Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20,799, Abijah Houghton, Mass.
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Mass_________Houghton, Abijah__________S20,799

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To____________________________  1295
New Haampshire 
from 
Vermont
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Abijah Houghton
Private (Revy War)
Captain Haskills Company of the Regiment Colonel Whitcomb Mas Regt
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Ratio of disability  Total
Date of discharge 16, October 1775
Time of closing testimony  19 September 1820
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at Eight dollars per month to commence on the 
19th of September 1828
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Certificate of pension issued the 6th of October (?) and sent to J.Y Vail Esq Montpellier Vermont
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Arrear to the 4th March 1829__________44.23
Semi-anl. all'ce ending_________________00.00
________________________________________$44.23
Act of the 24 May 1828


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Trans to N. Hampshire 13 July 1899 and notification set to Thos M. Edward Esq Keene N. H.
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Dead
Paid at the (?) under the Act of 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1831 to the 15 Dec 1831 the day of his death ________________________1838
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Affidavit of Abijah
Houghton &
certificate of Judge
[Parice?]
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I Abijah Houghton of Derby in the County of Orleans District of Vermont aged Seventy Six years, in order obtain a pension or known wounds received in the Revolutionary war, do make the following affidavit that I lived in Lancaster in the State of Massachusetts in 1775. And that in the month of April
1775, a few days after the battle of Lexington,
I enlisted enlisted for Eight months, into Capt. Andrew Haskell's Company & Col Asa Whitcombs Regiment and immediately joined the army. That I was in the battle on Bunkers Hill and was wounded by bayonet in my hip, and by a ball shot through my leg being near the close of the battle while retreating from the hill. That I was carried home the next day and staid [stayed] six weeks before I was
able to do any duty. I did the duty of orderly Sargeant in the camp after my return, the orderly Sargeant of the company being sick absent on furlough,) for some time
but was unable to do duty in the field
I took a cold which affected my wounds, that rendered me unfit for any duty, and I was discharged & [illegible] home. My discharge was dated the 16th day of October 1775, which I have presented to the Commissioner - Since that time I resided in
Massachusetts till 1796 when I removed to her
New Hampshire - And in 1804. [illegible] from
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New Hampshire to Dummerston of Vermont
and have lived in Vermont the whole [illegible]
In the towns of Dummerston, Shrewsbury & [Hancock?]
untill February 1822 when I moved to Derby in
the county of Orleans, where I now reside, my
imployment, when I have been able to labor, has
been that of a Farmer.

The reasons why I have not applied
& been placed on the pension roll, before, are [simply?]
these. - I have been heretofore a man of property
and considered I could support myself without the
assistance of my Country.-

But having lost my property and the [because?]
embarrassed & poor; I applied in April 181, while
living in Hancock in Addison County, to Judge [Pains?] District Judge, who gave me a commission
for Gamaliel C Painter & Daniel Chipman. Esqr of [illegible]
[illegible] in said County to take & certify my affidavit
& evidences - But before they prepared the [illegible]
to have another commissioner appointed, and he issued
me that the act had expired.- I have been waiting
for a favorable opportunity to apply, and have become
so lame in consequence of my wounds in my old
age, that it is with difficulty I can get about, so I can
not even ride on horse back & have not for four
years past.- Having learned that the act
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is again in force, I now pray that I may be
placed on the Invalid pension roll of the Ver-
mont agency, with a full pension, as I am
wholly unable to labor for my support. [crossed out: and] I
further State that I am not on any pension roll of any State
nor have I ever been ——

Abijah Houghton



State of Vermont
Washing County ss

At Montpelier
on this 8th day of June
AD. 1825 personally appeared
Abijah Houghton above named and made Sol
emn oath to the foregoing declaration by him
Subscribed —

Before me Joshuah H. Hail commissioner.
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Treasury Department 
Second Comptroller's Office
Dec, 13th 1838

Sir
Under the act of the 6th of April 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States"  Children of Abijah Houghton a Pensioner on the Invalid Roll of the Portsmouth, N. Hampshire Agency at the rate of Eight dollars and (blank) cents has been paid at this Department from the Fourth of September 1831 to the 15th December 1831 the day of his death.

