Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33895, Israel Whiton, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Whiton, Israel
S 33895-
CONTENTS
Jan 7/20/25

13957 Q  Massachusetts  Israel Whiton
of Hingham in the state of Mass s who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel H. Jackson of the Mass t line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of July 1819 and sent to U. S. Judge Davis .  Boston
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819  89.29    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1819  48    11 5/31  $137.29  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
8. May 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Israel Whiton by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
W Daws { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston September 22 A. D. 1818 Israel Whiton
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that the above named  Israel Whiton subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
W Daws { Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

I Israel Whiton of Hingham in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, do hereby testify & declare, that in the latter part of the year 1775, or beginning of the year 1776, I enlisted in Capt. Charles Cushing's company, in Colonel Greighton's regiment to go to Canada; that in the Spring of the year 1776, I marched from Cambridge on to New York, Albany &c. to Montreal; that I served the whole year in said regiment and was discharged, I think, at Morristown.
I afterward enlisted under Capt. Dolliver of Boston, in Colonel Henry Jackson's regiment, in which Lemuel Prescott was Major, for the term of three years, the whole of which term I served in said regiment, and was regularly discharged, I think on the 10th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty; Israel Whiton
Plymouth Ss. March 30th 1818. Then the above named Israel Whiton personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above declaration, by him subscribed, before me
Abner Lincoln Just. of Peace.
Hingham March 30th 1818.
We the subscribers hereby certify that the above named Israel Whiton, in consequence of his age & bodily infirmities and indigent circumstances, stands in need of assistance from his country, as an old soldier, for his support.
Moses Spear Caleb Gill } Selectmen of the Town of Hingham.

I, Israel Whiton a resident Citizen of the U.S. of Mass of Hingham in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, do hereby testify and declare, that in the latter part of the year 1775 or beginning of the year 1776, I enlisted in Capt. Charles Leavings company in Colonel Creighton's regiment Massachusetts regt to go to Canada; that in the Spring of the year 1776, I marched from Cambridge on to New York, Albany &c. to Montreal; that I served the whole year for which I enlisted, in said regiment, & was discharged, I think, at Morristown.
I afterward enlisted under Capt. Doolittle of Boston, in Colonel Henry Jackson's regiment in which Lemuel Prescott was Major for the term of three years, the whole of which term, I served in said regiment, and was regularly discharged I think on 10th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty. Israel Whiton
Massachusetts Dist. S. } Boston 3. March 1818 }
Sworn to before me J. M. Dyer Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

We the undersigned, do hereby subscribe our names in support & confirmation of the afore- going certificate. Almon Lincoln
J. Talbot Jonathan Lincoln Bezaleel Lincoln Joseph Beal Welcome Lincoln Duncan M c Bratton
No 96 Israel Norton 46 - of nation my to 80 Jackfer Aug. 1
the whole transmitted by him as the Judge, Certificate to his province - the annexed certificate is for Almon Lincoln
Martin Bravell George Hovey Caleb Hovey Caleb Datt Martin Hobart Solomon Lincoln Samuel Hobart Laban Hovey Samuel Gearing R d Lincoln Benjamin J. Williams Joseph Peabody Edward Thaxter David Lincoln Solomon Jones David Andrews Jr Thos. Loring

Israel Whiton
18957
Sept. 19
Con. D.L.E.
Israel Whiton

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth ss.
On this Eighteenth day of July 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County Israel Whiton aged sixty two years, resident in Hingham - in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of Four years in Col: Grafton's & Jackson's Regts and that he has received a pension certificate dated July 10 th 1819 and numbered 13.957. in pursuance of his original Declaration made March 31 st 1818. and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 28th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. viz a free hold estate during my life in a small one story house with one acre of land the fee in my wife subject to two mortgages on which are due 100. Some besides $101.85. beeper stock & tools - 1 pig - 5 bushels rye - 2 tables - 14 chairs - iron ware earthen & crockery ware - knives & forks - 14 dogs - 3 spoons (iron) candlestick bible - testament - hoe, shovel & rake - p bellows - 1 chest, wooden ware - fowl. 1 loom tackling. - - - My family consists of myself my wife & a daughter I am by trade a cooper but am incapable of much labour in consequence of the loss of an eye & of a burst. my wife's health is so extreme ly feeble as to be incapable of any labour my daughter is twenty years of age & capable of supporting her self I could not have supported my family had I not received occasional aid from my friends & more recently from the bounty of Government in my pension
Israel Whiton
Sworn to, and declared, on the 17 th day of July A.D. 1820 before Nahum Mitchell Esq. Justice of said Court
I, John B Thomas clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty dollars and no cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the court, on this thirteenth day of September 1820
John B Thomas Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

33 895 Rev INVALID.
File No. 88 895-
Isaac Whiton
Dei Geo. Davis
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 458
[Arrangement of 1870.]