Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15859, Seth Walker, Mass. N.H. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Walker, Seth of Temperance
No. 15859.
CONTENTS

N. 124. New Hampshire
Seth Walker N. 77
Evete 33 in the State of Mass N Hampshire who was a Sgt. Ht in the Company commanded by Captain Daniels of the Regt. commanded in the New Hampshire for 13 months Sergeant of Artillery 11 " Lieutenants " Do
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 248 Dollars 34 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of March 1833 and sent to the Claimant Evete N 76
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $496.34 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep t " 124.17 $620.51
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Adams Clerk, Book E Vol. 15 Page 128

10,124
New Hampshire Pensions:- Seth Walker, dead
of Exeter in the State of New Hampshire who was a Sgt in the Company commanded by Captain Daniels of the Regt commanded by ~~~~~ in the New Hampshire line for 13 months 9 days service service. 5 1/2 " " " Sgt. Artillery Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth at the rate of 250 Dollars 68 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & Ending 9 th October 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Feby 1837 and sent to Hon A. Tuck
Arrears to the 4th of House of Reps Semi-annual allowance ending
Inc'd from p 248.34
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. R. Weightman Clerk. Book C. Vol. 1. Page 129

Town Clerks Office Portsmouth N.H. January 8 th 1839
I John Bennett Clerk of the Town of Portsmouth, in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire hereby certify:—That the following is an extract from the records kept for recording Marriages in said town of Portsmouth Vj-
Seth Walker and Temperance Pevery of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire Married by the Rev d Samuel Haven January Seventeen hundred seventy seven, Recorded July, 4 th 1777"
as appears by said records.
I John Bennett Clerk of the aforesaid Town, of Portsmouth hereby certify, that the above is a true extract from the original records of said Town, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible letters and figures, as follows:
"January 1777"
John Bennett Town Clerk
I John Bennett above named, depose and say:—That I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Portsmouth
in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Portsmouth with the exception above named, as certified by me. and I further say that I have carefully examined Sworn before me, said records and cannot find recorded in them the Marriage of any other person by the name of Seth Walker-
John Bennett,

State of New Hampshire. Rockingham ss.
January 8 th 1839. Then the within named John Bennell, Town Clerk of Portsmouth in said County of Rocking- ham, personally appeared and made oath, that the within deposition by him subscribed, is true, before me,
Dan d Drown, Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. I John Kelly Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Daniel P. Drown Esquire is a Jus- tice of the Peace for said County and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court of Probate. This 10 th day of January AD 1839. John Kelly Register of Probate

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec. 16 th 1842.
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," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The child en of Temperance Walker , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Portsmouth N.H. Agency, at the rate of Two hundred & forty-eight Dollars and 34 Cents per annum, under the law of the 4 th July 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 30 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

9795
Seth Walker
13 Mo Supt City 11. Do Lieut City
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off not prof Ass
$248, 34
return to Claimant Orville N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of of  Orde
Seth Mucker in the State of  New Hamp (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     23 June In 17 3 25 Private   15 sergeant Cap t Turner   76 1 1 " sergeant of marines Cap t Daniels   Jan y 77 " 11 " sergeant of artillery   " 10 " Cap t of marines Cap t Pickering  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none - Ship Hampton
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Portsmouth
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & documentary proofs
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
R. D. Alderson Examining Clerk.

J. H. Kelley Editor

Dec 12 Sister Susan Walker
4368 Temperance Walker widow of Seth Walker N. H.
Ad July 4 1836
Mars 1777
Ad Oct. 1838
Allow $248 34
in amt from
Ad 1838
H Kelly Esq Exeter N.H.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d section of the Act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss
On this twenty fourth day of December A D 1830 personally appeared before the Hon John Sullivan Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Rocking- ham Temperance Walker a resident of Derry in said County aged eighty years and upwards (— at her dwellinghouse in said Derry—she by reason of bodily in- firmity being unable to attend Court in order to make her declaration) and the said Temperance Walker being first duly sworn according to law then on her oath made the following Decla- ration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4. 1836 — That she is the widow of Seth Walker late of said Derry but formerly of Exeter in said County, de- ceased, who was a Sergeant and Lieuten- ant in the army of the revolution and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 7 th June 1832. His Certificate entitling him to receive a Pension of Two hundred and fifty eight dollars and thirty four cents per annum was dated the twentieth day of March A D 1833 — and on the back thereof are the figures "10.124" probably intended as the Number of said Certificate. And the said Temperance averriy that the said Seth Walker was a non commissioned and a commissioned officer in the Army of the revolution and in active service both prior and subsequent

