Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,052, Simeon Wheeler, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wheeler Simeon
S. 22,052
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15395 Rhode Island
Simon Wheeler of Providence in the State of R. Island who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Coll of the R. commanded by Col Carpenter in the R. Island line for 6 months Mts
Died Dec. 24, 1833 Agency book.
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of March 1833 and sent Hon J. L. Wadsworth Washington Sec.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $40.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 10.00 $50.00
{ Revolutionary Claims, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. A. Addison Clerk. Book 2 Vol. 2a Page 135

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations County of Providence ss.
In this 30 th day of October, One thousand eight hundred & thirty two. (1832) personally appeared in open court, before the Superior  Municipal Court of the  State , now sitting in the city of Providence in & for said County .
Simeon Wheeler, a resident of Providence in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations aged Seventy-two 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.
1. I was born in the town of Rehoboth in the county of Bristol & State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and Sixty, on the tenth fourteenth day of September of that year. I have always understood that my the time of my birth was recorded in the records in Taunton our county town. I know it is recorded in our large family Bible now in the possession of the wife of the Rev. Thomas Perry of said Rehoboth, who is my niece. I am the more certain of my age from this circumstance. Being on a visit at Elder Perry's a few years ago, I was telling my age, when  and Elder Perry told me I was under a mistake and told my age one year younger than I really was. I could not believe I was mistaken, so,  till we referred to the great Bible before mentioned and I found I was mistaken.
2. I was living in my native town of Rehoboth with my father when called into service. Since the revolutionary war, I have lived a part of the time in Rehoboth, a part of the time in Attleborough & a part of the time in Swansea & of latter years in Providence where I now live. I was enrolled in the Militia of our town when when quite a youngster. I believe as early as Sixteen or Earlier. I know that in the year 1777. I belonged to the Militia company in Rehoboth, commanded by Captain Simeon Cole. In the Spring of the year 1777.

(I cannot remember the month) Captain Cole proposed to us that as many as were willing should sign our names to an agreement to become minute men to be always ready in case of alarm to march in defence of our country at a minute's warning. About all the younger part of our company agreed to the proposal & signed their names, & I signed among the rest. I well remember that John Dyer was first, & Isaac Brown was Second Lieutenant of our company of minute men & that our company belonged to the Regiment of which Col Thomas Carpenter was Colonel & Col Shubel Peck was Lieut-Colonel. It runs in my mind that Major Hunt was our Major, but I am not certain of it. I think we all stood under said agreement as minute men about two years, perhaps over that time. In the course of the said two years, or more, we were called out upon alarms very frequently, especially when the British were on the island of Rhode Island, & we were constantly expecting them up the river upon us. I well remember the alarm when the British came up & burnt the village of Warren situated about ten miles from my father's house. I was at work topping off a hay-stalk for my father. I immediately jumped down, ran to the house, seized my gun & accoutrements, & was on the march in five minutes. We were called out several times to go against the British on Rhode Island in some of which alarms we were detained under arms in actual service a month or more, in others, but a day or two, or less. On one of our longest expeditions against Rhode Island, I went with a detachment of minute men on to the Island & worked hard throwing up breast works at a place called Butts Hill. I rather think that Capt. Frederick Drown commanded that Detachment, but am not certain. I am positive Capt. Frederick Drown was there with us. Putting all these alarms above mentioned together, I think I can safely say, under oath, that they

