Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,634, Nathaniel Batchelder, N. H.

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(3-1776)

Service: N.H.

Batchelder, Nathaniel
Bunker, Mary (Former Widow)

Number: W. 24,634

Contents:

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[note on left hand side] Reported

6789
New Hampshire Concord
Martha Bunker, family widow of Nathl Batchelder, N H who was a Corporal in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of April, 1845 and sent to Hon F Pierce Concord N. H.

{Act of March 3, 1843.}
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 10

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8.491
Mary Banker wid. of Nathl. Batchelder
NH.
act 7 July [18]38 and 23 Aug [18]42
admd
2 yrs Corpl.
$88

Hon. F. Pierce
Concord N. H.

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The State of New Hampshire Merrimack SS.
On this twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty two, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the county of Merrimack aforesaid, Mary Bunker, a resident of Chichester in said county and State, aged seventy one 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 4, 1838, and the act explanatory of said act, passed August 23, 1842; That she was married to Nathaniel Batchelder who was a corporal in the fifth company in the Regiment of Continental Troops commanded by Col. Joseph Cilley, from the twentieth day of March seventeen hundred and seventy seven, until the twentieth day of March seventeen hundred and eighty, a period of three years, during the war of the Revolution, according to best of her knowledge, information and belief; and who also served for another period after the expiration of the foregoing as this declarant believes, but the precise period when, or in what Regiment or company, she is unable to state.
She further declares that was married to the said Nathaniel Batchelder at Loudon in said county of Merrimack by Benjamin Sias, Esquire, a Justice of the Peace, in April of the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine; that her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Batchelder died on the twentieth day of August eighteen hundred

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and eight:- that she was afterwards, to wit, on the eighth day of March eighteen hundred and seventeen, at Loudon in said county, married to Dodovak Bunker of Pittsfield, who died in the spring of the year, fourteen or fifteen years ago, the precise day, month or year she does not know; and that she was a widow on the fourth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty eight, and still remains a widow; as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
She further declares that her maiden name was Mary Perkins, and that she was married both times at the house of her father Stephen Perkins in Loudon aforesaid
Mary Bunker
Witness Asa Fowler

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year hereinto fore first written, before the Probate Court for the county of Merrimack in open Court.
Horace Chase Judge of Probate
James Clark Register

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I Mehitable Neal of Loudon in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, aged Sixty five years, do testify and say that my maiden name was Mehitable Perkins that I was present and saw my sister Mary Perkins married to Nathaniel Batchelder at the house of our father Stephen Perkins in Loudon by Benjamin Sias, Esquire, in the month of April seventeen hundred and eighty nine as near as I can recollect; that said Nathaniel Batchelder died about thirty four years ago, leaving my said sister a widow; that she afterwards married Dodovak Bunker of Pittsfield, who died about fourteen years ago, leaving my said sister again a widow; that my sister has not again married since the death of said Bunker, but now resides at Chichester in this county and is known and called by the name of Mary Bunker.
Mehitable Neal

State of New Hampshire Merrimack SS.
Novem[ber] 1st 1842. Personally appearing, the above named Mehitable Neal, whom I certify to be a credible witness, made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed in my presence.
Before me,
Preserved Robinson Justice Peace.

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February 12, 1931
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
[handwritten] Our

Mrs. Benjamin Seabury
72 Keene Street
Providence, Rhode Island

Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 24634, that Nathaniel Batchelder (son of Nathaniel Batchelder) enlisted March 20 1777 and served as corporal to March 20, 1780, in Colonel Joseph Cilley's New Hampshire regiment.
It is stated that he had other service but no details are given.
The soldier married in April, 1789 in Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Mary Perkins, daughter of Stephen Perkins, of Loudon, New Hampshire.
The soldier died August 20, 1808 and she married March 8, 1817, Dodovah Bunker, who died in the spring of 1827 or 1828.
She was allowed pension on account of the services of Nathaniel Batchelder on her application executed October 25, 1842, at which time she was living in Chichester, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, aged seventy-one years.
Her children were referred to but no names given.
It is also stated that the soldier's father, Nathaniel Batchelder, served about one year as sergeant in Colonel Scammell's New Hampshire regiment until he died in March, 1778 at Valley Forge.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

