Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11488, James Whitney, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Whitney, James Susanna
R11488
CONTENTS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
On this twenty eighth day, of June in the year eighteen hundred & thirty seven, personally appeared before the judge of the Court of Probate for the county of Middlesex, Commonwealth aforesaid at the house of James Leland in Holliston in said county, she being too infirm to attend court, Susanna Whitney of Sherburne in said county, (an adjoining town to said Holliston) widow, aged eighty five 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 4 th 1836. - to wit, - That she was the lawful wife of James Whitney formerly of Sherburne in said County of Middlesex - that her maiden name was Hill & she was married to said James on the twentieth day of April A.D. 1780, at Sherburne aforesaid by the Rev d  Elijah Brown then minister of Sherburne. That her said husband lived with her in said Sherburne, until about two years before his death, when they removed to Dover in the County of Norfolk, a town adjoining said Sherburne where he died in the latter part of May & was buried the fifth day of June A.D. 1800. and said Susanna has remained unmarried ever since - That her said husband before said marriage & in the campaign after the British evacuated Boston, according to her recollection, enlisted & served in the army as a private in Roxbury near Boston & that vicinity for three months - but under what officers she cannot recollect, but from circumstances thinks it probable that it was in a company commanded by Captain King , in Colo Whitney's regiment, as many persons in her husband's neighborhood were in that company - what she knows relative to his service is chiefly from what he afterward told her - After the marriage

marriage aforesaid her husband enlisted about the first of July in year 1780 for three months Vermont to Rhode Island as a private in the company of Capt. Leland, as she believes - and she is confident he served three months at that time & she thinks more - she remembers that in consequence of his absence on this service she had to assist in hay making - and has often heard him say, that at some time he served as a waiter to General Greene - This is all she can recollect. She has no documentary evidence as to his services. Peter N. B. H. & Co.
Subscribed by said Susanna Whitney H. Wood to
before me - J. P. C. Gray Prob.
And the said judge of Probate doth hereby de- clare the opinion, after investigation of the matter that the statements of said applicant are true & entitled to credit & that she is a credible person, and that she is too infirm to attend court.
J. P. C. Gray Prob.

I Isaac Whitney of Sherburne aged fifty three years do depose Asay, that James Whitney & Susanna Whitney named in the foregoing declaration are my parents - That I have often heard my father relate the circumstances respecting his services in the revolutionary war - particularly at Roebury in guarding stores, in the latter part of the year that the British evacuated Boston, as I think - I recollect that once in riding with my father to Boston he pointed out the place where he was stationed  in Roxbury , I was used to mount guard - I recollect my father stating that while on guard, his cheeks were some frozen & covered with ice when he went into the guard house - I do not recollect the names of any officers of the company in which he served - I have I also heard him often speak of having in Rhode Island towards the close of the war, that he was written to Genl Greene - From these statements of my father I always understood & believed, that he served three months each in these two periods of service - I have also heard of his being called out on two or three alarms, but do not re- collect of hearing that he was absent in these occasions for any length of time - That my father died in the year 1800, & my mother has continued a widow ever since his death - Isaac Whitney
Middlesex ss. June 28 th 1837 Personally ap- peared Isaac Whitney, esq. a magistrate of said County, & known to me as a credible person & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me J. W. Fay J.P.
Middlesex ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts I. Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex to Commonwealth of said County certify that Samuel D. Fay Esq. in the death of said Court duly commissioned & qualified, & that his signatures written on the foregoing paper are his genuine signatures: In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven Isaac Fiske Regt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
I, Joseph G. Kendall, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Worcester, do certify, that Myron Glazier, Esquire, is a justice of the peace in and for said County, and that his sig- nature to the certificate on the deposition of Joseph Whitney, hereto annexed, is in his own proper hand- writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the seal of said Court, at Worcester, this ninth day of August, 1837.
J. G. Kendall, Clerk

5 Joseph Whitney of Gardner in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts do testify on oath and say that I am now seventy-four years of age being seven years younger than my only Brother James Whitney that we were the only Children of Deacon Benjamin Whitney of Sherburn in the County of Middlesex and State aforesaid that we lived together in one family most of the time until about the time of my said Brothers Marriage whom then moved to the House of our maternal Grandfather a short distance from our Fathers dwelling. I further testify and say that my said Brother James enlisted as a Private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and did Military duty for the term of three months in Roxbury and Boston, I went with a Mr Barber to see him when he was in Boston and dined with him he was then the cook for his mess. I went with him to carry Dinner to some who were on duty and then returned to Sherburn in company with Mr Barber this service as near as I can recollect this service was in the fall and forepart of winter as near as I can recollect after Boston was evacuated by the British I think the troops to which my Brother belonged were stationed there to guard the Continental Stores I was young at the time and not much acquainted accustomed to being in Boston or seeing Soldiers, I do not remember the the names of his Officer But I am positive that he enlisted as a Soldier and was gone three months And I further testify and say that my said Brother James was Married the Revd Elijah Brown then Minister of Sherburn to Susanna Hill of Holiston

