Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14205, Jonas Wyeth, Mass. Navy
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Service        Wyeth, Jonas     W14205
Mass            Elizabeth
Navy
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6352
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Wyeth widow of Mass Jonas 2nd who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private & Seaman

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 42 Dollars 64-
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of August 18(year cut off) and sent to L.B.True, Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 283 Vol. 76
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Extract from the Records of Marriages in the town of Cambridge, county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  "This certifies that on the eighth day of April seventeen hundred ninety-two marriage was legally consummated between Jonas Wyeth Junr. and Elizabeth Smith both of Cambridge. Attest A. Holmes, Pastor of the Chh. Cambridge. April 30th 1792. Entered by T.L. Jennison Town Clerk."
  I certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the Records of the town of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, excepting the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows: " the 8th day of April 1792." Lucius R. Paige, Town Clerk.
I, Lucius R. Paige, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Cambridge in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract; with the exception as above certified by me.
Lucius R. Paige, Town Clerk of Cambridge

Middlesex, Cambridge June 20th AD. 1845
Then personally appeared Lucius R. Paige, Town Clerk of Cambridge and made oath to the ____ of the above certificate by him made and subscribed, Before Mr. Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace
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I, James Monroe of Cambridge in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, seventy years of age Do testify and say that I have always resided in this town. That I was personally acquainted with one Jonas Wyeth of this town. It has been reported he was in service of the Revolution. That he was married to Elizabeth Smith of said Cambridge. That the said Jonas Wyeth died in the town on or near twenty years since. And that he left Elizabeth Wyeth. Who is still living and remains his widow.
Deacon James Monroe

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ,,Ss,, Cambridge June 20th 1835
Then personally appeared Deacon James Monroe and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed and I certify that he is a credible witness, ___ to be a person of _____. Before me, Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Secretary's Office, Boston July 7th 1845.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestations, Elijah Clark
was a Justice of the Peace for the
County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned;
and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Declaration
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex,,Ss,,
On this twenty fourth day of June, in the year Eighteen hundred and forty five. Personally appeared before the court of probate in and for the county of Middlesex & state aforesaid. Elizabeth Wyeth, a resident of Cambridge in said county, being seventy three years of age. 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 July seventh 1838. entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, also, the act of March third 1843 and of June 17th 1844. continuing pensions to certain widows.
That she is the widow of Jonas Wyeth of Cambridge who was in the Lexington & Concord alarm and was in immediately after stationed at Cambridge for three or four days. From the 19th of April 1775 in the company of Capt. Samuel Thatcher and in the last part of the year 1775 or the first of 1776. He enlisted for a years service and was in the service in the state of New York. and returned by the way of Norrich in the state of Connecticut where he remained sick for sometime. That after his return to Cambridge aforesaid, he was in the guard service at Cambridge in 1778 in Capt. John Walton's company at several different times, Each amount to one month or more and that he was also in the service on guard in Boston& on Castle- Island for near two monthes in left. Frost(?); Company under ____ Heath and in 1780 0r 1781 he engaged in the Naval Service and was on board the ship Hague under Capt. Manley and continued in the service untill near the close of the war. That all his services rendered his country would amount to near two years.
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And when in Cambridge in the time of the Revolution he bore the name of Jonas Wyeth Junior or Rd(?), all this she verily believes-
She further declares was she also married to the said Jonas Wyeth on the eighteenth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and ninety two. That the ceremony was performed by the Reverend Abiel Holmes Pastor of a church and society in Cambridge aforesaid. That her husband the said Jonas Wyeth died in said Cambridge on the third day of October eighteen hundred and seventeen. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four "vig" at the time above stated.
         Elizabeth Wyeth
Subscriber &sworn to by said Elizabeth Wyeth at her dwelling-house in Cambridge she being unable by reason of age &infirmity to attend court- the words "company" &"on" being interlined before signing - before me
S.P.P. Fay Prob
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County Ss
I Isaac Fisk Register of the court of probate in & for the county of Middlesex aforesaid hereby certify that the Hon S.P.P. Fay is the judge of said court and that his sign alone above written is his genuine signiture.
In testimony whereof I have hereinto lay my hand & affixed the seal of said court this  twenty fifth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred & forty five   Isaac Fiske
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Nov. 17. 1852
I hereby certify that at the date of the alterations hereto annexed, Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for county of Middlesex, and Samuel P.P. Fay Judge of Probate for the County of Middlesex.

in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted and that to their acts and attestations, as such, fall faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.


In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Amasa Walker
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I, Jonas Wyeth of Cambridge in the county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, forty five years of age, do testify & say, that I am a son of Jonas Wyeth of this town and his father(my grandfather) name was Jonas Wyeth. That Jonas Wyeth my grandfather was an an aged man at the time of the Revolution and I never herd his rendering any service in the war of the Revolution.
I also testify that I never heard my father state that he was in the service of the Revolution as he was according to record but about twelve years of age when the war commenced, but I have heard my father state that his cousin by the name of Jonas Wyeth & son of Ebenezer Wyeth was in the Revolutionary service and I farther testify that by my knowledge of the families of Wyeth in this town and as my father Jonas Wyeth was not in the service as above stated. That Jonas Wyeth, son of Ebenezer Wyeth was the only one of that name in Cambridge at the time of the Revolution that could have been in the service of that war. 
Jonas Wyeth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Ss Cambridge Nov. 13 1852
Then personally appeared Jonas Wyeth and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I certify that he is a credible witness. Before the Elijah Clark Justice Peace
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I, Susannah Monroe of Cambridge in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, sixty years of age, Depose and Say that I had always resided in this town That my mother's original name was Wyeth, and that this Ebenezer Wyeth had sons by the name of Ebenezer ,Joshua, Jonas ,Jacob and others and that I can recollect back to the early part of my life. When my parents often spoke of the sons of Ebenezer Wyeth and that the son Jonas was the one that was in the service of the Revolution. and it has been so repeated since that time to my personal knowledge that this Jonas Wyeth son of Ebenezer Wyeth was in the Revolutionary War. That there was formerly another Jonas Wyeth in Cambridge who was as I think to aged to have been in the Revolutionary Service. And he had a son named Jonas, and I never herd it stated that either Jonas Wyeth Senior or Jonas Wyeth Jr. was  ever in the service of the Revolution and from my _______ & history of the Wyeths, it's my belief. That there was no other Jonas Wyeth in the
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Service, but the son(Jonas) of Ebenezer Wyeth~ 
Susannah Monroe

