Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,415, Benjamin Wilmarth, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wilmarth Benjamin Hulda
NUMBER
W. 18.415
CONTENTS
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Vermont 27945
Benjamin Winchell, died of Chittenden in the State of Vt. who was a Pvt. in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the Rgt [blank] commanded by Col. Watkins in the March line for 18 mos: Certificate of Hannah Winchell Widow -
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of Sept. 1830 Burlington Vt. — M c Darnell
Arrears to the 4th of — Semi-ann. allowance ending — Amount to 22 Sept 1830 } $153.72 the sum as arrear }
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathl Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 99-

1890 Burlington Vt.
Huldah Wilmar
widow of Benjamin Wilmar
Mass who died on the 16th September 1883
of Middlesex Co in the State of
who was a Private in the _____ commanded
Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Mathews in the Mass. a
line for 18 months.
Letter to Warren 1864 Feb 18/50
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington Vt. at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents, per annum,
to commence on the 14th day of March, 1833
September 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of
1838 and sent to
Allen Heir of Exh.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1835 $262.28
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Sept. " 30.00
$292.28
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3rd.
Recorded by Richd. G. Wilson Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 2 Page 43

Benjamin Milner
Genl Indt
calif may be opened f pss. 10m
(? 3)
6L to ag. pty / 10m
N. B. Haswell Burlington

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
13 Sept '33
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subj d notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Benjamin Wilmerth
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     75 7 Capt Bliss vol 14. 41. - on 8 mo   76 7 Col Cury -   18 Aug 39 3 22 Col Drake 335-677 vol. 29. 204. S 22   18 Oct 39 3 Col Williams 218-872   25 1/2   Alleged 18 mo  
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) 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 hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of 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 hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 , in the initial, &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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Vermont County of Chittenden
On this 15 th day of Nov. A.D. 1882 Personally appeared before me John Kandsukh one of the Judges of Chittenden County Court in and for the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont being a Court of Record Benjamin Milmarth a Resident of Milton County of Chittenden and State of Vermont. Aged twenty eight years Who being first duly sworn according to law. Doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and serv- -ed as herein stated.
That he was born in the town of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts March 12 th A.D. 1754 - I have no record of my age whatever. I lived in the town of Rehoboth aforesaid when I volunteered as a soldier under Capt Samuel Bliss and Lieut. Aaron Walker who lived in the said town of Rehoboth - on the first of May 1775. from there we marched to Roxbury in Massachusetts and was there atta- -ched to Col Timothy Watkins Regiment and was stationed there until the first of Dec following when he was dismissed and returned to Rehoboth he has no written discharge.

That in the summer following in 1776 he volunteered as a soldier with others whose names he cannot recollect marched to New Haven in Connecticut then proceeded by water to the City of New York where he was with the army driven out by the enemy to Harlem. Shortly at New York he was attached to Col. Gary's Regiment who belonged to Bridgewater in Massachusetts. From the time of leaving New York the Regiment was called flying Camp, and moved about from place to place until about the first of Dec following, when the Company was dismissed and he returned home to Rehoboth. Whilst at New York and afterwards he was under the command of Gen Fellows. He was out this time about Seven months the About the middle of August 1781 he enlisted under Capt Daniel Drake of Taunton in Massac- husetts. He remembers the time of his departure from the circumstance of its being immediately after the birth of his first Child on the eighteenth of the same Month. He marched as he thinks through old Hartford to West Point where he was stationed until about the first of December when he was discharged on dis- -charge.

