Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16013, Zaccheus Waldo, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Waldo, Gacheus Gacheus
S. 16013
CONTENTS
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Connecticut
22.839
Lachus Waldo 22.839 of Winchendon in the State of Conn who was a Pri and Serg t in the ————— commanded by Captain ————— of the Regt. commanded by Coln Huntington in the Conn troops time for 18 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of November 1833 and Lieut. Thomas Gray Winchendon Conn
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33 $ 158. 33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar '34 31. 66
$189.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by L. Laurii Clerk. Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 17
126 66 31 66 158 33

No 1361. Zachin Walds CT
July 30 1882
Pension Office
16 w o private 2 m ts Serg s $ 63.33
Thos Gray Esq Windham, CT
Dear Sir,

At a Court of Probate held at Windham in & for the District of Windham State of Connecticut on the 26 th day of November A.D. 1832. personally appeared Zachariah Waldo a resident of S d Windham & who being first duly sworn in Open Court doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to his former declaration made on the 23 rd day of July A.D. 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 vis. That he was born in Windham in Windham County State of Connecticut on the 20 th day of November A.D. 1756 as he verily believes, and that the same, is so recorded in his father's family Bible, & also in the Town Records of the Town of Windham. and that he has always resided in said Windham except while in the service of the United States. — Sworn to & Subscribed in Open Court the day & year above mentioned
Zachariah Waldo
In testimony whereof I have hereunto my hand & seal of said Court of Probate for the District of Windham this 26 th day of November A.D. 1832
Thomas Gray Clerk

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of Windham
} ss. Windham July 23 d 1832
On this 23 d day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Windham in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut, now sitting, Zacheus Waldo a resident of Windham in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut, aged 75 years, and 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 & served
in five different campaigns under the officers & the different times herein specified 1 st Campaign He was drafted in the Militia of the State of Connecticut in April 1775 & served at Cambridge Mass. one month under Maj. Thomas Brown Lieut John Kingsley commanded the company, Melatiah Bingham Lieut. & Sam Badger Ensign
2 d Campaign He enlisted in July 1775 & served five months at Roxbury Mass. under Col. Sedgwick, John Douglass Lieut Col. & Lieut Moses Campbell Ensign Nathaniel Bingham
3 d Campaign He was drafted Nov r 1776 & served two months at Providence R.I. under Capt. Jonas Root; Eben r Satterthwaite Lieut. & Sam l Baker Ensign
4 th Campaign He enlisted April 1777 & was in Col. John Durkee Regiment in Capt. Jedediah Hyde's Comp y . & was taken & served as waiter to Maj. Sanford Kingsbury aid to Maj. General Joseph Spencer eight months at Providence R.I.
5 th Campaign He was drafted from Militia & served two months at New London & Groton in July & August 1779 in Capt. Nehemiah Tinker's Company, in Col. Experience Storrs Regt. & that he served for that term as Sergeant — That he resided in the town & County of Windham State of Connecticut when he entered the service, & has always resided in said Windham. That he has no documentary evidence & that if he ever had any written discharge it is lost
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Zacheus Waldo
We, Roger Bingham a clergyman residing in the town of Windham and Rev John Baldwin residing in said Windham hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Mr Zacheus Waldo who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 75 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, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Roger Bingham John Baldwin

Personally appeared in open Court Mr John Burnham & after being sworn according to law says that he personally performed the first campaign with Mr. Zacher Waldo in 1775 at Cambridge Mass. That S d Waldo's Statement relating to S d services is correct. Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Mr John Burnham is dead Dep t Josiah Smith to same campaign } John Burnham
Personally appeared in open Court Col d Jacob Kingsbury & after being sworn according to law says that he personally performed the 2 d campaign in the same regiment with Mr. Zacher Waldo in 1775 at Roxbury Mass. and that said Waldo's Statement relating to S d services is correct.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Jacob Kingsbury
Personally appeared in open Court Mr. James Burnham & after being sworn according to law says that he personally performed the 3 d campaign with Mr. Zacher Waldo in 1776 at Providence R.I. and that said Waldo's Statement relating to S d services is correct.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid. James Burnham
Personally appeared Mr Nehemiah Ripley in open Court & after being sworn according to law says that he personally performed the 5 th campaign with Mr. Zacher Waldo in 1779 at New Soudan & Boston. That S d Waldo's Statement relating to said services is correct.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Nehemiah Ripley
This certifies that Mr Zacher Waldo was born Nov r 20 th 1756 - as appears from the town Records of the town of Windham.
Certified P t Thomas Gray Town Clerk
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 above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that Roger Burnham who sign d the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in Windham. That John Baldwin who sign d the same is a resident in Windham & a credible person, that John Burnham, Col d Jacob Kingsbury, James Burnham & Nehemiah Ripley who sign d the above depositions are credible persons & their statements are entitled to full credit.
I, Thomas Gray clerk of the Probate District of Windham in the county of Windham do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Zacher Waldo for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 23 rd day
of July
Thomas Gray Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Zachariah Waldo a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 16,013
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Latter part of Apr., 1775. 1 mo. Pri. Lieut. John Kingsley Capt. Coit. Maj. Thos. Brown Conn.   July, 1775 5 mos. " Lt. Col. John Douglas Jedediah Huntington   Nov. 1776 2 " " Jonathan Rudd Linsley ✓   Apr. 1777 8 " " Jedediah Hyde John Durkee   July, 1779 2 " Regt. Nehemiah Tinker Experience Storrs  
Battles engaged in, _____ ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Windham, Windham Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 23, 1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Windham, Conn.
Age at date of application, B. Nov. 20, 1756, Windham, Conn.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

16.013 INVALID.
File No. 16.013
Zachens Waldo Sergt. Prov. Mar.
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1912, Nov. 4. History to Cleveland Abbe, Jr. Br.
1930 - Mar 15. Hist to J. Waldo Grimes. Br.

State of Connecticut County of Windham } To Hampton Jan. 30.. 1833
Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham. Elder James Burnham of Hampton aforesaid & after being sworn according to law deposes and says that he is seventy three years old That he was drafted in November 1776 under Capt Jonathan Rudd of Windham for a term of service in Rhode Island in which company Ebenezer Sa. Hood was Lieut. & Gourd Baker Ensign - That the Company marched thro Plainfield & Voluntown to Providence and halted a while in Voluntown & When we arrived in Providence we were quartered on the west side of the river in the lower street at the house of Nicholas Clark. and he recollects that it was very cold weather when on guard during said campaign, and he also states that Genl. Spencer had the command and that Mr. Zacheus Waldo of Windham was in the same company with him & performed said term of service with him, that he knew him at that time & has ever since known him & that he served in said campaign at least two months Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
In presence of Thomas Gray Septimus Burnham

State of Connecticut } County of Windham } At Windham Jan y 30. 1833.
Personally appeared before the Subscribers a Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham Mr. Josiah Smith a resident of Windham and after being sworn according to law deposes & says. That he is eighty five years old. That he was drafted in the militia of the State of Con- necticut in the month of April 1775 for one month & was in a company commanded by Lieut John Kingsley. Melatiah Bingham was our Lieut. Sam l . Badger was an Ensign all of Windham we were under the com- mand of Maj. Thomas Brown of Coventry in Connecticut Abner Sattler was drummer & Jonathan Jennings wagon fifer both of Windham. We marched to Pomfret to Dudley Oxford & Sutton to Cambridge and had our quarters in a house in Cambridge belonging to a Tory who had run away - Gen l . Putnam had the command of the Army, which we were then The British fired across from Boston, but could not throw any bombs into Cambridge where we were. Mr. Zachariah Waldo of Windham was in the same Company & Regiment with me. We were discharged in a little more than one month some place supplied with others - I was subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Sign s in presence of Thomas Gray. Sophia Smith Josiah Smith
And I hereby certify that Mr. Josiah Smith & Elder James Burnham who have subscribed there to the

preceding deposition are persons to me well known & are respectable & credible persons and their statements are entitled to credit —
Thomas Gray Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } } County of Windham } } To Windham Feb 2 nd 1833
I Saul W. White Notary Public do hereby certify that Thomas Gray before whom the preceding depositions of Elders James Burnham & Mr. Josiah Smith were executed is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham & I believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 2 nd day of Feb 1833
Saul W. White Notary Public

State of Connecticut County of Windham } At Windham Aug. 14. 1833
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Windham. Col. Jacob Kingsbury of Franklin in said State, and after being sworn accor- ding to law in open Court deposes & says that he is seventy six years old; That in the fore part of July 1775 enlisted under Lieut. Kingsbury who was a Capt. Lieut & had the command in Col. Jedediah Huntington company & Regt. that we soon marched for Roxbury & that on Capt. Kingsbury was taken sick at Pomfret & afterwards died at said Pomfret & never arrived at our quarters. We were stationed at Roxbury & were in tents on Col. Williams meadow thro' the campaign which was five months or more; that Genl. Putnam had the command, that Genl. Wash- ington had his quarters at Cambridge after he arrived; and that Mr. Zacheus Waldo of Windham was in the same regiment with him and served thro' said campaign. That he knew him well, being a kinsman of his, & intimate with him at the time & before & since & that said Waldo served in said campaign at least five months - Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Jacob Kingsbury
Subscribed before me Henry Waldo Thos. Gray
Plaintiff.