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex"Ss" Cambridge November 5, 1852.
Then personally appeared Susannah Monroe and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by thee subscribed and I certify that she is a Sup. reported to be of (illegible) and worthy of my confidence~. Before me, Elijah Clark Justice Peace
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I Jacob Wyeth of Cambridge in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts eighty seven years of age a native of said town of Cambridge, on oath, Do testify and say. That I am one of the family of ebenezer and Mary Wyeth of said Cambridge. That I well recollect the Revolutionary War. That my said father with his oldest son and my two other brothers by the name of Jonas & Joshua were in the Service of the Sex(Lex)ington & Concord alarm on the 19th of April 1775, and I think they belonged to Capt. T. Mathers Company in Cambridge. and my said brother Jonas Wyeth was in the Service some in the year 1775. And I recollect that the said Jonas was in the service at New York in the year 1776 and was under a Capt. Bradley of Charlestown. That the said Jonas Wyeth was sick with a fever while in that service at or near New York. And when on his way home he stayed at his Uncle Mannings in Norwich in the state of Connecticut and my father the aforesaid Ebenezer Wyeth, went to Norwich & brought home his son Jonas Aforesaid. I recollect that after the said Jonas recovered his health, he was as before, Ready to engage in most any service.
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And that he did engage in privateere service & also in Naval Service, And its my impression that he was under Capt. Manley some of the time of the Revolution. my father Ebenezer Wyeth had a brother living in Cambridge by the name of Jonas Wyeth and he also had a son named Jonas, but the Jonas Wyeth last named was a number of years younger than my brother Jonas and I never knew or herd that Jonas Wyeth, son of my Uncle Jonas Wyeth ever went in the service but my brother Jonas Wyeth was of that character by which  he was always ready to engage in dangerous services. And that of the families of Wyethes, my father Ebenezer, Brothers Ebenezer, Jonas & Joshua were the only Wyeths in the service of the Revolution that I ever herd of. I never heard of any other Jonas Wyeth. That could have been of the age to have been in the Service of the Revolution. Having studdied the history of Wyeths by which I make this last statement.

Jacob Wyeth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex"Ss" Cambridge Nov 5, 1852
Then personally appeared Jacob Wyeth, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. and I certify that that he is a person of remarkable mind and memory for one of his age, and is refuted to be a person. ____.
Before me Elijah Clark Justice of Peace


I Samuel P.P. Fay of Cambridge in the county & Commonwealth aforesaid. A judge of Probate of said County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that I have long known Jacob Wyeth, Jonas Wyeth, & Susanna Monroe inhabitants of Cambridge, who have signed the above & the annexed affidavits- that they are all persons of the utmost respectability and their declarations are as fully entitled to ___, as those of any persons whatever or wherever to be found.
S.P.P. Fay
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Secretary's Office Boston, August 21 1852
I hereby Certify That at the date of the annexed attestations Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.

in the said Commonwealth duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
Amasa Walker
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I, Jacob Wyeth of Cambridge in the County of
Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
eighty seven years of age, a native of said town of Cambridge.  On oath, do testify and say that from one of the
family of Ebenezer and Mary Wyeth of Said Cambridge
that I will recollect the Revolutionary War, that
my said father with his oldest son and my [illegible] brother by the name of Jonas & Joshua was in the
service of the Lexington & Concord claim on the
nineteenth of April 1775. and I think they belonged
to Capt. Thatchers Company of Cambridge, and
my said brother Jonas Wyeth was in the Service Son
same, in the year of 1775, and I recollect that the said
Jonas who in the service at New York, in 177[illegible], and
was under a Capt Bradley of Charlestown, that 
the said Jonas Wyeth was sick with a fever in
the Service at or near New York. and on his way home he stopped at his Uncle Mannings in [illegible] in the State of Connecticut and my father the [illegible]
Ebenezer Wyeth, went to Norwich & brought home his son Jonas aforesaid. I recollect that after the said in recovered his health. he who was as before ready to engage in most any service, and did
engage in private service, and was [illegible] in the Naval Service and is to my impression that he who under
Capt. Mc[illegible] some of the time while in the
Naval Service, at the time of the Revolution
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my father Ebenezer Wyeth. had a brother living Cambridge by the name of Jonas Wyeth, and he also had a son by the name of Jonas, but was a number of years younger than my Jonas, and I never knew or herd [sic] that [blacked out] Jonas Wyeth son of my uncle Jonas Wyeth ever went in the service, but my brother Jonas who of that characteristic by which he was
always ready to engage in any dangerous
engagements, that of the families of Wyeths. 
my brothers by the names Ebenezer Jr. Jonas & Joshua
with my father were the only Wyeths in the
Service of the Revolution, and I have never heard of any other man in this State, by the name of Jonas Wyeth, who could have been old enough to have
been in the Service of the Revolutionary War
I have studied the History of the Wyeth family,
by which I make this last statement
Jacob Wyeth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex "Co" Cambridge, June 26, 1852.
Then personally appeared Jacob Wyeth, and made oath
to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed,
and I certify that he is a person of remarkable sound mind
for one of his age and is entitled to belief.
the word "am" on the first page being [illegible] before
signing by deponent. Before the Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace.
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I, Jonas Wyeth of Cambridge
in the County of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, forty five
years of age, Depose and Say, that I am a son
of Jonas Wyeth of this town, and his fathers
(my Grandfather) name was Jonas Wyeth that
Jonas Wyeth my Grandfather who an aged
man at the the time of the Revolution, and
I never heard of his rendering any service in
War of the Revolution. I also testify that
I never had my father state that he
was in the service of the Revolution, as
he was according to record but about
twelve years of age when the war commenced, but I have had my father
State that his cousins by the name of
Jonas Wyeth the son of Ebenezer
Wyeth was in Privateer Service
and I further testify, that by my knowledge
of the families of Wyethes, in this
town as my father Jonas Wyeth was
not in the service, as above stated, that the
Jonas Wyeth, Son of Ebenezer Wyeth was the
only one in Cambridge at the time of
the Revolution that could have been in the
Service of the Revolution War.
Jonas Wyeth [signature]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex Cambridge Augt 11 1832
Then personally appeared Jonas Wyeth
and made the truth of the
the foregoing affidavit by him
who added, the being a credible
Witness Before me Elijah Clark Justice of the Peace
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I Susanna Munroe of Cambridge in the
County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, Sixty Six years of age.
Depose and say, that I have always resided
in this town that my mothers original name,
was Wyeth a sister of Ebenezer Wyeth and
that this Ebenezer Wyeth had sons by the
names of Ebenezer, Joshua, Jonas, Jacob, and
others, and that I can recollect back to the early part of my life when my parents
spoke of the sons of Ebenezer Wyeth and that the son Jonas was one that was in the service
of the Revolution and it has been so reputed
since that time to my personal knowledge that
this Jonas Wyeth son of Ebenezer Wyeth was
in the Revolutionary War, that there was formerly another Jonas Wyeth in Cambridge who was to aged or 
I think to have been in the Revolution
and he had a son named Jonas, and I have
never heard it stated that either Jonas Wyeth Senior or Jonas Wyeth Jr was ever in the service of the
War of the Revolution, and from my acquaintance &
a history of the Wyeth families, it is my belief
that there was no other Jonas Wyeth in the service
but the Son (Jonas) of Ebenezer Wyeth,
Susanna Munroe
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex "Co" Cambridge, Augt. 20, 1852,
then personally appeared Susanna Munroe
and made [illegible] oath of the foregoing
affidavit by her as described.  And I certify that she is reputed to be duly of character of this history & she is a credible witness.  Before me, Elijah Clark Justice of the Peace