about four  hours would amount to at least three months actual service service under arms.
Besides this actual service, I actually served three months defending the Narragansett Shore as a private, in the company commanded by Captain the Israel Hicks belonging to the regiment commanded by Col. John Dagget. I think Col. Hathaway was his Lieut.-Colonel. Samuel Carpenter was first & a Mr. Nick- ols, whose christian name has escaped me, was Second Lieu- tenant of Capt. Hicks company . We marched on said tour of duty, on, or, about the thirtieth day of November 1777 ( as I think ) & were dismissed on the first day of the March following. Whether I enlisted, or was drafted, to go on said three months tour, I am not positive , But I am inclined to think I enlisted from the circumstance that I went, as I well remember, very much against the will of my father, who, tho' he was a mighty  steadfast liberty man, was much opposed to my going. I always accounted for it his opposition very satisfactorily to myself as I always thought he con- sidered me the best boy  of his  in house  he had to work. However that may be, I am certain that I served was stationed part of the winter in Providence & part of it in Warwick & served out my three months faithfully.
I well remember a Captain Randall who belonged to our regiment of three months men, because he was singularly active, & prompt as a disciplinarian & made a remarkable figure as an officer. I also remember seeing General Spencer in Providence, but my recollection of other general officers is very indistinct.
When my three months service under Capt. Israel Hicks was end- ed, I received a discharge among the other privates, from the Captain by word of mouth. I do not remember that I ever received any discharge from my service as a minute man.

7) Sullivan Dorr and Philip Allen both of Providence Merchants are persons to whom I am known in my present neighbourhood & who can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.
I well remember seeing other American troops from different parts, on the island of Rhode Island, when I was there, & in Providence & in Bristol. but I also remember seeing French troops in Providence & Bristol. but I do not now remember the names of any of the officers of these American or French troops, if I knew them at the time .
I hereby relinquish all claim whatever to any pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on any pension roll of the  any Agency of any State, -
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Simeon Wheeler
We, Sullivan Dorr residing in the city of Providence and Philip Allen
residing in the said city of Providence merchants, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Simeon Wheeler who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy two years of age; - that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. & have confidence in his veracity Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Philip Allen
Sullivan Dorr

I, Nathan Hicks of Rehoboth in the county of Bristol & state of Massachusetts, Yeoman, in the Seventy-first year of my age, do on solemn oath say, that I am well acquainted with Simeon Wheeler of Providence in the county of Providence & state of Rhode Island & was well acquainted with him in the time of the Revolutionary war. We were then young men together of about the same age, both brought up near neighbours & schoolfellows together in the said town of Rehoboth, & In the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven, we both belonged to the company of Militia in said town of Rehoboth commanded by Capt. Simeon Cole, of which company John Dyer was first & Isaac Brown was second Lieutenant. Early in said year 1777, (but I cannot re- collect the month,) the greater part of our company volunteered & had our names taken down to become minute men, & engaged to be always equipped & ready to march in case of alarm at a minute's warning. The minute men consisted of the younger part of our company, & I well recollect that said Wheeler & I both volunteered as minute men at the time above mentioned. Col. Thomas Carpen- ter was Colonel & Shubel Peck the was Lieut. Colonel of our reg- iment of minute men. Both these officers belonged to said Rehoboth. The whole time that said Wheeler & myself stood minute men was more than two years. During this period I well remember that we were frequently & suddenly called out upon alarms. At the time the British burnt Warren in the state of Rhode Island, & several times, during the expeditions against the British on the the island of Rhode Island said Wheeler & myself both turned out & being very young men were detained some weeks longer than some older minute men were. We also turned out several times suddenly when we were dismissed before or soon after we arrived at our place of destination. I think I can safely say, on oath, that the said Wheeler, was from home under arms & in actual service with me as a minute man, more than three months in the whole. When we turned out at the Burning of Warren, & two different times afterwards to go against Rhode.

Island we were gone about a month each time, besides the other shorter alarms. I am pretty certain that at whenever we turned out as minute men as above we were commanded by said Capt. Cole & said Lieut Doyen, except at one time when we went on to the Island of Rhode Island to help throw up breast works at a place called Butts's Hill, & then we were commanded by Captain Frederick Drown & said Lieut Doyen. I recollect seeing a number of officers on horse back when we were upon Rhode Island, but I do not now recollect any one in particular by name except General Spencer.
Besides the actual service at the alarms before mentioned I well remember that early in the winter of 1777 (I think) but am not absolutely certain as to the year, the said Simeon Wheeler enlisted went into actual service & continued in said service three months in a company commanded by Capt. Israel Hicks a second cousin of mine, where first Lieutenant was Samuel Carpenter. I had a brother, who now deceased who also served said term of three months in the same company with said Wheeler, of whom I have often heard my brother commend as a good & faithful soldier. My brother's name was Abel Hicks. Capt Israel Hicks company, before mentioned, belonged to the the regiment commanded, at that time, by Col. John Daggett of Attleborough in Massachusetts. Whether said Wheeler & my brother were drafted; or enlisted to go on said tour of three months duty I do not recollect; but I know they performed said tour of duty & were stationed at different places for the purpose, as I always understood, of guarding the Narragansett Shores from any sudden incursions of the British. Nathan Hicks

