Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34539, Jonathan Winchester, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
Winchester, Jonathan
8 34539
CONTENTS

7801 4
Massachusetts
Jonathan Winchester,
of Newton in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Seven Years
enrolled on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of March 1819 and sent to Wm Weston Esq Salem Mass.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $89.28 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 48.
Nov. 22, 1822 $137.28
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to Abraham Biglow Esq Oct. 13. 1820 Cambridge Mass.

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State of Massachusetts
I Jonathan Winchester a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Newton in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the first part of the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the close of the war in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty three
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Regiment of Colonel Bond of the Massachusetts line, & to the company of Capt William Warner for the first three years, & for the residue of the time to Col. Michael Jackson's regiment of the same line, & to Capt Childs company and that I left the service at the close of the war as aforesaid being then honourably discharged
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty years upwards; and I have no other evidence in my power to offer, except what is herewith exhibited, my discharge being lost from lapse of time.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Jonathan Winchester
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed Jonathan Winchester and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court.
Wm Wetmore
I also certify that the within named Deponents are credible & disinterested witnesses. Wm Wetmore

I the Subscriber one of the overseers of the poor, in the town of Newton, do testify & say that Jonathan Winchester within named, is so poor, as to require support from the said town as such & receives it accordingly.
Caleb Kenrick
March 31. 1818. sworn to before me
Wm Wetmore the judge within named
I John George heretofore a lieutenant in the company of Capt. Treadwell & Col. Crane's regiment of the revolutionary army do testify that I well knew the within named Jonathan Winchester serving in the said army, in Col. Jackson's regiment have no doubt of the truth of the facts stated by him in his Declaration within written
John George
March 31. 1818. sworn to, before me
Wm Wetmore the judge within named

60.
Jonathan Winchester
[Large cursive signature]
1801
[Large cursive signature]
17 Mar 19
Ms. A. 9. 2. 12. 123
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820.
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Jonathan Winchester resident Newton in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7801, now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Jonathan Winchester late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the thirty first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
“ Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventeenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
“ Real Estate none personal estate none Said Winchester has no family is a farmer by profession, is sixty four years of age very infirm & lame, wholly unable to labour, he enlisted in 1775 in Capt Cooks company Col Bonds Regt for the term of one year served out that period, when he again enlisted in Capt William Howes company Col Micks Jackson Regt for a period of during the war and served to the close when he was honorably discharged Jonathan Winchester
Sworn to & dictated before Mr Wetmore Judge of Court

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
11 I, Jonathan Mitchell do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Jonathan Mitchell
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Jonathan Mitchell took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
nothing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820 .
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Winchester a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775-1776 Pvt. Book Brig. Mass.   William Warner   Childs Michael Jackson   discharged in 1783.  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, Feb. 31. 1818. His el. of. Residence at date of application, Newton Middlesex Co. Mass. Age at date of application, 60 or 62 years.
Remarks:
(Died Nov. 22. 1822) There is no data as to his family. The above noted is the only soldier of that name found on Rev. War records this Bu.
Respectfully,
Mass. Book shows Capt Wm Warner & wife Homer
Commissioner.

34539 Reg INVALID.
1916 Mch. 4 Hist. To Raymond E. Van Syckle.
File No. 84,539
Jonathan Winchester Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 457
[Arrangement of 1870.]

RAYMOND E. VAN SYCKLE ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW 1729 FORD BUILDING DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Rev Sec
Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir - Please send statement Rev. war service and personal data concerning
Jonathan Winchester (b. Brookline, Mass. 7/31, 1755) (d. 1/16, 1837) Mar. 1783 Peris Whitman resided at Ashburnham, Mass. claimed to have served "in Capt Gates Company & later in Rhode Island."
Reference submitted - "U.S. Pension Rolls page 186."
Yours respectfully
Raymond E. Van Sycke Reg. Mil. Society S.A.R.