Respectfully yours
Albion K. Parris (signature)
Comptroller 

To the Commissioner of Pension
Present
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[Rev?]

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.

3–525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ,_____________, 19____

In reply to your request of _____________, received_______________
for a statement of the military history of Abijah Houghton
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.

S. 20799

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Apr. 1775

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Oct 16. 1775

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Andrew Haskell
COLONEL.
Asa Whitcomb

STATE.
Mass.

Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill where he received bayonet wound of hip & musket ball
wound of leg.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lancaster Mass; moved to Keene N. H'm 1796

Date of application for pension, June 8, 1825. His claim was allowed.

Residence at date of application, Derby, Orleans Co. Vt.

Age at date of application, 76, he died Dec. 15, 1831, place not stated

Remarks: Soldier had children in 1838, names not stated. There is no further family data on file.

Respectfully

Commissioner.
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20799
INVALID.

File No. 20, 799
Abijah Houghton
Pri Mass Regt
Revy War

Act: May 24" 28"
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 189
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1894 Aug 13 th
To J. O. Houghton
Leo Angeler

15.300
Oct. 12 '96, Sold. pensio
Mr. C. A. Sawyer, Child

1910 Sept 7: Hist to John C. [Free?]
(date from catalogue card) M.B.H.
1913 Dec 11: hist. to Mr. Charles

S. Anderson. M.13.H

1922 June 15. Hist. to Mrs.
M. B. Houghton aud
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Prospect Hill October [?] 15 1775
this may certify that Abijah Houghton
Sodier in Capt. Andrew Haskil's Company
Coln Asa Whitcombs Regiment is Discharged
from duty in comp and from any further
call of Duty

Nat Green Generl
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Certificate of
Judge Paine
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Vermont District} I Elijah Paine Judge of the
Vermont District do certify that according to my best recollec
-tion, that between six & eight years I [prior?] Abijah Houghton
at that time of Hancock in the County of Addiford
& State of Vermont, applied to me for a Commission to
take testimony for the purpose of his being placed on
the pension list of the United States for wounds received
in the Revolutionary War, & that I appointed Gamaliel
Painter & Daniel Chipman Commissioners for that
purpose & that soon after said Painter deceased.

Said Houghton afterwards applied to me for another
Commission & I informed him that the Act of Congress
under which the Pensions were granted ad expired.

Williamstown Febry 16. 1825.

Elijah Paine
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Affidavits of
[Burdit?] [O'Case?]
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Original Claim.

United States —
Vermont District ss.

I Elijah Paine Judge of the District
Court of the United States of
America for the Vermont District,
By the Authority of An Act of Congress
passed the 25th day of April 1812 Enti-
tled "an Act to revive and continue
in force an Act to provide for per-
sons who were disabled by known
wounds received in the Revolu-
tionary War, and for Other pur-
poses", - Do hereby Especially Au-
thorize and commission Robert Pierpoint of
Rutland of the County of Rutland and
District of Vermont to take all Evidence pur-suant to the Rules & regulations of the Said Act, for Substantiating the claim of Abijah
Houghton now of Shrewsbury in the county
of Rutland & district of Vermont to be placed
on the pension list of the United States by
reason of known wounds received in Said War, or Since (as prescribed in the fourth Sec-
tion of "an Act concerning invalid Pensioners,"
passed the 25th of April (1808) while in the Actu-
al Service of the United States, and in the line of his Duty. - And when the same shall be
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completed, to return the Evidence, affidavits, certif-
icates and proceedings had hereupon, together with
this commission to the Secretary for the Department
of War. - Given under my hand and Seal
at Williamstown the eighth day of July
in the year one thousand eight hundred
and twenty Eight—