to his intermarriage with her the said Temperance Walker, respectfully re- fers to the Declaration of the said Seth Walker and the evidence accom- panying the same - now on file in the proper Office at Washington - for the evidence of the term or terms of service of the said Seth Walker and of the various offices or rank which he held in the Army. And she further declares that her Maiden name was Temperance Peveley - that she was married to the said Seth Walker at Portsmouth in said County of Rockingham where both she and the said Seth then resided, by the Rev Samuel Haven then the settled minister in said Portsmouth in the month of January, 1777 & on the 13 th day of that month; - that her husband the aforesaid Seth Walker died at Berry aforesaid on the eighth day of October A.D. 1805 - having removed the said Berry from Exeter in the year 1834 - and that she has remained a widow ever since that period. as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
witness John Kelly
Temperance her Walker mark
I swear to and subscribe the day and year above written Before me - and I certify that in consequence of bodily infirmity the said Temperance Walker is unable to attend Court for the purpose of making this her Decla- ration.
John Sullivan
Judge of Probate.
I John Kelly Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the Hon John Sullivan is Judge

of said Court of Probate for said County That the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and in his own proper hand writing; and that the foregoing con- tains the originale proceedings before him in the matter of the application of Temperance Walker for a Pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24 th day of December AD 1830. and the seal of said Court of Probate.
John Kelly Register of Probate

State of New-Hampshire.
County of Rockingham, ss.
ON this Seventeenth day of August A.D. personally appeared, in open Court, before the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature now sitting at Exeter in said County
Seth Walley a resident of Exeter
in the County of Rockingham and State of New-Hampshire, aged Twenty five 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 7, 1832:
That he on the 23 d June 1775 joined the Army then at Cambridge as a Volunteer equipped at his own expence & there did all the duty required of him as a Volunteer until the destruction of Falmouth then not being confined to the Army by enlistment concluded he could render more immediate service to the common cause by returning home to Portsmouth, Gen t Sullivan having been ordered there by General Washington to direct the construction of sufficient Fortifications for the defence of Portsmouth Harbour in the State of New-Hampshire, your Deponent thinks that he left Cambridge between the 20 th & 25 th of October where he had been (with the exception of about one Week that he went home to attend upon business of his own) some few days short of four months. When he arrived in Portsmouth every thing was in a bustle, the Inhabitants (all that could) were leaving the town for safety & going to the Country towns. Capt d Mowat who commanded the Squadron that burnt Falmouth was Dayly expected, he had given notice to the authorities at Falmouth that he was directed to burn every seaport between Boston & Halifax the first thing your deponent did was to enlist into an Artillery Company raised by order of the President and Council of New-Hampshire, on the spur of the occasion for fifteen Days, George Turner Esq r was appointed to the command thereof, at the end of said fifteen days the company was disbanded - Some time the last of Nov r or first of Dec r 1775 your Deponent not recollecting the specific day, he enlisted as first Sergeant & Clerk into a Company of Matrosses raised within the said New-Hampshire for the defence thereof, under the command of Elisha Dyer Esq r , Andrew Marshall first Lieutenant and second Lieutenant Mendum Janvrin, and stationed in Fort Sullivan on Seavey Island below Portsmouth, on the North East side of Piscataqua River (so called) in said capacity he performed his duty until the first day of January 1777 when he was appointed and Commissioned second Lieutenant of said company which office he sustained until the ninth day of December 1777, on which day he resigned his Commission - afterwards He took the Command of Marines on board of a private Armed Ship called the Hampden fitted out of Portsmouth by the late Governor John Langdon & his Brother Woodbury with and some Gentlemen in Boston where he served over ten months under command of Thomas Pickering Esquire -
Deponent further states that he believes that he was in the

