Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,706, Moses Yeaton, N.H. N.H. Sea Service
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(3-1776)

SERVICE [left column heading]                                       
NH  [1st line under service column] 
N.H. Sea Service [2nd line under service column]          

Yeaton, Moses [top center of card]                       
Sally [top center of card, written under Moses]

NUMBER [right column heading]
W. 22 706 [1st line under number column]

CONTENTS [left side of card]
[two columns of blank lines]
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[crossed out illegible number] 5362
New Hampshire Ports
Sally Yeaton dece
widow of Moses
N.H.
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a pri [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
37 Dollars 28
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
[illegible] day of January 1831
and sent to 
David Murray
Newmarket
N.H.
[illegible] Jany 21/49
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 183 Vol. 1.
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[21.5.67]
New Hampshire
Moses Yeaton
of Great Falls in the State of New Hamp
who was a Lieut. [&c] in the Comp. commanded by Captain Yeaton of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wingate in the New Hamp.
line for 1 mo. 22 d pri    $5.75
            3  "  seaman       12.48
            1  "  26 d Lieut    19.05
                                       $37.28 
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hamp-
at the rate of 37 Dollars 28 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of [Ap.]
1833 and sent to J.A. Burleigh
                             Somersworth P.O.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33                   $93.20
Semi-anl. allowance ending [Ap.] '34         18.64
                                                                   $111.84
{Revolutionary Claim}
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk, 
Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 133
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State of [crossed out: Maine] New Hampshire
COUNTY OF ^Strafford [crossed out: York], SS.

ON this 25th day of January, 1833 personally 
 appeared in open court, before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Dover - 
Moses Yeaton - a resident of Somersworth -
in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers,
and served as herein stated. 
In the month of October in the year 1775 he enlisted as a private into Captain Robert
Parkers Company of infantry into the militia or state service of the State of New Hampshire for the term of one month
he does not recollect the precise day when he enlisted or joined the Company, but it was a few days before Falmouth was burnt that he enlisted, which appears to have been on the seventeenth of that month, as he well  recollects of serving a little time before, but most of the term after that event, said Company was mustered and stationed
during the term at Fort Sullivan at the mouth of the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire. Lieut Marshall is the only other officer of the company whom he recollects
There was but one company at that fort, there was at that time a company at Fort Washington in that vicinity commanded by Titus Salter, and another at Fort Independence but he has forgotten who commanded it-
He does not recollect the time when he left but it was some time in November and passed the middle of the month and ten or twelve days before he enlisted to go to Cambridge
as below stated. 
There is no one living to his knowledge who served with him at that time or has personal 
knowledge of his serving as aforesaid. He is sure that he served at that time one month and was employed in guarding the fort.
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On the very last of November or the very first of December 1775 he cannot recollect the precise day he again enlisted as second Lieutenant and for the term of six weeks into the state or militia service, into a company commanded by his father Moses Yeaton
Senior, now deceased. Lieut Daniel Haggins, said company was mustered at my fathers in said Somersworth and marched to Cambridge the last of November or first of December as above stated, marched through Dover
Exeter Kingston Haverhill Ferry to Malden or
as it was then called Mystic in Massachusetts where said company was stationed during the term. 
It belonged to General Sullivans Brigade, and [crossed out: I am] he is very positive but not absolutely certain that it belonged to
Col Reeds Regiment, but one other company was stationed at Mystic at that time, he has forgotten the names of the other officers of the Regiment or Brigade, most of the employment of said company consisted of serving on guard at Winter Hill in detachments of from eighteen to twenty men each. 
There was no Fort at Mystic at that time
and the soldiers were quartered in private houses.
The term of six weeks expired about the middle of January 1776 the precise day I have forgotten at which time Gen Sullivan sent for the company to come to his quarters, which they did - when he stated that the Continental troops had not all arrived and requested the company to enlist again for two weeks more. About half the company on that day did enlist
for fifteen days longer, including himself and
the residue of said company enlisted for the
same terms on the next day, which they served
out at the same place, in the same Company Regiment + Brigade + in the same employment. He thinks the other company stationed at Mystic was commanded by Capt Elkins-
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[top line is illegible due to words being cut off]
the residue of said company enlisted for the 
same term on the next day, which they served
out at the same place, in the same Company Regiment + Brigade + in the employment. 

He thinks the other company stationed at Mystic and commanded by Capt Elkins -
Capt Jonathan Wentworths Company was at
the same time at Winter Hill + Capt Eben Sullivans Company at Fort No 2. John Philpot of Capt Wentworths Company, Lou Roberts ^of [Sullivans] Galloway's company & Daniel Whitehouse of the said ^Wentworth Company, John [Hearl] and Jonathan Welch, of the company to which the applicant belonged are now living and can testify to the truth of the foregoing statement. 
He left Mystic [crossed out: He left Mystic] the
fourth or fifth day of February 1776 and 
returned immediately home-

Afterwards in July ^1778 in the early part of the month and certainly before the middle, although he has forgotten the particular day, he volunteered as [crossed out: Lieutenant] ^private to go to Rhode Island. His father
Moses Yeaton Senr volunteered at the same time as commander of the company 
The company was made up from Somersworth Dover and Durham and set out before the fifteenth of said July (1778) on horseback and passed through Exeter Haverhill Ferry Bradford and 
[last line illegible due to being partly cut off]
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was made up from Somersworth Dover
and Durham and set out before the fifteenth
of said July (1778) on horseback and passed
through Exeter Haverhill Ferry Bradford and 
Cambridge to Rhode Island. 