Providence Jc. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations.
In Providence on this fifteenth day of August A D 1832 personally appeared Nathan Hicks subscriber to the foregoing statement & made oath that all the facts therein contained are true
Before me. Charles F. Tillinghast Justice of the Peace
Providence Jc. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Clerk's office of the Supreme Judicial court for said county of Providence August 15, 1832.
I, the undersigned Clerk of said court for said county do hereby certify that Charles F. Tillinghast Esquire is now one of the Justices of the Peace for the town of Providence in said county duly appointed by the General Assembly of said State, commissioned & sworn & that full faith & credit are due to his official acts; and that his signature above is in the true & genuine hand writing of the said Justice.
In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of said Court on the day & year above written
W m H Smith Clerk.
Providence Jc. State of Rhode Island &c
I, the undersigned, a Public Notary for said county, at the request of Simens Wheeler of Providence do hereby certify that Nathan Hicks of Rehoboth in the State of Massachusetts, yeoman, is known to me as a person of reputed veracity & I have no doubt he is fully entitled to be believed under oath. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal my office at Providence this 15 th day of August 1832 W m H Smith. Pub Noty.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that 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 William
Don & Philip Allen who has signed the preceding
certificate is a resident in the city of Providence
and that Philip Allen who has also signed the same is
as resident in the said city of Providence and that they are credible persons whose statements are entitled to credit.
Thomas G. Giff Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence

I Allen O. Peck clerk of the Municipal Court of the city of Providence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Simson Wheeler for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court this Thirtieth day of October
A. D. 1832,
Allen O. Peck Clerk

17025 Simeon Wheeler Rhode Island
Private 6 months
For J L Hodges Present
Wm A Smith ally Prov R.I.

BRIEF in the case of Simeon Wheeler Court of Bronx in the State of Rhode Island (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years  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.     Vol In 1777 about 2 about 2 minuteman Gen Sullivan   3 Capt. Geo. Col Carpenter   enlisted 3 Capt Brown   Capt. Snodgrass, Col. Hazlett  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rehoboth R.I.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not properly attested 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. Hazlett Examining Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS/HLM
May 3, 1930.
Herbert O. Brigham State Record Commissioner State House Providence, Rhode Island.
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 22052, it appears that Simeon Wheeler was born September 14, 1760 at Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, he enlisted November 30, 1777 and served three months as a private in Captains Israel Hicks' Company, Colonel John Daggett's Massachusetts Regiment. In the spring of 1777 he had been enrolled as a minute man in the Rehoboth Militia and served as such at various times during the Revolution, amounting to three months in all; was in Captains Simeon Cole's and Frederick Brown's Companies in Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Regiment and went to Rhode Island several times during alarms, and was at the burning of Warren.
After the Revolution he lived at Attleboro and Swansea, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 30, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Providence.
He died December 24, 1833.
There are no data relative to wife and children.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a soldier named Simeon Wheeler who served in the Rhode Island troops.
In the list of pensioners published by the Secretary of War in 1835, the above noted Simeon Wheeler is erroneously recorded as having served in the Rhode Island Militia.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.

Spalding
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Troy, Bradford Co. Pa. Will you kindly give me the pension records of Simeon Wheeler b 1757-68 of R.I. Mtl of Penn. Co. 1831-2d wife Sarah Turner-
And Nathan Babcock b. 1726 of Westerly R.I. 4th wife Dorcas Babcock.
Thanking you kindly for information Very Truly
(Miss) Cora A. Spalding
Mar 28/17

Revolutions
22052 INVALID.
File No. 22052
Simeon Wheeler
Re Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dec 19'96 Hist
to Mr O.P. Pierce
Pawtucket R.I.
1917 Apr. 9. Hist. to Miss Cora A. Spalding F.
1930 May 3. Hist. to Herbert O. Brigham. M.C.S.
1930 June 23. Hist. to Miss John F. Warvel M.C.S.