Samuel P. P. Fay of Cambridge Judge of Probate for the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby certify that I have long known Jacob Wyeth, Jonas Wyeth & Susannah Munroe who have signed the foregoing affidavits and that
they are all persons of the utmost respectability & whose
declaration are as fully entitled to credit of those of any persons whatever or wherever to be found
August 28, 1852   Samuel P.P. Fay [signature]
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 I Lydia Wyeth of Cambridge in the County of
Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Sixty seven
years of age. Do testify and say that when I was nine years of age, I was placed in the family of Ebenezer Wyeth
of this town, at which time the said Ebenezer Wyeth had six
sons liveing [living] who names were Ebenezer, Jonas, Joshua, Jacob
Grace & John, at that time those sons an aged man living in
this neighbourhood [neighborhood] by the name of Jonas Wyeth a brother of
said Ebenezer Wyeth first mentioned, who was near sixty years
of age then I entered the family of said Ebenezer Wyeth and
I never had it said or intimated that the old gentleman
Jonas Wyeth was ever in the service of the Revolution.
But it was often mentioned that Jonas Wyeth son of the
said Ebenezer Wyeth first mentioned, was in the service and
that his health was very much impared [impaired] by being in
the service, and continued of feeble health until his death
which took place near twenty seven years since. The
said Jonas Wyeth was called Jonas Wyeth 2d and sometimes
Jonas Wyeth Jun. [Junior] to designate him from his uncle Jonas
Wyeth, and it is my impression that the said Jonas Wyeth was in Naval private service in the time of the Revolution.
Lydia Wyeth [signature]
Middlesex "[illegible]" Cambridge September first 1845
Then personally appeared Lydia Wyeth and made oath to the
truth of the above affidavit by the above subscribed and certify
that she is a person of sound mind, and a credible witness.
Before me Elijah Clark Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston December 5th 1845

I hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestation Elijah Clark was a
Justice of the Peace for the County
of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted;
and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey [signature]
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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11.776
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Wyeth
widow of Jonas
who died on the Jan 2nd
of
in the State of
who was a private + in the command
by Captain
Seaman
commanded
by
commanded
in the Revolution
line for 11 mos & 10 days Seaman
21. " private

Inscribed on the Roll of Boston
at the rate of 42 Dollars 64 - Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of
Aug 1855- and sent to
Arrears to the 4th of L. B. True
Semi-annual allowance ending
Present.
Recorded by
Book H
Revolutionary Claim,
G.T. Getty July 7, 1838.
Clerk.
Vol 1 Page 2/8
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9.621_
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Wyeth
widow of Jonah 2nd [second]
who was a private & seaman
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 42 Dollars 64 Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued
the 14th day of August 1855.
and sent to
L. B. True
Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and
June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 16
Vol. 1
Page 254
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12082
July 19,1845.
Elizabeth Wyeth
July 7, 1838.
Map.
Certificate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston
June 2d 1845
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of Jonas Wyeth jun is borne as a
private upon a Muster roll of Capt Samuel Thatcher
Comps in Col. Gardner's regt which marched on the
alarm April 19, 1775 3 days;-- as Jonas Wyeth,
upon a pay abstract of Capt John Walton, Col. Samuel
Thatcher, for service at Cambridge from Sept. 2 to 3
1778, 1 day;-- upon a pay roll of the same for service
from Sept 4. to 11 7 days;-- Upon i order signed
by Capt John Walton, notifying Jonas Wyeth Jun
that he was detached to join Capt Frost the next
day to be marched to Boston for such service as
should be directed by the said order dated at
Cambridge, Sept. 23d 1778;-- upon another order from
Capt Walton, dated Oct 30, he is notified as Jonas
Wyeth 3d to march to Boston, and serve under
Genl Heath, until the 9th of November following;-
the name of Jonas Wyeth is also borne upon an
Index, as a seaman on board the Hague, Capt
John Manly the commencement and end of the service
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[Handwritten] of this vessel, is stated upon the index to be from June 1, 1782 to May 10, 1783 - there are no rolls of it in this office. The name of said Wyeth, Wyeth junior or 3d [third] is not found upon any rolls of David Bradley, who was a Lieut. [Lieutenant] in 1775, and a Captain in a later period, and the preceding is all the evidence of service in the case shown by any of the records. [End handwritten]

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contains all of the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seat of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
[Signed] John G Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Brighton Mass. July 16, 1845
Dear Sir,
I enclose to you here with the, the claims and Documents of Mrs. Elizabeth Wyeth of Cambridge for a pension agreeable to to the act of 1838, and the subsequent list for widows.
Verry Respectfully yours ___ Elijah Clark
Hon. J.L.Edwards Commissioner/Pensions
Washington City, D.C
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[Handwritten] I, Jacob Wyeth of Cambridge in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the eighty first year of [illegible] year, do testify [illegible] day, that [I] have always resided in this town, that [I] well recollect the Revolutionary War, [I] was not in the service myself, but [I] had three Brothers who were in the service [illegible]: Ebenezer, Jonas, Joshua, and my deceased Brother Jonas Wyeth has a widow living in the neighborhood, and my said brother Jonas Wyeth was at the time of the Revolution was called Jonas Wyeth second and [I] well recollect that he was in the Lexington & Concord engagement. I think he was in the Company of Capt. David Bradley, and [I] recollect that he enlisted in the service in December 1775 or January or February 1776 for one year and it is my impression he was in the Company of Capt. David Bradley in that service at which time he was in the service in the state of New York and was sick the last part of this service a year or two after his return from this years service, he engaged in a Naval privateer service, and [I] think he was at one time captured by a British cruiser & was left as a prisoner for some time. It is also my full impression he was in the [illegible] Expedition and was under Captain Manley in one of his Naval services.
[Signed] Jacob Wyeth
Middlesex "SS" Cambridge March 17th 1845.
Then personally appeared Jacob Wyeth and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him [illegible], he being a credible witness, Before Me Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 14205
Elizabeth Wyeth
Widow of
Jonas Wyeth
Pri & Seaman Rev War