Said company passed one night at Pawtucket Falls about four miles from Providence, RI-from thence went through the town of Warren which had been recently burnt by the enemy. Thence to Bristol + crossed at Bristol Ferry to the Island called Rhodeisland where said company was stationed till the retreat of Gen Sullivan from Rhode Island-
Soon after which said company returned
home, where ^he [arrived] after the middle and towards the latter part of September 1778
Does not recollect the precise time that he
was in Rhode Island but it was not short
of two months, and he was gone from home
more than two months = 
He does not know that said company was regularly attached to any Brigade, Col Evans commanded a Regiment of volunteers ^to which said company belonged, while there his father commanded his company. 
These are the only officers he recollects ^ excepting General Sullivan. This duty consisted in serving on guard when an officer was generally appointed from among the soldiers by Col Evans = they retreated from Rhode Island and raised the siege of Newport in consequence of leaving of the French fleet - 
His father also acted as pay master but his papers have been long since destroyed. Absolem Stackpole of North Berwick is the only man living to [crossed out: my] ^his knowledge who served with him Ebenezer Ricker Thomas Garvin James Hobbs John Drew Thomas Wallingford and Caleb Horn all from this
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acted as pay master but his papers have been long since destroyed. Absolem Stackpole of North Berwick is the only man living to his knowledge who served with him. Ebenezer Ricker Thomas Garvin James Hobbs, John Drew Thomas Wallingford and Caleb Horn all from this neighborhood served with him but are dead-

In the year 1779 on the sixth day of June he enlisted as a private seaman on board the Hamden (ship) twenty guns commanded by Capt Titus Salter of Portsmouth NH and joined the ship that day-
Edmund Roberts of Portsmouth 1st Lieut. and John Stackpole of Somersworth 2d Lieut. Samuel Storey or Storer Capt of the marines-
the ship laid at Portsmouth about two weeks expecting the fleet from Boston, but that not coming she sailed to a place called Townsend where after two or three days the Boston fleet came up. 
Capt Saltenstall of the ship Warren 32 guns commanded the fleet. The ship Black Prince-Capt Waters, Brig Defense the ship Hamden and others to the number of ten [compand] the fleet. 
From Townsend the fleet sailed to Penobscot the latter part of July and landed the soldiers at a place then called Bagaduce point, on which the British army were then stationed, he belonged to a barge and assisted in landing the troops. 
A battery was erected by the Americans and a cannonade kept up for several days. About the middle of August the [enemys] fleet entered the river when the American army were reembarked and the American fleet retreated up the River. In this retreat the Hamden was stationed in the rear and fell into the hands of the English-the rest of the American fleet was destroyed- when the enemy
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In the year 1779 on the sixth day of
June he enlisted as a private seaman on
board the Hamden (ship) twenty guns com
manded by Capt Titus Salter of Portsmouth
NH and joined the ship that day-Edmund
Roberts of Portsmouth 1st Liet. and John
Stackpole of Somersworth 2d Lieut. Samuel
Storey or Storer Capt of the marines-the ship
laid at Portsmouth about two weeks expecting
the fleet from Boston, but that not coming
she sailed to a place called Townsend where
after two or three days the Boston fleet came
up. Capt Saltenstall of the ship Warren 32
guns commanded the fleet. The ship Black
Prince-Capt Waters, Brig Defense the ship Hamden and others to the number of ten [compand] the fleet. From Townsend the fleet sailed to Penobscot the latter part of July and landed the soldiers at a place then called Bagaduce point, on which the British army were then stationed, he belonged to a barge and assisted in landing the troops. A battery was erected by the Americans and a cannonade kept up for several days. About the middle of August the enemys fleet entered the 
river when the American army were reembarked and the American fleet retreated
up the River. In this retreat the Hamden
was stationed in the rear and fell into the 
hands of the English- the rest of the American fleet was destroyed-

When the enemy approached the Hamden to take [possession] of her, he the said Yeaton with 15 others got into a barge from the opposite side of the ship and succeeded in getting on shore at a place called Penobscot old Fort and immediately set out for home, after
[illegible words] in the month
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up the River in this retreat the Hamden
was stationed in the war and fell into the
hands of the English-the rest of the American
fleet was destroyed-when the enemy
approached the Hamden to take [illegible-part of the word is covered]
of her, he the said Yeaton with 15 others
got into a barge from the opposite side
of the ship and succeeded in getting on
shore at a place called Penobscot old Fort
and immediately set out for home, 


after many days reached home early in the month of September. He does not recollect the day of the month but it was after the sixth
and [crossed out: my] his Father was making cider on the day of his return. 
Stephen Stackpole, Josiah Paul, John Roberts and Paul Garvin all served with him and will testify to the truth of the above statement.