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I Benjamin Page of Loudon in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, aged eighty four years last June, do testify and say that I was a soldier in the army of the Revolution. I served in Scammel's N. H. Regiment from January 1777 to Jan 1780. While engaged in this service in the fall of 1779, I became acquainted with Nathaniel Batchelder, who afterwards resided in Chichester in this county and died about thirty five years ago. He was then a soldier, in Poor's Brigade and I think in Cilley[']s Regiment, but I do not know in what company. I knew said Nathaniel Batchelder to continue in the service from the fall of 1779 until the spring of 1780, and recollect that he took care of me while sick at Danbury, Connecticut, in January 1780. Said Batchelder drew his rations, and came where I was and took care of me. He performed duty whenever required of him during the period. I Knew said Nathaniel Batchelder after I left the army, until his death. He left a widow at his death, who afterwards married a Mr. Bunker. Bunker died several years ago and his widow has not since married but now resides in Chichester in this county.
I further testify that said Nathaniel returned into the army again after he left in the spring of 1780, but I am unable to state where or how long he served.
I further testify that the father of the aforesaid Nathaniel Batchelder, also named Nathaniel, served with me in

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Scammel's Regiment about one year until he died at Valley Forge in March 1778. Stephen Batchelder, a brother of Nathaniel senior, and an uncle of Nathaniel Junior, also served in Scammel's Regiment with me until he died in the fall of 1777.
I further testify that Nathaniel Batchelder senior, who served with me in Scammel's Regiment, was a sergeant, and my recollection is that his son Nathaniel Batchelder, of Cilley's Regiment, was a corporal.
Benjamin Page

State of New Hampshire Merrimack SS October 24, 1842.
Personally appearing the above Benjamin Page, whom I certify to be a credible witness and possessing a remarkable memory for a man of his years, made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence, is just and true
Before me,
Asa Fowler Justice Peace

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I, Jonathan Chase, do testify and say that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Loudon in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, and as such have the custody of the books of records of said Town. I find in the Town Clerk's Book of Records of said Town No. 1 a record of which the following is a true copy, with the exception of the words "March the eighth eighteen hundred and seventeen", which is expressed in the original record in words and figures as follows: "March the 8th 1817:" "Mr. Dodovak Bunker of Pittsfield and Mrs. Mary Bachelder of Chichester, married March the eighth eighteen hundred and seventeen, by the Rev. Jedidiah Tucker.
"A true copy examined. Nathaniel Martin, Town Clerk."
The aforesaid record is found on page 230 of said book of Records No. [Number] one.
I do further testify and say that I have examined the Records of Marriages in said town and do not find recorded therein any marriages solemnized, by Benjamin Sias, Esquire; nor is there upon said Records any record of the marriage of Nathaniel Batchelder and Mary Perkins.
Jonathan Chase Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire Merrimack SS. October 24, 1842.
Personally appearing, Jonathan Chase, whom I certify to be Town Clerk of Loudon and a credible witness, made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence.
Before me, Asa Fowler, Justice Peace

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Mary Bunker 7091

Act 3d March, 1843

Admd: @ $88 per ann[um]

Hon: Franklin Pierce
Concord, N. Hampshire

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The State of New Hampshire The County of Merrimack SS.
On this fourth day of April A.D. 1844, personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said county of Merrimack, Mary Bunker, a resident of Chichester in said county of Merrimack, aged seventy four years, 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 on the 3d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:
That she is the widow of Nathaniel Batchelder who was a Corporal in the army of the Revolution, the evidence of whose services were furnished to the pension office by her on or about the first of November A. D. 1842 at or about which period she was placed on the Pension List Roll of the New Hampshire Agency as a pensioner at the rate of eighty nine dollars and sixty cents or about that sum a year under the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 for particulars in relation to all which she refers to the files and Records of the Department of War at Washington and the evidence furnished by her accompanying her application for a pension under said act of July 7, 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow and has not intermarried since the date of her former application.
Mary Bunker
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year first above written-
Before me, Asa Fowler, Justice of the Peace.

