Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,134, Abijah Whiton, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Whiton, Abijah Deborah
Nr. 14.134
CONTENTS
Jan 7/20/05

Massachusetts - 3806
Deborah Whiton widow of Abijah Whiton,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 1 st December 1826 of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts who was a Col. & S t in the County commanded by Captain Wiley Mass the Reg t commanded by Greaton in the Mass s line for 23. m th 19 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 187 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Aug t 39, as sent to E. Parkers, Cambridge, Mass s
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. - $ 322.50 Semi-annual allowance ending 53.75 $ 376.25
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R Burdin Clerk, Book A Vol. 17 Page 144

5579 Deborah Whiton
Mass.
act 7. July 38
m 79-
vol 14. p 61 75/ corp 8 mo 24 p 1. 77. Serjt 3-19 doc 76- 12
adm
8 mo (orp)
15. 1901 Serjt
$107.50
No deduction
E. Packard Cummington Mass.
Deborah Whiton 5579 Declaration

State of Massachusetts } ss Hampshire County }
On this Sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight Personally appeared before the Hon Statham  Conkey Judge of Probate within and for said County Deborah  Whiton a resident of Chesterfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
That She is the widow of Abijah  Whiton who was a Soldier of the Revolution and served as she believes eight months at Proxbury in the state of Massachusetts as a Sergeant in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five she is unable to state the Officers under whom he served. That in the beginning of the year seventeen hundred and seventy six he enlisted into the Regiment of Col John  Greaton that he marched from the state of Massachusetts to New York from thence to Crown Point that he served in said Regiment as a Sergeant one year the term for which he enlisted That in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in July or August enlisted into Capt Theophilus  Wilder Company and Col Gills Regiment for the term of three months that he went from Hingham in the state of Massachusetts to Stillwater in the state of New York and was in that vicinity until after the surrender of Gen Burgoyne when he was ordered down the Hudson River when the term of his enlistment expired That he served the two last campaigns as a Sergeant as appears from two Sergeants warrants which have accidentally been preserved amongst his writings
She further declares that She was married to the said Abijah  Whiton in the month of January  seventeen hundred and seventy nine that her husband the aforesaid Abijah  Whiton died on the first day of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty six that she was not married to him prior to her leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January  seventeen hundred and ninety four Ver at Wutimawobos State
Deborah X Whiton mark
Sworn and subscribed on this day and year above written
Before Statham  Conkey Judge of Probate

I Samuel H. Symon Register of the Court of Probates in and for said County do thereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Deborah Whiton for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of October A.D. 1838-
Sam H. Symon Regs Prob.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition (2) was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Sixteenth day of October A. D. 1838
Sam F Lyman Register of Probate.

I Lebbeus Bates of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy eight years do hereby say that in the Revolutionary War I was acquainted with Abijah Whiton who then Resided in the town of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and State aforesaid that I served with him in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in Capt Theophilus Welden Company and Col Gills Regiment that the said Whiton was second Sergeant in said Company that we marched from the County of Plymouth in the month of August to Still water in the State of New York and were in that vicinity until after the surrender of Gen Burgoyne we then went down the River to Albany and thence to Kingsbridge and New Rochelle where our term was out and we were discharged
I further depose and say that I know the same Abijah Whiton in Chesterfield in the County of Hampshire and State aforesaid and that he died several years since and left a widow Deborah Whiton who still resides in said Chesterfield and remains his widow Oct 5 1838
Lebbeus Bates
State of Massachusetts } ss County of Hampshire } Oct 5 1838
Then personally appeared before me Lebbeus Bates and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that the aforesaid Deponent is a credible person Elisha Hall Prochasa Justice of the Peace

I Alpha Thayer of Chesterfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do here and say that I was present at the death of Abijah Whiton late of said Chesterfield deceased who was reputed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution that he died to my certain knowledge on the first day of December eighteen hundred and twenty six and that he left Deborah Whiton his widow now resident in said Chesterfield who has ever since the death of her said husband remained his widow Chesterfield Oct 15 1838
Alpha Thayer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Hampshire County } ss
On this fifteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight Personally appeared before me Alpha Thayer and subscribed and swore to the fore- going affidavit and I further certify that the aforesaid deponent is a credible person
Eliphalel Packard Justice of the Peace

1779 Jan. 7 18
The intentions of marriage between Abijah Whiton & Deborah Bates both of this Town hatts bin published as ye law directs January Eighteenth Seventeen hundred and seventy nine -
I Oliver Edwards do certify that I am the Town Clerk of the Town of Chesterfield Hampshire County Massachusetts and that the above is a true copy from the Records of said Town with the exception that the dates which are expressed on the record in fair legible figures I have also expressed in words - I further certify that I have made diligent search for the Record of the marriage of Abijah Whiton & Deborah Bates and can find no Record on the town Books of said persons
Chesterfield January 17 th 1839 Oliver Edwards Town Clerk

