Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 352, Jonathan Batchelder, N.H.

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(3-1776)

Service: N.H.

Batchelder, Jonathan

Number: R. 352

Contents:

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Declaration In order obtain the benefit of the 3d Section of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County SS
On this twelfth day of April AD 1837 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the County of Rockingham aforesaid holden at Exeter in and for said County Jonathan Batchelder a resident of Raymond in the County of Rockingham aforesaid aged eighty two 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 June 7th 1832. That he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War as follows that in the latter part of the month of July or first of August 1775 he enlisted into a Company of Militia of the State of New Hampshire commanded by Capt Simon Marston in Col Waldron[']s Regiment for the term of two months and marched to Winter Hill in the neighborhood of Boston Massachusetts and continued in said Service in said Company for the full term of two months when Regiment and Company were disbanded. That he immediately without returning home entered for one month into the Company commanded by Capt Daniel Moore in Col John Starks Regiment and

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served in said Company and Regiment the full term of one month and was then honorably discharged - That in the month of July 1777 he again enlisted into a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Stephen Dearborn in Col Stickney's Regiment of New Hampshire troops this enlistment was for no definite period but to remain as long was necessary and marched immediately Bennington State of Vermont and was with and was with Genl Stark in the battle with the Hessians - and after this defeat joined the army under Genl Gates and continued in said Company and Regiment for the full term of three months and until after the Capitulation of Genl Burgoin[']s [Burgoyne] Army when the Regiment and Company were disbanded[.] that he has never received a pension - That he has no other proof of his said service than the depositions hereunto annexed
Jonathan Batchelder his mark X
# 2mo 8 day
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before -
John Harvey Judge of Probate
And the said Court does hereby declare its opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
John Harvey Judge of Probate

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I Jonathan Batchelder of Raymond in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged eighty three years and upwards, having applied for a Pension as a Revolutionary soldier, and my Declaration being on file in the Pension Office, do under oath make the following explanatory declaration as to my service in the summer and fall of 1777. I served in the company of Captain Stephen Dearborn until the battle of Bennington and when the said Captain left the company and army which was at Renslow[']s or Rensselaer's Mills, but many of his company went on as volunteers under Genl Stark to Bemis Heights, and joined the army under General Gates I was one of the number who went and continued with the army and in the service as a volunteer for at least three weeks, as I verily believe, and more. One Joseph Cass who was a Sergeant was

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with us in this volunteer service and was, I think, the highest officer in Dearborn[']s company who did go with us. I mean by the three weeks service before mentioned, the time of my service as aforesaid after Capt Dearborn left the army. I further say that after leaving the army I was returning home with a fellow soldier who fell sick, and I was engaged for a week or more in taking care of and nursing him and was hindered several days further in accompanying him home as he was unable to travel far on account of the sickness from which he was then slowly recovering.
Jonathan Batchelder his mark X
Witness John Kelly

State of New Hampshire Rockingham SS
January 2, 1838
Then the said Jonathan Batchelder made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is in his belief just and true
Francis D Randall Justice Peace

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34,574
Jona[than] Batchelder
N H

Rejected see [illegible]
Jno Kelly June 7 1832
did not serve 6 mo

Act 7 June 1832

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I John Kelly Register of Probate for said County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Probate Court for said County in the matter of the application of Jonathan Batchelder for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Probate Court this twelfth day of April AD 1837
John Kelly Register of Probate

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The undersigned Selectmen of the town of Raymond in the County of Rockingham N H certify testify and say that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Batchelder of said Raymond who is the only man of that name in said town - He is we believe of the age of eighty three years - he is reputed and believed in said town to have been a soldier of the revolution and we believe that he was [illegible] - and he has sustained and still [illegible] the reputation of a man of truth and an honest industrious citizen
Stephen Osgood
Benjn B Gilman
Jonathan A Laune