MRS. JOHN F. MARVEL GENEALOGIST FOR THE R. I. SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES 5 WHELLEN AVENUE, EAST PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
One Simeon Wheeler born in Rehoboth Sept. 14, 1760, served in the Revolutionary War.
Will you kindly send me Service and any data concerning family you may have?
Family tradition says he received a pension - if so we hope it may give name of wife and his death  date , at least.
Yours very truly,
Abbie W. Marvel.
(Mrs. D. F.)

HERBERT O. BRIGHAM COMMISSIONER
STATE RECORD COMMISSIONER STATE HOUSE PROVIDENCE
April 30, 1930.
Earl D. Church, Commissioner, Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me an abstract of the Revolutionary service of Simeon Wheeler , Private, Rhode Island Militia; placed on pension roll, May 11, 1833; pension commenced, March 4, 1831; age 74; residence, Providence County.
Very truly yours,
Herbert O. Brigham State Record Commissioner.
HOB-D

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Simeon Wheeler a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 22,052
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Enrolled Spring 1777 at various times to R. I. etc. in Mil 3 mos. in short alarms Minuteman { Simeon Cole Frederick Drown Thomas Carpenter Mass.   Nov. 30, 1777 3 mos. Private Daniel Hicks John Daggett   Spring 1778  
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct 30, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Providence, Rhode Island.
Age at date of application, born Sept. 14, 1760 Rehoboth, Mass.
Remarks: died Dec. 24, 1832 (pension lost) there is no reference to his wife.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

O. W. & N. Div. L. W. B. I. 22052.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
December 19th, 1896.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Simeon Wheeler, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on October 30th, 1832, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing at Providence, R. I., and his pension was allowed for six months' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Cole and Col. Carpenter. He enlisted at Rehoboth, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Clarence E. Peirce, c/o J. & P. Coates, Ltd. Pawtucket, R. I.

CLARENCE E. PEIRCE, PAWTUCKET, R. I. care J. & P. Coats, Ltd.
November 25 th, 1896.
Chief Clerk, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
My dear Sir:-
Your kind favor of 19th instant was duly received. But the data given is not of service because the Simeon Wheeler is of Concord Mass.
Providence, R.I., Probate Court records give the following:-
"Simeon Wheeler, a Pensioner.
Be it remembered that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to the Court that Simeon Wheeler late of Providence deceased was a Pensioner of the United States in the State of Rhode Island under the act of the Congress of the United States of the seventh day of June 1832, that he died on the Twenty fourth day of December A D 1833 and that Sarah Wheeler is his widow and lives in said Providence."
If you will refer to your papers in this latter case and send me all that can be used for genealogical purposes, particularly as to his wife or wives and children, I will be under obligations for the favor. And waiting your kindly attention to this matter, I am, my dear Sir,
Yours truly,
C. E. Peirce.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
mcs MCF:MLB
June 23, 1930
Mrs. John F. Marvel 5 Whelden Avenue East Providence, Rhode Island
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22052, it appears that Simeon Wheeler was born September 14, 1760 at Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, he enlisted November 30, 1777 and served three months as a private in Captain Israel Hicks' Company, Colonel John Daggett's Massachusetts Regiment. In the spring of 1777 he had been enrolled as a minute man in the Rehoboth Militia and served a such at various times during the Revolution, amounting to three months in all; was in Captains Simeon Cole's and Frederick Brown's Companies in Colonel Thomas Carpenter's Regiment and went to Rhode Island several times during alarms, and was at the burning of Warren.
After the Revolution he lived at Attleboro and Swansea, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 30, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Providence.
He died December 24, 1833.
There are no data relative to wife and children.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a soldier named Simeon Wheeler who served with the Rhode Island troops.
In the list of pensioners published by the Secretary of War in 1835, the above noted Simeon Wheeler is erroneously recorded as having served in the Rhode Island Militia.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner