Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 14,820, Stephen Webster, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Webster, Stephen
8 14820.
Carded.
CONTENTS

2214 New Hampshire
Stephen Webster 3316
of Concord in the State of New Hampshire who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Eaton of the Regt commanded by Trigglesworth in the Mass line for 14 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hamp at the rate of 11 Dollars 16 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of July 1833 and sent to N. Harper Treasurer
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $69.94 Pension allowance ending 11 Mar 33 23.33 $93.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Garrison Clerk. Book Vol. 15 Page 194

Whelen for Webster

Affidavit of Whelen re Stephen Webster

I Jonathan Wheeler of Hopkinton in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire of lawful age do Testify that I have been well acquainted with Stephen Webster now of Concord in the State and County aforesaid for fifty years last past and know that he was in the service of the United States in the year 1777 & also in the year 1781 in 1781 I took care of the said Webster's family while he was gone. and further that in 1775 & 1776 the said Webster was absent from home and was said to be in the service of the United States. I have no reason to doubt nor have I ever heard any one doubt that he was in the service as he states in the years 1775 & 1776 - Jonathan Wheeler
Merrimack ss. State of New Hampshire
Be it known that on the tenth day of July A.D. 1832 before the subscriber Notary Public in and for said State personally appeared Jonathan Wheeler above named and made oath in due form of Law that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire this tenth day of July A.D. 1832. Joseph Loomis Notary Public Testify that the above document is a credible witness and that full credit is due to his testimony. Joseph Loomis Notary Public

Rev. Har
14820 INVALID.
File No. 14.820
Stephen Webster Paris Rev war
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 400
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Steph. White ad 10692.
Private 14 mo adm?

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. At a Court of Probate now sitting County of Merrimack
On this 29 th day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, now sitting, Stephen Webster a resident of Concord — in the County of Merrimack and State of N. H. aged 74 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated—
That he entered at Hanoverhill Mass. A.D. 1775 I think in the month of December here; for two months under Capt. Timothy Eaton marched directly to Roxbury Mass. served out then the full term of two months and honorably dismissed but did not take a written discharge, does not recollect his col. of his Regt. but in Massachusett's line.
That he entered at Hanoverhill Mass. A.D. 1776 (cannot say the month) for six months under the same Capt. Timothy Eaton where in Col. Wigglesworth, Eng. in Mass. line marched to Bunkerhill and served there as a private the full term of six months out, there honorably dismissed but did not take a written discharge.
That he entered at Hanoverhill Mass. about the month of August A.D. 1777 for three months under Capt. Joseph Paton in Col. Charles Johnson's Regt. in Mass. line and marched to Fort Independence opposite Ticonderoga from there to Ticonderoga, thence to Lake George and down the Lake in order to take Crown Island there retreated a few miles, and went over Boats and then marched to Still Water from there to Saratoga, was in the battle there, then to Albany, thence down the River to Eastchester and there dismissed did not take a written discharge having served the full term of three months, that he was in the line of Troop, which Burgoyne's Troop, marched through when he surrendered to the American Army.
That he entered at Hanoverhill Mass. in the month of August A.D. 1781. — for three months under Capt. Maloon of Methuen Mass. his col. not recollect in Massachusett's line marched directly to West Point served out the full term of three months and honorably dismissed but did not take written discharge. That he actually served in the four above enlistments fourteen Months.
That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except the officers hereinunto annexed sworn & submitted before him.
That he was about seventeen years of age when he entered the service of the United States cannot positively say in what line the Troops he served was called but thinks Massachusett's line as above.
That he knew Capt. Amos Emerson in the Continental Troops.
That he very well recollects Capt. Johnson son of Col. Johnson in the service.

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.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year above mentioned
Stephen Webster
We, Philbrick Bradley , residing in Concord N.H. and Samuel Davis now residing in Concord N.H. hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Stephen Webster , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four 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 day and year above mentioned
Philbrick Bradley Samuel Davis
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 certifies, that it appears to them that Philbrick Bradley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the said Concord and that Samuel Davis , who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Concord and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Boswell Stevens Judge of Probate
I, H. B. Chase, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Merrimack , do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Stephen Webster for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 29th day of August A.D. 1832.
H. B. Chase, Register of Probate.