Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11752, Jeduthun Wethy, Conn. New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Connn New York
or Wethy, Jeduthun Withey
R. 11752
CONTENTS
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27 7.50
Adrian Wether

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Pennsylvania } Bradford County ss.
on this 19 th day of September -1833 personally appeared in open court before the honorable Edward Herrick President & the honorable John M'Lean & Jonathan Stevens his as- sociated judges of the court of common pleas of said county now sitting Jesse M'Key a resident of Canton township in the county of Bradford and state of Pennsylvania aged sixty nine years who being first 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 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. that he first enter- -ed the service as a private in a company commanded by Capt Albin Coit in a regiment commanded/as he thinks by Col Mott - that he joined the company at Groton & was engaged in building Groton fort he thinks there were three companies in the fort at the time & he remained in the fort forty two days - he does not recollect the year except that it was the year in which Groton fort was built - he served during the above time as a substitute for Henry M'Key who returned at the expiration of the aforesaid forty two days & took his place in the company (having been absent on a visit to his friends) whereupon this applicant returned home without receiving any written discharge - he remem- -bers that the battle of White Plains took place the same year of the above service & that his service in the fort must have commenced in the month of July of the year of said battle & previous to the battle - that he again entered the service in a company commanded by Capt. William Cather under the command of Major Andrew Backus of the Connecticut militia or state troops (he does not recollect which) he joined the company as a private at Canterbury in Connecticut in the year 1778 & went from there to New Haven & from there to West Haven where they were stationed till Genl. Sullivan passed through New Haven when we proceeded to join his army on Rhode Island - this applicant was in the battle on Rhode

istend & received a slight bullet wound on the left arm the scar of which yet remains - he retreated with Williams army & continued in the company of Capt Cuth- ert with the army of Genl Williams till they reached Pen- -ylvania when the whole company were discharged - This applicant did not receive any written discharge & he believes such discharges were not given to the company - he served in this town four months that he again entered the service in at New Lebanon in the state of New York as a private in a company under Capt Burhans of the New York militia & went through Albany to Schenectady where we found more forces assembled - he thinks the company to which he belonged was then attached to a regt under the command of a Col. Brown & marched to fort Herkimer & fort Stan- wix & was in one battle with the Indians in the vicinity of a large white house which served as a shelter occasionally during the battle & we finally drove them - the company returned to Schenectady when the company were discharged - this applicant did not receive any written discharge & served during this tour forty two days - he does not recollect the year of this service - Col Brown was killed during the above excursion - his first term of service under Capt Cuth- ert was in the Connecticut state troops or militia he does not at all recollect which - he has no documentary evi- -dence of his service nor any witness within his knowl- -edge by whom to make proof of his service - his native place was Preston in Connecticut & he resided there till near the close of the war when he went to New Lebanon - now in New York where he resided till the close of the war & for four or five years thereafter from there he went to Sunderland in Vermont & remained nine years from there removed to Bradford County (then Lycoming Co) Pennsylvania where he has resided to the present time - there is no clergyman living near this applicant by whom he can make proof of his reputation as being a soldier of the revolution there being none in the township in which he resides He hereby relinquishes all claims to any pension except the foregoing & his name is not the pension list of the agency of any state in the union
sworn to before me Sept. 20, 1833 Rollin C. Root
Jeduthun Wetmore

We William P. Sparding, residing in the township of Canton and Enoch Selland residing in the township of Canton aforesaid in the county of Bradford & state of Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeduthan Nithy who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age - that he sustains a good character for veracity that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to be a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Wm P Sparding
Enoch Selland
J. D. Bull Pro.
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 certify that it appears to them that William P. Sparding & Enock Selland who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents in the township of Canton Bradford County Penn- -sylvania and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
By the Court
J. D. Bull Pro.
State of Pennsylvania } I James P. Bull Clerk of the Bradford County } Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jeduthan Nithy for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 10 th day of September 1833
J. D. Bull

REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.
ACT OF 7. June 1832.
Jeduthan Withey, dec.
Penn a — Susp d .
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO EXAMINE CLAIM.
Col Anderson
CHARLES C. TUCKER,
Attorney,
Present.
23. May 54.

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents: That I Elias Withey son of Seduthun Withey deceased do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C., my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Seduthun Withey for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of June 7 th 1832 or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do, were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and seal this First day of May 185 4 .
In presence of Milton Hase } ss.
Elias Withey  Seal
STATE OF Pennsylvania , Bradford COUNTY—ss.
On this sixth day of May — 185 4 , before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Elias Withey and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned.
Ezekiel Newman J. P.
STATE OF Pennsylvania } ss. Bradford — COUNTY.
On this first day of May 185 4 , before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Elias Withey a resident of said County  of Bradford County and made oath according to law that he is the identi- cal Person who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that he is directly interested in said Claim, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Elias Withey
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Ezekiel Newman J. P.
STATE OF Pennsylvania } ss COUNTY OF Bradford } ss
I Allen M. Keas Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of said County hereby certify that Ezekiel Newman Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgement were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 15 th day of May 185 4
Allen M. Keas Proth.

Revolutionary Claim of Phebe Widow of Leahus Arthur suspended 1832 Pennsylvania
Filed 16 March 1853
T. E. Hasler Washington
J. V. Cole May 8/53

Power of Attorney - from Phoebe Wetting to J. E. Hassler Washington City D.C. 1853

State of Pennsylvania County of Bradford ) ss Be it known that before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Personally appeared Phebe Withey a resident of Canton township in the county of Bradford in the State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law. States that she is the Widow of Seduthon Withey of Canton township county of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania who was a Revolutionary Soldier and that she believes the United States are still indebted under existing laws for the Pension that was due under the application heretofore made, and that she is directly interested as a claimant in the Pension for which application was heretofore made as aforesaid and Constitutes and appoints J. E. Hassler of Washington D. C. my 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 Phebe Withey have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 5 th day of March A.D. 1853
In presence of J. W. Griffin Lucy Griffin
her Phebe X Withey Seal mark
Signed Sealed acknowledged and Sworn to before me on this 5 th day of March A.D. 1853
David Palmer I have

Pencil notations in 2" x 3" parallelograms were typed in on the original
July 25, 1939.
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BA-J/CC Jeduthun Wethy (Withey) R.11752
Mr. L.P.Harrington, Box 271, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jeduthun Withey (Wethey) of Connecticut and New York, and who died in 1845, in Canton Township, Pennsylvania.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R.11752, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Jeduthun Wethy, or Withey; the family signed both ways.
The actual Date and place of birth of Jeduthun Wethy, and names of his parents are not shown; he was b. in Preston, Conn.
Jeduthun Wethy resided in Preston, Connecticut until near the close of the Revolution, then moved to New Lebanon, New York where he lived until four or five years after the close of the war, then moved to Sunderland, Vermont, lived there nine years, thence to Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Read title Lycoming Co., that part which was later
Jeduthun Wethy made application for pension September 19, 1833, at which time he was aged sixty-seven years, and a resident of Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and stated that while a resident of Preston, Connecticut, he enlisted in July of the year of the battle of White Plains, served as private forty-two days in Captain Alvin Coit's company, Colonel Mott's Connecticut regiment and that he assisted in building Fort Groton. This service was rendered as substitute for Henry Withey, no relationship stated. He stated that he enlisted sometime during the year 1778, served four months as private in Captain William Cutler's company under command of Major Andrew Backus, that he joined this company at Canterbury, Connecticut, that he was in General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island and was in the battle of Rhode Island, where he received a slight bullet wound in his left arm; that he enlisted at New Lebanon, New York, and served forty-two days as

private in Captain Backus Company, Colonel Brown's New York regiment, and was in a battle with the Indians.
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of service as required by pension laws.
Date and place of his death are not shown.
In 1853, soldier's widow, Phebe Withey, was a resident of Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, her maiden name and date and place of their marriage are not shown. In 1854, soldier's son, Elias Withey, was living in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. No reference was made to other children, and no further family data are shown.
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Jonathan Withey - suspended claim "Under age - no proof of service."

Penn a
Rev.
Act 7 June 1832
Jeduthan Withey
Suspended
11752
Letter to
D. Bullock
Nov. 22. 1833
Ep.
1832

1939 - July 25 - Nat. R.R. Warrenton
11752 P. O. Jonathan Wethey Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18 . Discharged: _____, 18 . Application filed: _____, 18 .
REJECTED
1852 Alleges: Printed list of rejected & suspended claims gives reason for suspension; Under age - no proof of service - Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____ P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract. _____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Darius Bullock
22 Nov. 1833
A E
Re? Vol 29. P. 158.

Sir
War Department
Pension Office
Nov. 22. Nov. 4. 1833
The papers in support of the claim of Jonathan  Jonathan Withey have been again examined, and placed on our files. At the times, during which his alleged services he alleges he performed service he could have been only 11, 12, and 14 years old. At that tender age, it is impossible that he could have been subject to military duties and penalties. His claim is therefore rejected.
Darius Bullock Esq. North Smithfield

Rec'd 1817
June 12th, 1939.
Pension Commission, Veteran's Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Will you be kind enough to advise if Jeduthan Withey (Wethey) appears upon your records of pensioners. He secured a pension for service in Connecticut and New York and was popularly known as "Major" Withey and I am under the impression his service was in the war of 1812, with Great Britain. Died 1845 at Canton Township, Pennsylvania, probably, Bradford County. Perhaps his service was in the war of the Revolution but your records will probably verify which war it was. Enclosed return envelope for your convenience.
rec. June 14
Sincerely thanking you, I am
.034 stamp and envelope
Box 271 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Very sincerely, L.P. Harrington

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON
June 14, 1939.
YOUR FILE REFERENCE:
IN REPLY REFER TO: BA-G
WITHEY (WEIHEY), Jeduthan
Mr. L.P. Harrington, 2134 S. Cincinnati, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Dear Sir:
The postage enclosed with your letter of recent date is herewith returned. No postage is required on replies to official inquiries.
Your communication is being given attention.
By direction,
W. C. BLACK, Chief Clerk.
Enclosure: (1) stamped envelope
Veterans Administration Form 3158 Return of Postage