Act: Feb 24, 48
Index: Vol. M, Page 363
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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12,082
Elizabeth Wyeth
  Widow of Jonas 2d.
Mass
Elijah Clark 26 Aug 1845
Same Jany 31 1846
Hon H Mann May 12 1857
LB Hue July 28 1854
Same Sep 1 1854
Hon CW Upham Jny 10 1853
 LB Hue June 15 1853
Same    "        20 1853


July 7 1838
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Department of the Interior
Pension Office, Official Business
Commissioner

Elizabeth Wyeth
Rev Case
Mass 38
Hon Judge Waldo
Com Pensions
Present
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Elizabeth Wyeth
Wid. of Jonas
Mass
Susp
Case received
P.A. on file 
wisn to see
papers-

Danl- Shed
Pen. Me-
wisn to see
papers
ad 1853

L.B. True
Altr
Washington
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Jonas Wyeth, Susannah Monroe, Jacob Wyeth, Royal Morse, Elizabeth J Wyeth, Saml Watson, Saml Sawin, Lydia Wyeth, Nathan Watson, Soloman Hanark, Wm E Carter ( ___)
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Elizabeth Wyeth
 Wid.
 Jonas Wyeth
 Mass
"Suspended"
See report No. 37

L.B. True
A Money in this case
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 County of Middlesex "Ss"
Know all men by these present, That I Elizabeth Wyeth of Cambridge in the county of Middlesex & state aforesaid, being eighty two years of age, Do hereby constitute and appoint L Blanchard True Esq of Washington City D.C. My true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and behalf to prosecute any claim I may have on the general government of the United States by virtue of the services rendered in the war of the Revolution by my late husband Jonas Wyeth of said Cambridge . Who rendered his county service as stated in my declaration on file in the Pension affairs in the city of Washington D.C. And the said L.B. True Esqr is authorised to take all necessary proper & legal steps in the prosecution of said ____ and in the Same manner as I myself would do. 
Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of Francis Wyeth       Elizebeth (her X mark) Wyeth
Mary Wyeth
Middlesex "Ss" August 2nd 1853
 Then personally appeared Elizebeth Wyeth and acknowledge the above instrument by her subsided to be her free act and deed.
Before Me, Elijah Clark Justice of the Peace
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Susp for proof of Identity that he was the very Jonas Wyeth as Sailor who served on board Capt. Manly's vessel the Houge"____ see p.67__
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office. Boston, August 3rd 1853-
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex

in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

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

E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 15th 1853
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation, Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex

in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I, Elizabeth Wyeth of Cambridge in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, seventy three years of age, do testify and say that my husband Jonas Wyeth was in the service of the Revolution, That he was in the Lexington & Concord under the command of Capt. Samuel Thatcher, and according to the best of my recollections he was in the service at Ticonderoga, & was also in the continental service in the state of New York & was also at Norwich in the state of Connecticut, at which place he was attended with sickness and that he was afterwords in the Naval privateer service, and was captured & put abord of the British prison ship called  Chatham where he remained in a distressed situation untill he with the others(the american prisoners) were exchanged for the British prisoners. That at the time of the Revolution, my husband bore the name of Jonas Wyeth second, and according to the best of my recollections of his statement, he must have been in the service for more then one year. And I request the secretary of this Commonwealth to examine the Rolls and document in his office for proof of my said husbands service. 
     Elizabeth Wyeth

Middlesex"Ss" Cambridge March 17th 1845
Subscribed & acknowledged before Me,
Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace
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[illegible] [illegible]
3rd
bce ⎬
Elijah Clark Esqr
Brighton
Affidavit as to service
on ship board.
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I Samuel Sawin of Livermore in the county of Paford & state of Maine a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States now of the age of eighty two years, testify & say, that I was born and resided in the early part of my life in Watertown in the county of Middlesex & state of Massachusetts & rendered service in the Revolution from said town of Watertown- my place of residence was near that part of the town of Cambridge where then resided a family by the name of Wyeth. One of the sons bore the name of Jonas and was called Jonas Wyeth Jun.r or 2nd. I was will as --- with him, I will recollect he was engaged in the Lexington & Concord fight the 14th of April 1775. That he took a Jeni gun a Queens arm from one of the British soldiers which I will recollect seeing. I well recollect that the said Jonas Wyeth Jr joined the army a little before they left Cambridge & went with them to N. York and according to my best recollection was gone seven or eight months; After his return I went to sea with him we started for Turk Island after a cargo of salt we were taken on the passage and carried to Baggaduce now Castine and imprisoned on board the ship Chatham until we were exchanged
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after this he went to sea but whether in a national vessel or a privateer I do not recollect, but recollect this took a valuable  [illegible]. After the close of the Revolution Mr Wyeth was married to Elizabeth Smith of Cambridge & the last information I had from the family she was living a widow [illegible] or near the old family residence in Cambridge, and further your [illegible] sayeth  not.
Samuel Sawin

State of Maine
[illegible] on the first day November in the year of our Lord one thousand [eigth] hundred & forty five Samuel Sawin, the afore evidence [illegible] was examined [illegible] & sworn agreeable to law, to the deposition afore[illegible] by him [illegible] and I certify that he is of sound mind & that [illegible] is his character for truth that full credit should be given to his affidavit
[illegible] Washburn Justice of Peace

[illegible] 50th
[illegible] 25th
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State of Maine
Oxford SS. I Joseph G Cole Clerk of the Judicial Court, in and for the County of Oxford hereby certify that Israel Washburn whose genuine signature is affixed to the [illegible] certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such
In testimony whence I have hereto [illegible] scribed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this thirteenth day of November 1845
Joseph G Cole Clerk as aforesaid

