbury in the County and State aforesaid, aged fifty three years depose and say that I am the son of Nathaniel Flanders late of Danbury in said County deceased, that my Father the aforesaid Nathaniel Flanders, often requested me to assist him to obtain a pension under the act of 1818, which I was desirous to do, if he would give me or some other person the control of the money, which he refused to do. Owing to his habits, which were very intemperate, I chose that he should not have a pension because when he could get any money (or credit) he would spend it all for drink would not lay it out for any of the necessities to render himself or family comfortable, and all the family had rather he would be entirely without money than have any at his control.

I applied to my uncle (Ezekiel Flanders),
who lives in the province of Lower Canada
for an affidavit, to prove the services of my
father in the Revolutionary War, which
he declined to give, he said it was true that
my father served a good deal in the War 
but if he gave his affidavit and my mother
got a pension for my father's services
he to wit - the said Ezekiel and Stephen
Flanders.
Page 9

Another of my fathers brothers should
loose their pensions.

Timothy Flanders
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack Ss

March 18. 1840

Personally appeared the above named
Timothy Flanders who is well known
to me as a credible witness and a man
of strict truth and made oath to the
truth of the above affidavit by him
subscribed.
Before me
Tilton Elkins Jus [JUSTICE OF THE] Peace
Page 10


Act of July 4, 1862, and March 3, 1879. [crossed out]

3597

Mary Flanders

REJECTED
Page 11

Big Black Square
Page 12

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George W. Plummer is an acting Justice of the Peace
and for the County of Rockingham duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 14th day of June 1837 and will expire on the 14th day of June 1842 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 22 day of August 1839.


Josiah Stevens.
Secretary of State.
Page 13

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR.  Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joseph Graves
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Rockingham duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 19th day of May 1836 and will expire on the 19th day of May 1841 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 22 day of August 1839.

Josiah Stevens Jr
Secretary of State.
Page 14

(sideways on page)

Capt(ain) Jno.  Eastman N.H  1780,
Col(onel) Bartlett  N Pt

Ez(ekia)l Flanders 3 m(onth)s 17 d(ay)s 

(horizontal on other side of page)
Na(thanie)l Flanders
Page 15

State of New Hampshire
In Committee of Safety, Exeter, May 8th 1782
To Nicholas Gilman Esqr Treasurer
Pay to Nathaniel Flanders, Nine Pounds
and three pence lawful money pursuant
to an Act of Genl [General] Assembly of the 16th Jan 1782 being so much due to Ezekiel Flanders as approved by Capt. Eastmans Pay Roll for and 3 mos in1780.
M. Weare [illegible]

State of New - Hampshire
Secretary of State's office
Nov 30. 1840

I certify the foregoing to be a true copy 
of the original now on file in this office.
In testimony whereof I here unto affixed the Seal of said State
Josiah Stevens Jr.
Sec [SECRETARY] of State

PS.
on the back of the above named order is the name of "Solomon Wheeler,, It therefore 
may be inferred that Wheeler had the money
Page 16

Salisbury N.H. November 1st 1830
Sir,

With this I forward the declaration of Mary Flanders, widow of Nathaniel Flanders, for a pension on account of the service of the said Nathaniel in the War of the
Revolution -

I hope the evidence accompanying the same will satisfy you that he served over two years, but if not, wish you would point out the defects & give an opportunity to make further proof.
 
I perceive that the certificate of the town Clerk of Hampstead is not previously according to
your favor, but as it is supported by two or three other witnesses, I have concluded to forward it without being at the expense of getting it converted -

The old lady & her children are extremely poor & if her case can have an early examination & return, it may save her much suffering in the approaching cold winter.
Very respectfully Yours
Israel W. Kelly
-
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 17

Copy of order to
Nathl [NATHANIEL] Flanders

Note. Capt. French's roll dated Nov. 1775, on file and detached notes. The name of Nathl [NATHANIEL] Flanders; a soldier 1 mo. 12 days


A. H.L
Jan 19, 1842
Page 18

State of New Hampshire
In Committee of Safety, Exeter May 8th 1782
To Nicholas Gilman Esqr Treas