Feby. 26-1903 W. S. Williams Rensselaer N.Y.
Mass
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14134
Deborah Whiton
Widow of
Abijah Whiton
Serg. Mass. Line
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index: Vol. M , Page 331
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Lot Marsh of Hingham, in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty one years do depose and say that Abijah Whiton of Hingham served as a corporal or sergeant in Capt. Gotham Loring's (afterwards Capt. Charles Cushing's) company eight months in Roxbury and Cambridge in the year 1775. I was a private in the same company for the same term. He removed to Chesterfield, Massachusetts some time during the Revolutionary War. — Col. Gnaton commanded the Regiment.
Lot Marsh
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Plymouth County ss. March 27 th , 1839. Then personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace within and for said County Lot Marsh above mentioned and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed in my presence is true, and I hereby certify that said Marsh is a person well known to me to be a person of good reputation for truth —
Solomon Lincoln Justice of the Peace.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Solomon Lincoln Esq. is a justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this eighth day of April 1839 Jacob H. Lord

I Martin Fearing of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to give evidence do on oath depose and say that I am Town Treasurer of said Hingham, that I have in my possession certain papers which were left among papers of my grandfather John Fearing deceased who was Treasurer of said Town during a part of the Revolutionary War, and among them is one which is an order signed by the Selectmen of said town dated April 19, 1779 addressed to the Treasurer of said town in words following "To the Treasurer of the Town of Hingham, "Sir, please to pay the persons hereafter named (who served as officers and soldiers in an Expedition in Canada "in the year 1776) the sum of eighteen Pounds each agreeable "to a vote of the town" - I further depose and say that a list of names follows among which the first named are
X "Charles Cushing X Benjamin Beal X John Lincoln X Moses Sprague X Abijah Whiton X X Christopher Rilby "
and to each of the above names a cros is prefixed as above indicating as I believe payment of the order to the person named
Martin Fearing
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Plymouth ss, May 31st, 1839, Then personally appeared the

within name a Martin Hearing Treasurer of the Town of Hingham and made oath that the within deposition by him subscribed is true, and I certify that said Hearing is a person well known to me, he is Treasurer of said Hingham, and a person of good reputation for truth, before me Solomon Lincoln a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Plymouth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Solomon Lin- coln Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this third day of June 1839.
Jacob H. Lord

30 Washington Ave Rensselaer N.Y. Feb 12. 1903
To the Bureau of Pensions Will you kindly send the- record of service &c of the two following Revolutionary Soldiers -
Abijah Whitin or Whiton of Hingham, Mass. and Daniel Littlefield , also enlisted from Mass.
Very truly
W. L. Williams

Deborah Whiteman
Col. 10 2
10 2

I Hannah Stockwell of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty one years do hereby say that about sixty years since I resided in the town of Chesterfield in the County of Hampshire and State aforesaid and was present at the Marriage of Abijah Whiton to Deborah Bates both then residing in said Chesterfield the ceremony was performed by Benjamin Mill Esq. of said Chesterfield I recollect it was in the winter season that the Marriage took place Oct 22 1838
Hannah S Stockwell Mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County ss
On this twenty first second day of October an thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me Hannah Stockwell who is a credible person and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit
Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty third day of October A. D. 1838
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Cummington June 8 1839
J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I enclose to the Pension department the application &c of Deborah Whiton widow of Abijah Whiton for a pension I found it very difficult to obtain living witnesses of a soldier's service in the first years of war but believe the evidence submitted will be sufficient to satisfy you of the time claimed - Respectfully yours Elizabeth Packard

To Sergt Lyman Abijah Whitton
Abijah Whitton Mid 7. 14. 134 Continental and Mass.

By Vertue and Power Given me from the Honored Brigadear General Warner of Massachusetts Bay in New England
To Abijah Whittton Junr
Greeting
You Being Appointed the 2 d Serjeant in the Second Company in the 1 st Brig d whereof Benjamin Gill Esq r is Col l that was raised for A Recainforcement for the Contanetall Army for three Months
By Vertue of the Power Vested in me I Do by these Presents Reposseing Special trust and confidence in your Loyalty Courage and good Conduct I Do Appoint you the 2 d Serj t Accordingly ----- you are therefore Carefully and Diligently to Discharge the Duty of A Serj t in leading Ordering and Exercising Said Company in Arms Boath inferier officers and Soldiers to keep them in good Order and Disciplin ----- and they are hereby Commanded to Obay you as their Serj t and you are yourself to Observe and follow Such Orders and instructions as you shall from time to time receive from your Superier Officers -----
for which this Shall be your Sufficant warrant for this ensuing Campain Given under my hand and Seal at -----
Hingham August 21 st 1707
Theop s Wilder Capt

Deborah Whitson Eugenia Warren
Abijah Whitson Mid 7. 14134 Continental Air Mass mutated.

Camp at Crown Point
Col. John Greaton Commander of the 2d. Reg.
To Abijah Whiton Greeting
By Virtue of the trust reposed in me by the Continental Congress you to be a Sergeant of a company under my command, of which Captain, for the Safety of the united Colonies. You are therefore the Duty of a Sergeant, and obey the Commands of your Superior to the Rules & Discipline of War, and you are to be obeyed as such and this shall be your Sufficient Warrant. Given under my Hand Day of July One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Six
John Greaton