Nov. 6 1843
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex Ss. On this twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four, personally appeared before me Benjamin W. Whitney, an acting Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments within and for the county aforesaid, the undersigned Royal Morse, and solemnly deposith and saith that he is now in his seventy sixth year, that he has resided in Cambridge since his birth, he has a full recollection of the Wyeth families for sixty eight years, that he was personally acquainted with Jonas Wyeth 2nd who resided here some sixty or seventy years since he was the son of Ebenezer Wyeth of this place, the general report was that he had been engaged in the United States Service both by land and sea in the war of the Revolution; there were two other Jonas Wyeths in Cambridge, and I have never heard it hinted that Jonas Wyeth -- ever engaged in the War of the Revolution, and  Jonas Wyeth 3d was a mere boy at the termination of the war. There was no other Jonas Wyeth in Cambridge to my knowledge And there is no doubt in my mind that if there was a Jonas Wyeth in the service
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of his country at that time, it --nnot have been Jonas Wyeth2nd; that I have no interest in any way pecuniarily or otherwise in the result or succesful pros. caution of this claim. Royal Morse  

Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written. I also certify that the Deposcent is a person of good moral character that his statements are entitled to credit; that he is of sound mind and memory. I further certify that I have no interest pecuiarily or otherwise in this claim, nor am I in any way concerned (illegible) prosecution. B.W. Whitney Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex  On this twenty fourth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four, personally appeared before me Benjamin W. Whitney an acting Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgments within and for the county aforesaid, the undersigned Royal Morse, and solemnly deposeth and saith that he is now in his seventy sixth year, that he has resided in Cambridge since his birth, he has a full recollection of the Wyeth families for sixty eight years, that he was personally acquainted with Jonas Wyeth 2nd, who resided here some sixty or seventy years since, he was the son of Ebenezer Wyeth of this place; the general report was that he had been engaged in the United States service both by land and by seain the war of the Revolution; there were two other Jonas Wyeths in Cambridge and I have never heard it hinted that Jonas Wyeth 1st ever was engaged in the war of the Revolution, and Jonas Wyeth 3d was a mere boy at the termination of the war. There was no other Jonas Wyeth in Cambridge to my knowledge. And there is no doubt in my mind that if there was a Jonas Wyeth in the service
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss.
On this twenty second day
of August in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me Benjamin W. Whitney
an acting Justice of the Peace duly authorized
by law to administer oaths & take
acknowledgements in & for the County
aforesaid, the undersigned Susannah
Wyeth, and solemnly deposeth and saith
that she is now in her eighty first year
that she well knew Jonas Wyeth 2nd
of Cambridge in the county aforesaid
he was generally reputed in this [illegible]
to have been in the service of his country
in the war of the revolution; and from
general report at or about the time of
the Revolution I have no doubt that he served
both by land and sea. That her
husband and his father who both lived in the time of the Revolution, were of
the name of Jonas Wyeth, and resided
in Cambridge aforesaid, and to the best of
her knowledge and belief neither
of them were ever engaged in the war
of the Revolution. The Jonas Wyeth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss.
On this twenty second day
of August in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and fifty four personally appeared
before me Benjamin W. Whitney
an acting Justice of the Peace duly authorized
by law to administer oaths & take
acknowledgements in & for the County
aforesaid, the undersigned Susannah
Wyeth, and solemnly deposeth and saith
that she is now in her eighty first year
that she well knew Jonas Wyeth 2nd
of Cambridge in the county aforesaid
he was generally reputed in this [illegible] to have been 
in the service of his country
in the war of the revolution; and from
general report at or about the time of
the Revolution I have no doubt that he
served both by land and sea. That her
husband and his father who both lived in
the time of the Revolution, were of
the name of Jonas Wyeth, and resided
in Cambridge aforesaid, and to the best
of her knowledge and belief neither
of them were ever engaged in the war
of the Revolution. The Jonas Wyeth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, August 25th 1854.
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestation B. W. Whitney was a
Justice of the Peace for the County
of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted;
and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm Tufts Deputy ⎬
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I. Elizabeth J. Wyeth of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
in the eighty second year of my age, Do testify and say, that I have always resided in this town excepting
near four months in the year of 1775, that my father. Nathaniel Jarvis resided on the North side of the Common in said Cambridge in the time of the Revolution, and continued to reside there until his death, that in the early part of my life. I became acquainted with the family of Ebenezer Wyeth of this town. I well recollect his sons by the name of
Ebenezer, Jonas, Joshua & Jacob. That in the time of the Revolution it was reputed that Jonas Wyeth aforesaid was repeatedly in the service of his Country, & that he was apart of the time in the Naval service.

In the time of the Revolution there was another Jonas Wyeth living in this town, who was the Brother of Ebenezer Wyeth Senior aforesaid, a man some advanced in age.  I had a family
never herd [heard] it stated that he was in the service, but to the contrary was not disposed to engage in the service himself.  There was also another Jonas Wyeth in this town, who was much younger than the
Jonas Wyeth son of Ebenezer Wyeth, and not of age to be called unto the service.

I recollect well the time that Jonas Wyeth the son of Ebenezer Wyeth who married to Elizabeth Smith have been acquainted with this
Elizabeth Wyeth ever since and recollect the time of Jonas Wyeth death, and that it was formally stated that Ebenezer Wyeth, Jonas Wyeth &
Joshua Wyeth were all of them in the service of the Revolution, and that
Ebenezer Wyeth, received a pension under the first Law for the Soldiers of the Revolution and resided in the town of Ashby, Massachusetts.
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[Handwritten] I never new [knew] nor heard of any other Jonas Wyeth in this town, or the neighbouring [neighboring] towns in the time of the Revolution other then as herein above described. [Signed] Elizabeth J Wyeth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex "SS" Cambridge, February 4th A.D. 1850
Then personally appeared Elizabeth Wyeth and
made oath to the truth of the above affidavit
by her subscribed, and I certify that she is a person of sound mind, & a credible witness
Before me Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, January 29th 1851
I hereby Certify, That at the dates of the annexed attestations Elijah Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written
[Signed] Amasa Walker
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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X
I Samuel Watson of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, eighty two years of age and upwards, do testify and say I am a native of Cambridge, and that
I was her [here] at the time of the Revolutionary War, that I well recollect the time of the Battle at Lexington & Concord April 19, 1775, at which time I was acquainted with the family of Ebenezer Wyeth of this town that the said Ebenezer Wyeth, had several sons & that one of his sons name was Jones, and at the time of the Revolution said Jonas Wyeth was known in this town as Jonas Wyeth 2d [second] by reason of another Jones Wyeth, an aged man and [illegible] the said Jonas [illegible] I well recollect that at the time of the Revolution and subsequent to that time that the said Jonas Wyeth 2 [second] was in the service of the Revolution, and it is my belief that he was in the service of his Country, and that Jonas Wyeth first, [illegible] [inserted above] the Jonas Wyeth 2d [second] [end insertion] would not have engaged in the service as he was not of a Military character.
I further testify that I never knew or heard of any family of Wyeths then those of Cambridge, some of them have removed from this town to the country, and that Jonas Wyeth 2d [second] resided within two miles of my residence
[Signed] Samuel Watson
Middlesex "ss" Cambridge January 27th 1851.
Then personally appeared Samuel Watson and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, and I certify that he is a person of sound mind & a credible witnesses. words Jonas Wyeth [illegible] first interlined,
Before me Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston, December 6th 1854
I Hereby Certify, That at the dates of the annexed attestations, Charles Marsh was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk
Abraham Edwards and B.nh.-n Whitney were Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. 