The said Yeaton was born in Somersworth
aforesaid on the thirteenth day of October
1753 and lived in Somersworth at the 
time of all the above enlistments and still
lives there. 
He never had a written discharge or any documentary evidence of the above service. He had no record of his age excepting
a mere memorandum made by his father
in a large account book stating that his
first son was born October 13th 1753 
and ^he is now seventy nine years old
He is known in his present neighborhood
to [names crossed out] George W Roberts Esquire and John Burleigh
who can testify to his character for veracity
and their belief of his services as a soldier
of the revolution. 
There is no clergyman in his neighborhood. He had a commission as Lieutenant but does not recollect by whom it was signed which commission has been lost-
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[handwritten]his neighborhood. He had a commission 
as Lieutenant but does not recollect by
whom it was signed, which commission has
[illegible] lost-[end handwritten]

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any
State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of [handwritten] New Hampshire [end handwritten]
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
[handwritten] Moses Yeaton
Attest, A. Peirce, Clerk [end handwritten]

We, [handwritten] John A. Burleigh [end handwritten] [crossed out: a clergyman,] residing in the town of
[handwritten] Somersworth [end handwritten] and [handwritten] George W Roberts [end handwritten], residing in the town of [handwritten] Somersworth-[end handwritten] hereby certify, that we are well 
acquainted with [handwritten] Moses Yeaton- [end handwritten] who has subscribed and 
sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [handwritten] seventy nine [end handwritten]
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides,
to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.  [handwritten] John A Burleigh Geo. W. Roberts-
Attest, A. Peirce Clerk [end handwritten]

AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the
matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that 
the beforenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And 
the court further certifies, that it appears to them that [handwritten] John A. Burleigh [end handwritten]
who has signed the preceding certificate, [crossed out: is a clergyman,] resident in the
town of [handwritten] Somersworth [end handritten], and that [handwritten] George W. Roberts [end handwritten], who 
has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of [handwritten] Somersworth [end handwritten],
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. [handwritten] Attest, A. Peirce Clerk [end handwritten]
I, [handwritten] Andrew Peirce [end handwritten], clerk of the [handwritten] Court
of Common Pleas aforesaid [end handwritten] do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of 
[handwritten] Moses Yeaton [end handwritten] for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of [crossed out: office, [illegible] ] [handwritten]said Court this
25th day of January Anno
Domini 1833
A. Peirce, Clerk [end handwritten]
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Copy from the Record of Marriages in
the Town of Conway, County of Carroll & State of New Hampshire

"Moses Yeaton was Married to Sally Hill the
nineteenth day of September, seventeen hundred and
eighty six."

"The above is a true copy received from the Rev.
Nathaniel Porter, June first, seventeen hundred and
eighty seven." Richard Eastman-Town Clerk

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of
the Record of the Marriage of the said Moses Yeaton
and Sally Hill, and also of the certificate of the
Town Clerk, who received and recorded the same, with
the exception, that the dates in the original record
are in fair legible figures.
Jonathan R. Thomson Town Clerk
I Jonathan R. Thomson, above named, depose and
say that hold the office of Town Clerk in the County
Town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true
extract from the Record of said Marriage, with the 
exception above named, as certified by me.
Jonathan R. Thomson Town Clerk
July 25th 1843
Subscribed and sworn to before me
Jonathan G. Chase Justice of the Peace
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The State of New Hampshire.
Carroll ss.
I Francis R. Chase Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that
Jonathan T. Chase within named is a Justice of
the Peace + of the Quorum throughout the State of
New Hampshire, that his Commission is dated
the seventeenth day of January A.D. 1842 and will
expire on the seventeenth day of January A.D. 1847,
and that the within purporting to be his signature 
is genuine in my belief.
In testimony whereof I here unto
set my hand and affixed my 
official seal this twenty ninth day 
of July A.D. 1843.
Francis R. Chase Clerk
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
STRAFFORD SS.-On this twenty fifth day of August A.D. 1843
personally appeared before me Hiram R Roberts a Justice of the
Court of [crossed out: the] Common Pleas in said county
Sally Yeaton a resident of Somersworth in the County of Strafford,
aged seventy seven years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make
the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certian [sic] widows: "That she is the widow of
Moses Yeaton who was a marin on board
the fleet commanded by Captain Titus Salter when
it was taken at Penobscot, who was a mariner
a short time on board the ship Ranger-who
was a private, but [illegible] a lieutenant, for a 
few weeks in the army in Rhode Island under
General Sullivan in Capt. Moses Yeaton's Company,
and who was a private in the army while
stationed at Cambridge about six weeks, and
who also drew a pension at the rate of, to my best recoll-
ection, thirty six dollars and thirty three cents per year
She further declares she was married to the said Moses Yeaton on
the nineteenth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and 
eighty six that her husband, the aforesaid Moses Yeaton
died on the eighth day of February 1842
that she was not married to him priorto his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first
of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.
Sally Yeaton
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me
Hiram R. Roberts
I hereby certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
Hiram R. Roberts
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9676
Nancy Yeaton
wid of Moses Yeaton
N.H.
Act 7th July '38
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I Theodor Yeaton of Somersworth, New Hampshire,
aged seventy nine years [illegible] say that I
am a brother of Moses Yeaton late of this town
deceased-that said Moses Yeaton was a soldier
in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner at
the time of his death that he was on board
the fleet commanded by Capt. Titus Salter at
the time said fleet was taken that said
Moses Yeaton served a short time on board this
ship Ranger and that he served several
months in the army in Rhode Island under
General Sullivan, in Capt Moses Yeaton's company
I further depose and say that I was acquainted
with Sally Hill; now widow of my said
brother Moses Yeaton before they were married;
that they the said Moses + Sally were ^ married at Conway
in this state about the year 1786. I also depose
and say that I have no interest in procuring
a pension for said Sally Yeaton.
Theodore Yeaton
Strafford [illegible] August 25 1843
Subscribed and Sworn 
to before me H.R. Roberts Justice Peace
This certifies that I am well acquainted with the
above deponant, that he is a man of respectability
and his testimony is entitled to the fullest confidence
H.R. Roberts, Justice Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford County, ss.