Elijah Paine

I certify that in pursuance of the foregoing
Commission I [have?] taken the affidavits of
Joshua Burditt- & Abijah  B. Case which
are hereunto [illegible] Rutland July 19, 1828
R. Pierpoint
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I Joshua Burditt of Shrewsbury in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont aged sixty years testify & say that I have been acquainted with Abijah Houghton of Shrewsbury for about forty years that since I first knew him he had resided in Lancaster Massachusetts. Sullivan New Hampshire  Lancaster Keene N.H. Damerston Vt. Haverhill N.H. Hancock Derby & Shrewsbury Vermont that his employment has been farming and making rakes, but he has been unable to labor much, his habits have been (?) and industrious and that he now works in said Shrewsbury

Signature of Joshua Burditt

Sworn before me 
19 July 1828  R. Pierpoint 

I Abijah B. Case of Shrewsbury in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont (?) there on the 18th of July 1825, i examined Abijah Houghton of said Shrewsbury and found the appearance of a wound on his hip which appeared to have been very sever and his thigh has  perished and a much smaller than the other. I also found another wound on his leg which appears to have been (?) by a musket ball which I think must have broken one bone of his leg. Said Houghton is very (?) and I think his (?) by the consequences of of said wound and in my opinion his disability is a total disability. 

Signature of Abijah B Case  Surgeon

(remaining text is difficult to decipher)
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Hon. Secretary of War
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(?)  June 19 1828
Sir, 
I forward you this affidavit of WIliam De Putron in the case of Abijah Houghton - I forwarded (?) affidavit & his discharge & other papers since two or three years Since, which were (?) insufficient in consequence of there being no evidence of his actually receiving the woud while in Battle. 

The Affidavit of De Putron supplies that defect as we believe. I have not a full recollection what the affidavit did prove, except the one of Abel Sawyer a copy of which I have kept

If I recollect a number of affidavits ment (meant) to share that he went home the day after the battle of Bunker Hill  wounded and it at the time stated, & ever since that he was wounded in that battle - (?) this affidavit will be sufficient, especially when it is considered how few who were in that battle still survive, & how
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Difficult it is to praise eminence of what transpired so long time ago.

Please inform me of the result in this case.
Most respectfully your obt. Servt. 

Signature of Joshua Y Vail

Hon. Secretary at War
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United States
Vermont District ss.

Original Claim

I ELijah Paine Jud
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Secretary of the Department of War

Given under my hand and seal in said District of said state this eighth day of July in one thousand eight hundred and eight

Elija Pane
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I Abel  of Berlin in the county of Washington & District of Vermont aged sixty four do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Abijah Houghton now of Derby in the state who applied for a pension in consequence of wounds received in the Revolutinary war and do know that said Houghton enlisted in the spring of 1775 for the time of eight months from the town of Lancaster in the state of Massachusetts into Capt. Andrew Haskill company & Col Asa Whitcomb Regiment of the Massachusetts line I was residing at said Lancaster at the time & for more than a year after and I well now remember that said Houghton was brought home from the army the day after the battle of Bunker hill wounded having received two wounds one in the hip had the appearance of being made by a bayonet or same such weapon and the one in the ankle by a musket ball - Said Houghton was confined for six or seven weeks when getting Partial well & joined the army -  He came home again in October following having taken cold which rafterednis wounds  & rendered him unfit for duty & 2 more moths was discharged -
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I lived at the timed about half a mile from said Hougthon's residence & thirty eight miles from Bunker Hill and do well recollect those circumstances although I was not in the army
Abel Sawyer (signature)



State of Vermont
Washington County ss}
at Montpelier this 8th day of June  of A.,D. personally appeared able Sawyer signer of the foregoing affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated

Before me Joshua Joshua Y. Vail Commissioner

I also certify that I have been acquainted with said Sawyer for ten years past & that he is a person of truth & veracity 

J.Y. Vail Commissione3r
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Hon P. B. Porter

Secy at War
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Montpelier Sept 27 1828

Sir
I forward the papers prepared a new in case of Abija Houghton .