performed his duty until the first day of January 1777 when he was appointed and Commissioned second Lieutenant of said company which office he sustained until the ninth day of December 1777. on which day he resigned his Commission - afterwards He took the Command of Marines on board of a private Armed Ship called the Hampden fitted out of Portsmouth by the late Governor John Langdon & his Brother Woodbury with and some Gentlemen in Boston where he served over ten months under command of Thomas Pickering Esquire -
Agreeable to the further order that he believed that he was arrived in the town of Portsmouth on the twenty ninth day of August 1756.
The record is in what was his Fathers Family Bible a copy of which he has carried in his pocket Book for forty years -
he was living at said Portsmouth when he first entered the service which was always his place of residence until October 1809 when he went to reside in Exeter New Hampshire & has lived there ever since -
his Country called the first volunteered services a part of the time he was at Cambridge he was a substitute for a man belonging to Capt. Tobias Fernald, Comp y in Col. Scammon's Regiment he was absent some Weeks owing to sickness in his family, he answered to his name & performed his duty until his return to Camp, he thinks his name whose place he took in said Comp y was Brooks -
his Commission is signed by Meshach Weare President of the Council & highest in authority in New Hampshire at that time -
he is well known to every person in Exeter & in short by all legal voters in the County of Rockingham for which County he has served as Register of Deeds the last twenty two years -
All the Documentary evidence that I can produce is my Commission, the deposition of Caleb Spinney, William Walker & the Vincent -

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Seth Walker
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Phoebe Black

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion that the before named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states -
Seth Walker
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham afore- said do hereby certify that that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Seth Walker for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of August Anno Domini 1832
P Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

July 31/77
Cap Tipton
FSE
Has a Tuck H B

To the Commissioner of Pensions.
The undersigned William Walker, Esq., of South Newmarket in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, Temperance Walker, Singlewoman, and Martha W. Gale, Widow, both of Exeter in said County and State, make the following
Declaration -
They are the only surviving children of Seth Walker late of said Exeter, deceased, who was an Officer in the Revolutionary War, and a pensioner of the United States under the act of July 4 th 1836, and of Temperance Walker, his wife, who was, after the death of our father, also a pensioner of the United States. - The said Seth Walker died on the 8 th day of October A.D. 1838, at Derry, in said County and State, and the said Temperance, then a resident of said Derry, died at Exeter on the 30 th day of March 1841. - The pension drawn by said Seth Walker during the latter years of his life, and by said Temperance Walker after his decease, was two hundred and forty eight dollars and thirty four cents, per annum, or thereabouts; and we make this declaration for the purpose of having the papers now on file in your department, respecting the claim of said Seth and Temperance to a pension, re-examined, and to obtain such arrearages of pension, as they, and each of them, were entitled to, over and above what they received. - And the

undersigned suggest that the said Seth was allowed for service of 13 months, as a Sergeant of Artillery, and 11 months as Lieutenant of Artillery, whereas he was entitled to allowance for service as a Captain of Marines 10 months, for 11 months as Lieutenant of Artillery, and for 3 months as Sergeant of Artillery.
W m Walker
Exeter New Hampshire
January 28 th 1851.
Temperance Walker
Martha W. Gale. —
Attest Joseph Tilton
Geo. W d Hilton
State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham ss. January 28 th A.D. 1851. Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace for said County, William Walker of South Newmarket, in said County, and Temperance Walker and Martha W. Gale both of Exeter in the said County of Rockingham, and known to me to be the persons they represent themselves to be, and made oath to the truth of the above declaration, according to the best of their information and belief — Joseph Tilton Justice of the Peace
House of Representatives Jan. 31, 1851.
I hereby certify that Joseph Tilton, whose garrison signature is above written was on the date of the above certificate a justice of the Peace duly authorized and commissioned according to law, as such. I also certify that I know that the above signed W m Walker, Temperance Walker and Martha W. Gale are the only surviving children of Seth Walker a Pensioner &c. A. Tuck, McGehee.

July 26, 1935
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Seth Walker, W. 15859 BA-J/MCS
Nelson Handsaker 2191 Berkeley Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 15859, based upon the military service of Seth Walker.
He was born August 29, 1756, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The names of his parents were not given.
While living in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he enlisted June 23, 1775, and served four months in Captain Tobias Vernald's Company in Colonel Scammon's Massachusetts Regiment. In 1775 he served fifteen days in Captain George Turner's New Hampshire Company of Artillery. He served from November or December, 1775, until January 1, 1777, as first sergeant and clerk in Captain Eliphalet Daniels' New Hampshire Company of Matrosses. January 1, 1777, he was commissioned second lieutenant and served from then until December 9, 1777, as such in Captain Eliphalet Daniels' New Hampshire Company of Matrosses. He next served ten months in command of marines on the private armed ship, "Hampden", Captain Timothy Pickering, which vessel was fitted out in Portsmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 1832, at which time he was living in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, having moved there from Portsmouth in October, 1809.
Seth Walker died October 8, 1838, at Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, having moved there from Exeter in 1834.
This soldier married at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 13, 1777, Temperance Beverly of that place.