State of Connecticut } } Windham Jan y 14. 1833 County of Windham }
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Windham in the State of Connecticut Mr Nehemiah Ripley of S d Windham and after being sworn according to law in open court deposes, & says That he is Seventy one years old; That in the month of July 1779. He was drafted from the Militia in the town of Windham, and was in Capt. Nehemiah Tinker's company in Col. Elisha Storrs Regiment to Capt. Barker the first night of the & went thro Norwich & Staid the or Ramgand first night at Boston Tavern, & next day to New London & we were stationed at the south end of the town about one week when we were ordered over on the Groton side where we worked on the Fort, & that he served out a campaign of two months & was discharged some time in Sep- tember. That Mr. Lachen Walds of S d Windham was in the same company & regiment with him and was a sergeant in S d Company, That he went down at the same time & was discharged at the same time with S d Company & that we served in this campaign at least two months. I was & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
5 cent Nehemiah Ripley

State of Connecticut } ss Windham Jan'y 14. 1833 County of Windham }
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Windham in State Mr. John Burnet of Windham aforesaid. After being sworn according to law in open Court deposes & says that he is seventy five years old. That some time in November 1776 he was drafted from the militia under Capt. Jonathan Rudd of Windham. Ebenezer Sattler was our Lieut. we marched thro Plainfield, Bolinton to Providence. We were stationed on this side of the Providence river. Here in Genl. Spencer's Brigade & that while we were stationed there, there was an alarm & a story that the British had left the Island & were coming up the river; some of our company with others were detached. Col. S. met them. We were in this campaign two and I think three months but I am not positive.
Mr. Zachariah Waldo of Windham was with me in this campaign and belonged to the same company and served at least two months & we were discharged at the same time. — I was & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. John Burnet
In presence of
Thomas Gray
Royal Copeland
3 rd Camp

Zacheus Waldo State of Connecticut } p. Windham Jan. 14 th 1833 County of Windham }
On this 14 th day of January A.D. 1833 personally appeared Mr. Zacheus Waldo of Windham aforesaid. in Open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Windham in the County of Windham State aforesaid & being duly sworn after an oath make the following declaration in addition to what he has before made in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. Evid. That in the first campaign he was drafted in the militia of the State of Con- necticut in the month of April 1775 for one month in the latter part of the month being after the battle of Lexington which was on the 19 th & was in the Company commanded by Lieut. John Kingsley & Melatiah Bingham was our lieut. & Samuel Badger was an ensign. We were under the command of Maj. Thomas Brown of Coventry in this State - Jonathan Leaming, was fife & Abner Saltonstall was the drummer for our company, in our march we passed thro. Pomfret, Dudley, Oxford & Sutton to Cambridge & we were quartered at a house in Cambridge belonging to a Tory who had fled & left his house; & soon after we arrived there we re- collect seeing the British (who were wounded when they were returning from Lexington thro. Cambridge & had died of their wounds), buried. They were rolled up in blankets & thrown in promiscuously into a large hole dug for that purpose - General Putnam had the command of the Army & while we were there a report came that the British were about to land at

Sechmore Point, and I was in a detachment under the command of Capt. Coit of New Sonda, which went down to the Point to prevent their landing They did not however attempt to land it, & of this I well recollect, we were very glad - at the end of our term of one month we were discharged & returned home & our places were supplied by others. Tho' many of our company enlisted & held on, and in this campaign I served one month.
2 d Campaign. In the fore part of July 1778 after the news came of the Bunker hill battle I enlisted for five months under Ensign Nathaniel Bingham & was in Col. John Douglass' Company who was Lieut. Col. of Col. Sedecial Huntington Regiment Lieut. Hubbard & Lieut. Moses Campbell were in our Company We went to Plainfield & joined Col. Douglass & from thence to Roxbury in Massachusetts where we were stationed thro' the campaign & were in tents on Col. Williams meadows. Gen. Putnam had the command, except when Gen. Washington was there & Gen. Washington had his quarters at Cambridge The most or all of the time he was there - we were in tents most of the time & the most that we did was to build a breastwork on the flat one South East of Roxbury - on Col. Williams land. We served out our term of five months & were discharged & returned home, some time in December after cold weather; In this campaign I served five months at least. —

3 rd Campaign. He was drafted in November 1776 for a two months term, under Capt. Jonathan Rudd of Windham. Ebenezer Sathrop was Lieut. & Saml. Baker was an ensign, we marched thro' Plainfield & Volinton & on the lower road to Providence & were quartered on this side of the river in the back street at the house of one Nicholas Clark; while we were there, there was an alarm that the British were coming up from Newport on the west side of the river & a detachment under Capt. Sinsley was sent down the river & a part of our company was detached & we went down I believe as far as Greenwich & the alarm ceased & the British did not come up & we returned to Providence. Genl. Spencer had the chief command, we staid out on term of service for which we were drafted & were dismissed & returned home. I was out & served in this campaign two months.
4 th Campaign - found a record -
5 th Campaign. That he was drafted from the Militia of this State in the forepart of the month of July 1779. and was in Capt. Asahel Tinker's Company & went to New-Sandon thro' Norwich & staid the first night at Horton in Mendonville. The next day we arrived at New-Sandon and were stationed for some days, below the town, but were afterwards ordered across the river to Groton where we were employed in working upon Fort Griswold &

and keeping guard at the mouth of the river - we were in Col. Experience Storm Regiment, and I was during this term of service a sergeant in Capt. Linker's Company. Served out my term of service of three months when we were dismissed and returned home
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Zachariah Waldo
And the S d Court hereby certify and declare that - after the investigation of the matter after putting the in- terrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier served in his state & the Court further certifies that Col. Jacob Kingsbury Mr. Nehemiah Ripley & Mr. John Dennett who have subscribed here to the annexed depo- sition are known to the Court and are persons of respecta- bility and are credible persons and their statements are entitled to full credit. - I Thomas Gray Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Windham do hereby certify that the foregoing & hereto annexed con- tains the original proceedings of the S d Court in the matter of the application of Zachariah Waldo for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 14 th day of Jan y . A.D. 1833
Thomas Gray Clerk

WASHINGTON, D. C.
1358 Oak street, N. W.
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
U. S. Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I respectfully request that I be furnished with a copy of the pension certificate issued for services in the American Revolution, to Zacheus Waldo of Windham, Conn., I understand that he applied for a pension on July 23, 1832, and that a pension was allowed as beginning Mar. 3 or 4, 1831.
Zacheus Waldo was born Nov. 20, 1756 and died Oct. 3, 1834, in Windham, Conn. He served during Apr. 1775 at Cambridge, Mass., and subsequently for a total of 17 months during the years 1775 to 1779.
Thanking you for the granting of my request, I am respectfully,
Cleveland Abbe Jr.

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January 20, 1930.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to request to be furnished with the record of one, Zaccheus Waldo of Connecticut during the Revolutionary War.
I have been referred to you by the Adjutant General of the Army, whose records are not complete.
Zaccheus Waldo was placed on the Pension list in 1832 from service in Connecticut Militia during the Revolutionary War, having served in 1775-1776-1777.
Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
J. Waldo Grimes,
208 Market St.
JWG/JI

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section EEL Chur
March 15, 1930
Mr. J. Waldo Grimes 208 Market Street Knoxville, Tennessee
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16013, it appears that Zaccheus (the name also appears as Zacheus ) Waldo was born November 20, 1756 , in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut . His birth was recorded on the town records of said Windham.
While residing in Windham, Connecticut, he enlisted and served with the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From the latter part of April, 1775, one month as a private under Lieutenant John Kingsley, Captain Coit and Major Thomas Brown.
From early in July, 1775, five months as a private in a company commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Douglas, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Regiment.
From sometime in November, 1776, two months under Captains Jonathan Rudd and Linsley.
From sometime in April, 1777, eight months in Captain Jedediah Hyde's Company, Colonel John Durkee's Regiment, and acted as waiter to Major Sanford Kingsbury.
From early in July, 1779, two months as sergeant in Captain Nehemiah Tinker's Company, Colonel Experience Storrs' Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 23, 1832, while residing in Windham, Connecticut.
There are no data concerning his family.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
Date of death not on AB