The extreme poverty of the man and the scattered & distant residence of the witnesses is the cause of long delay - There is two or three affidavits taken before by commissioners if my memory serves me rightly, which I presume can be used together with the testimony now forwarded which it is believed will render the case clear & satisfactory - the wounds were received so long ago it can
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No. 1
Commission
Certicate of Court
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Original Claim
United States 
Vermont District ss}


I Elijah Paine Jude of the District Court of the United States of America for the District of Vermont By authority of an act of Congress passed the 10th day of April A.D. 1806 revived and continued in force by the Several acts Subsequent (thereto) entitled and "act to provide for persons who were disabled by  wounds received in the Revolutionary War and for other purposes" Do hereby especially authorize and commission Joshua Y. Vail of Montpelier in the County of Washington and District of Vermont to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said act for substantiating the claim of Abijah Houghton of the town of derby in the country of Orleans and District of Vermont to be place on the pension list of the United State by reason of known wounds received in said War, while in the actual service of the United States and in the line of his duty.  And when the same
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Shall be completed to return the evidence, affidavits, certificates, and proceedings has hereupon together with this commission to the Secretary for the Department of War

Given under my hand and seal in Williamstown in said District this eighth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty four 
Elijah Paine
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To the Hon. Secretary of War

In pursuance of the foregoing commission from the Hon Judge Paine I proceeded to take the affidavit of said Houghton  & such others testimony as was exhibited to me consisting of the certificate of Edward Lamb surgeon, Abel Sawyer, Lemi Sawyer, & Jacob Wilder which testimony before me was closed on the 18th day of June A.D. 1824 -  all which is duly certified by Joshua Y Vail Commissioner
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Aff. E. Lamb
Longram
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State of Vermont 
Washington County ss

At Montpelier this eighth day of June A.D. 1824 in said county of Washington

It is hereby certified that Abijah Houghton now of Derby in the state of Vermont late a private in the company commanded by Capt Andrew Haskill in Col. Asa Whitcomb Regiment of Massachusetts line of the Revolutionary Army is reduced incapable of performing the duty of a solider by reason of wounds received while he was actually in the service of aforesaid & in the line of his duty - viz

By satisfactory evidence and accurate examination, it appears that on the 17th of June 1775 being engaged  in the Service of the United States at a place called Bunker Hill in the state of Massachusetts he received two wounds one in the having the appearance of having been made by a bayonet or some similar weapon and one in the leg carrying a strong appearance of being made by a musket ball which wounds now very materially affect him & render him
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not fit for military service & unable in the opinion of the subscriber of the undersigned hour obtaining his subsistence for manual labor 

Edward Lamb} Surgeon (signature)

Sworn to before the subscriber at the tie and place aforesaid

Joshua Y. Vail  Commissioner 

I certify that said Lamb is reputable in his profession and a man of truth & veracity &a disinterested witness

J.Y Vail Commissioner
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The Hon Secretary of War
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Montpelier April 21, 1825
Sir
Mr. Abijah Houghton of Derby in this state applied to me last June to receive a communication  Hon Judge Paine & take the necessary evidence to place him on the pension list of the United States for known wounds received while in the service of his country during the Revolutionary War - I accepted the trust & took such evidence as come before me - He had requested me to delay forwarding it until we could write to some persons who were actually with him in the battle at the time he was wounded - I find it extremely difficult after the lapse of almost fifty years to find many of these old veterans alive - It will also be seen from the testimony of Wilder that there was only a detachment of his company in the battle of course however small that would know him &  be with in the battle - I ascertained that Jacob Phelps of Lancaster Mass was still alive who was in the detachment, I wrote a friend in Lancaster to procure his affidavit - He wrote to me the winter past that
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when he received my letter said Phelps was too sick to attend to giving a deposition & of which (?) he afterwards died - 

I have written to inquire for another witness that was with him who was said to have moved to (ineligible) in State of New York but have received no answer Mr. Houghton has lately written me & requested me to forward these papers - 

He thinks from all the circumstances that the evidence is sufficient - From the length of time it seems astonishing that he should find as much proof - It is such proof as would be sufficient before a Jury to establish the fact - 

The affidavit of Judge Paine will show he formerly applied & the expiration of the law prevented him then.