She was allowed pension on her application executed December 24, 1838, at which time she was living in Derry, New Hampshire, and then stated that she was "aged eighty years and upwards".
She died at Exeter, New Hampshire, March 30, 1841, and was survived by the following children: Temperance, resident of Exeter in 1851; William resident of South Newmarket, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, in 1851; Martha W. Gale, a widow living in Exeter in 1851.
One William Walker, a resident of Barnstead, New Hampshire, in 1832, stated that he served with Seth Walker during the Revolution but he did not give his relation to him. There
There are no further data relative to the soldier's family in the papers of his pension claim.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

apr 25 '98
SW Giles
myc 3
1907 Dec. Hist. to Edwin P Walker 1825-7. Sr. M.W. thro Mr. Marsh's desk, letter returned. au
1920, Sept-18 Hist. to Henry Russell Drown, Ev.
1933 Jan. 11 Hist. to Mrs. A. J. Berger. See letter in Rev. Am. Mem. Walker W. 16083. Held
1935, July 26 Hist. to Nelson Standsaker. See corres. in Josiah Martin W. 1047
Heels
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15859
Temperance Walker
Wid of
Seth Walker
Lieut Rev War
Act July 4 th 1836
Index: Vol. Mc , Page 318
[Arrangement of 1870.]

27.15
Mrs. Temperance Walker, aged widow of Seth Walker, who died on the 9 th Oct 1838, of Rockingham (in the State of New Hampshire) who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain J. B. D. of the Regt commanded by J. B. D. in the New Hampshire line for 137 mos 3 days, Lieutenant and 10 u 321 u Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensions at the rate of 250 Dollars 68 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st 16 th day of March October 1838 End 30 March 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of July 1851 and sent to Dear A. French
Arrears to the 4th of November 1850 Semi-annual allowance ending
Wiggin p 248.54
Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1840 Section the
Recorded by Book Vol. 2 p

N o 2703  N. Hampshire Temperance Walker.
widow of Seth Walker , Dec r : * who died on the 8 th October, 1838 — of Rockingham in the State of N. Hampshire who was a Serjt & in the company commanded by Captain Daniels of the — commanded by — in the N. Hampshire line for 13 Months Serjt: of artillery } " " " " " " " " " " } * on roll; act 7 June, 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouth at the rate of 248 Dollars 34 Cents per annum, on the 5th day of March, 1834 9 th : — Dec r , 1838 —
Pension issued the 29 th day of June 1839 and sent to M c Kelley — N.H. —
as of Mar. 1839 $113. 84 semi-annual allowance ending 14 Sept 124. 17 $238.01
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d
Recorded by M c Stearns Vol. 2 Page 2
Reported to Portsmouth Agt o July 12, 1839.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 for from 4 th March to 30 March 1841 etc Notified 23 d Dec r 1842.
Rec Rec

State of New Hampshire
The Government and People of the State of New Hampshire
To Seth Walker Gent s . Greeting We reposing special trust and confidence in your courage and good conduct DO by these Presents constitute and appoint you the said Seth Walker to be Second Lieutenant of the Company of Matrosses raised within the said State & commanded by Riphabet Daniel Esq r . You are therefore strictly & solemnly to discharge the Duty of Second Lieutenant in leading ordering & carrying the said Company in all their actions & affairs as well in the field as in camp & to observe all such orders & regulations as are or shall be given you for the better ordering & disciplining of the said Company
Given under our hand at Concord this 10th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & fifty four & in the year of the Independence of the United States the eighth We the undersigned Committee of Safety do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original now on file in our office According to Military Rules & Regulations in force in America In Witness whereof the have caused the Seal of said State to be hereunto affixed
Witness
Myself & I have by the President of our Council at the first day of January Anno Domini 1774 E. Thompson Secy
M. Weare

Leah Temperance Walker in N. H.
Ad 4 - July - 1836 Ad. 13 mo 9 days to 10 mo 21 d - Sept died $250.68 from 9 Oct 1878, when her husband died, to 30 Feb 1881, when she died.
Payable to Walker, Temperance Walker & Martha W. Galt, her only surviving children
Leave now to Hon. A. Smith Prof. Phelps

Seth Walker Memor and N. H.
Set 7 th June, 1882 - Aid 13 mo 9 d St - & 10 mo 21 d. Lgt - dit $250.68. from 4 th March 1831 to 9 th Oct 1888, when he died - Payable to Mrs. Walker, Temperance Walker & Martha W. Gale, his only surviving children
See will to Rev. S. Trull By Reps -

Prin. 3 mo.
Asst. Prin. 15 n
- Sgt & Clk 1 mo
2 o Lt ad 23 mo 9 d.

