Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15708, Asa Wheelock, Mass.

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Wheelock Asa.
S. 15708
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Vermont 17.47
Asa Wheelock
Widow Asa in the State of Vermont was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Newton - of the Regt; commanded by Col. Stevens - in the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775.
scribed on the Roll of Vermont the rate of $40 00 Cents per annum commence on the 4th March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Aug. 1833 and sent to J. Elliott Newfane
Years to the 4th of March 1833 $80.00 Pension allowance ending Sept. 20.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 3. Page 98

asa Wheelock Dec. 1830. for Pension September 1832.
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Probate District of Marlborough.
At the Probate Court, for said District, being a Court of Record
On this twelfth day of September A. D. 1832—Person appeared in open Court, - at New Fane in said District -
Present - Marshall Miller, Esquire, Judge -
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District - now sitting - Asa Wheelock a resident of Wardsborough in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged Seventy 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 entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
Enlisted at Shrewsbury in the county of Worcester State of Massachusetts about the first day of  December 1776 for three months - term of service to commence at the time of joining the regiment at Danbury Connecticut which took place on or about the 13 th day of said December - selected in Capt. Bellows' company, Colo. Spencers regiment - marched from said Danbury to Rek's Hill New York - from thence to Monmouth New Jersey - there Brig. Gen. Greene was stationed until his term of service was out, which was on the 13 th  day of  March 1777. Smith and Hastings were subordinate officers in the company - Field officers Lieut. Colo. Grant and Maj. Col. Cushing - no continuous troops stationed at that place except a company of artillery and a company of cavalry commanded by from Virginia .
He hereby relinquishes 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.
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
1. He was born at Shrewsbury in the county of Worcester State of Massachusetts June 10 th 1758
2. Has no record of his age - has a copy of the record of his age from the town clerk of said Shrewsbury
3. Lived in said Shrewsbury when called into service - Has lived in Wardsborough Windham county Vermont about fifty years where he now resides -
4. Enlisted voluntarily all the terms of his service, except one when he was drafted
5. Remembers Gen. Lincoln , Gen. Gates , Gen. Burgoyne and Gen. Clinton - has stated the

circumstances of his services, etc. 6. Never received any written discharge —
7. He names Perley Fairbank and Nathaniel Ward Esquires as witnesses, under their interrogatory — He also names Paul Fisher, John P. Warren, James Tufts to whom reference may be had as to his being a man of truth —
Asa Wheelock
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
We Perley Fairbank Esquire , residing in the town of Wardsboro' in said county and Nathaniel Ward of Wardsborough in said county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Asa Wheelock who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Venty four years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. And that he is a man of undoubted veracity. Nathaniel Ward Perley Fairbank Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and 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 us, that Nathaniel Ward , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Esquire , resident in the said town of Wardsborough and that Perley Fairbank , who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Wardsborough in said county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I James Elliot , Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa Wheelock for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twelfth day of September A. D. 1832.
James Elliot, Probate Register.
Signed & Sealed aforenoon June 1. 1832
James Elliot, Probate Register Marlboro' District Windham Co. Vt.

Enlisted again about the first Sept. 1778 at said Shrewsbury for three months in Capt. Ebenezer Dingley's company, Colo. Col. Cushing's Regiment Massachusetts State Troops - marched by the way of Northampton and through Bennington Vermont to Stillwater New York - stationed there until Burgoyne surrendered - then marched by way of Albany and Saratoga to Scarsdale near White Plains - was stationed there until his time of service was out - was employed in keeping guard and scouting parties - Gen. Gates commanded at Stillwater Generals Poor, Learned, Glaser & Hovey served three months at that time as above stated -
About the first of April (he the thinks the fourth) 1778 was drafted for three months, at said Shrewsbury - entered the service in Capt. Dingley's company - Colo. Stearn's Regiment - was sent to Albany near at Stillwater was stationed at at the time in Newbury and part in Boston until the three months for which he was drafted elapsed - was employed in guarding the fortifications in and about Boston - knew no general officer at that time except Gen. Heath who commanded at the time -
Enlisted at said Shrewsbury again about the first of July 1780 in Capt. Wm. Hovey's company in Colo. Rand's Regiment for the term of three months - marched from said Shrewsbury to Great Barrington where he joined the Regiment - marched from there by way Claverack & Fish Kill to West Point - did duty there in garrison, at the time Arnold deserted, until his term of service was out - Colo. Larrabee was there & commanded as commandant - never received any written discharge - Refers to the affidavits of Benjamin Maynard, Marshall Newton, Joshua Davis, Nathan Knowlton, and Nathan Hovey to prove his services which he herewith transmits to the war department -

I Nathan Knowlton of Newfane in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged seventy two years on oath do testify and say that I was a soldier in the United States Army of the Revolutionary War for the term of the term of three Months commencing about the first of September 1777  1778 and ending about the first of December of the same year that I served in Captain Ebenezer Sage's Company and Col. Job Hastings Regiment that Asa Wheeler then of Shrewsbury in the State of Massachusetts now of Wardsboro, in the State of Vermont with whom I am well acquainted was a private soldier in said Company and served the whole of term and till he was regularly discharged that we were stationed and stationed Senatoga and other places and were discharged at or near White Plains 1777 intitled before me Nathan Knowlton
State of Vermont } at Newfane September 6 th Windham County } 1832 personally appeared Nathan Knowlton the signer of the above affidavit made oath to the truth of the same in presence of Law — before me Bery a Armslee Justice of the Peace June 17. 1833. I certify that the above named Nathan Knowlton is a credible witness. Bery a Armslee Justice of the Peace

I Marshall Newton of New Haven in the County, of Windham and State of Vermont aged seventy five years do testify and say that in the year 1777 I served as a private Soldier in Captain Ingalls Company of Infantry Col. Job Cushing's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia for the term of three months commencing about the first of September and ending about the first of December that Asa Wheelock then of Shrewsbury County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts now of Wardsboro, County of Windham and State of Vermont served as a private in said Company during said term and further this Deponent saith not New Haven July 31 st 1832 Marshall Newton
State of Vermont } July 31 st 1832 Subscribed & sworn to Windham County } Before Phineas White Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that Marshall Newton above named is man of undoubted truth & veracity -
Phineas White Justice of Peace

I Joshua Davis of New Fane in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of law- ful age do testify and swear that in the year 1777 1777 I served as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and during part of those years I will recollect that Asa Wheeler born then of Shrewsbury Massachusetts but now of Woodbury in the County of Wind- ham (Vermont) was a soldier in Col. Sparhawk's Regiment with me, but in what Company I do not now recollect. nor do I recollect particularly how long he served - and further saith not -
New Fane July 31. 1832 Joshua Davis
Heard of the merit of New Fane July 31. 1832 Windham County ss. Subscribed and sworn to before me Martin Field Justice of Peace I hereby certify that Joshua Davis above named is a man of undoubted truth and veracity
Attest Martin Field Justice of Peace

State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, New France, September 12. A. D. 1832.
I certify that Benjamin Ormsbee Esq. Phinehas White and Martin Field, Esquires, are Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, and that the within, respectively, are their signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County Court on the day and year above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerk's Office New France, June 17. A. D. 1833.
I again certify as above, and that Benjamin Ormsbee Esquire, has added the certificate of the credibility of Nath- an Knowlton as a witness, since the former certificate was made.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the said County Court.
James Elliot, Clerk.

Sullivan House
Deposition
For Asa Wheeler Esq m

Worcester ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Nathan Howe of Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixty nine years & ten months, do testify & say that I was in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary war, in the year seventeen hundred & eighty, at West Point in the State of New York, three months in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt William Howe, in Col. Hand's Regiment of Infantry, whose Son Sherlock, then of Shrewsbury, now of Hardbury State of Vermont, served the term three months, with me as a soldier, in said company, from sometime in the month of July, until such time in the month of October the same year, making the term of three months, and until he was regularly discharged from said service. I can't testify to the day we marched nor to the day we were discharged. Nathan Howe
Worcester ss - August 23 rd 1832. Then personally appeared the above named Nathan Howe, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statements, made and subscribed by him. I also would further state, that the above named Nathan Howe, is a good sufficient witness in any matter.
Sworn before me Nymphas Pratt justice of peace

Jonathan Harrington for H. W. Phelps

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Jonathan Harrington of Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts, sixty three years of age, do testify and say, that I was in the army of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight, in Company of Militia Commanded by Capt. Seth Newton in Col. Storer's Regiment, which I volunteered with Asa Blacklock then of said Shrewsbury, now of Hardiborough in the County of Windham State of Vermont, for three months from about the first of April to about the first of July following, to Boston and vicinity where the said Asa Blacklock served with me the term of three months & until we were regularly discharged from said service. Jonathan Harrington
Shrewsbury ss - August 28 th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Jonathan Harrington and made solemn oath to the above statements by him made and subscribed - I would further state that the above named Jonathan Harrington is a good and sufficient witness in any matter & is of a good moral character. Sworn Before me Nathaniel Howe Justice of peace

I Benjamin Maynard of Shrewsbury in The County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. age 72 years on oath do depose & say That sometime in December in 1776. I entered The Massachusetts Militia Then in The service of the United States. And that Asa Wheelock Then of said Shrewsbury now of Mansborough in the State of Vermont. entered The same service at the same time with me in the Company under The command of Capt Bellows. & in Col Sparhawk's Regiment said Company joined said Regiment at Danbury in the State of Connecticut. from thence the regiment marched to Peekskill in the State of New York. Thence to Morristown. Thence to Bound- brook in the State of New Jersey. & there we continued until we were mutually discharged. we enlisted for the term of three months & served the whole of the said time.
Worcester ss August 24 th 1832 Benjamin Maynard
Then personally appeared Benjamin Maynard. and made oath to the truth to the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. before me. & I certify that I am personally acquainted with said Maynard & that he is a credible witness.
Before me Nathan Howe Justice of the Peace

Affidavits of Nathan Howe, Jonathan Harrington, Benjamin Maynard.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss. The annexed affidavits being transmitted to me for authentication, I have caused the same to be done, by connecting them by a ribbon passed through them, and under the seal of leaven. In testimony whereof I, Joseph G.
Mendall, a clerk of the judicial courts within and for said County of Worcester, hereunto set my hand, and affix the County Seal, at Worcester, this twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. Jos. G. Mendall Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Nymphas Pratt, Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Nathan Howe, and that Nathan Howe, Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavits of Jonathan Harrington and Benjamin Maynard, were made and sworn to, are Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester, and that their signatures thereto appear to me to be in their own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this twenty eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

The affidavit of James Tufts of Wardsboro, in the County of Windham and State of Ver- mont aged sixty eight years who testifies & says that he has been a settled Minister of the Gospel in said town of Wardsboro. for thirty thirty eight years past, that he has been well acquainted with Asa Wheelock of said Town who has applied for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832 that he believes said Wheelock to be seventy five years of age and is a Man of undoubted truth and veracity that he believed and respected in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary soldier and that he concurs in that opinion James Tufts
State of Vermont } Wardsboro, June 15 th 1833 Windham County p. } Personally appeared James Tufts and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth Before me. Dearly Fairbanks Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that the Rev. James Tufts who subscribed the above affidavit is a settled Minister of the Gospel and is a man of un- doubted truth and veracity.
Dearly Fairbanks Justice of the peace.

State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerks Office, New Haven, June 17. A.D. 1833
I certify that Pearley Fairbanks, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham afore- said, and that the within are his signatures. Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court.
James Elliot, Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
815708
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Asa Wheelock 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 13, 1776 3 mos Pvt Bellows Sparkhawk Mass   ✓ Sept. 1, 1777 " Ebenezer Ingalsbee Job Cushing   " Apr. 1, 1778 " Seth Newton Stephens   ✓ July 1, 1780 " Wm Howe Rand  
Battles engaged in, at Surrender of Burgoyne Residence of soldier at enlistment, Shrewsbury Mass Date of application for pension, Sept. 12, 1832. This d. was al Residence at date of application, Wardborough Windham Co Vt. Age at date of application, born June 10, 1758 at Shrewsbury Worcester Co Mass
Remarks:  There is no data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

June 24.
Q. to Mr.
Admiral
1 year Elliott New Haven V.
J. L. Edwards, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City.

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525 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass. July 1, 1895.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:—
Asa Wheelock, my great-grandfather, was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War . He was of Shrewsbury, Mass., and Wardsboro, Vt. If you have any record of the same in your office I would esteem it a great favor if you can send

me a copy of it or if you will send me such information in regard to his service as may be proper and convenient.
I would also like to learn if the name of (1)  Stephen Warren of Sturbridge, Mass. and Wards- boro. Vt. , and (2) Nathaniel Warren of Sturbridge, Mass. or Woodstock or Tolland, Conn. appear as Revolutionary pen- sioners . They are my gt. grandfather and gt. gt. grandfather respectively.
On May 31. (1820) 1820, J. C. Calhoun, Secy. of War. certified that John

Warren 2 d (of Holland, Ct.) "late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension list at $8 per mo. to commence Oct. 13. 1819."
If not troubling you too much, could I obtain a copy of that part of the application for the above pension which sets out the service that said John Warren 2 d rendered.
All this information is wanted for a genealogy and to assist in making application for membership in the Sons of Revolution. For any help you can give me I shall be very grateful. Yours resp ly .
W. F. Glyn.

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File No. 15708
Dea Wheelock
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Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 403
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July 13/90 West St Glynn, 525 Colum Boston Mass.
Mr. F. Mrs. G. M. E.
May 12 96 Doed to Saul Cleveland San Diego Calif. See B
Mar. 11. 1897 History to Mr. Roger W. Harrington Congress - Arizona.
May 24-97- Letter to Mr. Warren. the above.
1922 May 19. Heist to Mrs. G. S. Hill and 1923 July 16 Heist to Mrs. C. B. Barr

Southern California Society Sons of the American Revolution
Commissioner of Pensions Washington - DC Sir:
Will you be kind enough to give the official record from the files of your office of the military service of Asa Wheelock, who enlisted - Dec 1776, in Capt Redon's Co, Col. Sparhawk's Regt - Mass troops, & served three months.
Respectfully yours Daniel Cleveland Pres't - So. Cal. Soc. Sons Am. Res n
DANIEL CLEVELAND, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

E. B. Gage, Pres't & Treas.
A. N. Gage, Secy.
W. F. Kaunton, Supt.
The Congress Gold Co.
Congress, Arizona, February 5, 1897.
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please address to me a record of the military services of Asa Wheelock , a soldier of the Revolutionary war .
The attached is a copy of your letter of May 12th 1896 to Mr Daniel Cleveland of San Diego, Calif. A letter containing information as given herein and addressed to me will answer the purpose of my request.
Please return copy of letter to Mr Cleveland.
Resp'y,
Roger Wheelock Warren

Rev Sec ab
Mitchell, So. Dak.
April 7th., 1922.
To the Department of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
I am told that Asa Wheelock of Massachusetts was a Revolutionary soldier. May I know if there is any record of him on the pension rolls. He moved to Calais , in what became Vermont state, in 1789. If he is on the pension records do they show that he lived the rest of his life in Calais and died there?
more data
Do the records show Revolutionary soldiers from Brookfield, Mass., by the name of Marsh ? If so will you please give me their given names and any information concerning them that the records show.
Very truly,
Mrs. H. S. Hill,

120 Forest Ave., Rockford, Ill., May 22, 1923.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:—
Will you please give me what information you can in regard to one Asa Wheelock born in Shrewsbury, Mass. in 1759. He went to Wardsboro, Vt. before the close of the Revolutionary War, 1782, purchased a lot for a homestead and then returned to his regiment in the army until the peace of 1783. His first wife Lucy Maynard of Shrewsbury. Second wife Abigail Read of Worcester, Mass. Three sons born to first wife and two sons and four daughters to second wife. He died, May 23, 1842, aged 83.
Should very much like to know names of his children; and detailed information in regard to his services in Revolutionary War, where enlisted, when, rank etc.
Yours very truly (Mrs.) Coryl Gilbert Barr