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State of New Hampshire Merrimack SS-
I Stephen C. Badger Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County, do hereby certify that Asa Fowler is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the seventeenth day of January 1842, and will expire on the seventeenth day of January 1847, and that his signature before written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 28th of October 1844
S. C. Badger Clerk
I hereby certify that the words "seventeenth" as interlined above, was made before signing
Attest S. C. Badger Clerk

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I, Thomas Haines of Concord in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, aged eighty two years the fourth day of July last, do depose and say that I was a soldier in the war of the revolution for about five years and a half, during which time I served in Cilley's New Hampshire Regiment in the company commanded by Capt. Eben Frye.
While I was a soldier as aforesaid, Nathaniel Batchelder formerly of Chichester in this county, served in another company of Cilley's Regiment for the term of three years, according to the best of my recollection. I think said Batchelder served in a company commanded by Capt. Hutchins, but am not positive as to the Captain. I was well acquainted with said Batchelder from childhood, he having been born only about one mile from where I was.
He was about one year older than I was. I was well acquainted with said Batchelder while in the army, and continued to be well acquainted with him after I returned from the army until his death about thirty five years ago. He was accidently killed by jumping from a chaise, and the wheel running over his head.
At his death said Batchelder left a widow who afterward married a Mr Bunker. Said Bunker died several years ago and the widow is still living at Chichester in this county.
Thomas Haines his mark X
Witness Asa Fowler.

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State of New Hampshire Merrimack SS.
Oct 24, 1842, Personally appearing the within named Thomas Haines, whom I certify to be a credible witness, made solemn oath that the within affidavit by him subscribed in my presence, is just and true.
Before me, 
Asa Fowler, Justice Peace

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State of New Hampshire Office of the Secretary of State
I, John Town, Deputy Secretary of the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Horace Chase is the Judge of Probate for the county of Merrimack, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the eighth day of January A D 1833-; that James Clark is Register of Probate for said county duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the sixth day of July A. D, 1839, and will expire on the sixth day of July A. D. 1844; that Asa Fowler is a Justice of the Peace for said county duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated on the seventeenth day of January A. D. 1842, and will expire on the seventeenth day January A. D. 1847, that Samuel Haines is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Belknap duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the fourth day of January A.D. 1841, and will expire on the fourth day of January A. D. 1846; that Preserved Robinson is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Merrimack, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the fourteenth day of December A. D. 1840 and will expire on the fourteenth day of December A. D. 1845; and that he several signatures of said Chase, Clark, Fowler, Haines and Robinson to the annexed papers are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said State this second day of November A. D. 1842
John Town Deputy Secretary of State

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feb 15, [18]45
[postmark top half faded]: Feb 11 N. H.

N H
Mar 30 [18]45
Mary Bunker

Hon J L Edwards
Com[missione]r of Pensions
Washington D. C.

FREE

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Concord Feby 10, 1845
My dear Sir,
I intended to have forwarded the inclosed affidavit to you several months since and supposed until a few moments since when I found it mislaid among other papers that it had been so forwarded-
With much respect
y[ou]r friend and Servant,
Frank Pierce

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com[missione]r of Pensions
Washington D. C.

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7 Nov 1842 D C
8.491.
Mary Bunker
widow of Nathaniel Bachelder
Act 7th July 1838
Merrimack County N. H.
Agent F. Pierce
Concord N H

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Concord N. H.
Novr 3, 1842
Dear Sir
I inclose herewith the application of widow Mary Bunker for a pension under the act of 1838 and the act of the late session. The proof of service, Marriage and identity, I think you will find entirely satisfactory. You will oblige me by as early, an examination of the case as your convenience will admit-
y[ou]r friend and servant
Frank Pierce

Col J L Edwards
Com[missione]r of Pensions
Washington D. C.

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Apl 18 [18]45

[postmark] Concord N. H. Apr 16
Mary Banker
N H [18]43 - See
[stamp] FREE

Hon[orable] J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

6789

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Concord, N. H. April 15, 1845.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir-
Some months since, my partner, Hon. Franklin Pierce, enclosed you a declaration of Mary Bunker, made in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress giving a pension for one year.
Since then, as he informs me, he once wrote you on the subject, but I am not aware that he has yet received an answer.
Be good enough to inform me, by return mail, whether Mrs. Bunker's declaration was received at the Pension office, and if so, whether any, and if any, what objection exists to the issuing of a certificate thereupon.
Your obt [obedient] servant,
Asa Fowler-

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I, Josiah Carpenter being eighty years of age, depose and say, that I have been an ordained Minister of the Congregational order from the year Seventeen hundred and ninety one 1791, to the year Eighteen hundred and twenty seven 1827, in the town of Chichester, and that I was intimately acquainted with Nathaniel Batchelder and his wife Mary, fifty two years since- said Nathaniel Batchelder was accidently killed, whose Funeral I attended and preached on the occasion about thirty four years ago. And I further state, that Mary the widow of said Nathaniel Batchelder has since been married to Dodobak Bunker as I have understood by general report, and she is now known as the Widow Bunker.
Josiah Carpenter-

Barnstead Oct 27, 1842.
State of New Hampshire Belknap SS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me Samuel Kaime Esq a justice of the peace for said county this twenty seventh day of October Eighteen hundred and forty two.
Saml Kaime Justice of the Peace

I certify that the deponent is a creditable person.
Saml Kaime Justice of the Peace

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I Enos George being Sixty one years of age, do depose and say that I have been and ordained Minister of the Congregational order for Thirty eight years Last, now post in the town of Barnstead and continue as such at the present. I have known Mary Batchelder for thirty years, reported the widow of Nathaniel Batchelder of the town of Chichester- have been numbers of times at the dwelling house occupied by the said Mary with her children. I have also had intimate acquaintance with Dodovah Bunker of Pittsfield for many years. attended the Funeral services at the burial of his first Wife-
Afterwards he was married to the said Mary Batchelder as I understand - have visited them living together as Husband and Wife - I preached a Funeral [illegible] at the interment of said Dodovak Bunker December 14 fourteenth, Eighteen hundred and twenty eight 1828, and I further say that the said Mary has ever since been know as the Widow Bunker.
Enos George

Barnstead Oct 27, 1842
State of New Hampshire Belknap SS. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me Samuel Kaime a Justice of the Peace for said County this twenty seventh day of October eighteenth hundred forty two
Saml Kaime Justice of the Peace

I certify that the deponent is a creditable person
Saml Kaime Justice of the Peace

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[left side] Reported

6856
New Hampshire

Mary Bunker, formerly widow of Nathl Batchelder dec[eased] who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 20 August 1808 of Merrimack in the State of N. H. who was a Corporal in the Comp[any] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Cilley in the N. H. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of N H, Cond at the rate of 88 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issue the 9 day of November 1842 and sent to Hon. F. Pierce, Concord, N H

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841, [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank]
[Total] $440.
{Act July 7, 18[page torn]
Recorded by Theo. S. Moody
Book A Vol. 1 Page 30

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Contnd | Cnd
Engaged Mar 20th 1777 discharged Mar 20 1780 | By 9 months and 11 Days in 1777 ad 44/ 20.12.0
By 12 ditto in 1778 and 12 ditto in 1779 52.16 | 73.8
By 2 months and 20 Days in 1780 @ 44/| 5.17.4

State of New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office
October 26th 1842-
I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original and of the whole of said original, the same having been examined and compared by me. The original contains no marks or alterations of any kind which are not represented on this copy and may be found Page 117 Cilley's N H Regiment, returned to this office from the war office Jany A. D. 1841 - In testimony of the foregoing I have hereinto affixed the Seal of said State.
John Town Deputy Secretary of State

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Corp[ora]l Nathl Batchelder 5th Co Lyndeboro | Dr
To Lyndeborough for a Bounty | 22. 8. 6
paid by the Continent in 1777 | 10. 6.
ditto in 1778, £4. 8/ ditto in 1779 | 26/5 5. 14. 5 | 16 5
Ballance of cloathing [clothing] [illegible] by Leigh | 3. 0. 10
his part of Rum, Sugar &c ditto | 1
Order on the Treasurer for £150 | 3. 15
to a certificate for the Ballance | 27. 3. 3
June 30 1780
[Total] 73. 8. -

Paid by Blake 3/7 | 0. 3. 7
1783 Febry 15 Gave Capt. Levi Spaulding a certificate | 5. 13. 9 | 5. 17. 4

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[left hand side of page] Sept 22, 1902 Batchelder Littleton, N. H.

[middle section of page] Rev Widow, &c.
24134
Mary Banker wid of Nathaniel Batchelder Corpo[ra]l Rev War
Act March 3d [18]43
Index: Vol. A, Page 41
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1929- May 13 Hist[ory] to Mrs Gladys H Hains [illegible]
1929 July 12 - Gladys N Hains adv[ised] only soldier by this name on file MMB
1931 Feb 12 Hist to Mrs Benjamin Seabury [illegible]

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Batchellor & Mitchell, Attorneys-At-Law.
Albert S Batchellor William H. Mitchell
Littleton, N. H. Aug 27, 1902.
[stamp] First Deputy Commissioner Aug 29 1902 U. S. Pension Office
[handwritten note top right] Mr Bryant This is rather a heavy demand but owing to my high regards for the writer you may furnish

Hon. J. L. Davenport,
First Deputy Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:-
I have been placed under special obligations by your [page folded]tesy in forwarding information which I recently requested through [page folded] Wright.
(1) May I trouble you further to aid me in procuring abstracts of [page folded] the pension files at Washington show as to Nathaniel Batchelder, wh[page folded] was a soldier in the Continental Line, I think in a company commande[d] by Henry Dearborn in one of the New Hampshire Regiments. A son, Jame[s] was with him in a part of his service, and I would like the record of James also if anything appears.
(2) I would also like a similar data as to Paul Fitch who was a Revolutionary soldier residing in Lancaster, Mass., but who afterwards lived in different towns in New Hampshire, and died in Marlboro in 1818.
(3) I would also like data as to William Moffett, a Massachusetts soldier, probably of Winchendon, Mass.
(4) I would like also data as to Jonathan Smith who lived and died in Surry, N. H., and his son, Samuel Smith, also of Surry, who, later in life lived at Brownington, Vt., both of whom were soldiers in Ashley's N. H. Regiment in the campaign against Burgoyne.
This information I am using for historical purposes in work having to do with local families and local publications.
Sincerely yours,
A. S. Batchellor

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24634
Mary Bunker wid Nathaniel Batchelder
Oct 25, 1842 Chichester N. H. --71
Mar[rried] Mary Perkins
Apl 1789 Loudon N H
D[eath] Aug 20, 1808
Remarried Dodovah Bunker M[ar]ch 8, 1817 who died in 1828

Mch 20, 77 -- N H
Capt
Col Jos Cilley
Corp 3 yrs
No Bab

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12 Gage Ave.,
Glen Falls, N. Y.
Nov. 10-1928.