We Temperance Walker & Martha W Gale - aged thirty years and upwards each - depose and say that we are children of Col Seth Walker, late of Derry in the County of Rockingham deceased - that the said Seth Walker at the time of his death was a Revolutionary En- sign of the United States that he died at said Derry on the eighth day of October A.D. 1830; that his wife and our mother Temperance Walker was then living and is still living and since that time hath never intermarried but remains the widow of the said Seth Walker.
Temperance Walker Martha W. Gale.
Rockingham ss December 24, 1830 Then Tem- perance Walker and Martha W. Gale (and I certify that each of them is a credible witness whose testimony is entitled to credit) made solemn oaths that the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed is true
Before me
John Sullivan Just Peace.
I Jeremiah Choate of Derry A.D. aged fiftyone years and upwards testify and say that Col Seth Walker of said Derry a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States died at said Derry on the eighth day of October A.D. 1830. I was present at the time of his death and saw him die. His wife Temperance Walker, now his widow, is still living and since his death has never intermarried.
Jeremiah Choate
Rockingham ss December 25, 1830 Then Jeremiah Choate who I certify is a credible person and his statements entitled to full credit made oaths that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me
Thornton Batten Just Peace.

State of New Hampshire Rockingham I John Kelly Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that John Sullivan Esquire is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that the foregoing signature pur- porting to be his is genuine and in his own proper handwriting I further certify that Thornton Britton Esquire is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and in his own proper handwriting.
For testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court of Probate This 25 th day of December 1880
John Kelly Register of Probate
See case 7 vol. 10, p. 100 John M. [?] North

I William Walker of Wamstead in the County of Strafford and State of Massachusetts. depose and say that I entered into the Service of the State Troops of said State of Massachusetts in the month of November 1775: in the Revolution- ary war and joined the Company command- ed by Captain Eliphalit Daniels - that I was was finally discharged from said Company in 1777. That during all that time I was well acquainted with Seth Walker who was orderly Sargent of said Company at the time I joined it and a war- second Lieutenant when I left the Company. - That the identical Seth Walker is now present while giving this affidavit. Wm Walker
State of Massachusetts Rockingham on this 27th day July A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me the above named William Walker a person entitled to full faith and credit and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Richard Justice of the Peace

Cott Walker
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham, in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Benja- min Penhallow before whom the annexed affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Rockingham - and also that Peter Chad- wick before whom the within affidavit was sworn is also a Justice of the Peace for said County and that the Signatures to the certificates thereof are in the hand writing of the said Penhallow & Chadwick -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 17 th day of August AD 1832
P Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

I, Caleb Spinney of Kittery in the County of York and State of Maine, of the Age of Seventy Seven years Depose and say that on the first of October 1776. I Enlisted in a Company raised for the defence of Portsmouth Harbour in the State of New-Hampshire, and was stationed at Fort Sullivan on Seavey's Island on the Northeast side of Piscataqua River, under the Command of Ephraim Daniels Esquire, Andrew Marshall, was first Lieutenant, and Mendum Jonnin was second Lieutenant, at which time Seth Walker was first Sergeant and Clerk, of said Company, I was appointed a Sergeant in said Company and sustained said capacity during the time I belonged to said Company, that said Seth Walker on the first day of January 1777. was appointed and commissioned second Lieutenant of said Company, in which capacity he remained until the ninth day of December 1777. when he resigned said Commission, and left said Fort, and I further State that during the time the said Seth Walker was stationed at said Fort, he was an able and faithful Officer, and much respected as such. and further saith not.
Caleb Spinney
State of New-Hampshire } County of Rockingham S.S. } Portsmouth August 16 th 1832. Then the above named the Caleb Spinney, personally appeared, and made Solemn Oath, to the Truth of the above deposition by him subscribed.
Before me
Benjamin Penhallows Justice Peace.
I certify that the above named Caleb Spinney, is to my knowledge, a very respectable man.
Benjamin Penhallows Justice Peace.

