Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25958, Daniel Wetherbee, Continental Mass.

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Continental Mass.
or Wetherbee, Daniel Weatherbee
N 25958
Hepsibah
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Vermont 18.648
Daniel Wetherbee
of Windsor is in the State of Vermont, who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Nuttings of the Reg t commanded by Col. Prescott, in the Mass. mil- itia for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 84 Dollars Costs per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Sep. 1833. and sent to R. Washburn. Ludlow. Vt.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. '33 $ 200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. '36 40.00
$ 240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Elmwood Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 3 Page 98

6041 Vermont Miss.
Elizabeth Weatherbee widow of Daniel Weatherbee who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 73 Dollars 25 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of August, 1844 and sent to
J. H. Wammack Esq Reading Vermont
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 32.
Reported N o 67. Joint Resolution. 1885 Aug 27. E. S. Stearns history Prior

Deposition of Thos. Wetherbee for Daniel Wetherbee

I Thomas Wetherbee of Ludlow in the County of Windover and State of Vermont do depose & say, that I am a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of 1818, that I was a resident in Linnenburg in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1775, that I went to Cambridge Mass. and volunteered my services and enlisted, for one year in the Army of the Revolution, on the first day of January 1776 and I served in the Army the full term of one year, and was discharged the first day of January 1777 — I was stationed during said year in New York & its vicinity — the principal part of the time I was on Governors Island and at Peekskill on North River —
I further testify & say, that my Brother Daniel Wetherbee served with me in the Army the whole of said year 1776 — That he went with me to Cambridge volunteered his services, and enlisted with me, was in the same Company with me, was discharged at the same time I was discharged, and returned home with me — We served in Capt. John Nutting's Comp. of Infantry & in Col. William Prescott's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line — Thomas Wetherbee
State of Vermont } At Ludlow July 19. 1832 Windover County } Personally appeared Thomas } Wetherbee the signer of the foregoing Deposition and made oath in due form of law that the foregoing Deposition contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth —
Stephen Cummings Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the said Thomas Wetherbee is a credible witness — Stephen Cummings Justice Peace

State of Vermont Windsor County ss
Woodstock, County Clerk's Office May the 28 th 1833 I, Benjamin Swan, Clerk of the County Court for said County of Windsor, Do hereby certify that Stephen Cummings is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, and that the within is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and subscribe my name the day and year above.
Benj Swan

Daniel Wetherbee
P.O. N o 5191.

Declaration of Daniel Wethebee
State of Vermont County of Windsor } }
District of Windsor ss.
On this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared, in open court before the Judge of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, now sitting, Daniel Weatherbee a resident of Reading in the County, (and District) of said Windsor, aged seventy-three 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 th 1832; That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, viz.
That in the year 1775 the declarant lived at Lunenburgh in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; That he went to Cambridge in said State and enlisted as a private into Capt. John Nuttings company, in Col o William Prescotts Regiment for one year to commence the first day of January 1776 - It was in October, or November, he entered his name, as declarant thinks; and on the first day of January 1776 declarant joined the Army at Cambridge in Massachusetts, where he remained till April following, when he marched to New York, through Worcester Mass. Providence R. Island, to New London Conn. thence by water to New-York; was immediately stationed on Governor's Island, about a mile South of New-York city, where he remained till sometime in September, when he was carried to the Hospital

in the city of New York, sick with a fever, where he stayed a month or more, and then went to Stamford in Connecticut, where he remained till his time expired (unable to do duty,) when he was discharged and returned home to Lunenburgh Massachusetts, where he arrived the 9th. day of January 1777.
The declarant further states, that in the month of May 1778 at Lunenburgh, Massachusetts, he enlisted again into the service of the United States for 8 months, into Capt. Nathaniel Lakin's company in Col. William Prescott's Regiment, and marched to Rhode Island, where he remained until his time was out, when he again returned to Lunenburgh, having served out the full term, for which he enlisted. The declarant further states, that at Lunenburgh in Massachusetts in the month of May 1779 he enlisted as a private for 6 months into the company commanded by Lieutenant Boroman Brown, and marched to Rutland, Massachusetts, to guard the prisoners taken from General Burgoyne's Army, where he remained during the term of time for which he enlisted. Said company was not attached to any Regiment during the 6 months he served in it, but was called a Lieutenant's Guard. The declarant moved from Lunenburgh Mass. to Rindge N. Hampshire, where he lived sixteen years, till 1799, when he moved to Reading Vermont, where he has lived ever since. The declarant never had any written discharge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or an annuity, except the present; and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
He was born at Townsend in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts on the 16th day of December 1758; he has no record of his age.