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

EM Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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[Handwritten] I, Nathan Watson, of Roxbury, in the County of Norfolk being seventy nine years of age and upwards, do testify and say, that I was a native of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that I resided in said Cambridge in the early part of my life, and
that I well recollect one [Crossed out "Joseph"] Jonas Wyeth in said Cambridge, a son of Ebenezer Wyeth of said Cambridge; that I knew him, the said [Crossed out "Joseph"] Jonas Wyeth, as he was generally known as "Merchant Jonas", or "Jonas Wyeth Jr" and sometime as "Jonas Wyeth 2": that I well remember that he was known to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War; that I have no doubt of his having been a Soldier in said War, and that I never heard the the matter called in question. I also remember that the well known courage and firmness of the said Jonas Wyeth was often spoken of to his praise. I also remember that the said Jonas Wyeth married Elizabeth Smith (generally called Betsy Smith) about the year 1791 or 1792;  and the said Jonas Wyeth and his wife lived in Cambridge till the death of the said Jonas Wyeth. I also remember, that, at that time, there were living in Cambridge two other persons by the name of [Crossed out "Joseph"] Jonas Wyeth; one being
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[Handwritten] Jonas Wyeth the 1st a very aged man the other being Jonas Wyeth the 3d [third] a young man neither of these two persons last mentioned were ever known by me to have been engaged in the Revolutionary War, nor did I ever hear it said that they were thus engaged.
I, also state that I am in no way related to the Jonas Wyeth, the Soldier aforesaid - or to any of the parties named in this testimony, and that I have no interest whatever in any matter connected with them. [Signed] Nathan Watson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk SS. Roxbury November 24, 1854:
Then personally appeared the above named Nathan Watson and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed; and I certify that I have known Mr Nathan Watson for thirty years and can heartily testify to his truthfulness and honesty.
I, also certify that I have no interest in the matter for which this paper was drawn in any way whatever, and that I am not related to any of the parties.
[Signed] Charles Marsh, Justice of the Peace.
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[Handwritten] I Solomon Hancock of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being in the seventy ninth year of my age, do testify and say that I was born in said Cambridge and have certain distinct recollections of the revolutionary war having had an uncle who served through said war and with whom I served my time. I knew Jonas Wyeth the second sometimes called Junior he was the son of a gentleman by the name [inserted above] of Ebenezer Wyeth [end insertion] a resident of Cambridge I was well acquainted with said Jonas Wyeth the second. Said Jonas Wyeth the second was ever [illegible] regarded by the whole community in which he lived a Soldier of the revolution and to have served both by land and at sea, and that he was on all occasions so regarded. There were at that time two other persons of the same name living in Cambridge, Jonas Wyeth and his son Jonas, who was then very young, and I have never heard that either of these last named individuals were ever in the revolutionary service. I have
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[Handwritten] no doubt that the Jonas Wyeth the second of whom I have spoken was the individual person who was in the service during the whole or a part of the war of the revolution. I further testify that I have no [illegible] interest in the result of this claim. [Signed] Solomon Hancock

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex SS
City of Cambridge Nov 28 1854 Then personally appeared the above named Solomon Hancock and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed; and I certify that the respondent is well known to ma as a gentleman of estimable character and upon whose statements the utmost reliance can be placed, and that I have no [illegible] interest in this claim nor concern in its [illegible]. N.B. The words "of Ebenezer Wyeth" were [illegible] by me
[Signed] Abraham Edwards
Justice of the peace
&
Mayor of Cambridge
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[Handwritten] State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex
Be it known that on this twenty first day of November in the year eighteen hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me B. W. Whitney an acting Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments in & for the county aforesaid. William E. Carter of Cambridge in said county, [illegible], to me well known and made oath in due form of law that he was personally acquainted with Jonas Wyeth of Cambridge Mass--called Jonas Wyeth Jr or 2nd--that said Jonas Wyeth was ever believed and regarded in the opinion of the community in which he lived to have been a soldier of the Revolution and to have served both on land and at sea. According to the best of my opinion and belief the Jonas Wyeth above referred to was previous to eighteen hundred and twelve Jonas Wyeth 2nd for I remember at that time a very aged man of the same name
That he is in no way related to said
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[Handwritten] Wyeth or his family; that he is now upward of seventy years of age. that he has no [illegible] interest whatever in the result of the claim
[Signed to the right of the below] William E. Carter
Sworn & subscribed the day & year above written before me and I further certify that this [illegible] is known to me as a person of high character as such & in whose statements especially on oath entire confidence may be placed.
And also that I have no [illegible] interest in this claim nor am I concerned in its [illegible].
Before me, Justice of the Peace
B. W. Whitney
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I Samuel Hancock of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that I was born in Cambridge aforesaid and am in the seventy eighth year of my age, that I well knew Jonas Wyeth of said Cambridge who to the best of me recollection went by the name of Jonas Wyeth the second. He was a relative of my family. There were at the time of the revolutionary war two other persons of the same name Jonas Wyeth [illegible] Jonas his son neither of whom were ever spoken of as having been in the war of the revolution. During the existence of said war the said Jonas Wyeth the second with Josiah Mason, Junior of said Wyeth, Moses Richardson and a black man named Neptune Frost who was a drummer were absent from Cambridge and at their return it was the common report in the community in which they lived that they had been in the service and had just returned from the war of the revolution. One Joseph Cox of said Cambridge returned at the same [inserted above] time [end insertion] and informed me that he had lost one leg while
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[Handwritten] in the army and I observe that he was without a leg on his said return. The said Joseph Cox returned before the close of said war and the said Jonas Wyeth the second with the others I have named came home after the war had ended.
To the best of my recollection the Jonas Wyeth, the second, to whom I have referred was the identical person who served in the revolutionary war and I further certify that I have no [illegible] interest [illegible] whatever in the [illegible] of this claim.
[Signed] Samuel Hancock