a Town adjoining Sherburn on the 20 th day of April 1780 and in my presence, and that he my said Brother James after his Marriage enlisted and served as a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution at Rhode- island three month under Capt Joshua Sealand, and I further testify and say that he was out several other times on affairs there to Rhodeisland My said Brothers Decease took place the later part of May in my presence and his remains were interred June the first 1888, and his widow has not been married since but is now eightyfive years old she being several years older than my Brother and is still his Widow - I well remember that my Brother was at Rhodeisland in in the month of July 1880 and my Father and I helped get his pay and his wife assisted in getting it I removed from Sherburn to Garano where I now have lived more than twenty years
J. C. Whitney
State of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss
On the tenth day of July 1887 the aforesaid Joseph Whitney was examined and, cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law, to the Deposition aforesaid by him subscribed
Before me
Smyrna Glazier Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Joseph Whitney more than twenty years and consider him to be a man of truth and veracity and a creditable witness, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all his statements
Smyrna Glazier Justice of the Peace

I John Fairbanks of Holliston in the County of Middle Sex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Esquire. aged Seventy Seven years, and a Pensioner, do testify and declare on Oath, that according to the best of my Recollection, James Whitney formerly of Sherburne in said County. yeoman, was in the Army of the Revolution and stationed in the State of Rhode Island. but how long, at what particular time, or in what Company or Regiment I cannot say - Said Whitney married Susannah Hill, and he has been dead some years. and further I cannot say -
John Fairbanks
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex. S.S. March 7th. A.D. 1837. Then personally appeared the above named John Fairbanks, who subscribed the forego- ing affidavit, and made solemn oath, that the same is just and true according to his best recollection and belief, before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for said County - Elias Bullard justice of the Peace -
Middlesex. S.S. March 7th. A.D. 1837. The Subscriber further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above nam- ed John Fairbanks, that he is a creditable person, and entitled to full faith and credit in all his statements - Elias Bullard justice of the Peace

X2507 Susanna Whitney Massachusetts
Capt Jonathan Leland 1780 at R.I. on roll Capt Leland Confess for 28 July to 8 Aug 12 days. vol 21, page 148/15

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex Co. ss.
I Silas Stone do upon oath testify and declare that I am the Clerk of the Town of Sherburne that I have the custody of the records of said town and that it appears from said Records that James Whitney of Sherburne and Susanna Hill of Milliston were Married April 20 th 1780 by the Rev. Elijah Brown. I further testify and declare that the said James Whitney has been dead several years and that the said Susanna is now living and remains the widow of the said James Whitney and has never been Married since the death of the said James Whitney. Silas Stone Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex. Co. S.S. March. 7 th . A.D. 1837. Then personally appeared the above named Silas Stone, who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit, and made solemn Oath that the same is just and true before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex.
Ebenezer Bullard. Justice of the Peace -
Middlesex. S.S. March. 7 th . A.D. 1837. I the Subscriber further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Silas Stone, that he is a credible witness and worthy of full credit and belief in all his statements.
Ebenezer Bullard Justice of the Peace -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Elias Thayer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in said County of Middlesex, do certify that Elias Buland Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, within & for said County of Middlesex, and that his name subscribed to the within Certificates respectively is his genuine sig- nature —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court the 15th day of March 1807. —
E. Thayer

Wale
Susannah Whitney or heirs w/ J. James Sherburn Middlesex Co Mass
Grace Whitney Sept 32 Mass

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
STATE OF Massachusetts } ss : COUNTY OF Middlesex }
Be it known, that before me, a
Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorised by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Warren Whitney a resident of Shelburn in the county of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, states that
he is the son of  the last will and testament of James Whitney late of  Shelburn in the county of Middlesex who was a son of  James Whitney formerly of  Shelburn aforesaid who was a revolutionary soldier, and that said James Whitney applied for a pension for the services rendered by said James Whitney and that he believes the United States are still indebted, under existing laws, for the pension that was due under the application heretofore made, and that he is directly interested as a claimant in the pension for which application was heretofore made as aforesaid, and constitutes and appoints WILLIS G. WADE, of Washington, D. C., this true and lawful attorney, with irrevocable power to examine into, investigate, and establish the claim for said pension, and do all acts necessary thereto.
In Witness Whereof, the said Warren Whitney has on this eighteenth day of December 1852, hereunto signed his name, and affixed his seal.
Witness C. C. Esty
Warren Whitney [L.S.]
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me, on this 18th day of December 1852
C. C. Esty
J. P.
• Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name; if he is dead, and the widow is living, insert her name; if both dead, insert one of the living children's names; if the children are all dead, and either of them survived the former unsuccessful applicant, insert the name of the administrator of that former applicant.
† Here, if the soldier or officer is living, insert his name again; if the widow is living, insert the words "widow of," and the name of her husband; if both dead, insert the words, "son or daughter of," and the name of the former unsuccessful applicant.
NOTE.—When a female is the person who executes this paper, please put the letter s before the word he in every place where it occurs.