Sec. of the Interior,
Revolutionary Records,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
I would like if possible to obtain the Revolutionary Record of one Nathaniel Batchelder, born Hampton, N. H. Nov 7, 1763. Batchelder Genealogy by Frederick Clifton Pierce, Page 160 merely states that he was in the Revolutionary War.

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If you are unable to supply this information, could you tell me where I might be able to obtain same giving if possible the date of his marriage to Eunice Colby?
Thanking you for the information, I am
Very truly yours
Mrs. Gladys H. Hains

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Mrs. Benjamin Seabury
72 Keene Street
Providence, Rhode Island
January 26, 1931
Veterans Admins[i]tration
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen: -
Have you on file any record of Revolutionary pensions being paid to the following: -
1st: - Lieut. Joseph Batchelder or his wife Sarah Ferrin, probably of Lyndeboro, N. H. or Plainfield Vt.
2nd: - Capt. Nathaniel Batchelder or his wife Anna or Hannah Butler probably of Hampton or Sandown, N. H.
3rd:- John Dunckle or Duncklee or Dunckley or wife Elizabeth Chapman probably of Anherst N. H.
4th: - Tilley Merrick Olney of Providence, R. I.
5th:- Daniel Ballou or wife Martha Buxton of Wrenthem Mass. or Burrilville, R. I.
Please send any family data you may have on file.

Respectfully yours, 
Sarah Batchelder Seabury (Mrs Benjamin)

[stamp] Pension Office U. S. Jan 27 1931

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[handwritten note} Only sent
[stamp] Pension Office U. S. Jun 13 1929

12 Gage Ave.,
Glens Falls, N. Y.,
June 12 , 1929.

Mr. E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner,
Dept. of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Re: Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel

Dear sir: 
I have your letter of May 13th giving Revolutionary service for one Nathaniel Batchelder born in 1763 and thank you for the information. However in looking over the records, I find that there were apparently two men of the same name born in the same year who served in the Revolutionary War and both of their fathers were named Nathaniel. The one you have cited is given as No. 441, Page 187 of Pierce's Batchelder Genealogy. The one whose record I would like to obtain is cited as No. 208, page 160 of the Batchelder Genealogy. This Nathaniel the book states was born at Hampton, N. H. Nov. 7, 1783 and married

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Eunice Colby. His death is given as Feb. 22, 1812. If you can give me the service of this Nathaniel, it will be greatly appreciated. Thanking you for your courtesy in the matter, I am
Yours very truly,
Gladys H. Harris

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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
MMHF

July 12, 1929.
Gladys H. Hains,
12 Gage Avenue
Glens Falls, New York.

Madam:
I advise you that the history Nathaniel Batchelder, W. 24634, furnished you on May 13, 1929, is that of the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
Earl D. Church,
Commissioner.

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Wars Section
AWF/eel
May 13, 1929
Mrs. Gladys H. Hains
12 Gage Avenue
Glen Falls, New York

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.24634, it appears that Nathaniel Batchelder (son of Nathaniel Batchelder), enlisted, March 20, 1777, and served as a corporal to March 30, 1780, in Colonel Joseph Cilley's New Hampshire Regiment.
It is stated that he had other service, no details given.
The soldier married in April, 1789, in Loudon, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Mary Perkins, daughter of Stephen Perkins, of Loudon, New Hampshire.
The soldier died, August 20, 1808, and she married, March 8, 1817, Dodovah Bunker, who died in the spring of 1827 or 1828.
She was allowed pension on account of the services of Nathaniel Batchelder on her application executed October 25, 1842, at which time she was living in Chichester,

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Merrimack County, New Hampshire, aged seventy-one years.
Her children are referred to, no names are given.
It is also stated that the soldier's father, Nathaniel Batchelder, served about one year as a sergeant in Colonel Scammell's New Hampshire Regiment until he died in March, 1778, at Valley Forge.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.