[Handwritten] Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex SS Cambridge Nov 28th 1854. Then personally appeared the above named Samuel Hancock who signed his name in my presence and made oath to the truth of the above [illegible] by him subscribed and I certify that I have known said respondent for many years as a worthy and estimable citizen and in whose statement the utmost reliance may be placed - I also certify that I have no Illegible] interest in this claim [illegible] in its [illegible], and that the word "time" was interlined before this [illegible] was signed.
[Signed] Abraham Edwards
Justice of the peace
&
Mayor of Cambridge
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Brighton, Mass. Augt. 23d 1832.
Dear Sir,
I enclose herewith additional
evidence in aid of the claims of Elizabeth
Wyeth of Cambridge in your district, widow
of Jonas Wyeth.  And permit me to say [illegible] being in Cambridge two families by the names of Wyeth at the time of the Revolution, and of near relation, and three by the name of Jonas Wyeth, it is evident that Jonas, son of Ebenezer Wyeth was at times, incorrectly wrote
Jonas Wyeth, Jr. and at other times Jonas Wyeth 2d [second] or 3d [third] and as Mrs. Wyeths husband was a dareing
[daring] person to venture out and in any place of danger.  There is no doubt he was under Capt. John Manley, Ship of war Hogue in 1782 & 83.

Mrs. Wyeth is now by reason of an [illegible] 
the affliction, very feeble as well as indigent,
and she cannot probably stay long, it will be
an act of justice, that her claim be allowed & paid to her while living.
Very Respectfully Yours,
[illegible]
Elijah Clark

Hon. Benjamin Thompson
M. C.
Washington City, DC
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
January 21 1851.
hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that there is no evidence of any service by any person named Jonas Wyeth, except that contained in a certificate issued from this office June 2, 1845.

Before the examination was made to ascertain the fact certified above, the letters of the Commissioner of Pensions dated
Augt 24 1845 & Jany 31, 1844 referring to this case were filed in this office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Amasa Walker
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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[Handwritten] The Secretary of the Commonwealth is requested to reexamine the rolls and documents in his office for proof of the service of Jonas Wyeth or Jonnas Wyeth 2d of Cambridge in the War of the Revolution.
Elizabeth Wyeth widow of the said Jonas Wyeth now living in Cambridge claimed in her declaration that her husband was in the alarm service on the 19th of April 1775 in the Minute company of Capt. [Captain] Samuel Thatcher that in [illegible] last part of the year of 1775 or the first of 1776 he enlisted for the years service was in the service in the state of New York apart of which time in the service he was sick. 
Jacob Wyeth, a brother, testified that he was in Capt. [Captain] David Bradleys company in the years service of 1776. She also claims different services as a guard under Capt. [Captain] John Walton, and two or three monthes under Capt. [Captain] Frost in 1780 & in 1781. that he enlisted in the U S Naval Service & served to the close of the War under Capt. [Captain] Manly on board the Ship [illegible].
Brighton, Feb. 8, 1850 [Signed] Elijah Clark, agt [agent] of the [illegible]
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Wyeth widow of Jonas 2d
County and State of Massachusetts
acts July 7 1838 & c
This claim is for services rendered by the applicants husband in the War of the Revolution as a soldier of the [illegible] and a seaman for proof of service is furnished the affidavits of many witnesses that her husband was always reputed to have been a solider of the Revolution, also the affidavits of others who knew that he was in the service, but who also who distinctly recollect under what officers he [illegible], and the testimony of a [illegible] contemporary who recollected the officers giving their names and describing the character of [illegible] him. The rolls in possession of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts exactly correlate with the statements of the witnesses referred to rendering the truth of the statements beyond question.
Record of Marriage, identification, her husband's death and her widow have established by the above referred to witnesses, who are [illegible].
Name and residence of Agent
[Signed]  L B [illegible]
Present
[Signed] Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk
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Washington D.C.
June 12th 1855
Hon Judge Waldo
Com Pensions
My dear Sir
In the case of the Widow of Jonas Wyatt
of Mass [Massachusetts] claiming a Rev [Revolutionary] Pension
for the services of her said husband
in the Rev [Revolutionary] war under act of 1838 evidence like as follows has been
furnished the case, which I desire
reviewed with reference to allowing the case

1st The Declaration of the Widow Jointly
with the declaration of his Brother, to be
sent to the Hon Sec. [Secretary] of the State of Mass [Massachusetts] upon
Requisition for proof of his Rev. [Revolutionary] Services from records there, his land service is not only stated but also his sea service declared
for by them

A portion of his land, so declared
for, and his sea service, is duly certified as there, matter of Record with a
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slight discrepancy, but to the satisfaction of the Hon Secretary that he was the true Jonas W. 2d of which, see the united testimony of a cloud of Witnesses, on file, in the case also

Of his sea service they "declare" he
Served on board the same ship the
Hogue, and under the same Capt [Captain]
Capt Manly, as the Records of Mass [Massachusetts] show he did serve! How could this be, were it not so, for the Records of Mass
[Massachusetts] are a sealed book to all, prior to the Sworn application, now on file in the case

Then the testimony of one Witness in the
case, is that he previously went to sea with
him to Turks Island after a load
of Salt a place to which formerly my Uncles sent many of their vessels for the same Cargo
and narrates circumstances of the voyage
as that they were captured & imprisoned by
the British also that he heard of his
being in our Naval ship service of war
after that