He enlisted or volunteered he thinks some time in the Month of June He was not recruited near Cape James Williams and Sarah Laach Williams and was their Waiter and Cook. He was stationed while at Haverland's ferry in Rhoadsland as a guard. He thinks he was dismissed in Sept having been out about three months He has resided in the town of Wulfa County of Chittenden since State of Vermont for the last thirty two years. I am known to the Rev. Simon Parry and Isaac Chan of Wulfa and to many others who can testify to my good Character as to truth and honesty and the belief of my serious av- -ing the reputation. I have no documentary evi- -dence to show my services and know of no person liv- -ing by whom I can show my services except those whose depositions are herewith annexed. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and claims that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Benjamin his Wilonarth Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
John P. Van Brinklin Judge of Chittenden County Court

1 We Simon Parmely a Clergyman and Isaac Chase a Scribe of the Peace. Residing in the Town of Witcomb in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont hereby certify that we are well ac- -quainted with Benjamin Wilmarth who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years old that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resi- -des to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Simon Parmely Isaac Chase
State of Vermont Chittenden County } Witnesseth Oct 15 th 1832.
Personally appeared Simon Parmely and Isaac Chase signers of the above Certificate and made oath that it is true.
Before Me -
John Pombuck Deputy Clerk of Chittenden County Court

State of Vermont Chittenden County ss
I Esther Dixon of Westford in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont being of the age of sixty-five years do testify and say that I was showing to Benjamin Wilmot living in Rehoboth in the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and there was a call for the Militia to go to Roxbury and Benjamin Wilmot turn out a volunteer and my Brother John Boyer went at the same time with him and I believe for eight months my Brother came home once on a furlough and returned and Benjamin Wilmot came home on the death of his Father being killed by the fall of a tree and returned back to Roxbury. I further say that I fully believe that the said Benjamin went out a number of times in the course of the Revolution war. Westford August 3 rd 1832 Esther Dixon
A
State of Vermont on the 3 rd Day of August AD 1832. Chittenden County ss I Esther Dixon made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by her subscribed Isaac Chase Justice Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the before-named Esther Dixon and consider her a Woman of undoubted veracity — Isaac Chase Justice Peace
State of Vermont Chittenden County ss
I Nathan B. Barrell Clerk of Chittenden County do hereby certify that Isaac Chase Esq. before whom the above affidavits marked A & B were taken was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this State and I believe his name thereto subscribed to be his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 7 th day of April AD 1834 Nathan B Barrell

B. W. Mault for Pension
C. Dixon Affidavit
- Esther Dixon Deposition

Benjamin Wilmouth Declaration for a Pension - 1832
Westford Vt. - when decided to be forwarded to the Nation B. Flannell Burlington Vermont

Rolls Vol 14. p 41. Smo. pri. 75. Capt. Culip 29. " 204. 4- " 82. " Drake-28.2. 12mo-
Capt. James Williams not found. no Capt. named in 76-
There being no rolls of the Mass. Service in 1776. it is deemed proper to allow the same as before-

I Chloe Hooker of Westford in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont being of the age of sixty eight years do testify and say that I was knowing that Benjamin Wilmoth my Brother and I was living in Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts my Brother Benjamin went a soldier to Groton with the Militia  where the British were in Boston I well remember that my Father was killed by a fall of a tree and my Brother Benjamin was sent for and came home and attended the burial of my father and went directly back to Groton.
I well remember that my Brother Benjamin went out a soldier at another time for I was a living with him and was burying his wife with her first child he went about that time.
at a other time my Brother Benjamin went to Rhode Island and when he returned he told me that he see the grave of his Brother Valentine who was killed in the Battle on Newport island.
Westford August 3 rd 1832
Chloe
Hooker
State of Vermont on the 3 rd Day of August AD 1832 Chittenden County ss I Chloe Hooker made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by her Subscribed.
Before me
Isaac Chase Justice Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the before named Chloe Hooker and consider her a Woman of undoubted veracity.
Isaac Chase Justice Peace

B. Wilmarth for Pension
C. Hooker's Affidavit

Chloe Hooker Deposition

B. W. Smith for Pension
Rev. S. Parmelee's Statement

To whom it may concern
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Benjamin Wilmerth of Washington County and State of Vermont for about twenty four years and I know it to be believed by all his acquaintances that he was a soldier of the Revolution, and I have not the least doubt of the honesty of his statements in the above determination as he has always sustained the character of a man of undoubted integrity. I further certify that he is indolent, and feeble, and from want of memory a copious connected story of his services cannot be expected. That he should do little more than to remember that he was a soldier and traveled to certain places at different times and served under certain officers cannot be expected.
Simeon Parnell Olenymer
Subscribed to and released the 15th day of Nov - 1832
Refer me -
John Mansfield & { { day of { Chelsea

And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after investigating 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 I further certify that the Applicant by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend to appear in Court to make his declaration And further that it appears to me that Simeon Parmlee is a Clergyman of good standing and respectability and that Isaac Chase is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont and that they are both entitled to the highest credits
John P. Sanuel Clerk { Judge of Chittenden County Court
I Nathan B Haswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Benjamin Wilmart for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16th day of Nov A.D. 1832
Nathan B Haswell

Rolls vol 14. p 41. Smo. pri. 75. Capt. Cutlip 29. " 204. 4- " 82. " Drake-28.2. 12mo-
Capt. James Williams not found. no Capt. named in 76-
There being no rolls of the Mass. Service in 1776. it is deemed proper to allow the same as before-
Benjamin Melmoth
Declaration for a
Pension - 1892
Wentford Vt - when
decided to be forwarded
to the Station B.
Flamell Washington
Vermont

V 1534
Huldah Willmarth widow of Benjamin
1776
Mar 2 1776
Mar 1833
Age 18 mo fr. 1776
Stearns cong.
Ha H. Allen H R

State of Vermont } On this 17 th day of March, 1837, personally Chittenden County ss } appeared before William Wood Judge of Chittenden County Court, Huldah Willmott, a resident of Westford in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged eightyone years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the be- nefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4 th , 1836: That she is the widow of Benjamin Willmott, who was a Soldier in Revolutionary war and drew a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
She further states that she was married to the said Benjamin Willmott, on the 30 th day of December in the year seventeen hundred and Seventy Six that her husband, the aforesaid Benjamin Willmott, died on the 26 th day of September 1833; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period; as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herewith annexed.
Huldah Willmott Mark
Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that the affiant is a credible person. And I further certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court
William Wood - Assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court
State of Vermont } On this 17 th day of March, 1837, personally Chittenden County ss } appeared before William Wood Judge of Chittenden County Court Nathan Sinkhorn a resident of Milton in said County of Chittenden of lawful age who being first duly sworn according to law testifies and says that he was present and witnessed the marriage of Benjamin Willmott to Huldah Sinkhorn, now the widow of the said Benjamin Willmott, at the time stated in her declaration above, and that she still remains a widow. Further saith not. Nathan Sinkhorn
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, and I certify that the deponent is a credible person.
William Wood - Assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court

State of Vermont } On this 18 th day of March 1837 personally Chittenden County ss. } appeared before William Wood Judge of Chittenden County Court. Chloe Hooker a resident of Westford in said County of Chittenden, of lawful age, who being first duly sworn according to law, her oath, declares that she was present and witnessed the marriage of Benjamin Wilmouth to Huldah Simonds, the now widow of said Benjamin Wilmouth, at the time stated in her declaration within, and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband, and further saith not
Chloe her Hooker Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, and I certify that the deponent is a credible person
William Wood } Assistant Judge of Chittenden Co Court
State of Vermont } Chittenden County ss }
I William Noble Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that William Wood, before whom and at the time when the foregoing deposition of Huldah Wilmouth, Nathan Lincoln and Chloe Hooker were taken was an assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court by virtue of said office a Justice of the Peace for the County of Chittenden, duly qualified acting under the authority of this State and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Burlington aforesaid this 20 th day of March 1837. Wm. Noble.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18415
Harold Wilmoth Widow of Benjamin Wilmoth Dr. Rev. Wm.
Act: July 4th 86
Index:—Vol. iii , Page 343
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Very M ch nts Chthader f. d r Varmat As 1877. when last paid
P. Off Mar 26 1877

