Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11722, Joshua Welden, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Welden, Joshua
S. 11722
CONTENTS
carded

10.0005  New-York  Massachusetts
Joshua Welden Buckland in the State of Mass who was a Mate in the Company commanded by Captain Norton of the Regt. commanded by Col. Chapin in the Mass line for 13 months 5 days
Miles
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $43- Dollars - 89- Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of March 1833 and sent Hon. Geo. Greenfield Greenfield Mass Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $87.78 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 21.95 $109.73
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by K.B. Adams Clerk, pk Vol. 2a Page 90
28 th May 1834 transp to New-York  from from H. March '34 & notice to to D. Jenkins I to to New York - Exp. Albany - on the same day -  also returned to  same time see letter to P.A. June 2 nd 1834
77  Franklin  Albany N.Y.

App n for a transfer
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions War Dept. City of Washington
Mr. Stewart

...deposited that he is the same
application for a Transfer.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Albany
ss.
On this nineteenth
day of May
188 4
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Albany personally appeared Joshua Welden
who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Phillips — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Woodbridge in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of New York — where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Ashfield Mass. to Albany — that he has two daughters residing in Albany , with whom he was desirous to reside & does now reside with them — Joshua Welden
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
L. Jenkins J.P.
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
June 6th

State of New York Albany County ss. Be it known that on this 19 th day of May A.D. 1834 personally appeared before me Mary Cooley, who being duly sworn, says that she is well ac- -quainted with the within named John Baldwin, who is the father of the Defendant - & that she knows him to be "the person within described - having often seen his per- -sonation certificate, & knowing that he has received payment of his pension since - Mary Cooley
Given this 19 th day of May 1834 before me L. Jenkins J.D.
I certify that the above named Mary Cooley is a person of veracity & a credible witness. - Albany, May 19. 1834 L. Jenkins J.D.
State of New York. Albany County ss. I Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the said County Do hereby certify that Lemuel Jenkins Esq before whom the preceding affidavit was sworn and whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate was on the days of the dates thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County & that his name subscribed to the same is genuine Intestimony whereof I have hereto set my name and affixed the seal of the said County this 19 th day of May 1834. C.A. Ten Eyck Clk

Albany May 19. 1834
James L. Edwards Esq Court of Sessions
Sir Mr. Sheldon wishes to be transferred from the Boston to the New York Agency
Very Respectfully Yours & etc L. Jenkins
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Joshua Welden
22.355
Private
13 Mar & 5 May
Alma
43.33 56 $43.89
E. Alvord Esq Greenfield Mass.

BRIEF in the case of Josiah Welden of Buckland in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy five  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In Augt. In 1776 3 private Col: Dikes & Capt: Taylor   2n Dec. 1776 3 Substitute Capt: Phillips -   " July 1777 35 private Col: Woodbridge & Capt: Phillips   " Augt 1777 2 " Col: Wells & Capt: Cranson   " Oct. 1779 1 " Col: Chapin & Lt: Johnson   " Augt. 1780 3 " Col: Muney & Capt: Newton  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? In Ashfield, Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Five living witnesses and traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correctly authenticated 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Joshua Whelden for Pension

Joshua Welden Buckland
22355

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY ss.
ON THIS seventeenth day of October A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Buckland Court of Common Pleas of the Probate said Commonwealth, now sitting at Buckland within and for the said County of Franklin, by adjournment Joshua Whelden a resident of Buckland in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an 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.
Joshua Whelden of Buckland in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was born in the Town of Yarmouth in County of Barnstable and Commonwealth aforesaid in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred fifty seven, I have a family register, and know of no other record. At the several times of all the following enlistment I lived in Ashfield in the County of Franklin former a town adjoining Buckland, where I now live, and I have lived in said Ashfield and Buckland ever since the revolutionary war. I enlisted into the service of the United States in the latter part of August in the year of our Lord 1776 for a term of three months as a private soldier into a company of militia commanded by Capt. Samuel Taylor in Col. Nicholas Dike's regiment, I marched to Roxbury near Boston from thence to Dorchester Heights, a part of my duty was to go on fatigue to the Castle, and I did duty in said company during said three months when I was dismissed at Dorchester had no written discharge about the first of Decr. 1776 again I enlisted into the service of the United States about the twentieth of December 1776 as a substitute for Glover who was drafted, for the term of three months in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Benjamin Phillips, and marched to Ticonderoga where I did duty in guarding the fort, during the three months, when I was dismissed without any written discharge. I again enlisted into the service of the United States in the latter part of July 1777 immediately after Ticonderoga was given up in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Benjamin Phillips, and joined a regiment commanded by Col. Woodbridge at Moses Creek on the Hudson river, from thence we retreated by short marches to Still Water, and I served in this campaign five weeks and then dismissed without a written discharge. Again I volunteered enlisted into the service of the United States as a private about the twentieth of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy seven into a company commanded by Capt. Cranston in Col. Wells regiment and marched to Full's mills so called and there and vicinity did duty some time, and then I was ordered to Fort Edwards where I continued until after Burgoyne had surrendered and I served in this campaign during the term of two months and about the twentieth of October in the same last mentioned year I was dismissed I had no written.
Again I enlisted as a private into the service of the United States some time in the month of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy seven

Again I enlisted, as a private, into the service of the United States some time in the month of October in the year of our Lord 1779 for the term of three months in a company commanded by Capt. Lewis Johnson as I believe in Col. Israel Chaplin's regiment and marched by the way of Great Barrington to Albany and after serving one month I was discharged at Albany I had no written discharge.
Again I enlisted into the service of the United States about the first of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty, as a private, into a company commanded by Capt. Newton for the term of three months, and I marched to Fishkill and then joined a regiment commanded by Col. Seth Murrey, and then marched to West Point, in a few days I was detached and entered the company commanded by Capt. Titcomb, and went on a reconnoitering party, accompanying a regiment of light horse, commanded by Capt. Smith by Lieut. Col. Garrison and I continued, but a short time in one place, when Major Andrew was taken, he was brought to our Col., Green's, and I served during the three months for which I enlisted to the last part of November when I was dismissed I cannot tell where I had no written. In all the foregoing campaigns I served as a private. For the service of the first Campaign see the Affidavit of Samuel Taylor for the second see John Bennett and the third John Bennett the fourth Jonathan Taylor, the fifth John Bennett the sixth Bathel Sibley, and Stephen Taylor's
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 aforesaid.
R. E. Mearns Judge of Probate
Joshua Whelden
WE, Benjamin F. Clarke Clergyman Nathaniel Sherwin
residing in Bukland hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Whelden who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty 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 aforesaid.
R. E. Mearns Judge of Probate
Benjamin F. Clarke Nathaniel Sherwin
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 Benjamin F. Clarke , who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in said town of Bukland ; and Nathaniel Sherwin who has also signed the same is a credible person and resident in said Bukland ; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
R. E. Mearns Judge of Probate
Register
I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joshua Whelden for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord Reg. Prob.
Clerk

I Samuel Taylor of Buckland in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that Joshua Weldon of Buckland in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid served in a company of Militia under my command in a Reg. Commanded by Col. Nicholas Dike at Roxbury and Dorchester heights Commencing the latter part of August 1776 and served three months
I further say that the said Joshua Weldon's memory and mental faculties are much impaired but is a man of truth and veracity
And further the Deponent saith not
Buckland July 31 1832
Sam l Taylor
Franklin ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Personally appeared Samuel Taylor Esq. and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true and is hereby certify that the deponent is a person of truth and veracity
Before me Joseph Griswold justice of the Peace
Buckland July 31 1832
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Joseph Griswold Esq. before whom the above affidavit was made and sworn to is a justice of the Peace for the said county; and that his name thereto subscribed appears to me to be genuine.
And I do further certify that Elijah Paine Esq. before whom the four annexed affidavits were made and sworn to is also a justice of the Peace for the said county; and that his name to the same respectively subscribed appears to me to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Greenfield on the seventeenth day of October A.D. 1832.
E. Alvord Clerk