MEMORANDUM.
Musical, Phonograph Record Co.,
S. W. GILES, Proprietor.
Original Records of all Descriptions, Band Records a Specialty.
OFFICE & RECORD-ROOMS, = = 57 West 24th St.
NEW YORK, April 6, 1898
M
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Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please be kind enough to let me know about the services of Seth Walker of Portsmouth, N. H., in The War of The American Revolution, and the name of his wife who applied for pension.
Thanking you in advance for your trouble, I remain,
Respectfully yours,
Musical Phonograph Record Co.,
Prop.
S. W. Giles

Rev Sec 1775 Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern Corner Broad & Pearl Streets
New York City July 28, 1920.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen;—
Will you kindly furnish me with the Revolutionary service of Seth Walker who was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on August 29, 1756, was a citizen of the State of New Hampshire and died in Derry, New Hampshire on October 8, 1838. He was a pensioner under the act of July 4, 1836.
Very truly yours,
Henry Russell Browne Secretary.

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 Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. W. 15859.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
April 25, 1893.
Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Seth Walker made an application for pension on August 17, 1832, at which time he was 75 years of age and residing at Exeter, N. H., and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a sergeant and lieutenant in the New Hampshire troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Daniels. He enlisted at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His widow, Temperance, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. S. W. Giles,
57 West 24th Street,
New York City.

July 26, 1935.
BA-J/ILL
Nelson Handsaker 2191 Berkeley Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Josiah Martin, a pensioner of Rutherford County, Tennessee, and Seth Walker, a pensioner of Derry New Hampshire.
The records of these two soldiers are furnished herewith from pension claims on file based upon their service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

January 11, 1933
BA-J/MCS
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Seth Walker
W. 15859
Mrs. A. J. Berger Box 379 Arkansas City Kansas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Jesse, Seth and William Walker, soldiers of the Revolution.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 15859, based upon the military service of Seth Walker.
He was born August 29, 1756, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The names of his parents were not given.
While living in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he enlisted June 23, 1775, and served four months in Captain Tobias Fernald's Company in Colonel Scammon's Massachusetts Regiment. In 1775 he served fifteen days in Captain George Turner's New Hampshire Company of Artillery. He served from November or December, 1775, until January 1, 1777, as first sergeant and clerk in Captain Eliphalet Daniels' New Hampshire Company of Matrosses. January 1, 1777, he was commissioned second lieutenant and served from then until December 9, 1777, as such in Captain Eliphalet Daniels' New Hampshire Company of Matrosses. He next served ten months in command of marines on the private armed ship "Hampden", Captain Timothy Pickering, which vessel was fitted out in Portsmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 1832, at which time he was living in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, having moved there from Portsmouth in October, 1809.
Seth Walker died October 8, 1838, at Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, having moved there from Exeter in 1834.

This soldier married at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 13, 1777, Temperance Beverly of that place.
She was allowed pension on her application executed December 24, 1838, at which time she was living in Derry, New Hampshire, and then stated that she was "aged eighty years and upwards".
She died at Exeter, New Hampshire, March 30, 1841, and was survived by the following children: Temperance, resident of Exeter in 1851; William, resident of South Newmarket, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, in 1851; Martha W. Gale, a widow living in Exeter in 1851.
One William Walker, a resident of Barnstead, New Hampshire, in 1832, stated that he served with Seth Walker during the Revolution but he did not give his relation to him. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family in the papers of this pension claim.
You are herewith furnished the record of the Revolutionary War soldier, William Walker, W. 16083. Because of the large number of requests for records of soldiers of the Revolution and the lack of sufficient clerical force for furnishing this information, this office is unable to send more than two records to each inquirer.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

of Seth Walker , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 18889
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 23. 1775 4 mos. Tobias Fernald Scammon Mass   1775 15 days Col. Turner's co. of Art N H   Nov. 2. 1775 to Jan. 1. 1777 Sgt. & Clerk Eliphalet Daniels' co of Malross "   Jan. 1. 1777 to Dec. 9. 1777 2nd Lieut " " "   " 10 mos. in command of marines Timothy Pickering on private armed ship "Hampden" fitted out in Portsmouth  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Portsmouth N.H.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 17. 1832. His ch. ab.
Residence at date of application, Exeter Rockingham Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, born Portsmouth N.H. Aug. 29. 1756. died at Derry, Rockingham Co. N.H. Oct. 8. 1838
Remarks: ad. mar. at Portsmouth N.H. Jan. 17. 1777. Temperance Beverly of said place, She was at few. on ap. ev. Dec. 24. 1838 res. Derry N.H. She died at Exeter Mar. 30. 1841 leaving the following children Temperance, William and Martha W. Gale an widow.