Burlington April 7. 1834
J L Edmonds Esq
I am requested to return you the papers of Benjamin Melmoth which I now do with a certificate from the Clergymen of Wantford, and Mr Maunsell, both highly respectable men, — it appears that Mr Melmoth is dead, — and I am told his widow is very poor, — I have annexed a certificate of authenticity of Mr Chase
Yours Respectfully Nathan B. Darrow

J. S. Calhoun Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Burlington Nov. 8, 1837
Dear Sir, Herewith I forward all the further evidence which can be obtained in relation to the claim of the widow Wellmuth. In your note of the 7 th of June last, you observe, "that on examining the rolls since the admission of Benjamin Wellmuth to pension, the alleged service is not verified to the extent allowed." How could that mistake happen? will you have the goodness to examine the rolls again? may you not have overlooked the evidence? If upon further examination your find you were correct, allow the widow for the length of service which does appear her husband did prove. The name of the Capt. under whom her husband served in 1776 is now furnished by a living witness, but his the Capt. name may not still be found on the Army rolls of that state, as they were not particular to preserve the rolls in the early part of the war; that should not operate against the claim so far as his service has been proved. The widow is a poor old helpless woman supported by charity, and if consistent with justice I hope you will allow her something, as I have no doubt she ought to have all that her husband could have claimed by the act of 1832.
If the further evidence of the widow Benedict's claim has been received and is sufficient to entitle her to a pension and is allowed, please to forward to me her certificate if made out.
Respectfully &c
Your Obedient servant
David Russell
J. S. Edwards Enquire

D. Roper N. Wilmer Mar 1. 35
H. H. Allen 1872

Burlington Feb. 24, 1838
Dear Sir,
Will you have the goodness to call on Mr. Edwards and inquire what has been decided in the case of the widow of Benjamin Wilmoth. Her husband drew a pension while he lived of the amount they honored by their books. Ample proof has been furnished of her being the wife of the said Benjamin during his service and that she is still his widow; but they say on examining the rolls his proof of service did not entitle him to the amount allowed him under the act of 1832. I think it very singular that he would be continued to draw the amount allowed till his death, and on proof of service they were satisfied with at the time he was put onto the pension roll, and now call on his widow to prove more service. They must be aware that it is next to impossible for her to furnish any such proof at this late period, and if they made a mistake in calculating the length of service by which they graduated his amount of pension, I should think it too late to correct it; at any rate they ought to allow the widow for the length of service which they find he did prove. The good old woman has been supported by the Overseers of the poor of Westford ever since the death of her husband, one of whom is a Mr. Griffin whom I presume you know, and who will be very grateful for any thing you can do for the widow now under his care.
Your obedient Servt
David Russell
Heman Allen Esquire

Huldah Wilmarth
18 mi private
$60
A. L. Edmonds Esq.
org deed Commission of Deed 26 Sept 1833 Washington
SEP 26 1833
153.72
N B Hamill
Burlington
Vt

State of Vermont Chittenden County
I Nathan B. Hovey Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that it has been satisfactorily proved to said Court that Benjamin Willmuth late of Nutford in said County and who made application for a Pension under the act of June 7. 1832. died at Watford on the 24th day of September A.D. 1833. and that Huldah Willmuth his widow yet surviving his widow
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 12th day of September A.D. 1834
Nathan B. Hovey

Burlington Sept 12. 1834
Sir I herewith transmit your other Certificates required in the case of Nursing Minnow, as per your letter to me of July 1. 1834.
Please forward the Certificate as soon as convenient
and oblige yours Respectfully J Nathan B Harrell
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June
2/12/67
1895-36-167
Dear Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
My dear Sir, July 4

Westford Chittenden Co Vermont
Feby 1 st 1850
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Sir. Benjamin Wilmarth late of this town served as a private in the War of the Revolution; and his Widow Huldah Wilmarth, now resides in this place and has rec d and is now receiving a pension from the United States. The evidence of his services, and of her intermarriage with him, are with the Department.
Will you inform her what further proceedings must be had to obtain a title or Warrant to the Bounty land granted in such cases to the Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers? She would employ an agent near Washington but should it pass through them, she is fearful there would not be much left for her.
Please direct to Warren (Hosea)
For Huldah Wilmarth
Westford, Chittenden Co
Vermont