Pay to Nathaniel Flanders nine Pounds and three pence lawful money pursuant to an Act of Genl [GENERAL] Assembly the 16th Jany 1782 being so much due to Ezekiel Flanders as appears by Capt Eastmans
Pay Roll for 3 mo service in 1780

M Weare President

LP,,0,,3.
Page 19

State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State
January 12,1842

I hereby certify the within to be 
a true copy of the original order now
in file in this Office. Said order was
on file in this Office in June A.D. 1838
and has the appearance of having been
on file for many years.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State

Josiah Stevens
Secretary of State
Page 20

I John Morrill 1st of Deering County of Hillsborough State of New Hampshire
aged seventy eight last January depose and say that I have heretofore testified that Nathaniel Flanders of Kingstown [today known as Kingston] was a soldier in Colonel Reed's Regt in the continental army with me
not less than one year and a half I now
say the same I also say that I also knew
his two brothers named Stephen and -
Ezekiel, and do well recollect that they
all three were soldiers in Colonel
Reeds Regt. in the last three years of
the Revolutionary War I further say
that I cannot be mistaken as to the service
of Nathl. [NATHANIEL] for I was more with him during the time above mentioned than I was with either of the others, to wit, Stephen or Ezekiel.

John Morrill 1st

Hillsborough ss June 11th 1840 personally appeared, the above named John Morrill 1st (who I certify that he is a credible witness)
and made oath that the above affidavit
by him subscribed was just and true before me
John Grimes J. [JUSTICE OF THE] Peace
Page 21

Mary widow of 
Nath(anie)l  Flanders
Page 22

Salisbury N. H. Aug. 20th 1839-

Sir

Herewith you will receive the affidavits
of Joseph Johnson, Aaron Huntoon,Hugh Moore & Abraham Morvill as additional proofs in support of the claim of Mary Flanders,  widow of Nath(anie)l Flanders Dec(ease)d for a Pension under the act of July 4th 1836

It is hoped the claim will be allowed & be certificate forewarded with as little delay as possible, the old lady being extremely poor, & her children not able to keep her out of the poor house, beyond the usual September drawing. 

Very respectfully
Your ob(edien) Ser(van)t
(signed) Israel W. Kelly

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com(missione)r (of) Pensions
Washington D.C.
Page 23

P.S.  The depositions which were sent
with the declaration in this case having 
been taken long before the 11th of May
last, it is hoped will not be made
subject to your rule of that date

Yours &c I. W. Kelly

Hon(orable) J. L. Edwards
Page 24

Concord Aug. 22d 1839

It is somewhat singular that the name
of Nathanie)l Flanders is not found on the rolls
when so many persons, who were before
at the time and after the service, neighbours
and well acquainted with him & say they
cannot be mistaken, that Nath(anie)l Flanders
was the man who served in Col(onel) Peabody's Reg(iment) of R. Island in 1778 & in Rush Reg(imen)t from one and a half to two years

Stephen & Ezekiel Flanders were his (Nathaniels) brothers, Ezekiel is now living in Province of lower Canada receives a pension from the U.S. The son of Nath(anie)l went to obtain his affidavit, but Ezekiel declined giving it, said it was true that Nat(hanie)l served in Peabody's and Rush;s Reg(imen)t as Edmund Sawyer? and John Morrill have stated, but if he or
his widow got a pension, Stephen & him
(Ezekiel) must loose theirs & he would not
give an affidavit in the case  The foregoing
will be put in form of affidavit and forwarded if requested
Very Respectfully Yours &c
(signed) I. W. Kelly 

Hon,  J.L. Edwards
Page 25

Hampton
Nath(anie)l Flanders (illegible) 

d(ied) 1832 poor
Mary Flanders m(arried) (17)74 s

75 8 (illegible)   Tilton
76  1. 12.   French on roll
77  8a 9   Gile -- Pennington

+ 78  12   "   Peabody 
'  81   13      Condtine?  Reid

o Aaron Hunton  - 2 y(ear)s 
+ Joseph Johnson 
o Hugh Moore 

Dan knew that Flanders  did? 15 day
in French Co(mpany) for he Vol(unteered) for that time forsaid? T. there and left him there. 

No Serve claimed or due in  1780. 
(illegible) 
.
Page 26

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR T. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hubbard Newton is an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Hillsborough duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 19th
day of May 1836 and will expire on the
19 day of May 1841 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 22 day of August  1839

(signed) Josiah Steven Jr. 
Secretary of State

(seal affixed)
Page 27

State of New Hampshin
Secretary's Office

I Josiah Stevens Jr.  Secretary of the State
aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel 
Goodhue is an acting Notary Public in
 and for said State of  New Hampshire duly
Commissioned and qualified. That his
Commission is dated on the 21st
day of June 1838 and will expire on
the 21st day of June 1843 and that his
signature to the annexed Instrument is
true and genuine

Given under my hand and the Seal of said state this 22 day of August 1839.
(signed) Josiah Stevens Jr. Sec(retary)  of State

(seal affixed)
Page 28

Aaron Huntoon
Page 29

I Aaron Huntoon of Epping in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged eighty two being formerly of Kingston in said County & State depose and say that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel  Flanders formerly of said Kingston and was out in
Revolutionary Army with him during the year 1781 and to near the close of the War, and was with him not less than two years in the Army

(signed) Aaron Huntoon (signature matches handwriting of declaration body--probably signed by his mark)

Witness
Carroll Barton
Geo(rge) W. Plumer

State New Hampshire}
Rockingham ss}  Personally appearing the above named Aaron Huntoon and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true

Before me   (signed) Geo W Plumer Jus. Peace
Epping May 3d 1839 

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
the above named Aaron Huntoon and that he is a man of truth and veracity
 (signed) Geo W Plumer Jus. Peace
Page 30

I Jonathan Flanders of Plaistow (formerly
part of Kingstown, County of Rockingham
of State of New hampshire, seventy one years of age, depose and say, that I am brother of Nathaniel Flanders Stephen Flanders and Ezekiel Flanders formerly of Kingston N.H. who were all soldiers in the Revolutionary War-- I well remember they were all in Bunker hill battle and 
In 1776 Stephen & Ezekiel, were at Ticonderoga, Jonathan Pollard, John Davis and Samuel Huse were with them-- Stephen was taken with a violent fever-- my father & brother Nathaniel went to see him, my father brought Stephen home and Nathaniel staid & took his place as a soldier & did his duty from about the first of September, to some time in January following-
In 1778, Nathaniel Stephen & Ezekiel were 
all at Rhode island in Capt(ain) Giles Company, but Ezekiel was taken sick and did not stay all the time he came home about the last of June & did not return again until some time in August following--

After Arnold's desertion, the said Nathaniel
Flanders was a soldier in the Revolution for a
longer term of time, than he had been at any
other time--he was in the New hampshire time

He hired me to assist his hired hand in taking
case of and carry on his farm at home, while
he was in the service, that I was in his employ
Page 31

in that way two summers before he came home--when he did come home at the close of the war I remember to have heard him say. that he was at the taking of Corn Wallis and at various other places and battles in the Revolutionary War 

(signed) Jonathan Flanders

Rockingham ss May 28 1840
Personally appeared the above named Jonathan Flanders and made Solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true. 

I hereby Certify that the above named Jonathan Flanders is entitled to full credit

(signed) Before me Henry Tucker  Justice P(eace)
Page 32

(at bottom of page) 

Hon. F Pierce 
Senate U S
Page 33

I Edmond Buswell of Wilmot in the County of
Merrimack and State of New Hampshire aged
seventy two years depose and say that I was
well acquainted with Nathaniel Flanders late
of Danbury in the County of Grafton and
said State who died at said Danbury a number
of years ago and left a Widow named Mary
Flanders who now lives in said Danbury and remained his Widow

The said Nathaniel Flanders was a dish turner 
and basket maker and when he went out with
a load of dishes & baskets would return to his family without any of the comforts of life as the proceeds of his wares, but would spend the whole of his load in drinking and carousing & that was his habit always. When he could get where it was or could procure anything to buy it and bring to his own house he was very uncomfortable and difficult in his family. I give it as my opinion that his family could and should better have supported him for thirty years before his death without (if he had control of it) than with a pension.  ---
The aforesaid Widow (Mary) of said Nathaniel Flanders is now from eighty to ninety years of age and I am informed has applied for a
pension for the services of said Nathaniel in the War of the Revolution

For almost the whole of fifty years (the latter part of the said Nathaniel life) I lived within about three miles of him

(signed) Edmund Buswell
State of New Hampshire}
Merrimack ss} February 28. 1840

Personally appeared the above named Edmund Buswell  Poland
Burwell who is well known to me as a credible
witness & a man of strict truth and made oath
to the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me
(signed) Tilton Atkins Justice (of the) Peace
Page 34

Edmond Sawyer
Page 35

I Edmund Sawyer of Franklin
County of Merrimack, State of New hampshire aged seventy nine years, depose and say, that in the time of the Revolutionary War, I resided in Hampstead N.H. & within five or six miles of where Nathaniel Flanders lived in Kingston N.H. the said Nathaniel Flanders Married Mary Goodwin of said Hampstead, a neighbor of mine --That in January 1778 I enlisted as a private in the War of the Revolution for one year. I enlisted under Lieut(enant) William Richardson (who married my sister) some time after I had enlisted, said Lieut(enant) Richardson and all his solders were attached to a company under Capt(ain) Ezekiel Gile
and joined the Regiment at Rhode island, commanded by Col(onel) Stephen Peabody when I joined the company the said Nathaniel Flanders & two of his brothers named Stephen & Ezekiel, were there as privates in said Reg(iment) doing duty as privates & all times remained in said Reg(iment) doing duty as privates until the last day of December 1776, at which time the term of our enlistment was out, we were all discharged at that time and all four of us returned to Newhampshire together -- after the war was over, the said Nathaniel Flanders moved to Andover N.H. and I moved to Salisbury N.H. we lived within five or six miles of each other, & I have always been well acquainted with the said Nathaniel Banks, from before the time he married the said Mary Goodwin, to the time of his death which I should think was about seven or eight years ago. The word two was erased and the word nine interlined before
signed and sworn to, also the words five - six were struck - erased and the words seven- eight were interlined before signed and sworn to - 
(signed ) Edmund Sawyer 

Adeline Clay

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County SS. May 24th 1840 Personally appeared the above named Edmund Sawyer (who is a credible witness), and made oath in due form of Law, that the above affidavit by him subscribed
was true.
Before me 
(signed Israel W. Kelly
Jus(tice of the) Peace
Page 36

I Iddo T. Webster of Wilmot County of
Merrimack and State of New Hampshire aged
fifty five years depose and say that I was
well acquainted with Nath(anie)l Flanders 
late of Danbury in the County of Grafton
in said State   Who died at said Danbury
a number of years ago and left a Widow
named Mary Flanders who now lives in
said Danbury and remains his Widow

The said Nathaniel Flanders was a dish
turner and basket maker and when he
went out with a load of dishes and baskets
would return to his home and family without
any of the comforts of life as the proceeds of his wares, but would spend the whole of his load in drinking and carousing, & that was his habit always
When he could get where it was or could procure anything to buy it and bring to his own house he was verry uncomfortable and difficult in his family.  I give it as my opinion that his family could & had better have supported him for thirty years before his death without (if he had control of it) than with a pension

The aforesaid Widow (Mary) of said Nathaniel
Flanders is now from eighty to ninety years of age and I am informed has applied for a pension for the services of said Nathaniel in the War of the Revolution

For almost the whole of forty years (the latter part of the said Nathaniel life) I lived within one mile of him

(signed) Iddo Webster 
State of New Hampshire} Feb 28. 1840
Merrimack ss}
Personally appeared the above named Iddo Webster who is well known to me as a credible witness and a man of truth and made oath to the truth of the sworn affidavit by him subscribed Before me 

(signed) Thom(as) Phino  Justice (of the) Peace
Page 37

I Jonathan Flanders of Plaistow in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire in the seventieth years of my age depose & say that the on the alarm of Lexington battle 
reaching Kingston N.H. in April 1775 my
eldest brother Nathaniel Flanders turned
out as volunteer under Capt(ain) David Quimby of Hawke & went & joined the
army at Winter and Cambridge and remained
in the service during the eight months ? 
of 1775-  In 1776 the said Nathaniel Flanders ?
Portsmouth as a soldier in the Reg(imen)t commanded by Col(onel) Gale in Capt(ain) French's company it is my belief that he was there eight or nine months. In 1777 he
went as a solder to Bennington with Capt(ain) Gile, was out a considerable time, but cannot state the precise time

In 1778 he went with Capt(ain) or Major Gile as a soldier to Rhode Island was out one year--

In 1781 he again went with the same Major Gile to New York, he was out till the close of the war in 1783 except that he was at home to see his family, occasionally on furlough

I have heard him and others say that the said Nathaniel Flanders was in the battle of bunker hill the battle of Bennington and at the battle at the taking of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga

I have heard him and others say that he was
in Army Philipsburg, Fort Plains and on the
Mohawk river & various other places

After the war was over he moved to Andover N.H and died in Danbury a (illegible) years age

(signed) Johnathan Flanders
State of Newhampshire County of Rockingham ss
October 13, 1830
1808

the above Deposition Subscribed and sworn to
Before me
Henry Turner Justice (of the) Peace
Page 38

plaistow  October 18th 1830

I the subscriber hereby certify that I am 
acquainted with the within named Johnathan Flanders.  his moral character is good and is entitled to full credit 

(signed) Henry Tucker}  Justice of the Peace
Page 39

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss I Benjamin Colby of Sutton (missing)
and testify that I became acquainted with Nat(missing) Flanders of Kingston in the County of Rocking(missing) in the state aforesaid as early as the(missing) year AD (missing) and was ever afterwards acquainted with him until (missing) time of his decease which happened in June the year A.D. 1832. That in the month of (missing) AD 1774 he was married to Molly Good(missing)
Hampstead in said County of Rocking(missing)
with whom he lived until his death and by
whom he had a family of fourteen children
That in the year AD 1775 the said Nathaniel
Flanders enlisted as a soldier in the service of his Country and was in the battle at Bunker hill
In the fall of 1775 I enlisted as a soldier in the
service of my country under Capt. Jacob
Webster and in the winter following was stationed at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts and that the said Nathaniel Flanders was a sold(missing) the same company with me
(signed) Benja(min) (missing)

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack July 10th 1838 personally(missing)
the above named Benjamin Colby and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed (missing) true
Before me  (signed) Benjamin Wadleigh
(missing) of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am well (illegible) with the (missing) named Benjamin Colby that he sustains a good(missing) for truth and veracity 
(signed) Benjamin Wadleigh Justice of the Peace
Page 40

Timothy Flanders
Page 41

I, Timothy Flanders of Danbury in the
County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire fifty one years, depose and say that I am a son of Nathaniel and Mary Flanders
formerly of Kingston N.H. that the said
Nathaniel Flanders died in my house in
said Danbury on the fourth day of January
AD. 1832 and that Mary his widow
is now living and remains his widow. That the
said Nathaniel Flanders left her entirely destitute of property and that I and my sister have maintained and supported the said Nathaniel Flanders and the said Mary his wife for the last twelve years. That the said Mary Flanders has this day made her declaration as to the service of the said Nathaniel Flanders in the army of the Revolutionary war in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836.

Timothy Flanders

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss July 12th 1838 personally
appeared the above named Timothy
Flanders and made oath that the foregoing
deposition by him subscribed is true.

Before me
Benjamin Wardleigh Justice of the Peace.
I testify that the above named Timothy Flanders is reputed as a man of truth and sincerity.
Benjamin Wadleigh Justice of the peace
Page 42

John Davis
Thomas Butman
Page 43

I Thomas Butman of Enfield in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire, seventy nine years old last October (formerly of Kingston N.H) depose & say that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Flanders who married his wife in Hampstead N. H. her name was Goodwin - In the year 1776 I enlisted in the war of the Revolution, or volunteered, for fifteen days, My Col's name was Gale, Capt. French & Lieut Hubbard, [crossed out Goodwin was] we were stationed at Portsmouth N.H. when I entered the Company, the said Nathaniel Flanders was in it as a private, and when I left the company, he still remained in it, & how much longer he served I cannot say-

The foregoing service was in the war of the
Revolution-

The words-Hubbard- was - were interlined
before signed.

Thomas
Butman
State of New Hampshire
Grafton County Ss. June 1st 1838 -
Personally appeared the above named
Thomas Butman with whom I am well
acquainted, & know character for truth to be good, and his statements entitled to credit, subscribed & under oath in due form of law to the truth of the above affidavit-
Before me. John Jones Jus. [JUSTICE OF THE] Peace
Page 44

I, John Davis of Kingston, County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire aged eighty three in July next testify & say that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Flanders of said Kingston & know that he married Mary Goodwin of Hampstead, they were married about the year 1774 -  
The said Nathaniel Flanders (after Lexington Battle) in the year 1775 enlisted into the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution as a private, in the Company commanded by Capt Tilton, Jacob Webster, Lieut.  he enlisted for six or seven months, went with the company & joined the army at Winter Hill.  I was there myself & saw him & knew him in the s[*****]
I further say that in or about the year 1776 the said Nath Flanders went as a private to Portsmouth as a volunteer in Capt. F[rank?]s company.  Hubbard was Lieut. Gale was Col.  I know he was there fifteen days, for I was there at the same time.
Witness [Isreal?] W. Kelly
John Davis      X  his mark
State of New Hampshire Rockingham SS
Kingston, May 25th [****]
Then the above named John Davis personally appeared, subscribed and made oath in due form of law that the foregoing was true- (I am personally acquainted with him and have been for over forty years past and know his character to be good)-
Before me
William Badge. Jus. Peace
Page 45

I, Samuel Sawyer of Franklin in County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire in the seventy eighth year of my age, depose & say that in the time of the war of the
Revolution, I resided in Hampstead N.H. about five or six miles from where Nathaniel Flanders then resided in Kingston N.H. The said Flanders married his wife in said Hampstead, within about three miles of me, her name was Goodwin, they were married before the war of the Revolution broke out - In January 1775. I enlisted as a private Soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Ezekiel Gile in Col Peabody's Regt. - William Richardson was Lieut. in the company, I engaged with Lieut Richardson some little time before I joined the Company & Regt at Rhode-island When I joined the company at said Rhodeisland, [sic] I found the said Nathaniel Flanders & two of his brothers there as privates in the same Regt with me. viz - Col Peabody's - We all remained there doing duty as privates, until the last day of December 1775, when our time was out & we were all discharged on the said last day of December 1775 and all returned home to New - Hampshire [sic] together & the term we served together was over nine months, but how much over I cannot now recollect to state  -
Page 46

After the war was over, the said Nathaniel Flanders moved from Kingston to Andover N.H. and I moved to Salisbury N.H. about five miles distant, and I knew him & saw him often
for many years, he then removed to Danbury N.H. about ten miles farther than Andover, and died at said Danbury a few years since  - I cannot be mistaken in the service of all those of the Flanders for I (was) well acquainted with them all, before the service at the time of it, & afterwards.
Edmund Sawyer 
Witness. 
John Th Fisk
J. H. Clement 
State of New Hampshire 
Merrimack County ss 
Then personally appeared the above named Edmund Sawyer, (who is a credible witness his statements entitled to full weight) and made oath in due form of law, that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was true.
Before me Saml W. Hill Justice Peace
Page 47

John Morrill 1st
Page 48

I John Morrill 1st of Diering in the County 
of Hillsborough and State of Newhampshire
Aged Seventy Six years last June 7 depose and 
say that in the time of the War of the
Revolution I resided in Atkinson N. H. .
adjoining Kingston and about three miles
from where Nathaniel Flanders then 
lived in said Kingston and was well
acquainted with said Flanders and
knew that he was a soldier in the War of
the Revolution in the year 1781 at
Philipsburg in New York from the first
of June to the first of September in that year
I saw him almost daily and was on duty
with him frequently from the fore part of
Sept. to some time in December following
(to wit in 1781) I was sick in the hospital
and do not recollect to have seen him
when I recovered so as to do duty again I
found the said Flanders doing duty and,  soldier in the Army at Fort Plain on the Mohawk River and am sure that I was in the
Army with the said Flanders in all not less than one year and a half. I further say that I have frequently seen said Flanders since the war was over and cannot be mistaken as to his service in the Army   I was in Col. George French's Reg(imen)t and know that the said Flanders  belonged to the same Reg(imen)t
(signed) John Morrill

State of Newhampshire
Page 49

Hillsborough ss  July 7th 1838 Then the 
within named John Morrill 1st has (per)sonally
appeared and made Solemn oath that 
the within statement by him subscribed 
in? July? and true before me

I have been personally acquainted with
said Morrill over forty years and
believe his testimony be good
(signed) Tim(othy) Wyman Justice (of the) Peace
Page 50

(Note: This image is very dark) 

40(?)2
Mary Flanders
widow of Nathaniel
N.H
Act 4 July 1836
3597
Page 51

State of New Hampshire
Secretary of the States Office
I hereby certify that the within named Benjamin Wadleigh is a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Merrimack.  

Timothy Wyman is a Justice of the Peace in  and for the county of Hillsboro  

Israel W Kelly is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Merrimack

Benjamin Wadleigh is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Merrimack.

John Jones is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Grafton.

William Badger  is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Rockingham

Moses Hoyt is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Rockingham

and Henry Tucker  is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Rockingham

are sincerely duly qualified and their signatures as such are genuine

In testimony whereof I have this tenth day of November anno domini 1838 set my hand and caused the seal of the state to be here unto affixed

Jno Whipple Depy Secretary
Page 52

Hugh Moore
Page 53

I Hugh Moore of Amherst in the County of
Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy three years, depose & say that I enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in seventeen hundred & eighty one, and joined the first Newhampshire Reg(imen)t. and in the fall 1782 when the army went into winter quarters at Newburg I became acquainted with a soldier in the N. Hampshire line who went
by the name of Nat. Flanders & was on duly
with him from that time until I received my
discharge in June 1783  (signed) Hugh Moore

State of Newhampshire
Hillsborough County SS.
Sworn and subscribed this fifth day of June A.D. 1839 before me. And I further hereby certify that from my personal knowledge of
the above deponent, he is entitled to full
credit as a witness
(signed)  Hubbard Newton Jus. of the Peace
Page 54

Joseph Johnson
Page 55

I Joseph Johnson of Enfield in the County Grafton and State of New Hampshire, aged Seventy nine years depose and say that at the time of the Revolutionary war I resided
in Hampstead in New Hampshire within two or three miles from where Nathaniel Flanders lived in Kingston, New Hampshire, and was well acquainted with him the said Nathaniel Flanders, and in the first part of the year
Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Eight I enlisted as a soldier in a Company under Capt Ezekiel Gile, Lieut(enant) W(illia)m Richardson was our first Lieut(enant) and I further say
that Nathaniel Flanders of Kingston was a soldier in the same company when I enlisted and served as a Private Soldier, my term of time of service was six Months and I left that Company and left the said Nathaniel Flanders in that Company doing duty, how long he staid(sic) in the army I cannot say but I know that it was Nathaniel Flanders of Kingston in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, for I was well acquainted with him for a number of years before the war, and I further say that we were stationed in Rhode island joined Col(onel) Peabodys Regiment in Rhode island, and this same Nathaniel Flanders Married Mary Goodwin of Hampstead in the aforesaid State and County and that I understand she is now living and is his widow, and I further say that I was acquainted with two more of his Brothers named Stephen and Ezekiel Flanders


(signed) Joseph Johnson

Sworn and Subscribed to this sixth 
day of May A.D. 1839
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my Notanal
seal at Enfield in the County of Grafton and
State of New Hampshire this sixth
day of May A.D. 1839
(signed) Conners Goodhue Notary Publick
I hereby certify that the above named Joseph
Johnson is a credible witness
(signed) Conners Goodhue Notary Publick

(seal affixed)
Page 56

Abraham Morrill
Page 57

I Abraham Morrell of Brentwood N. H. 
adjoining Kingston, aged Seventy eight years
testify & declare that I was well acquainted with Nathaniel Flanders formerly of said Kingston-& know that the common report
was, that, said Handers was out in the Revolu
tionary war, as a soldier, or in some other capacity, the most of the time from April 1775-
to the close of the War - that from about the
year 1780 to the close of the War, he was with
the army, as was always said, and I never heard it disputed or contradicted-- 
(signed) Abraham Morrill
State of New Hampshire May 3rd A.D. 1839
Rockingham ss. Brentwood May 3rd 1839
Personally appeared the above named
Abraham Morrill (who I certify is a
credible witness) & made oath in due
form of Law that the above affidavit
by him subscribed was true

Before me (signed) Joseph Graves
Jus(tice) (of the) Peace