Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41307, Thomas Wetherbee, Mass.

SERVICE
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or Weatherbee, Thomas NUMBER 41307 Weatherbee
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S. 41307
CONTENTS

12.897 4
Vermont
Thomas Weatherbee
of Ludlow in the state of Vt. who was a Private in the regiment command Colonel Prescott of the Massachy line, for the term of One Year 1778.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of July 1818 and sent to Amos Heald Esq. 1819 Windsor Vermont
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819  83 69    Semi-anl. all'ce ending  Sep 1819  48 00    10 Mo \frac{10}{30} \frac{4}{31}   $131.69  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Cont'd

Application sent May 23 rd 1821 to Will C. Hatch, Esq. Pownal, Vermont.
Date of death not on as -
1888 Aug 27 1898 April 14 ES Stearns - history D. A. Green etc

Declaration of Thomas Weatherbee N o 53. Soldier
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Prescott's Chap to Aug t
Additional proof of service the credibility of the witnesses must be attested by the Judge -
Admitted

District of Vermont, Windsor County ss.
At Cavendish in S d County of Windsor, on the 21 st day of April 1848. Before me, the subscriber one of the Judges of the County Court for the County of Windsor; Personally Appears, Thomas Weatherbee aged sixty years, Resident in Sudbury in S d County of Windsor; who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled - "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Revolutionary War." That he the said Thomas Weatherbee enlisted in Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts (being then in the eight months service) in the Company commanded by Capt. John Nutting in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Prescott of the Massachusetts Line, on the first day of January 1776 - and continued in S d service in the aforesaid Comp y - or in the service of the United States, until the first day of Jan y 1777 when he was discharged from S d service at Peekskill in the State of New York, was stationed at Governor Island & White Plains & other places - And that he is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of the assistance of his country for subsistence, and that he has no other evidence of his -

his said service, now in his power, except - the evidence of Daniel Weatherbee, as herein after stated. — Sworn to & declared, before me, the day & year aforesaid.
Amos Hildreth Assistant Judge of Windsor County Court.
I Amos Hildreth Assistant Judge of Windsor County Court as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Thomas Weatherbee did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. — Daniel Weatherbee of - Reading in the County of Windsor — Personally appearing & being sworn first duly sworn, doth, on his oath testify that he well knew, that the aforesaid Thomas Weatherbee enlisted while in Cambridge Massachusetts, & entered service the — first of January 1776. & knew that the said Thomas continued in the service of the United States one Year, having enlisted

I served in the same Company & Regiment himself, with the S d Thomas, & was discharged at the same time. dated at Cavendish this - 21 st day of April 1818.
Certified By Amos Heald Assistant Judge of Windsor County Court I also certify that, from the certificate of the said man of Indenture & other evidence, it appears to my satisfaction that the s d is the return of the said man of Indenture Weatherton, Hartford in need of the Assistant of his Country for support. A. Heald Asst. Judge
State of Vermont ) Woodstock County Clerks Windsor County ) Office June 11 th 1818 -
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Wind- sor, Do hereby certify that Amos Heald is one of the Assistant Judges of Windsor County Court, and that the foregoing signature is the hand writing of said Judge
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court this 11 th day of June A D 1818 -
Benj d Swan

State of Vermont } At a County Court begun and held at Windsor County } Woodstock within and for the County of Windsor on the first Monday of March Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & twenty one
on this 7 th day of March 1821, being the third day of the term of said court, personally appeared in open court (the same Court being a Court of Record agreeably to the laws of this State having the power of fine & imprisonment) J s Thomas Wethbee aged sixty three years resident in Ludlow in said County of Windsor, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that he enlisted at Cambridge in the State of Mas- achusetts on or about the first day of January 1776, in the com- pany commanded by Capt. John Cutting and in the Regiment under command of Col o William Prescott, in the Massachusetts line for the term of one year, and served in said company and regiment, until said term of one year had expired, and was then honorably discharged at Peekskill in the State of New York and left the service, that he made his original declaration on the 21 st day of April 1818, and has received a Pension Certificate N o 12,897 - And I also solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any man- ner disposal of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed -

    Iron ware 1.75.  Wooden furniture 1.00  2.75    old chains 1.25.  one chest 1.17  2.42    a little old rocking chair .60.  old Pewter .75.  1.35    old tin ware 1.00.  one weaver's reed .50  1.50    Brown earthenware .25.  Spoons, knives & forks .25.  .50    3 Glass bottles   20      $8.72    
 And the said Wetherbee is owing the following debts, viz    To Josiah Wetherbee 8.00. to Dats Wm Wetherbee 5.60  13.60    To Zack n Spaulding 2.50. to Ebenezer Brown 1.60  4.10     $17.70   
P. 11. 10 and the said Thomas Weatherbee has the following family dependents upon him for support viz. his wife, aged fifty nine years in a low and weakly state of health, able to do very little towards the support of herself - he is by profession a laborer, and unable to do any work of consequence on account of a severe rupture, with which he has been afflicted for a number of years past -
Thomas Wetherbee Sworn to and declared on the sixth day of March 1821. before said Court Stett Guy the Clerk
5 State of Vermont } Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court for Windsor County } the County of Windsor, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court. And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Eight dollars and seventy two cents.
Let Y rs P ty be M ter of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, this seventeenth day of March A.D. 1821-
Benjamin Swan Clerk Windsor County Court

November 21, 1936
Mr. E. D. Weatherby #30 N. LaSalle Street, Room 1325 Chicago, Illinois
John Haradon S. 38784 Thomas Wetherbee S. 41307 BA-J/AWF
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Harden or Har-raden, who served in the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts and received a pension while residing in Rhode Island, and to Thomas Weatherbee, who served in the Revolution from Massachusetts and later moved to Vermont.
The data furnished herein relative to John Haradon and Thomas Wetherbee were obtained from pension claims based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
John Haradon-S. 38784
The data in regard to John Haradon (the name is also found Harradon) which follow were found in pension claim, S. 38784, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of John Haradon are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
John Haradon served in the Revolution a part of the time as corporal in Captain Ebenezer Smith's company and Colonel Benjamin Tupper's 6th Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged June 9, 1783, after a service of six years, two months, and nine days.
He was allowed pension on his application ex-
our His letter - re John Haradon S-38784

cuted March 30, 1818, then a resident of Providence, Rhode Island.
John Haradon was sixty-three years old in 1820 and then referred to his wife, but did not give her name or age. His family was also referred to, no names given. He died April 16-1838 added later
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following data:
John Harradon (as he was pensioned) Certificate # 3346 Issued September 16, 1818 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced March 30, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Rhode Island Agency.
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Thomas Wetherbee-S. 41307
The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, S. 41307, based upon the service of Thomas Wetherbee in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Thomas Wetherbee are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.
He enlisted in Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 1, 1776, at that time in the "eight months service" and served one year in Captain John Nutting's company, Colonel William Prescott's regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, April 21, 1818, at which time he was sixty years

old and a resident of Ludlow, Windsor County, Vermont.
Thomas Wetherbee in 1821 referred to his wife as aged fifty-nine years, but did not give her name.
Daniel Wetherbee in 1819 was living in Reading, Windsor County, Vermont; he was in the service in 1776 with the Thomas Wetherbee noted above. Reference was made in 1821 to Josiah "Weatherby" and Dr. William "Weatherbee". It is not shown in the claim that these persons were related to the soldier, Thomas Wetherbee, or that they were related to each other.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following data:
Thomas Weatherbee (as he was pensioned) Certificate # 12897 Issued July 13, 1819 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced April 21, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Vermont Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Cavendish Vt March 22 d 1850
Sir
Enclosed are the declarations of Andrew Bradford and Thomas Weather for a continuance of their pensions - if they are continued on "the pension list" they request the answers to be enclosed to me -
Respectfully your obed t servant
Wirt C. Hatch

Deposition of Daniel Weatherbee

I Daniel Weatherbee of Reading in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, of Lawful age Testify & say, at the time of the Revolutionary war now I was well acquainted with Thomas Weatherbee of Ludlow in the County of Windsor - and know him to be the same Thomas Weatherbee who enlisted in Cambridge Massachusetts & entered the service of the United States the first of January 1776. Having myself enlisted at the same time, for one year I also well recollect that the said Thomas Weatherbee served in the same company in which I served myself commanded by Capt. John Nutting one full year and that he was legally discharged at the expiration of the term at the same time I was myself discharged - and that I am not interested in the event of his application to obtain a Pension -
Reading June 3 d 1819.
Daniel Weatherbee
State of Vermont } Windsor County } ss
At Reading in the County of Windsor on the 3 d day of June 1819. Then Daniel Weatherbee of Reading in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont - well known to me, & who is a Credible Witness. Personally appearing and after being lawfully examined & duly cautioned, made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth. Before me Amos Heald Just. Peace
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office June 23 Windsor County ss } A.D. 1819 - This certificate Amos Heald of Chester in said County is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Windsor aforesaid, and that the above is his Signature -
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the County Court for said County the day above - Darius Swan Clerk

41307 INVALID.
1936-Nov. 21 - wish to S.D. Weatherby. See his letter in John Haradon S.38784
Recy
File No. 41307
Thomas Weatherby St. Peter's
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: - Vol. 8 , Page 537
(New Records (92)) [Arrangement of 1870.]
Resident: Endless Estate, Cambridge, St. Peter's (See Second Notice in Weatherby)

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DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED FEB 7 1893
Feb. 7, 1893.
Green, Darius K. Navy Department,
Requests a copy of the record relative to Tho. Wetherbee who served in Revolutionary War - and was a pensioner.
FEB 10 1893
Department of the Interior, Feby 7. 1893.
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions.
E. M. Dawson Chief Clerk
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, FEB. 9 1893 OFFICE OF THE CLERK

MEMORANDUM
FROM
CHIEF CLERK,
Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.,
Feby 7, 1893.
Edward M. Dawson Chief Clerk Dept of the Interior.
Dear Sir;
My Great Grandfather, Thomas Wetherbee, served in the war of the Revolution as a Soldier and was wounded in the battle of Bunker Hill.
He was a Pensioner of that war (I think for wounds in the left hand).
To enable me to establish a claim to membership in the "Sons of the American Revolution", I desire to obtain a copy of the record relating to Thomas Wetherbee, and will esteem it a great favor if you can

MEMORANDUM
FROM
CHIEF CLERK,
DARIUS A. GREEN,
Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.,
-----, 1893.
furnish me with a copy of that record. I was led to believe that the record was either at the War or State Depts, and applied there, but I am now referred to the Dept of the Interior.
Very truly Yours
Darius A. Green C. C.

Thomas Wetherbee of Ludlow Vt in April 1818 aged 60 years lived in Saratoga He served 8 months in 1775 at the Siege of Boston with Capt. Mullen + Col. T. Prescott + Capt. by re-enlistment in Jan'y 1776 for one year longer under same officers & discharged at Patskill NY a part of last term of service was on Gov't Island Dan Wetherbee his brother of Reading Vt was a witness to the service in 1776 Among the debts owing was one to Josiah Wetherbee & another to Dr. M c Wetherbee on March 1821 + at the same time his family consisted of a wife aged 59 years afflicted with a severe rupture

O. W. P
O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., March , 189 3
Sir,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Thomas Weatherbee , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     April 1775 8 mo s Priv. Stirling Prescott Mass   Jan'y 1776 12 " " do do do                                     
Battles engaged in, none stated or that he was wounded
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lunenburg Mass
Date of application for pension, April 1818
Residence at date of application, Ludlow Vt
Age at date of application, 60 years
Remarks: He was pensioned for his service in Continental Regiment in 1776 & not for wounds, - Continental soldiers often omitted to mention battles & wounds
Very respectfully,
Mr Darius A Green
Bureau of Construction & repair
Navy Dept.,
Acty Commissioner.

I Josiah Dward of Sullidam in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire of Landall age forty and say that at the time of the Revolu- tionary War I was well acquainted with Thomas Weatherbee now of Ludlow in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont and know him to be the same Thomas Weatherbee who enlisted and served with me in Capt. John Williams Company the whole of the year AD 1776 and at the end of said year was legally discharged with the rest of said company being in Col. Bill in Prescotts Regt and that I am not interested in the event of his application for a pension Josiah Dward Sullidam June 11 th 1819
State of New Hampshire } Cheshire County }
At Sullidam in said County on the 11 th day of June 1819 Then Josiah Dward of said Sullidam in said County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire well known to me and who is a credible witness personally appeared and after being carefully examined & duly cautioned, made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Before me Marshall Hubbard Jus: Peace

Cheshire J. June 14. 1819
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Court in said County certify that Roswell Hubbard is a Justice of the Peace in said county, and that the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I have unto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature S. Hale