The affidavit of Abel Sawyer goes to prove the fact as near as anything can - also Lieut Sawyer's aft - &  (ineligible) shows he was actually in the battle and the discharge is strong proof of it s it was two months before the term of his enlistment expired -  which would not have been done if he had been well & able to perform duty - The fact of his disability  to be sure is not mentioned in his discharge, and we could not except it it being at the very commencement of the war. Before they had got into a regular system 

The case is one that deserves as
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much latitude as can be possibly given it as said Houghton is now a complete invalid & very poor- I have testimonials by letter from the member of our Legislature from this town of Derby that he is both needy & deserving -

I have to request that the Hon. Secretary would examine the papers - and that the result may be made known to me
Most respectfully your obt Servt.

J.Y. Vail (signature)

The Hon Secy of War.
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No. 4

Affidavits of Abel & Leml Sawyer & J. Wilder
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I Samuel Sawyer of Plymouth in the County of Windsor and state of Vermont age 74 years testify and say that in 1775 I liver in Lancaster in his state of Massachusetts and was well acquainted with Alijah Houghton then said Lancaster but now of Darby as I am informed in this State & who is applying for a pension in consequence of being wounded and well remembered that said Houghton enlisted a very few days after the battle of Lexington into Capt Haskill "s company & Col. Asa Whitcomb. Regiment for eight months  - it was said immediately after the battle of Bunker Hill that he was wounded in the battle - This remark was common among all the neighbors that Houghton was wounded but I was not present in the battle - and I understood that he was brought home wounded but I did not see him what at home as I lived about three miles from him
Samuel Sawyer (signature)

State of Vermont
(Windsor) County ss
At Plymouth in said County this 17th day of June A.D. 1824 personally appeared Samuel Sawyer and made solemn oath to the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed by me 

Joshua Y . Vail Commissioner
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I certify that said Sawyer is reputed to be a man of truth of veracity & is a a disinterested witness 

J. W. Vail  commiss
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I Jacob Wilder of Woodstock in the county of Windsor & Sate of Vermont aged Sixty Six years do testify & say that I resided in Lancaster in the state of Massachusetts in 1775 that I was well acquainted with Alijah Houghton then of said Lancaster, now said to reside in Derby in this State, who is making application for a pension in consequences of Wounds received in the Revolutionary War
  That said Houghton and myself both enlisted the same day, being a few days after the battle of Lexington in the month of April 1775 for the term of Eight months in Capt. Andrew Regiment, that Haskall's company and Col A Whitcomb's Regiment. 
  And I very well recollect that said Houghton formed a detachment of two hundred taken from said Whitcomb's Regiment that was in the battle of Bunker Hill, that I was not one of said detachment, I was not in the battle, but I know said Houghton was in the detachment, & the detachment was in the battle but I was not, & was not with said Houghton when he was wounded 
Signature of Jacob Wilder

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss. 

At Woodstock in said County this 18th day of June A. 1825 personally appeared the above named Wo;der & made solemn oath to the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed. 

   Before me Joshua Y. Vail Commissioner

I certify that said Wilder is credible and disinterested (?) 