State of New Hampshire Rockingham SS
January 15th 1838
Then the said Stephen Osgood, Benjamin B Gilman and Jonathan A Lane made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed before me - and I certify that they are the Selectmen of the town of Raymond are credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit
Joseph Blake Jus Peace

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Ex'r. Old War
No. 352
[handwritten word illegible]
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873 [crossed out]
[stamp] Rejected
Jonathan Batchelder
P. O. [blank]
Service: Revolutionary
Enlisted: [blank]
Discharged: [blank]
Application filed: [blank]
Alleges: [blank]
Re-enlisted: [blank]
Attorney: [blank]
P. O. [blank]

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[illegible] Kittmeier
M. C.
Jona[tha]n Batchelder N H 32
Hon L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Jona[than] Batchelder
N H
Rep [illegible] Jno Kelley
7 June 1832
Serv[e]d 5 mo[nths] 8 day
Let[ter] to Peter Chadwick 14 July, [18]38
G. W. Kettridge May 15/[18]54

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Johnathan Batchelder
N. H. [illegible] 1832

H
M Cole

L P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Present

34574
Jonathan Batchelder
N. H.
Jno Kelly
Peter Chadwick 14 July 1838
G W Kittridge May 15 1854
F E Hassler Jny 9 1855

Rejected, Did not serve 6 mo
June 7 1832

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Hon J L Edwards

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Exeter N H Jany 20 1838

Honl J L Edwards
Sir
The accompanying affidavits will I trust satisfy you that Jonathan Batchelder actually served the full term stated in his declaration- The mistake has arisen from his neglecting to state in his first declaration that Capt Dearborn under whom he enlisted did not continue so long in the service as he did.
very respectfully your obt [obedient] se[rvan]t
Peter Chadwick

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State of Newhampshire Rockingham SS
Candia November 27 1837
I Moses Emerson of Candia[,] County and State aforesaid being Eighty two years of age depose and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States in the Co[mpany] of Infantry commanded by Capt Stephen Dearborn of Chester in said State and attached to the Regiment commanded by Col Stickney. That I was acquainted with Mr. Jonathan Batchelder of Raymond in said State. That said Batchelder enlisted into the above named Co[mpany] that he was in the battle of Bennington under General Stark. And I further say that after said battle and likewise after the above named Capt Stephen Dearborn left said Co[mpany] that the said Batchelder marched under the direction of Gen Stark to Bemus [Bemis] heights and joined the regular army under General Gates. And that the said Batchelder served the full term of three months in said year as a Soldier of the United States.
Moses Emerson

Rockingham SS
On the twenty seventh day of Nov[ember] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven personally came the aforesaid Moses Emerson and made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed was true
Before me
Abraham Emerson Justice of the Peace 
And I hereby certify that the aforesaid Moses Emerson is a creditable witness.
Abraham Emerson Justice Peace

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This certifies to all whom it may concern, that the within named Moses Emerson whose deposition is contained in the op[p]osite page, is generally reported to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army, that he is called eighty-two years of age as he has testifyed - and that he does now and ever has, so far as my Knowledge extends, sustain a fair and unblemished character for honesty and truth -
Chas P Russell Pastor of the Cong[regational] Church in Candia Rockingham Co, New Hampshire

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I Anson Sheldon, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Raymond N. H. testify that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Batchelder of said Raymond an applicant for a Pension as a Revolutionary soldier - that I believe him to be eighty three years of age - and that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion. I further say that he has the reputation of being and I believe he is an honest and reputable man
Anson Sheldon

State of New Hampshire Rockingham SS
January 15th 1838
Sworn and subscribed to by the said Anson Sheldon who (I certify) is a Clergyman residing and settled in Raymond in said County, and entitled to full credit.
Joseph Blake Justice Peace.

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State of New Hampshire Rockingham County SS.
I Ira B Hoitt Esq, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham aforesaid, do hereby certify Francis D Rendall before whom the affidavit of Jonathan Batchelder was sworn Abraham Emerson before whom the affidavit of Moses Emerson was sworn, and Joseph Blake before whom the affidavits of Anson Sheldon and the Selectmen of Raymond were sworn are each and all of them Justices of the Peace in and for the County Rockingham aforesaid and that their several signatures to the certificates thereof are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this twentieth day of January 1838
I. B. Hoitt Clerk

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I Josiah Batchelder of the town of Raymond in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged eighty seven years, do testify and declare that Jonathan Batchelder of Raymond in said County and State, served three months in the Revolutionary Army as a private soldier in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, at Winter hill. The said Jonathan Batchelder served two months of the time in the Company commanded by Captain Harston and one month in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Moore and Colonel John Stark Regiment, I further testify that I served in the Revolutionary Army in the same year at said Winter hill, that I was personally acquainted with the said Jonathan Batchelder before he served in the Revolutionary Army as aforesaid, and while he so served and have been ever since.
Josiah Batchelder his mark X

State of New Hampshire Rockingham County Raymond April 3 1837
Then personally appearing the above named Josiah Batchelder, made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is Just and true
Before me Joseph Blake, Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Josiah Batchelder and he is a credible witness and entitled to belief
Joseph Blake. Justice of the Peace
Raymond April 3, 1837

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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County SS
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph Blake before whom the within affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and that his signature to the Certificate thereof is Genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this twelfth day of April 1837
P Chadwick Clerk of said Court

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I Shearborn Dearborn of the town of Chester in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire age seventy-eight years in the month of September last past, do testify and declare that Jonathan Batchelder of Raymond in said county and State served three months in the Revolutionary Army as a private Soldier in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six[.] The said Jonathan Batchelder enlisted in the month of July 1777 into the company commanded by Captain Stephen Dearborn of said Chester and Colonel Stickney's Regiment for said term of three months and marched with me from said Chester to Bennington in the State of Vermont, the Jonathan Batchelder was in Bennington battle under General John Stark's command, he served out his enlistment of three months at that time as a faithful soldier in said company and Regiment and was honorably discharged at a place called Bemis' heights near Stillwater in said State of New York - I further testify that I enlisted into said company and Regiment with said Jonathan Batchelder and at the same time and served with him during said term of three months and was discharged at the same time and place I further declare that I was personally acquainted with the aforesaid Jonathan Batchelder before he served in the Revolutionary Army as aforesaid and have been acquainted with him ever since
Shearborn Dearborn

State of New Hampshire Rockingham County Chester March 27th 1837
Then personally appearing the above named Shearborn Dearborn, made solemn oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true
Before me Samuel Aiken Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Shearborn Dearborn and he is a credible witness and entitled to belief
Samuel Aiken Justice of the Peace
Chester March 27, 1837

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State of New Hampshire Rockingham County
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel Aiken before whom the within affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that his signature to the certificate thereof is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this twelfth day of April AD 1837
P Chadwick Clerk of said Court

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Rev Pension
John Batchelder
N. H. suspd
1832

filed 4 Jany 1855
F. E. Hassler
Attorney

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Washington City D C Jany 4th 1855
Honorable L R Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
The annexed letter has reference to the suspended claim for Revolution Pension of John Batchelder New Hampshire 1832 which I request may be reexamined Should any reason exist for not allowing it please state them so clearly, that when he compares them with the regulations (1832) they will convince him of their own correctness, and that consequently any further efforts to obtain his claim must prove futile.
Yours respectfully,
F E Hassler

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1854
Amos Batchelder
Raymond N. H.
30 Dec

R 3 Jany 1855

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Raymond N H Dec 30/[18]54

Mr E Hassler 
D[ea]r Sir
I have heard nothing from you lately in regard to the pension claim of my Father, will you please to urge it along it is a just claim every body here thinks it is[.] you shall have half you get[.] write me if you have any prospects of success
Yours Truly
Amos Batchelder