Then there are more than 20 Witnesses
in the case - all respectable gray
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haired old people, men and women
who have lived to a great age, in
the same County and neighborhood
and testify that they knew him for
full half a century "knew him as
Merchant Jonas" that he was ever
respected, regarded, believed by all
to have so served, as above, in the
Rev. [Revolutionary] War - that there was another Jonas Wyeth of the family, but he was
his uncle and too old a man to have
been in the Rev. [Revolutionary] war- being 70 at that period he was called Jonas 1st
also there was still another Jonas W.
but he was equally, too young-being the
but 12 of age and these [illegible] of these
were ever reputed, regarded or believed to hav
been in the Rev. [Revolutionary] War, in any way or manner much less to have been in the sea service
and that for near a year!  Thus they agree with the Declaration too
Then, as to his being the identical
Jonas W [Wyeth] who was in the land
Service in said war from Mass [Massachusetts]
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One who served with him by land and
was pensioned for that service. States
on oath that he was with him in said service
at the opening Ball of the
Rev. [Revolutionary] War - at the battle of Lexington, and that there and then he and Jonas took as a trophy of war, a "Queens Army"--

Circumstances such as his being sick in
said war, are narrated by Claimant, and
by multitudes of Witness also; of several
others at times, leaving with him for the
war, and of certain of them returning
disabled by wounds so and of all the cases admitted and I believe I have examined
as many as any man in Office
or out, I have never known a more
respectible [respectable] "cortage" of Witnesses than in this case, both for age and credit and intimacy & knowledge of the man for so long a period of life--

Aside from the Record evidence in this
case so complete, what shall we do with
the joint testimony of these veteran witnesses
in the case, who have lived youth out till the
blossoms of age, with him, and the other
Jonases and testify what the do know
and have a wright [right] to know, in the
case that he was the man--
But all is submitted, respectfully
I am sir 
most obediently
Yours
S. B. True
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Washington Aug. 25/52
Elijah Clark Esq.
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 23rd [illegible] with the papers in the case of Mrs. Wyeth [illegible] have just come to hand.
My engagements are very pressing at
this time, & I may not have opportunity
to call in the Commiss, I shall
therefore transmit the papers to him
this morning with a note requesting
his attention to them
as soon as permissible, & if I have them before I
leave I will call & see him on the subject.
Many respects,
[illegible]
Benj Thompson
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Brighton, Mass. [Massachusetts] January 30th, 1851.
Dear Sir,
Agreeable to the letters of the
Commissioner of Pensions of date Augt. [August] 26th 1835, and of January 31,1836 we have made constant enquiry
to her of some aged person, or a Revolutionary Soldier, who was a native of Cambridge, that could identify, Jonas Wyeth of Cambridge the husband of Elizabeth Wyeth.
As being in the service of the Revolution at different times.  And on board the Ship Hogue, render Capt. [Captain] J Manley, but we are not able to hear of such a person except that
of Mr. Sawin whose affidavit is on file in the Pension office, and as the inhabitants of Cambridge have nearly all changed since the Revolution, I herewith enclose to you the additional evidence in support of
the claim of Elizabeth Wyeth of Cambridge, the widow of Jonas Wyeth, deceased.

Very Respectfully Yours,
[illegible]
Elijah Clark

Hon. Horace Mann
M. C.
Washington City, D.C
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Dear Sir Brighton December 6th 1845. your letter of date August 26 respecting the claims of Elizabeth Wyeth of Cambridge widow of Jonas Myers has been received, and the additional evidence in support of her claims is herewith enclosed over Recpt your St. St Elijah Clark Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner Pensions Washington City D.C.
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Washington Aug 20, 1.  4
Hon Judge Wade 1 Com Pension 
Sir the I herewith transmit to you important additional evidence on the Elizabeth Mark case claiming a Rev Pension the the evidence previously filed in support of the same are deemed sufficient trust there will be no further delay in allowing this case you see - S. B. True
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Washington D.C
July 11th/54
Hon
Judge Waldo
Com Pensions
Sir
In accumulation of evidence of identity
has been amassed in the claim
for the Rev. [Revolutionary] Services of Jonas
Wyeth on board the Ship Hogue
Capt [Captain] John Manley in consequence of the worst year or 2 having been
omitted in the public
Records of Indices merely of Mass [Massachusetts] State. But the evidence of identity is so clear & conclusive as to which
of the several Jonas Wyeths is the
one in question as having so served
as to carry conviction to every mind
much of this evidence of identity comes
from the relations of the other Jonases
in question which lands great weight
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and strength to their statements
I consider the claim, as I trust you will, conclusively established.
I am Sir
Most Respectfully
Yours as
S. B. True
[illegible] in this case
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Washington Aug. 25/52
Sir.
I enclose herewith additional
evidence in aid of the claim of Elizabeth
Wyeth of Cambridge, & will thank you
to give [illegible] as early attention as may
be pracitiable.
Very respectfully
[illegible]
Benj. Thompson

James E. Heath Esq.
Commiss of Pensions
Washington
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No. of Reps. Feby 1st 1851,
Hon. J. E. Heath
Dear sir,
Enclosed I 
forward an application for a
Pension, made by Elijah Clark
Esq. of Brighton. Norfolk Co. Mass. in favor of Elizabeth Wyeth, & request your attention to the same, in the order of business,
Yours very truly-
Horace Mann
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[Vertically in the left margin] Commonwealth

Elizabeth Wyeth
widow of Jonas 2d
Massachusetts
11 mes & 10 [illegible] seaman $40,33
21 [illegible] 231
___
$42,64
___
100
per annum from
4 March 1836
[illegible] 2 years excepted
Adm. July 7 1838 [illegible]

Cert to
L. B. True [illegible]
Presant
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House of Representatives
[illegible] as
Dec, 21, 1854
To the Honorable
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I transmit certain [illegible]
to your office, in corroboration of the 
evidence already in your files, in [illegible]
of Jonas Wyeth _ [illegible] earnest
[illegible] a consideration of the case -
if further [crossed out illegible text] evidence is needed
or any essential part is defective,
I shall consider it a favor to be
informed [illegible] the subject -
I am somewhat acquainted
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with many of the persons whose
testimony is with in the accompanying
papers, and am particularly [illegible]
of obtaining the means of giving to 
the parties concerned information
on the subject -
with the highest consideration
your [illegible]
Charles W. Upham
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Brighton, Mass Nov. 18, 1852
Dear Sir,
You will recollect that when
I was in your office, October 22 & 23rd wit
that the additional evidence which I
had forwarded to Hon Benjamon [Benjamin] Thompson
and he without [illegible] forwarded the
same to you was not found on file,
I have therefore obtained the same
evidence over again, and your first Clerk
advised, and I trust the case will move
an immediate examination as understood
before I left the city of Washington
very respectfully your
[obedient servant]
Elijah C. Clark

Hon. J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C