Whereas the papers containing the application of Benjamin Willmoth for a pension under the late Act have been returned as possessing insufficient proof, I am requested to state to the War department the present circumstances of the case. The sd Benjamin Willmoth deceased Sept. 26, 1833, and I can certify that I attended his burial. Further proof thereof cannot be obtained in this case but it is believed by all his acquaintances that he was honestly entitled to a share of that munificent which a generous publick have been disposed to bestow on the sufferers of the Revolution. I will further state that he has left an indigent widow who is very dependent and should be thought that the grant of such pcy up to the time of his death might be made, consistent with the Law, it will speeden the heart of a suffering female.
Westford March 3, 1834,
Simeon Pammel Clergymen of the town.
P.S. The name of the above widow Huldah Willmoth.
I hereby confirm the above statement
Jacob Macomber Just Iss
Westford March 3 d 1834
State of Vermont Chittenden County
I Nathan B Haswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Jacob Macomber Esq. before whom the above affidavit was taken was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace, duly qualified acting under the authority of this State, and that his name there subscribed, is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 7 th day of April A.D. 1834
Nathan B Haswell

Frederick Willman H. 1034 - Feb 4, 1836 x add. to y. Care of Mason Heathman.
J. R. C.
Mar 28
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J. S. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Burlington March, 20, 1837
Mr Edwars six,
December 26, I put in to the Mail
here The declaration of a man by the name of Ide, claiming a pension. On the 2 d of February I put into the Postoffice here the declaration of a widow Bopmetict; on the 4 th of March, one of a widow Martin; on the 9 th of March, one of a widow Merrifield. I now enclose to you the declaration of the widow Stillmott. I also enclose to you some time since the declaration of the Widow Hathaway and herewith enclose further circumstantial evidence to substantiate her reputed marriage.
My dear sir, I have received no communication from your Office relating to any of those declarations and fear some miscarriage has happened, be so good as to examine if the papers have been received at the pension Office and inform me of their fate. If any have been allowed please to enclose to me their certificates.
Respectfully your obedient serv t
David Russell

State of Vermont } Milton October 11th 1837 Chittenden County ss } Personally appeared before me Warren Hossie Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, Nathan Lincoln first being duly sworn according to law on his oath declared that he was present and witnessed the marriage of Benjamin Milnot with as to Huldah Linsell at Burlington Massachusetts as he has heretofore testified; and he further testified that he was personally aware that the said Benjamin Milnot entered into the service of the Revolutionary War in the year 1778 into the Company commanded by Captain Oliver Soper after his said marriage.
Witness my hand and seal Oct 6 1837
Warren Hossie
Sworn to & subscribed to the day and date above written - And I hereby certify that the deponent is a person of credibility.
Warren Hossie Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } Chittenden County ss }
I William Noble, Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Warren Hossie, before whom and at the time when the foregoing deposition of Nathan Lincoln was taken, was a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Chittenden, duly qualified, acting under the authority of this state, that his name thereto subscribed is, I believe, his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington in said County this 7th day of November A.D. 1837.
William Noble

State of Vermont } Westport October 6 th 1837- Chittenden County ss. Personally appeared before me Warren Doyen Justice of the Peace for said County, Hulda Wilmoth, widow of Benjamin Wilmoth, late a pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, deceased, being first duly sworn according to Law, on her oath declares that no record can be found of her marriage either in family, Town, or Parish, that her said husband served under Captain Oliver Dyer in 1775 as she understood -
Witnesses - Mahan Doyen Dan Griffin
her Hulda X Wilmoth mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written
Warren Doyen Justice of the Peace

1634 W Nov 13 B. C. B. Halifax N. S.
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Edwards Osgood Commissioner of Pensions Washington