John Bement Affidavit

I John Bement of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventyone years of age do testify and say, that I was a soldier at Tiendataroga in March in the year of our Lord 1877 one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in a company commanded by Capt Childs for one month and at that place I saw Joshua Whilden of Brookland who was then a soldier in a company commanded by Captain Benjamin Phillips and I saw the said Joshua many times in the course of said month in a block house. And I further testify and say, that some time the forepart of July 1777 the said Joshua and myself at Ashfield entered the service of the United States under Capt Benjamin Phillips and we joined the Army at Moses Creek on the Hudson river, and we retreated before the enemy to Still Water, and the said Joshua served in this campaign five weeks and we were both dismissed at the same time many Continental regiments from the southward had arrived before we were dismissed. - And I further say that in the month of October 1779 The said Whilden and myself entered into the service of the United States for the term of three months in a company commanded by Lieut Johnson in Col Israel Chaplin's regiment and marched to Albany, through Great Barrington and we both of us did duty at Albany about the time of one month and then we were dismissed and further the deponent saith not  John Bement
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss On this eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, John Bement above named personally appeared before me Elisha Prine Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Franklin and after being duly sworn, made Oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true and I hereby certify that the said John Bement the deponent - is a person of truth and veracity  Elisha Prine Justice of the Peace

Jonathan Taylor, Affidavit.

I Jonathan Taylor of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy five years of age do testify and say that about the twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy seven Joshua Whildon of Buckland for want of Ashfield volunteered into the service of the United States in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Granson in Col. Wells regiment as a private, and marched through Bennington to a place called Tuttle mills, and from thence to Saratoga and then he was ordered to Fort Edwards where he continued until the surrender of Burgoyne, and he served during the term of two months and about the twentieth of October in the year of our Lord 1777 he was discharged, at Fort Edwards my means of knowing that the said Joshua Whildon volunteered as above and performed the said two months is I volunteered at the same time marched to the same place did duty in the same company and was discharged at the same time and place
Oct. 12 - 1832
Jonathan Taylor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss
On this Twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Elijah Paine Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Franklin of said Jonathan Taylor, and after being duly sworn according to law made solemn oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is True and I hereby certify that the said Jonathan Taylor is well known to me to be a credible witness
Elijah Paine Justice of the Peace

Bethuel Laffy Affidavit

I Bethuel Lilly of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy years old do testify and say, that in the beginning of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- -dred and eighty at Ashfield I met Joshua Wheeler of Buckland in said County and myself enlisted into the service of the State for three months in a company commanded by Capt. Newton in a regiment command- -ed by Col. Murney, and marched to Fishkill where we joined the regiment; we then marched to West Point in which place I left the said Joshua doing duty in the company of us, and I was detached to Fishkill and I saw no more of him that campaign and further the deponent saith not
Bethuel Lilly
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss On this eleventh day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty Two, Bethuel Lilly above named personally appeared before me Elijah Paine Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Franklin and after being duly sworn made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, and I do hereby certify that the said Bethuel Lilly is a person of truth and veracity
Elijah Paine Justice of the Peace

Joshua Weldon Buckland
Stephen Taylor, Affidavit

I Stephen Taylor of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being Seventy Two Years of age, do testify and say that Joshua Whelden of Buckland in the County of Franklin and myself entered the service of the United States in the month of August in the year of our Lord 1780 in a Company commanded by Capt. Newton for three months, and we joined the regiment commanded by Col. Murray at Fushkill. From there we marched to West Point and in a short time said Whelden and myself were detached into a company commanded by Captain Fitzcimb as a ranging party to accompany a regiment of light horse, and the said Joshua Whelden did duly in said company during said three months, and I was with him all the time. Our Colonel's name, I think was Jesson — I saw Major Arnold, he was brought into our Col. quarters. The said Joshua Whelden at the time that he entered into the service lived in Ashfield only. And further the deponent saith not. Stephen Taylor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss On this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Stephen Taylor above named personally appeared before me Elijah Prine Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Franklin, and after being duly sworn, made Oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is Sub- stantially True: and I hereby certify that Stephen Taylor the deponent is a person of truth and credibility Elijah Prine Justice of the Peace

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Sosha Welden which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
• QUERE V. 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 is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Beckham
11722 INVALID.
File No. 11,722
Joshua Walden Prio. Rev. Wash
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 399
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Payments to be made at Boston Mass by the Pres of U.S.Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Mass
File with papers
Dec 19 Sept. 1841
Colt J. Miller Service in Phila Company Col. Medals Appointments
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 2 Page 90 by H. H. Madison Clerk.
Joshua Wilson Bunkerhill 2.00

Joshua Welden Buckland
2.00
George Price, in Records
Capt Served in Phillips Company Col. Woodbridge Regiment,
Died 19 Sept. 1841
ers, in Agents by Mr at
File with papers

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Joshua Melden of the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive — Forty Three — dollars and Eighty Nine cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.