L. W. B. Rev R. 11488.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
March 21st, 1899.
Madam:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that the name of Phoebe A. Thurber has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension records, nor does it appear that her father, Samuel Short, ever received or made application for a pension.
Susanna, widow of James Whitney , made an application for pension on June 28th, 1837, at which time she was 85 years of age and residing at Sherburne, Mass. In her application she alleges that the soldier enlisted at Roxbury, Mass., and served in the Revolutionary war as a private under Capt. King and Col. Whitney.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Anna R. Whitney,
130 Mineral Spring Avenue,
Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Passumps Massachusetts
Rejected
for letter 11 th Nov 37 J. Pickens Hon W. Farnsworth 2 Dec 39 to same Dec 19. 1840
11 & 188 purchased several less than his worth
Act 7 July '38

Is the Pension Office Washington D.C. own
Will you be so kind as to inform me if the name of Phoebe A. Shurber appears on the list of those who re- ceived Revolutionary pensions. her father Samuel Short- having served in the Revolu- tion - in Rhode Island. The bill was introduced by Congressman Bull - I think in 1895 or 6 -
I would also like to know if papers relating to a Revolutionary pension for the widow of James Whit- ney of Sherburn are preserved. Those papers were previous to 1841 -
Miss Anna R. Whitney 130 Mineral St. Ave Providence, R. I. Registrar - Pawtucket Chapter - D.A.R.

Mar 21 99 Anna R. Whitney Pawtucket R.I.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1865.
11,488
P. O.
Susanna Whitney
Service: wid. of James
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. • _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Washington Nov 30. 1839.
Sir
I enclose two papers which were handed me under the impression that they might by possibility elucidate the claim of Susan Whitney of Massachusetts which claim was rejected as per your letter to Hon. Fiske dated Nov 11. 1837.
I am very resp y Yr Obedient Serv t J. P. Kirtland
James L. Edwards Esq. Counsel of Pensions Washington

State of Massachusetts
I Gilbert Marshall of Framingham in the County of Middlesex and state of said being about eighty one years of age do testify and state that I was acquainted with Mr James Whitney late of Sherburne deceased in said County of Middlesex that he was son of Dea Benjamin Whitney of Sherburne he the said James Whitney married Susanna Hill daughter of Isaac Hill of Holliston in said County of Middlesex In the year 1780 I think in the spring and the same year enlisted as a soldier in the army of the united states in the company commanded by Capt Joshua Lealond John Ware Lieut and Majo Lieut or ensign but not so positive about Majo said company was stationed at Rhodisland I was there myself and frequently saw him and to the best of my belief and knowledge he served the term of time for which he enlisted which was three months as a soldier and a quarter and to the best of my recollection the largest portion of the time as a quarter he the said James Whitney died in the year 1800 as I think but not living in the same Town I have not so certain knowledge as I otherwise might have had of the time of his decease and further the deponent saith not
Gilbert Marshall

State of Massachusetts Middlesex ss Dec 3 1840
This day personally appeared the within named Gilbert Marshall and made solemn oath that the within deposition by him subscribed is just and true, That I am personally acquainted with him and have been for forty years past and know him to be a man of truth and veracity and that his word is to be taken on all occasions.
Joseph Ballou Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Elias Pruney Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Middlesex, do certify that Joseph Ballou Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex, duly commissioned & qualified, and that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the Eleventh day of December 1840
E. Pruney

Washington Dec 17. 1840.
Sir
Enclose your additional papers in case of James Whiting of Sherburne Massachusetts —
Respectfully obedt Servt J. P. Bancroft
J. L. Edwards Esq. Counsel of Pensions

East Cambridge August 18. 1887 (Maiden Co Mass.)
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
Inclosed is the application of Susannah Whitney to be placed upon the Pension Roll, when acted upon, please to communicate the result to your most ob t s vt Isaac Pike

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I Joseph Whitney of Gardner in the County of Worcester and State of Mass be now seventyfour years of age, do testify and say that my Brother James Whit- ney who was seven years older than myself Enlisted as a Private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution and did military duty in Roxbury and Boston three months - According to the best of my remembrance it was the year after the British evacuated Boston - And I further testify and say that my said Brother James Whitney was married to Susan -ah Hill of Holliston April the 20th 1790 and that she is now his Widow and that my said Brother James after his Mar- -age enlisted and served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army at Rhode Island three months under Capt Joshua Leland - And I further testify and say that he was out several other times on Alavan
Joseph Whitney
State of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss On the 23 d day of February in the year A.D. 1837 the above said Deponent was only cautioned and and made oath to this deposition by him subscribed Before me Amyona Glazier Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that that full faith and Credit had ought to be given to the testimony of the above named Joseph Whitney Amyona Glazier Just Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. I. Jos. G. Kendall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County, being a Court of Record, Certify that the above named Amyona Glazier is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly qualified to administer the oath above certified to, and that the signature of his name above written, appears to be in his own hand writing -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the Seal of said Court at Worcester this twenty fourth day of February A.D. 1837
Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk