Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19193, Stephen Bachelder, Continental N. H.

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Service Continental N. H.
Bachelder, Stephen
Or Batchelder
Number S 19193
carded

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No 18329
Maine
Stephen Bachelder
Of Somerset Co in the State of Maine
who was a Private in the company commanded 
By Captain Norris of the Regt commanded  by Col. Poor On the N. Hampshire
Line for 11. Months +
Continental 

AW

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at  the rate of 36 Dollars and 66 Cents per annum,
to commence On the fourth day of  March 1831.

Certificate of pension
Issued the 8. day of August 1833 and sent to W. Allen Jr. Norridgewock M[ain]e

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 73.32
Semi-anl. [Semi-annual] allowance ending 4 Sep 1833 18.33
[Total] $91.65
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
[page torn] Brown Clerk, [Vol] 1 Page 4

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Mar to 4 Sept 1838. Agt Notified 2 Oct 1839.

Date of death not on A. B.
I. L. L.

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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of Maine Somerset County, SS.
On this twenty sixth day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared Stephen Bachelder before the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, of Maine in open Court a resident of Wellington in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the followin[g] declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain James Norris and served in Col. Poor and Col   Seamonons regiments of the New Hampshire line or troops under the following named officers: Putnam Poor Colonel, Cilley Major, Norris Captain  Simon Dearborn Lieut. and Kelley Ensign for the term of eight  months was stationed the most of the time on Winter hill near Boston; was taken sick and was confined by severe sickness in the hospital at Cambridge the latter part of the time; and about the time of the expiration of his first enlistment being then sick in the hospital at the request of Colonel Stark, he again enlisted for a term of one year under said Stark but being sick he was not assigned to any particular company[,] went home on furlough and when his furlough was out in May 1776 not having fully [page cut off] sickness he hired John Batchelder his brother as a

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recovered from[page cut off] substitute who marched in his room and joined the army at Ticonderoga and died in the service at Stillwater with the small pox during the year[.]
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers: That he was born in North Hampton in New Hampshire in January 1755. That he always has understood that His age is on record on the town books in North Hampton. That since the war he lived in Deerfield in New Hampshire till 1800 and then in Effingham N. H. till 1827 and for five years last past in Wellington in Maine where he now lives. That at the time of the Lexington fight he armed himself in the defense of his country and was called out repeatedly with the militia on alarms till the twentieth day of June 1775 immediately after the battle on Bunker hill he then enlisted as a volunteer together with Nathl Batchelder[,] Eliphalet Griffin[,] James Griffin[,] Enoch Cate and others in Capt James Norris Company at North Hampton in Col Poor[']s Regiment and served as above stated for eight months and then reenlisted under Col Stark for the term of one year and procured a substitute who died in the service at Stillwater during the year as above stated, that he never perfectly recovered his health after his severe sickness in the army and still suffers from the hardships and fatigues he then endured. That Genl Putnam and Genl Lee had commanded while he was in the eight months service afterwards Genl Washington[,] that he was well acquainted with Col Stark[,] that he never received any written discharge but went home on furlough and procured a substitute who died during the year in manner aforesaid[.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State. That it is not now in his power to procure the testimony of any person who has an absolute knowledge of his services as aforesaid without great expense and inconvenience, but all his neighbors will testify as to his character for truth, and as to their belief of his having been a soldier of the Revolution as above stated and names the Revd Ephraim Johnson and O[?] D. Wiggin Stephen Batchelder
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in Open Court Before Nathan Weston Jr [illegible] S. J. C.
And the said Judge before whom said court is holden does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jr

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I Stephen Bachelder Junior of lawful age depose and say that I live in the same house with my father the within named Stephen Bachelder in Wellington Maine being forty one years of age, that I have always from my earliest recollection understood that my father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served in the manner and for the periods within stated and have often heard old men who were his associates relate the circumstances of his service and I have entire belief in the truth of his declaration and that the within statements are in accordance with the general reports in the neighborhood where he has lived ever since my childhood
Stephen Batchelder Jr
County of Somerset SS Sup Judicial Court Norridgewock Sept Term 1832
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court the deponent being [illegible] witness, Before Nathan Weston Jr [illegible] S. J. C.

Stephen Bachelder's application for a pension Sept 20, 1832 - 11588
Served as private 8 mo from June 20, 1775
D[itt]o - d[itt]o 3 mo from Feb 20, 1776
Evidence See Roll of Col Poor and Col Stark[']s Regts N Hampshire troops
Witness Stephen Batchelder Jr Revd E. Johnson Capt O. D. Wiggen -- Wm. Allen Junr Esq Norridgewock, Maine

State of Maine. County of Somerset SS I, James Dinsmore Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Somerset hereby certify that The Hon Nathan Weston Jr before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Bachelder for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this twenty sixth day of September A. D. 1832.
James Dinsmore Clerk

