Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30763, Elisha Waterman, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Waterman, Elisha
NUMBER
S. 30763
CONTENTS

84 Plymouth
10-226 Massachusetts
Elisha Waterman of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Harlow of the Regt commanded by Col Cotton in the War time for 6 Mos 14 Days
Mid
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 21 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of March 1833 and sent S H Bond Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $43.10 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Feb " 10.77 $53.87
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H Blair Clerk, Book 70. Vol. 24 Page 90.

Elisha Waterman Elisha Waterman
13.355
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Elisha Waterman

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, SS.
ON this twenty third day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court , before me Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at within
and for said County of Plymouth, Elisha Waterman a resident of Halifax — in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty three — 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He hereby relinquish- es 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. viz.
That in the month of February A.D. 1776 I enlisted into a military Company commanded by James Harlow of Hingham in the County of said. in Col. Cottom's Regt. in the war of the Revolution & served three months in Rox- bury & Dorchester near Boston & was then discharged but had no written discharge.
That again in the fall of the year 1776 was called out to march to Warren in the State of Rhode Island on an alarm in a Company com- manded by Lieut. Judah Wood of said Halifax I marched accordingly & served under said Wood two weeks at Bristol in said State of Rhode Island was then dis- charged without a written discharge.
That in the year 1777 in the fore part of that year I was a Solder in the war of the

of the Revolution in the company commanded by Capt. Patrick - Col. Jones' Regt. at Roxbury & Dorchester afterward & served there three months when they discharged but had no written discharge
I was not discharged nor did I serve on a substitute in either of the periods of service above mentioned I have no documentary evidence of my service except the depositions of Eben Thompson, Daniel Soule - Samuel Cole & Judah Wood whose depositions are here to annexed -
I was born in the year 1749 at Halifax aforesaid have always had my home in Halifax where I now reside.
That he is known to Samuel S. Stratton - Zeb- -diah Thompson Esq. of Halifax who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. That there is no settled minister residing in Halifax -
Elisha his Waterman mark
Received & sworn to the day & year above written
Wilkes Blood J. Dab

We, Samuel S. Shute  a clergyman , residing in the town of Halifax and Zebadiah Thompson residing in the same Halifax hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Ebenezer Watson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Samuel S. Shute Zebadiah Thompson
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Wilkes Wood J. Probate
And the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to me that Samuel S. Shute who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Halifax aforesaid and that Zebadiah Thompson who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same Halifax  both are and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Wilkes Wood Judge of Probate
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and seal of office, this  day of  in the year of our Lord one  thousand eight hundred and thirty
Wilkes Wood is Judge of the said Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth and that his name where it is subscribed in this paper to the certificates are true & genuine signatures.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Jacob H. Loud
Elisha H. Waterman
13.355

Elisha Waterman Map.
Prats
6 Mar 14 days
at
$ 21.55
13355
J. W. Lord Plymouth Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Usha Waterman  60. of Plymouth  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? then before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? no  3. How old is he? 83  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.     July . . . In 1746 enlisted 3 private Gen. Capt Harlow Col Cotton   1747 14 " Capt Wood   1748 3 " Capt Partridge Col Doyl  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hallifax Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? . 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payson
Examining Clerk.

I Ebenezer Thomson of Halifax in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts of the age of Seventy nine years testify and say that I was a soldier in the war of the American Revolution and was two weeks at Warren called the Bristol alarm in the fall of 1776 in Lieut Judah Woods Company I further testify and say I knew Elisha Waterman of Halifax who was in said Woods Company and served two weeks to the best of my recollection and belief said Water- man now resides in said Halifax and have always known him
Ebenezer Thomson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss
August 10 th 1832 Personally appeared
Ebenezer Thomson Before the Subscriber and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true I further testify that said Thomson is a credible man
Depts C. Thomson Justice Peace

30763 Pay INVALID.
File No 30763
Elisha Waterman
Dei Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 487
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elisha Patterson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Certified by two Citizens XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

I Judah Wood of Halifax in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts of the age seventy one years testify and say that I was a Soldier in the war of the American Revolution and was three months at Dorchester in the Spring of 1777 in Capt. Partridges Company 1st Pioneer Regiment I further testify and say I knew Elisha Waterman of Halifax who was in said Partridges Company and served three months to the best of my recollection and I believe said Waterman now resides in Halifax and have always known him. Judah Wood
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss.
August 10th 1832 Personally appeared Judah Wood Before the subscriber and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true I further testify that said Wood is a credible man
Dyter C. Thomson Justice Peace

I Daniel Soule of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts of the age Seventy two years testify and say that I was a Soldier in the war of the American Revolution and was three Months at Roxbury in February 1776 in Capt. James Hooton's Company Colo. Col. 19 - Regiment. I further testify and say I knew Elisha Westermore of Halifax who was in said Hooton's Company and served three Months to the best of my Recollection and belief. Said Westermore Hooton's President in Halifax - and have always known him
Daniel Soule
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker & Dex- ter C. Morrison Esqrs are Justices of the Peace in & for said County & their names subscribed to this & the annexed certificates are true & genuine sig- natures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss.
July 31 st 1832 then Personally appeared the within named Daniel Soule before the Subscribers and Made oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is true I Further testify said Soule is a credible witness
Jonathan Pather Juror of the Peace