Signature of J.Y. Vail  Commissioner
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Affidavit of 
Dr. Putnam
from: to com:  19 Sept 1828
8$ per month
act May 24 1828
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I William De Putron of Linenburg County of Worchester and commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that Abijal Houghton formerly of Lancaster in said county of Worchester was one of the soldiers of the Massachusetts line in the Eight months service at Cambridge near Boston he belonged with  Capt Haskills or Capt Richarson's Company and Col Whitcom Regiment that he was in the Battle of Bunker Hill and was wounded there and I one assisted in carrying him off the field. He was wounded in the hip with a Bayonet which was the cause of his being discharged from the service at that time. and I understand at that time the cords of the hip were cut or severed by cut of the bayonet and the same Battle he received a wound in his leg or near behind by a musket ball that he went home for a few weeks and then returned and stayed some time but can not recall  but how long but was no finally discharged on account of his wounds  no further the deponent 

William De Putron (signature)

Worchester ss   September 19th 1828

Above named William De Putron personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed Before me - 

Esek Whiting commissioner appointed by the Honorable Elijah Paine Judge of the United States Court for the District of Vermont  & certify that the said Wiliam De Purtron testimony is entitled full credit and respect
Esek Whiting Commissioner of aforesaid
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County of Chittenden 

On this sixth day of July 1829 - before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County Chittenden personally appeared Abijah Houghton who on his oath declared that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Andrew Haskill om the Regiment commanded by Col Asa Whitcomb in the service of the United States - that his name was placed on the Pension list roll of the state of Vermont for whence he has lately removed - that he now resides in the State of New Hampshire where he intends to remain and wishes hi pension to be there payable in future - and that his reason for removing to the state of New Hampshire are that he has a child here in whole family he is deprives of living  having no family

Abijal Houghton (signature)

Sworn subscribed to 
before me the day and 
year aforesaid

Thomas M. Edwards
Jus. Peace

I Archelaus Ellis of said county depose that I am acquainted with Abijah Houghton was sucsribed to the above
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Declaration and that I know him to be the same person therein subscribed - 

Subscribed & sworn to  (?)
before me the day & year aforesaid - 

I certify that the above deponent is a person of veracity

Thomas M. Edward  (signature)
Jus Peace


Chittenden July 6, 1829
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Thomas M. Edwards in a Justice of the Peace in for said County & that the two foregoing is his proper signatures & his testimony where of hereunto affix the seal of our Supreme Court of Jurisdiction
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Affidavit
Abel Sawyer
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Hon Secretary of War
Washington, D.C.

Thomas M Edwards
Keene, N.H.

For Mr. Edwards
Pension Office

Received 11 July 1829
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Kune A.H
July 6

Hon Secretary of War
Washington City

(Revision)
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I Abel Sawyer of Berlin in the county of Washington and State of Vermont aged sixty seven years do testify and say that I am well acquainted with the Alijah Houghton now of Shrewsbury in the County of Restland and State of Vermont and do know that said Houghton enlisted in the spring of 1775 for the tern of Eight months in the town of Lancaster in the State of Massachusetts in Capt Andrew Haskill's Company & Col Asa Whitcomb Regiment and that i resided in said Lancaster and was knowing to said Houghton being brought home the day after the battle of Bunker Hill wounded from the Army having received two wounds one in the hip said to be &  apparently made by a bayonet and one in the ankle apparently by a ball and that he was laid up by said wounds some five or six weeks before he rejoined the Army - He came home again in October having taken cold & being unfit for duty in consequence of said wounds. I lived at that time less than half a mile from said Houghton & 38 miles from Bunker hill and well remember these circumstances although I was not in the Army - and I know the said Abijah Houghton now applies for a pension on account of said wounds to be the same man they brought home wounded as he called to see me some three or four years since when he lived in the town of Deby Orleans Count in this state.
Abel Sawyer (signature)


State of Vermont 
Washington County}
At Montpelier, this 23 day of July abt 1828 there personally appeared the above named Abel Sawyer of made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed 

Sami Prentiss Justice of the Supreme Court

I certify the said Abel Sawyer is well known to me & is a man of truth & veracity

Sami Prentiss (signature)
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State of Vermont
Washington County ss.

I Joshua Y. Vail Clerk of the Supreme Court of the  State of Vermont within and for the county of Washington do hereby certify that Samuel Prentiss Esquire before whom the affidavits of the written named Abel Sawyer was taken is a Just of the Supreme Cour of the State of Vermont duly appointed & acting render the Authority of this state & that his official name to the w(?) as such is his own proper hand writing .

In witness whereof ix have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Supreme Court 23d day of July A.D. 1828 
Joshua Y.Vail Clerk (signature)
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W.D.G

8-871

RECORD DIVISION
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Briefed by A. (?) 2/9/10
Claim No----------------------------
Certificate No Wounded at Bunker Hill res: Lancaster, Mass
Claimant Andrew Haskells Cos

Soldier Abijah Houghton 
Service Mass
Additional service ____Rev


REMARKS
(?) 7. 20.799
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Charles A Sawyer.
Real Estate 
room 24, 
Portland Block 

Chicago Sept 28 1896

Stamp of Pension Office appears on right top of image dated Oct 1 1896 

Stamp of war & navy in the middle top of image


Hon Wm Lockren

D-r Sir
Will you  if you have any records of applications of following parties for pensions and advise one of any fee if customary - 

Mary Rugg wife of Amos Sawyer who was born in 1724 or 1733 & resided at Lancaster, Mass.

Alice wife of Abijhah Houghton who was born the  23, Sept 1723

Wife of of Abjiah (son) who was born or baptized in Dec 1749 & lived at Lancaster 

There were 2 sons named Amos Sawyer one born Dec 1, 1734 and one born Sept 30,1733 and one married above Mary Rugg
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The wife of the other name unknown may have applied for pension; also widow of Calvin Sawyer who was born Oct 29. 1760 & enlisted when 18 from Lancaster, June 1779.

You furnished information to another ancestor in April 94 whose name does not appear in the records anywhere, but which bears with family tradition perfectly - so hope for good returns from this letter

Respectfully yrs.

C. S. Sawyer
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Revy / w

1 .02 cent stamped envelope
May 1 - 1922  P.B.
Mrs. H.B. Houghton 
1946 North Ave
Bridgeport Conn.


United States Bresreau of Pensions

Please tell if pensions were  granted to the following Revolutionary Soldiers and if it is possible for me to get copies of there pensions to substantiate cy claim as a Daughter of the American Revolution 

(Son) Abijah Houghton burn 1747- died 1831 (married) Mary Sawyer
Served ? in Capt Benj Houghton Under Col John Whitcomb
Was wounded in the knee at Bunker hill and permanently disabled


(Father) Abijah Houghton born 1823 died 1802 married Aalice Joslyn -------------?--------?
Served as private4k, later as Sargeant in Capt Andrew Haskill Co. Turned out the Lexington alarm and received both bayonet and bullet wounds Enlisted April 1775 and served 6 months in Capt Haskill Co and Col John Whitcomb

enclosed find stamped envelope for return of any information or records that you can give me
Am Truly Yours
Edna Westcott Houghton (signature)
(Mrs. H. B Houghton)
e
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Doughton, Silent & Campbell
LAWYERS
Rooms 5, 6,7, Temple Block
Los Angeles

Los Angeles Cal Jul 14, 1894

Dear Wm Lockren 

Dear Sir,

Will you pleas give me in authenticated form (your official signature) such information as of the Pension Bureau furnish of the military services of Abijah Houghton was among the minute men who went for Lancaster Mass to Concord and Lexington at the commencement of the Revolution. Our family tradition is that this Abijah Houghton first served under Capt Benjamin Houghton in a regiment commanded by Col John Witcomb of Bolton Mass then under General Aremus Ward and that late he was in service of Capt Haskills Co of Colo Asa Witcombs regiment