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Amendment to the Declaration of Stephen Batchelder in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Somerset in the State of Maine Stephen Batchelder of Wellington in the county aforesaid, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the  periods mentioned below and in the following grades For eight months I served as a private under Capt Norris; and for three months, I served as a private on an enlistment under Col. Stark but being sick I was not assigned to any particular company but was permitted to go home on a furlough and when my furlough was out the last of May 1776 being still sick I then hired my brother John Batchelder as a substitute[.] And for the above service I claim a pension - I further depose that I was living in Deerfield in New Hampshire at the time I was called into the service in June 1775 - I had a written furlough in the hand writing of Col Stark when I left His service which I kept many years but it is now lost and I never had any written discharge except my furlough; and it is not in my power at present to procure any direct evidence of my service, I presume that my name is entered on the Rolls of the army. Revd Ephraim Johnson, and Capt Oliver D. Wiggin who are my neighbors living in the same town have testified to my character for truth and their belief of my having been a soldier of the Revolution
Stephen Batchelder
State of Maine County of Somerset SS Subscribed and sworn to before me this eighth day of July 1833, William Allen Jr Justice of Peace

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State of Maine County of Somerset SS I Elias Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the county of Somerset hereby certify that William Allen Jr is a magistrate of said county and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name at Norridgewock, this eighth day of July A. D. 1833
Elias Cobb Clerk of the Courts of Somerset County

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September 18, 1933.
Mary E. Batchelder 45 Middle Street Lancaster, New Hampshire.
BA-J/ILL Stephen Batchelder S. 19193

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information regarding Stephen Batchelder, shown on the list of pensioners printed in 1840, as a Revolutionary War pensioner, residing in Exeter, Maine.
The record of Stephen Batchelder is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 19193, based upon his military service in the Revolutionary War.
Stephen Batchelder was born in January, 1755, in North Hampton, New Hampshire; the names of his parents are not stated.
While a resident of Deerfield, New Hampshire, he was called out on the Lexington Alarm and served until after the battle of Lexington, after which, on June 20, he enlisted for eight months as private in Captain James Norris' company, Colonel Poor's New Hampshire regiment and was stationed most of the time on Winter Hill, near Boston; just before the expiration of this enlistment, he re-enlisted for one year under Colonel Stark but, because of illness, was furloughed and went home where he remained until sometime in May, 1776, at which time, as he was still unfit for military service, he hired his brother, John Batchelder, as a substitute; this brother, John, joined the troops at Ticonderoga and died of smallpox at Stillwater while in the service.
The soldier stated that after the battle of Bunker Hill, he enlisted with "Nath. Batchelder", but did not state any relationship.
Stephen Batchelder lived in Deerfield, New Hampshire, until the

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year 1800, then in Effingham, New Hampshire, until 1827, at which time he moved to Wellington, Somerset County, Maine.
Stephen Batchelder was allowed pension on his application executed September 26, 1832, at which time he resided in Wellington, Maine. His name was borne on the pension rolls as Bachelder.
In September, 1832, Stephen Batchelder, Junior, the soldier's son, was forty-one years of age and was living with his father; the name of his mother is not stated, nor is there any information in regard to the soldier's marriage, or to any other children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the above noted soldier, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following;
Stephen Bachelder Certificate #18329
Issued August 8, 1833,
Rate $36.66 per annum.
Commenced March 4, 1831.
Act of June 7, 1832.
Maine Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator.

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19193 Invalid
File No. 19,193
Stephen Bachelder
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" [18]32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 28
{Arrangement of 1870.}

May 14 1902 Mark Batchelder W Levant Maine
1933 Sept 18- Hist. to Mary E. Batchelder - I. L. L.

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We Ephraim Johnson a Clergyman residing in the town of Wellington and Oliver D Wiggin residing in the same hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Batchelder Who is about to apply for a pention [pension] that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is reported and he lived in the neighborhood and where he resides to have been a soulger [soldier] of the revolution and that We concur in that Opinion 
Ephraim Johnson Oliver D Wiggin
Sworn and Subscribed this the twenty fourth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
James Hutchins Justice of peace

James Hutchins Esq is a Justice of the Peace, and the Rev Ephraim Johnson is a clergyman residing in the town of Willington and Oliver D Wiggin of the same town is a credible person, and this statement is entitled to be believed
[illegible] 1832 Nathan Weston Jr

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Treasury Department, Second Comptroller's Office, September 27th, 1839

Sir
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Stephen Batchelder - a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Thirty six Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 4th Sept 1838.
Respectfully yours, Albion K Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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45 Middle St., Lancaster, N. H. Sept 12, 1933
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
[stamp] Received Sep 14 1933 Mail Sub-Div. vets. Adm. Reader #64

Dear Sir: -
only one
I find in the "Batchelder Genealogy" that Stephen Batchelder, age 85 resided with Stephen Batchelder in Exeter Maine was an "1840 Revolutionary Pensioner." Please verify this. If where looking up about the pension the Company and

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Regiment to which he belonged are given. Will you please advize [advise] me of them.
Stephen Batchelder was born Jan 16, 1755 in No. Hampton N. H. - died March 6, 1847 in Exeter Maine.
Very Respectfully
Mary E. Batchelder