I, John H. Smith,
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
within + for said county, hereby
certify that Hiram R. Roberts, Esquire,
is a Judge of said court and was
on the twentyfifth day of August last past
and also that said Roberts is a Justice
of the Peace within + for said county
duly commissioned and qualified, that
his commission of Justice of the Peace as
aforesaid is dated June 13th 1840 and
will expire June 12th, 1845, and that the
signatures to this paper and to the paper
hereto announced, purporting to be his, are
genuine -
In testimony whereof, I have 
hereto set my hand and affixed 
the seal of said court this 
twelfth day of September A.D. 1843,
John H. Smith, Clerk
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I Ebenezer Plumer of Somersworth, New Hampshire, aged 
eighty one years, depose and say that I was well acqu-
ainted with Moses Yeaton late of this town, deceased, 
that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution
and a pensioner under the United States at the
time of his death, that Mr. Yeaton has often
told me that he was on board the fleet
commanded by Capt Titus Salter at the time it
was taken, that he served several months
in the campaign in Rhode Island under
General Sullivan and that he also served a
short time at Cambridge. I further depose
and say that I was acquainted with Sally
Hill widow of said Yeaton before she was
married, and that said Moses Yeaton and
Sally Hill were married about the year 
1786. 
Witness L.H. Yeaton his Ebenezer [hand drawn x] Plumer mark
Strafford ss August 25th 1843
Subscribed and sworn to 
before me H.R. Roberts Justice Peace
This certifies that the above deponent is a man
of respectability and that his testimony is
entitled to the fullest confidence
Aug 25, 1843 H.R. Roberts Justice Peace
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Sally Yeaton, decd
[illegible]
Act 2 Feb 1848,
[illegible] $37:28 per
annum, [illegible] 4 March
1848 & ending 21 January
1849. Payable to 
Leavitt H. Yeaton
Administrator

[blank space until bottom of page]
David Murray
New Market,
[illegible]
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Newmarket [illegible] 1850

Sir: 
Enclosed I provided you the claim of Leavitt H
Yeaton for [illegible] of Pension due his mother
at her death. He thinks [illegible] possibly the pension
may have 3/-18 instead of 28 as stated.
His mother was sometimes called Sally P.
but seldom used the P.
Please address the subscriber
I am very [illegible]
your obt servant,
David Murray
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Sally [crossed out: P.] Yeaton
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
Strafford County, ss.

At a Court of Probate holden at Dover in said County, on the 
fifth day of November A.D. 1850, before the
Hon. Charles W Woodman Judge of Probate for said County,
IT was proved to the satisfaction of said Court, that Sally P. Yeaton, otherwise called Sally Yeaton,
late of Rollinsfordf in said County, a Revolutionary ^widow Pensioner under 
[handwritten between previous line and next line of printed text] at the rate of $37.28 cents per annum, as the widow of Moses Yeaton late of Somersworth in s County [end of handwritten addition]
the Act of
June 17 A.D. 1844 Died at Rollinsford in said County,
on the twenty first day of January A.D. 1849. [crossed out form text: Leaving a Widow 
named who still survives.] And that Leavitt H Yeaton
was duly appointed Administrator
of the Estate of said Sally P. Yeaton [crossed out: of] on the
said fifth day of November, A.D. 1850.
AND I hereby certify that it appears by the Records and Files in the Probate Office for said County of 
Strafford, that said appointment still remains in full force, and in no wise, revoked, reversed or annulled.

IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the 
Seal of said Court, at the Probate Office in said County, this
seventh day of November A.D. 1850.

John H. White, Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss On this 7th day of November AD 1850, before the
subscriber, a Justice of the Peace officer and for any County in
said State, personally appeared Leavitt H. Yeaton, resident
of Rollinsford in said ^County aged forty three years who
being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provision made by the act of Congress passed February
2d 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who 
served during the Revolutionary War; that he is ad-
ministrator of the Estate of Sally Yeaton, late of said
Rollinsford, deceased, who was the widow of Moses 
Yeaton, who was a Lieutenant in the New Hampshire
Militia sometime during the Revolutionary War; 
that the said Sally Yeaton received a pension
under the act of June 17th 1844, at the rate of thirty seven
dollars and twenty eight cents per annum, and 
that she died at said Rollinsford, formerly Somers-
 worth on the 21st day of January AD 1849
Leavitt H. Yeaton

State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss Nov 7th 1850. Subscribed and sworn to 
herefore, and I hereby that the said
Yeaton was the person represented be in the above
declaration. 
David Murray, Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss I, John H White, Register of the Court of Probate
the same being a Court of Record for said County of Straf-
ford, do hereby certify that David Murray is a Justice
 of the Peace and [illegible] throughout said State, duly
commissioned and qualified, that his commission was
 [illegible] on the sixth day of July 1846 and will expire in
five years from that date; and further that all his 
acts as such are certified to full faith and credit.

[on left side of page there is a faint round stamp with the following text: NEW HAMPSHIRE PROBATE SEAL STRAFFORD Co.]

In testimony whereof, I have here 
unto set my hand and the seal of 
office of said Court of Probate
this 7th day of November A.D. 
1850.
John H. White, Register of Probate
for said County of Strafford
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In reply to your request of [blank line], received [blank line]
for a statement of the military history of Moses Yeaton
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his ^and [crossed out: or] (his widow's) application [handwritten "s" added] for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau. 

[handwritten] W.F. 22706

[table with the following column headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK |
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. [subcolumns under previous heading] CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. [last column] STATE.

 Oct. 1775. | 1 mo. | Pri. | Robt Parker |[check mark] | N.H
Nov. or Dec. 1775. | 2 mos. | 2" | Lt. | *Moses Yeaton. | Reed
 July, 1778 | 2 " | Pri. | Moses Yeaton | Wingate
June 6, 1779 to Sept 1779 | Seaman on ship Hampden, " com. by Capt.
Titus Salter; in expedition to Penobscot.
* Soldier's father

Battles engaged in, see above
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Somersworth, N.H.
Date of application for pension, Jan 25, 1833. His cl was al
Residence at date of application, Somersworth, Strafford Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, B. Oct 13, 1753, Somersworth, N.H.
Remarks: He mar. Sept. 19 1786, at Conway, N.H., 
Sally Hill. He died Feb. 8, 1842 and she was allowed pension
on her application ex. Aug. 25, 1843 while 77 yrs old and a resident of
Somersworth, N.H. She died Jan. 21, 1849 at Rollingsford, Strafford Co. N.H.
A son, Leavitt H. was 43 yrs. old in 1849.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 22706
Sally Yeaton
widow of 
Moses Yeaton
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:-Vol. [illegible], Page 369

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept 19 '98
Moses Yeaton
Brooklyn N

1914 Mch. 13 History to
Mrs. Winifred C. Mansfield
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Rev. War Section.

March 13, 1914.

Mrs. Winifred C. Mansfield
130 Peeples Street.
Atlanta, Ga.

Madam:

In response to your letter of the third instant, you
are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the record
of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or
bounty land has been made on account of this services, and a
careful search of the records of this Bureau fail to show
that such a claim was ever filed for Captain Moses Yeaton.

You are further advised that the Revolutionary War rolls
reported in the New Hampshire State Papers as on file in the
Pension Bureau have since been transferred to the War Depart-
ment and are in the custody of the Adjutant General, U.S.A.

Very respectfully,
GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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[upper left]
This Bureau can furnish the military 
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the 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 Revolution-
ary War may also be found on file in the 
archives of many of the original States.

O.W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

[upper right]
L.W.B
W. 21595
22706.W.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
August 31, 1898.

Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Moses
Yeaton made an application for pension on January 25, 1833, at which
time he was 79 years of age and residing at Somersworth, N.H., and
his pension was allowed for six month and eighteen days' actual ser-
vice as a private, seaman and lieutenant in the New Hampshire troops,
Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Moses
Yeaton (his father) and Col. Wingate. He enlisted from New Hampshire.
His widow, Sally, made application and received a pension for the ser-
vice of her husband as above set forth.

Olive, widow of Roby Lydston, made an application for pension on
October 10, 1833, at which time she was 74 years of age and residing
in Rockingham County, N.H., and her pension was allowed for the actual
service of her husband as a private in the New Hampshire troops, Rev-
olutionary war, for a period of two years; a part of the time he served 
under Capt. Brooks and Col. Sprout. He enlisted in York County, Mass.,
(now Maine).

Samuel Norton made an application for pension on August 17, 1832,
at which time he was 76 years of age and residing in York County, Me.,
and his pension was allowed for ten and one half months' actual service
as an artificer in the New Hampshire troops, Revolutionary war; a part
of the time he served under Capt. Copp and Col. Scammon. He enlisted
at Wakefield, N.H.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mr. Moses Yeaton
45th St. and 12th Avenue,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
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[centered on page]
JL Edwards Esq
Page 30

JL Edwards Esq
I have enclosed an ap=
plication of Moses Yeaton for a pension-
the service at Rhode Island and Penobscot
are [illegible] proved by the affidavits here=
with sent although the witness to the
latter service has extended the time one year-
The other service it is supported you have
evidence of at your department-If
you have any doubts you will find
affidavits among the papers of John Heart and
Jonathan Welsh now on the pension list-
You will forward the certificate to me if
he is put upon the list.
Respectfully yours
John A. Burleigh
Page 31

I Absalom Stackpole of North Berwick in the
County of York and State of Maine aged eighty
years - do testify and say that some time in the 
month of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and seventy eight I volunteered in the
War of the Revolution and some time in said month 
of July I marched for Rhode Island under Colonel
Stephen Evans in the Company commanded by 
Captain Moses Yeaton of Somersworth in the County
of Strafford and State of New Hampshire and served
two months from the time I volunteered and at the
time I volunteered I was an inhabitant of the town of 
Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of
New Hampshire-I further testify that Moses Yeaton
of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of
New Hampshire son of the above Captain Moses Yeaton
volunteered at the same time with me-marched to Rhode
Island-serve the same term of two months and returned
home with me.
Absalom Stacpole

York County ss January 23d 1833 The
above named Absalom Stacpole to me is 
well known to be a credible witness and
man of truth and veracity; and on the 
day and year last above named, said
Absalom Stacpole personally appeared and
made oath to the truth of the above deposition
by him subscribed before me
Increase S Kimball } Justice of Peace
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State of Maine
York SS I William Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county hereby certify, that Increase S. Kimball is a Justice of the peace for said county of York as within Stated and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29th day of January AD 1843
Wm Cutter Allen,
Register of Probate
Page 33

I Stephen Stacpole of Somersworth in the County
of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, Sailor
of the age of seventy-three, testify and say that 
I enlisted in the war of the Revolution, sometime 
in the month of June, in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and eighty
and sailed on board the ship Hamden from
Portsmouth for Penobscot, under the command 
of Captain Titus Salter-Edmond Roberts-first
Lieutenant and Joshua Stacpole second
Lieutenant, was taken by a British fleet soon
after our arrival at Penobscot and escaped
from the British by swimming ashore. The time 
I served was about three months.

Moses Yeaton of the same Somersworth, 
enlisted at the same time, sailed with me on
board the said ship Hamden, was taken with
me at Penobscot, escaped from the British in a 
barge and arrived home one day before me.
Stephen Stacpole

Strafford ss. March the twentieth 1833.
The above named Stephen Stacpole is to me
well known to be a reliable witness, and personally
appeared on said day, and made oath to the 
above declaration by him subscribed.

Before me, Hiram R. Roberts, Justice Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford- I Andrew Peirce, Clerk of the Superior
Court of Judicature for said County, certify that 
Hiram R Roberts Esquire before whom the written
affidavit was taken, is a Justice of the Peace for 
said County and his name thereto affixed, I have 
no doubt his genuine signature.

In testimony whereof, I have 
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court, this first day 
of July Anno Domini 1833.

A Peirce, Clerk
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R. 9676
Sep. 21 1843
Nancy Yeaton
Act 1838.
N.H.

[to the right of the above text is a circular stamp that reads: 
DOVER
SEP
18 
N.H.]

[oriented vertically to the text above]

[stamp: FREE]
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Washington City
D.C.
Page 36

Somersworth N.H. Sept 18, 1843

Dear Sir:

I herewith forward you the 
declaration of Mrs. Sally Yeaton, wife of
Mr. Moses Yeaton late of this town deceased,
with such papers as I suppose may be 
necessary to establish her claim to a
pension from the United States. If so, you
will please forward the certificate of the
same to me.

I have [illegible] known to be,
very respectfully, 
your humble servt,
Hiram R. Roberts

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Page 37

[upside down] [stamp] Free [postmark] Dover NH Feb 13
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City D. C.
 
[sideways on left] Acts 43 & 44

[sideways on right] 6457 Sept 16 [18]44
NH
Mar 3d 1843
Sally Yeaton

[right side up] S Yeaton
acts [18]43 & [18]44
$37.28 per an[num]

Hiram R. Roberts
Dover N. H.
Page 38

Somersworth N.H. September 2 1844

Sir
I herewith forward you the declaration of 
Mrs Sally Yeaton of this town, claiming a 
pension from the United States under the
Act of March 3rd 1843. The certificate of 
pension you will forward to me.
Respectfully Your
Humble Servant
Hiram R. Roberts
Page 39

State of New Hampshire
Strafford County
On this 2nd day of September 1844
personally appeared before me Hiram R
Roberts a Justice of this Court of Common Pleas
within and for said County of Strafford,
Sally Yeaton, a resident of Somersworth in
who first being sworn according to law,
doth on her oath make the following declarat-
-ion in order to obtain the benefit of the provis
-ion made by the Act of Congress passed on the 
3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of
persons who served during the Revolutionary war,
that she is the widow Moses Yeaton late of said
Somersworth, deceased who was a Private, Seaman, 
and Lieutenant in the Revolution and a pensioner
under the act of March 18, 1818 and the rate of twenty
eight [illegible] thirty seven dollars and twenty eight cents
per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow
witness
Mary Jane Yeaton
[signature] Sally Yeaton
Sworn + subscribed the day + year last above [illegible], before me
and I hereby [sic] that I am personally acquainted with the declarant
Hiram R. Roberts
Page 40

State of New Hampshire
County of Strafford [illegible]
I, John H Smith, Clerk 
of the Court of Common Pleas within
and for said County of Strafford, hereby
certify that Hiram R. Roberts
Esquire, is a Judge of said court
and was such on the second day
of September [illegible] duly com-
missioned and qualified and
that the signatures within
purporting to be his, are genuine-
[on the left side of the page is an illegible circular stamp or seal]
In testimony whereof
I [illegible] hereto [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
and affixed the seal of said 
court this thirteenth day 
of September A.D. 1844.
John H. Smith
Clerk of said court
Page 41

[circular stamp reads DOVER AUG 18 NH]
[on the left side of the page written vertically under the stamp] Correct this
[written vertically]
Aug 16 44
Mr Lumpkin
[written horizontally]
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
[on the right side of page next to "Hon J.L. Edwards" is stamped
Page 42

Somersworth August 12, 1844
Sir-
The christian name of Mrs Yeaton in 
the within certificate of pension is Sally not
Nancy. 
Will you have the [illegible] + correct
the same and forward it to me
Respectfully yours
H.R. Roberts
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Page 43

[This appears to be the reverse side of the previous letter as handwritten text and Xs are visible through the page. Part of an X is visible on the left of the page.]
9676
Nancy Yeaton
wid of Moses Yeaton
N.H.
Act July 7th 38
[illegible]
1 m. 23 priv - 5.75
3 " Seaman 12.48
1 m 26 d Lt 19.08
$37.28
Hiram R Roberts
Portsmouth
N.H.
Page 44

Pension Office
March 11th 1844
Sir
The papers in the case of Nancy
Yeaton, widow of Moses Yeaton, claiming
a pension under the act of July 7th 1838
have been examined and placed on file.
The proofs of identity and the date of the 
marriage appears satisfactory. The alleg
ed service en board the ship Hampden
Captain Salter of Portsmouth N.H. as mentioned in his declaration should be prov
ed by rolls of that State; also that the
ship was in the Government service.
Without this service of three months
the residue would not be sufficient to
entitle the applicant to a pension.
Very Respectfully
Yr Obt Servt
Hiram R. Roberts Esq
Portsmouth
N.H.
[A large handwritten X is drawn across the contents of the letter, with 2 smaller intersecting Xs crossing out the signature at the bottom.]
Page 45

[sideways] July 9 [18]44
8229 [illegible] 38
Nancy Yeaton

[two illegible stamps]

J L Edwards Commr of Pensions
Hiram R Roberts, Esq
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Page 46

[Letterhead:
Circular image on left with trees in center. At bottom, a ribbon reads "International" on left and "Paper Co" on right.

Underneath image is text:
DEPARTMENT OF SALES,
ATLANTA SALES AGENT,
622 GRANT BUILDING.

To right of image at top center of paper is text:
International Paper Company
30 Broad Street
New York]

Atlanta, Ga., March 3, 1914.
Pension Bureau, 
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-

Enclosed please find three clippings 
from your records. Will you kindly send me
certified copies of these three clippings from
your records, giving all necessary details con-
nected therewith. This is required by me to 
be used in my application to the Daughters of the 
American Revolution.

Kindly send to Mrs. Winifred C. Mansfield,
130 Peoples St.,
Atlanta, Ga.

Yours very truly,
(Mrs.) Winifred C. Mansfield.

[circular stamp at bottom reads:
"PENSION
D
MAR
5
1914
OFFICE."