I would like also to have their letter contained in the enclosed type written copy of a letter, state on your signature
Respectfully Yours
S.O. Hougnton
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August 28 th 1810.
U.S. Pension Office
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen
Will you kindly furnish me with a certificate the Abijah Houghton of Lancaster Mass. was enlisted in Capt. Andrew Haskill's Company Col Isa Whitecomb's regiment  fought and was wounded in the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 1775
The certificate is desired to prove my eligibility to members hi the "Son of Revolution" as the said Abijah Houghton was my great-great grandfather

Very truly yours
John C Farr (signature)
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SOCIETY
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
IN THE 
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
 
SAN FERNANDO BLDG________LOS ANGELES
ROOM 814___________________November 27,1913

Hon. G.M Saltzaber, Commissioner
Department of the Interior, U.S
Bureau of Pension 
Washington D,C,

Dear Sir

'I am a descendant of Abijah Houghton Revolutionary soldier and have no made similar inquiry before.  He was born in 1747 at Lancaster Mass served in the War from there died in Keene N.H. in 1831 and was then a pensioner. Kindly send me the official record of his service and any data as to his family

Thanking you I am
Very truly yours

Charles Sherman Anderson (signature)
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O.W.N. Div.
W 15310
I20799
L.W.B.

DEPARTMENT OF THE BUREAU 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington D.C.

October 12, 1896

Sir: 

Replying to your request for the military record of Amos Sawyer, Luther Sawyer, Abijah Houghton and Calvin Sawyer, soldiers of the Revolutionary war, you are advised as follows:

Calvin Sawyer made application for pension April13 1813 at which time he was 57 years of age and residing at Shrewsbury Mass. and his pension was allowed for two years actual service as a private in the Mass troop Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Timothy Remick and Col Joseph Vose. Place of enlistment not stated. His widow Polly made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.

Abijah Houghton made application for pension on June 8, 1825, at which time he was 76 years and residing at Derby Vt., and his pension was allowed for six months actual service a private and a sergeant in Mass. Troops Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt Andrew Haskill and Col. Whitcomb. He enlisted at Lancaster, Mass:
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A very careful search has been made and from the data given the names of Amos and Luther Sawyer have not been found upon the Revolutionary pension records on file in this Bureau.

Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in  the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original states

Very respectfully

Commissioner

Mr. C. A. Sawyer
Room, 24 Portland Block,
Chicago, Ills.
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Remarks: She was married to the soldier, December 28, 1763 at Hanover, N.J., her maiden name being Rhoda Smiith. She was a daughter of Samuel Smith of that town and the mother of thirteen children. The soldier died May 27, 1794


Mrs. E.S. Barney,
303 W. 52 St. 
New York, N.Y.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON D.C. March 14 1894

M. E. C.

Madam--
In reply to our request for a statement of the military history of Betuel Ferrand a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in (or his widow's) application for a pension on file in this Bureau

The widow's pension was allowed for his services in that war as a Lieutenant in the New Jersy troop, for 24 months actual service he having first enlisted the Spring of 1776 and have been discharged finally some time during the year of 1782. Service was rendered in alternate tours of one month' duration and the following are mentioned as officers under whom he served:
Capt. Sylvanus Seely, Col; Ford, Capt. ward, Capt. Miner, Capt Stephen Baldwin, Gen Wines, Capt Manderville

Battels engage in Monmouth, Springfield, 

Residence of soldier at enlistment. Rockaway Neck, Hanover,) N.J.

Date of application of widow Addison, Vermont. Age at date of application of Widow
ninety years.

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In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Abijah Houghton a soldier of the Revolutionary war you will please  find below the desired information  as contained in (or his widow's) application for pension on file in  this bureau.

Apr 1775|6 months| Capt. Andrew Haskell Whitcomb Mass

At the battle of Bunker Hill he received a bayonet  wound in the hip and was shot through the leg

He enlisted at Lancaster Mass
Pension date June 8,1825
Residence at date of application Derby Vermont
Age 76 at date of 

Remarks: His pension was allowed

Very respectfully
S O. Houghton Esq
Atty at Law
Los Angeles, Cal