He was living in Limberburgh in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, when he was called into service. Since the Revolutionary War he resided at Ringe in the State of New Hampshire, till 1799, when he moved to Reading in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and has resided in said town of Reading ever since.
He states the names of Samuel Eaton and Small Fullam, junior, as persons, to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, and, who can testify, as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services, as a Soldier of the Revolution. Daniel Wetherbee
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Jabez Proctor Judge
We Samuel Eaton, residing in Reading in the County of Wingate and State of Vermont, and Small Fullam, junior, residing in Ludlow in the County and State aforesaid, the said Small Fullam junior, having till lately resided in said Town of Reading, for more than twenty years, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Wetherbee, who has subscribed, and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three 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. Samuel Eaton
Sworn to, and subscribed the } Small Fullam Jr day and year aforesaid.
Jabez Proctor Judge
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 abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served, as he states. And the Court further certifies,

that it appears to them, that Samuel Eaton, who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a resident in the town of Reading in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and, that Sewall Fullam, Junior, who has also signed the same, is now a resident in Ludlow in the County of Windsor aforesaid, and till lately was a resident in Reading aforesaid, in the immediate neighbourhood of the said applicant for more than twenty years, and are credible persons, and their Statement is entitled to credit.
Jabez Proctor Judge
I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Wetherbee for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Reuben Washburn.

Supplementary Declaration of Daniel Withbee. —
State of Vermont - } District of Windsor ss. }
On the twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared in open Court, before the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, now sitting, Daniel Withbee, a resident of Reading in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following supplementary Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832. —
That in each of the Terms of his Service as stated in his original Declaration, hereunto annexed, he enlisted and served out the full terms of his enlistments, as a private —
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, whose

testimony he can procure, who can testify to his Service, except Thomas Wetherbee, whose Deposition is herewith annexed to his said original Declaration. —
Sworn to, and subscribed, } Daniel Wetherbee the day and year aforesaid. }
Jabez Proctor Judge
We Sewall Fullam, a Clergyman, resid- ing in the Town of Reading in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and Abel Gilson Jr. now residing in the Town of Cavendish in the County and State afore- said, late a resident of Reading aforesaid, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Wetherbee, who has subscrib- ed and sworn to the foregoing original and Supplementary Declarations; That we believe him to be Seventy four 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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, } Sewall Fullam the day and year aforesaid. } Abel Gilson Jr
Jabez Proctor Judge
And the said Court do hereby certify, that it appears to them, that Sewall Fullam, who has signed the pre- ceding Certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of Reading in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and, that Abel Gilson Junior, who has also signed the Same, is now a resident in the Town of Cavendish in the County and State aforesaid, and was till lately a resident in the Town of Reading aforesaid, and is a cred- ible person, and that their Statement is entitled to full credit.

I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and supplementary proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Wilkerbee for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three.
Reuben Washburn.

9479. Hepsibah Weatherbee
75
Act 7 th July 38
Rejected
husband 28 th Aug '41

State of Vermont, } On this twenty sixth day of May, in the year of District of Windsor ss. } our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the Probate Court in and for said district of Windsor, Hepzibah Wetherbee a resident of Reading, in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged Eighty six years on the 30. day of August now last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled "An Act grant- ing half pay and pensions to certain Widows."
That she is the widow of Daniel Wetherbee who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and for whose revolutionary services, he obtained a pension of eighty dollars per annum, under the Act of June 7 th 1832, entitled, "An Act supplementary to the Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers of the Revolution": for a more par- ticular description of whose services, reference may be had to his Declaration and proofs accompanying the same, now on file in the pension Department. She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Wetherbee at Lexington in the state of Massachusett, by the Reverend Thomas Clark, then the settled minister over the church and congrega- tion of that town, her former name being Hepzibah Meriam, but from her advanced age and consequent loss of memory, she cannot now say with certainty at what time she was married, but she thinks it was in the fall or latter part of August in the year seventeen hun- dred and eighty two; that she recollects that William, her oldest child, was born more than one year after her marriage, and she thinks that he, the said William was born in the winter of seventeen hundred and eighty four. That her Husband, the aforesaid Dan- iel Wetherbee died at Reading aforesaid, on the twenty eighth day of August, in the year eighteen hundred and forty one; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hun- dred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated. That she has not intermarried, since the death of her said husband, but still rem- ains the widow of the said Daniel Wetherbee.
Witness. Jonathan Jones
Luina Wetherbee
her Hepzibah X Wetherbee mark
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Hepzibah Wetherbee, on this 26 th day of May, A.D. 1843. before me, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of 3 d Probate Court.