On left side of stamp is a large upper case "U" and on right side is a large upper case "S." Rest of text is centered between the "U" and "S."]
Page 47

Moses Yeaton was a private seaman, and a lieutenant 
of the N.H. Troop in the Revolutionary War. A part of the
time he served under his father, Capt. Moses Yeaton and Col.
Wingate. He enlisted from N.H. On Jan. 25, 2835, when he
was 79 years old he applied for a pension and received it,
allowance being made for six months and 18 days actual service.
His widow, Sally, received a pension for services of her
husband. During life this man always wore his continental
uniform. Dept. Int. Bureau of Pensions, O.W. & N. Div.
Aug. 31, 1898.

In N.H. State Papers, Vol. 14. p. 243, Rev. Rolls, 
in Col. Burnham's report of the N.H. Companies in Revolutionary
Army Dec. 1775 in the Colony of N.H. is the mention of Capt.
Moses Yeaton and 2nd Lieut. Moses Yeaton. Vol. 15. This 
Moses Yeaton joined the Continental Army in Rhode Island in
Col. Joshua Wingate's Company, which marched from N.H. to 
R.I. as private in August, 1778.
"22 men received 10 pounds lawful money promising to join Gen'l Sullivan 
against Rhode Island. Dated at 
Somersworth, N. H. Aug. 8, 1778. 21 of them were in Capt. 
Moses Yeaton's Company, Moses Yeaton being in Capt. M. Yeaton's 
Company." Somersworth Bounties, Originals in Pension Bureau, 
Washington, D.C.

N.H. State Papers Vol. 17, report "Capt. David Copp's 
Company mustered in Nov. 25, 1775, with Moses Yeaton 1st Lieut.
and Moses Yeaton, Jr. as private." Copied from original from
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

[round stamp at bottom reads: 
PENSION 
D
MAR
5 
1914
OFFICE.
Large upper case "U" on left side and large upper case "S' on right side. Other text centered in middle between "U" and "S
Page 48

NLM
45 St. and 12 Ave.
Brooklyn, N.Y. July 25, 1898,
Sir,
Will you kindly furnish me
with whatever information your de-
partment has concerning the following
named Revolutionary Soldiers:
32418 S. Samuel Norton, enlisted at Wake-
field N.H. Served in New Hamps. troops
Spent his last days in York Co. Me.
21595 W Roby Lydston, born in Eliot, Me.
Came home sick. Understand that 
his widow applied for a pension to
aid herself and 10 children. The
wife's name was Olive Scriggens
Lydston. Roby would not ask
his country for a pension, being willing
to give his all to his native land when
she need him on it. So says [illegible].
22706 W Moses Yeaton of Berwick, Me,
and his son, Moses Yeaton. Both were
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in the land service of the Col. Army. They
served in N.H. regiments. I think under
Col. Burnham both father and some served
one as Capt. and one as Sec. Lieut. One or
both responded to call of Washington
upon New Hamps. for men in 1775 and
marched to Cambridge, Mass.
Thanking you for what informa-
tion you may favor me with.
I remain, 
Respectfully yours,
Moses Yeaton.
Comm. of Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pension
Washington D.C.
[circular stamp reads
PENSION
U Jul S
26
1898
OFFICE]
Page 50

[rectangular stamp reads
OLD WAR & NAVY
JUL 28 1898
FILES]
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8229
New Hampshire
Sally Yeaton
widow of Moses Yeaton
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 8th February 1842
of Strafford Co. in the State of N. Hampshire
who was a Pr. Seaman +Lieut. in the company
commanded by Captain Yeaton of the 
regt commanded by Col. Wingate in
the N. Hampshire line for 1 m. 22 ds Pri.
3 " seaman
1 " 26 days Lt.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth
at the rate of 37 - Dollars 28
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of
March 1844 and sent to Hiram R.
Roberts, Portsmouth, N.H.
Total amount,
$ [blank]
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Tho. Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 1. Page 47
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8229
New Hampshire
Sally Yeaton
widow of Moses Yeaton
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 8th Feb. 1842
of Stafford in the State of N.H.
who was a Private + [illegible] in the Company
commanded by Captain Yeaton of the
Regt commanded by Col. [illegible] in
the N.H. line for 1 mo 23 day Pri
3 " + [illegible] day [illegible]
1 " 26
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth
at the rate of 37 Dollars 28
Centers per annum, to commence on the 4th day of 
March 1836.
Certificate of Penson issued the 23rd day of 
March 1844 and [illegible] to Hiram
R. Roberts, Portsmouth
Total Amount [illegible]
$ [blank]
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Tho. Lumpkin, Clerk
Book D Vol 1 Page 47
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[illegible]
Per [illegible][illegible] + sent to Mr.
Roberts at Dover, N.H.
Penson Agency notified
to correct the [illegible] as
regards the christian
name, for "Nancy" [illegible]
"Sally" Augt 16 '44
New certificated issued
former one cancelled [illegible]
Page 54

6182
Portsmouth, N. Hampshire
Sally Yeaton
widow of Moses Yeaton
who was a Private [illegible]
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
37 Dollars 28-
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
24 day of Sept. 1844
and sent to Hiram R. Roberts
Dover, N.H.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A [illegible] June 17-1844
Vol. 2. Page 24.