I, Lucinda Wetherbee of Reading, in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont of lawful age , aged fifty three years, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am a daughter of Daniel Wetherbee and Hepzibah Wetherbee mentioned in the foregoing Declaration of the said Hepzibah Wetherbee; that I have constantly lived with my said Parents from my earliest recollections, during all which time the said Daniel and the said Hepzibah, have constantly lived together in the relation of husband and wife, up to the death of the said Daniel Wetherbee, and since the death of the said Daniel, I have constantly lived, and am now living with the said Hepzibah; that the said Daniel Wetherbee died at Reading aforesaid on the twenty eighth day of August, in the year eighteen hundred and fortyone; that I was present and saw him die; that since the death of the said Daniel, she the said Hepzibah has constantly remained the widow of the said Daniel, and now is sole and unmarried. Reading May 26th 1843.
Lucinda Wetherbee
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Lucinda Wetherbee, on this 26th day of May, 1843. before me, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of s d Probate Court.
I, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the Probate Court in and for the District of Windsor, in the state of Vermont, do hereby certify that Hepzibah Wetherbee who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration, Lucinda Wetherbee, who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit, are persons of truth and veracity, and that their respective statements are entitled to full credit and belief.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of s d Probate Court.
State of Vermont, } District of Windsor, ss. } I, Salmon F. Dutton, Register of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby certify that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom the foregoing Declaration of Hepzibah Wetherbee, and the above affidavit of Lucinda Wetherbee, were severally sworn to and subscribed, is Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor, which Probate Court is a Court of Record; and that the signature annexed to the foregoing Certificate of the oath of the said Declarant and affiant, purporting to be the signature of him the said Thomas F. Hammond, is his own proper and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate Court, and subscribed my name at Plymouth in said District, this fifth day of June, A. D. 1843.
Salmon F. Dutton, Register

The following is an extract from the Record of Marriages for the town of Lexington in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"Daniel Wetherbee of Rindge New Hampshire and Hezribah Meriam of Lexington were married December Nineteen, the Seventeen hundred and eighty two by Rev. Jonas Clarke"
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "December 19 th 1782" John Mulliken Town Clerk of Lexington —
I John Mulliken, above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Lexington, County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception above named as certified by me. —
John Mulliken Town Clerk of said Lexington. —
Sworn before me this 2 d day of August 1843.
Benjamin Muzzey, Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston August 5. 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Benjamin Murry was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Admiral
De gans
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Lewiston June 3 d . 1833.
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
At the request of the Claimants, I return to you the Declarations of Timothy Adams, Timothy Stone, John Spaulding, and Daniel Witherbee, for Pensions. If they are now satis- factory, they wish you to have the goodness to forward their Certificates to me as soon, as convenient. —
I am, Dear Sir, with very great respect, your obed t Serv t .
Reuben Washburn. —

9479 Hepsibah Weatherbee by Hiram Goddard her Guardian - joint resolution of Jan'y 23 d 1845 & act July, 1838
Adm d : c 873.33 per ann: from 4 March 1836 to March 4 - 1841 -
No 67
Husband died 28 Augt '41
Thomas F. Hammond Brownsville Vermont

Declaration of Hiram Goddard, Guardian of Hepzibah Weatherbee.
In order to obtain for her, the benefits of the Resolution of Congress of the 23d. Janu- ary, 1845. Whereas the Act of the 30th of April, 1844, prohibited her from drawing a pension for the same period during which her husband was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under oath, to obtain for her the said Hepzibah Weatherbee, the benefits of the Resolution above mentioned.
I am the legal Guardian of Hepzibah Weatherbee, widow of Daniel Weatherbee who was a Private in the War of the Revolution; she has drawn a pension at the rate of seventy three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, from the fourth day of March, 1843. I now ask for the amount due her from the fourth day of March, 1836, to the fourth day of March, 1843, when her former pen- sion commenced. And I further say that the said Hepzibah Weatherbee is still living.
Hiram Goddard Guardian.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this 18th day of February, in the year, eighteen hundred and fortyfive, at Reading in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont.
Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant, and also the said Hepzibah Weatherbee, are both personally known to me, and that she, the said Hepzibah, is the same individual which she is represented to be, by the said declarant, in the foregoing affidavit
Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace.
State of Vermont, } District of Windsor, ss. }
I, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the Probate Court in and for the District of Windsor aforesaid, do hereby Certify, that Hiram Goddard who has sworn to and subscribed the above affida- vit, has been duly appointed Guardian of the said Hepzibah Weatherbee, and is now acting in that capacity.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, at Windsor in said district, this eighteenth day of February, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and fortyfive.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.
I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court, do hereby certify, that Thomas F. Hammond who has signed the foregoing, is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Windsor, in the state of Vermont, and that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office, this 22 nd day of February, 1845, at Woodstock in the state of Vermont.
N. Williams, Clerk.

In the case of Hepzibah Weatherbee, a certificate may be forwarded to me at Brownsville, Windsor Co. Vermont. Thomas F. Hammond.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov 25 1843.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Daniel Weatherbee is borne upon the pay roll of Capt Nathl Tabin from July 1. 1777 - 6 mos & upon the pay roll of Capt Peter Woodbury, Lt Bowdoin Brown, from July 11. 1778. 4 months. There are no rolls of Capt Nutting in 1776 in this office.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Ino A Boles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Vermont } County of Windsor }
Reading October 31 st 1843.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office of the services of my late husband, Daniel Wetherbee, late of Reading in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, deceased.
He enlisted, as I have reason to believe, for one year, to commence January 1 st 1776, in Capt. Nutting's Company, Col. William Prescott's Reg't. He enlisted again in May, 1778, in Capt. Nathaniel Sabin's Comp'y, Col. William Prescott's Reg't. for eight months. And that he again enlisted, in May, 1779, for six months, under Lieutenant Bownan Brown, and served as a Private in the Massachusetts Line. (We were married in the year 1783, We died in the year 1841.)
I am now 87 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state any thing further, material to the search required, except that he belonged to Lunenburg  Lexington Massachusetts.
I have empowered Homer H. Hammond Esq. of Reading, aforesaid, to act in the premises as my Attorney.
Witness my hand this 31 st day of October,
A.D. 1843.
Signed in my presence by said Hepzibah Wetherbee this 31 st day of October, 1843.
Hepzibah her Wetherbee mark.
Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of Peace.

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25,958
Keepsubah Weatherbee Wid of Daniel Weatherbee Brin Kenhar
Act Mar 3 rd 1843
Index: Vol W , Page 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9479. Hepsibah Weatherbee
yt
Suspended
Set. to J. F. Hammond Oct. 11. '42 " to same Aug. 28. '44.
Act July 7 th 38

9169
Vermont
Hepsibah Weatherbee widow of Daniel Weatherbee who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 28 August 1841 of in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain of the the commanded by  in line for 2 years,
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Apl 1845 and sent to J. F. Hammond, Brownsville,
Total amount, $ 620 Jany 23 1845 [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. L. Swann, Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 143
Pay to Hiram Goddard, Guardian

Ad '43 6333
Hepichah Wilherbe
75-
Act July Act Mar. 8 '43
Ad
22m.
pric
$73.33 per An.
J. F. Hammond
Reading
Pa

David Netherbee in Augt 1832 of Reading Windsor Co Vt Both in Downer & Middlesex Co Mass Dec 16. 1758 & during the war lived in Lunenburg & since the war has lived in Reading Cheshire Co NH then in 1799 moved to Reading at where now resides In 1776 he enlisted with Capt Cutting & Col Prescott for one year to Cambridge July 1. 1776 & marched from Cambridge in April to New London Conn then by Water to NY City & was stationed on Governor's Island from there in Sept he was carried to a Hospital in NY City sick with a fever, then to Stamford Conn & did not leave until his time expired In May 1778 enlisted for 8 mos under Capt Nathan Larkin & Col Prescott in R.I. In May 1779 he served 6 mos under Lt Bowman Brown as guard to the Prisoners at Rutland Mass from Burgoyne's army Thomas Netherbee his brother of Sudlow was mortally wounded at Lexington Middlesex Co Mass Dec 19. 1782 to Hopkirk Merriam of Lexington & he of Reading Vt & he died at Reading Aug 28. 1841 In May 1843 widow in Reading aged 86 years on Aug 30. 1842 (born 1757) Their daughter Lucinda Netherbee who has always lived with her parents - in May 1843 of Reading aged 53 yrs - Widow had in her guardian - being