Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11772, William Whiting, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Whiting, William
S. 11772
CONTENTS
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No. 704 New York William Whiting deceased in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain King — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Ellsworth in the N. J. Det. line for 22 Mos 3 Ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 73 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sep. 1833 — and to W. H. Moore Berkshire
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 33 $ 184 16 Semi-ant. allowance ending 14 M ch 34 3683 $ 220 99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk, Book C, Vol. 1. Page 40
Mrs. William Whiting New York

No 19887 William Whiting Tioga County New York
Admitted Private 22 mo & 3 days
6. M. 14737 36.83 18490
75.33
Wm. S. Moore, Berkshire, Tioga County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 20 th
183 3
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of William Whiting Tioga County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Entered June 1774 for parade &c. 8 c Capt. Hopkins 75 years Barrington Revolutionary ordinance & Gerguson's certificate, Wilcup's certified credible and 4 living witnesses not certified credible by the Justice of peace - papers correct   Enlisted April 1775 - 8 - private Capt. King, Col. Fellows Berkshire County   Enlisted Jan'y 1776 - 2 17 private - - - - - Massachusetts   Served April 1776 - 1 15 private Capt. Spoon, Col. Fellows   Entered { June } 1776 { July } - 5 - private Capt. Nichols, Col. Brown   Called out April 1777 - - 14 private Capt. Goodrich, Battle of Bennington   Served June 1777 - 5 17 private Capt. Goodrich, Col. Ashley   Served Dec. 1777 - 1 - sergeant - - - - -   Served at other times - 2 - - - - - - -  
22. 3
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. { To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 here or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 shown under what officer 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 10 note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of New York County of Tioga Town of Berkshire } ss.
On this 19th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty-two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of a the court of Oyer & terminer now sitting at Oswego in said county of Tioga William Whiting a resident of said town of Berkshire in said county of Tioga & state of New-York, aged seventy five years & upwards, 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 7th 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, that is,
A company was formed, called minute men, in Great Barrington in the county of Berkshire & state of Massachusetts, where I then resided, in the summer of 1774 who chose Mark Hopkins as their captain, to which company he attached himself with Ezra Kellogg & others, that the company was paraded twice a week during that season armed & equipped, to start at a moment's warning; in the fall of the same year capt. Hopkins declined serving; the company then chose capt. William King to command them; that in April 1775 on hearing by express of the battle of Lexington he the said William Whiting under the command of capt. King with said company, immediately marched for Roxbury, near Boston, when we got there we enlisted in the same company for the term of eight months or until January first 1776, our company was put into col. John Fellows' regiment, after his time was out on said first of January 1776 the said Whiting says he was requested to enlist again & did enlist again & serve until Boston was evacuated which he thinks was on the 17th of March 1776 at which time he got his discharge & returned to Great Barrington, which discharge is now lost. That he served in this campaign ten months & seventeen days That in April 1776 he engaged with Ezra Kellogg & others in a company of militia commanded by capt. John Spoon of Sheffield in a regiment commanded by col. John Fellows & marched under said capt. Spoon to Saratoga on the North river & was there acting as a guard against the Indians & Tories & continued there for about one month & a half, then returned home: That in June or July 1776 he again enlisted

under capt. Ezra Hickok for five months, in Col. Samuel Brewer's regiment I went to Ticonderoga & served in that campaign until December following & was then discharged & returned home about the first of January 1777. That I served in this campaign five months. Discharge is lost 1777. That in April 1777 he was ordered out by capt. Silas Goodrich in the Militia to take a party that had collected under a British officer from New York, by the name of capt. Hooper, who was killed in the skirmish & several of his men; took at that time a number of prison- ers & put the remainder to flight, was out at that time about two weeks. After this, in the fore part of the summer of 1777 the Militia of New England & New York was called upon to reinforce Gen. Schuyler at the northward. In the latter part of June or the beginning of July, I engaged again with Ezra Kellogg & others, under the command of capt. Silas Goodrich of Great Barrington, we marched to Fort Ed- wards & Kingsbury in the state of New York & joined the American army there & remained with said army & assisted in the retreat to Still- water - in this retreat I remember said Kellogg lost his horse, saddle & bridle, which fell into the hands of the enemy - we then returned home. Immediately after I returned home, I was again ordered out with said Ezra Kellogg & others under the command of said capt. Good- rich & marched from Great Barrington to Bennington in the state of Vermont & was at the Battle of Bennington & after the Brit- ish troops were subdued at that place, we again returned to said Great Barrington. Immediately after this I engaged in the service again under the command of said capt. Goodrich & marched to Saratoga in the state of New York to oppose the British under Gen. Burgoyne. I was not in the hardest of the battles previous to the surrender of Bur- goyne, but was in several skirmishes with the enemy, in which I received two slight wounds - we belonged to Col. John Ashley's regiment & Genl. John Sheldon's brigade - our company was occasionally both sides of the river, but when Burgoyne surrendered we were on the east side of the river. Soon after Burgoyne surrendered which was on the 17th of October 1777 we returned home. From April 1777 till Oct 17th of 1777 after the surrender of Burgoyne, I was I was constantly under arms & in the service of my country five months & seventeen days. In the month of December 1777 Elisha Martindale, Gideon Smith & many others having been arrested & tried by a court organized for that pur-
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pose, were adjudged to be traitors & enemies to their country. I was placed as a guard over said Martindale, & actually guarded him night & day for one month; when by order of court the said Martindale & others were sent to Boston as prisoners, in order that they might be banished to the British dominions according to their sentence. After this time the said William Whiting was called out two or three times by Capt. Hewitt & Root & others before the war was ended, but cannot tell or remember for certainly the exact length of time he was in the service at these times but knows that it was two months or more.  in the whole, two or three months. He is confident that in the cause of his country during the revolutionary war that he served as a soldier as much as two years & six months, at least, excluding the service in 1774. That he the said William Whiting was born at Canaan in Litchfield County & state of Connecticut & lived there till he was nine years old; then removed with his father to Canaan in the then county of Albany & state of New-York & lived there about two years & a half, then he removed to Great Barrington till the year 1793 when he removed to Albany in said county of Berkshire & resided there till 1812. when he removed to the town of Berkshire in said county of Tioga & state of New-York, where he has resided ever since; & he always has been a citizen of the United States. that he is now in the seventy sixth year of his age. That he had a record of his age in his family bible which he took from his father. That he had received no annuity or pension under the laws of the United States providing for revolutionary officers & soldiers, & he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. I have no documentary evidence, but I refer to the depositions of Ezra Kellogg, Mary Hopkins, John Kellogg, Eben Whiting, & others annexed for evidence of my services. I have to my subscribed this 19 th day of November in the year of our Lord 1832.
General Nathan C.
William Whiting

We Silas Comfort a Clergyman residing in the town of Kerbershire in the County of Tioga and State of New York and Ransom Williams living in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Whiting who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be seventy five 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.
Given under our hands and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Silas Comfort Ransom Williams
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 Silas Comfort who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, residing in the town of Kerbershire in the county of Tioga and State of New York, and that Ransom Williams who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Kerbershire, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Green M. Duthill Clerk of the Court of Tioga County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William Whiting for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 19 day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Green M. Duthill

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Berkshire Town of Great Barrington
ss.
I Ebenezer Whiting aged seventy two, now being in the town of Great Barrington aforesaid, do testify & say that I am the brother of William Whiting, now of the town of Berkshire in the county of Tioga State of New-York, and that I formerly resided with him at my fathers house in Great Barrington - I testify that in the early part of the summer of 1777 the said William Whiting, and myself with others, was called out in the militia in a company commanded by Capt. Silas Goodrich then of said Great Barrington - the said William Whiting & my brother Ebenezer marched to the northern army at Fort Edward, he and I were at the Battle of Jones's Mills, about the time Jenny Creek here was killed by the Indians - soon after we both returned to said Great Barrington together, & we were both immediately called out with the militia under the command of said Capt. Goodrich to oppose the British near Bennington in the State of Vermont - a company arrived near the close of the battle & took part in it, we were both there - after the battle of Bennington the said William Whiting & myself with others, returned to said Great Barrington, and in a few days after the P. William Whiting, myself, & others, were marched under the P. Capt. Silas Goodrich to the north and joined the army at Stillwater, on the north river, & before the battle at Bemis's heights; - Tilly's Brigade to which we belonged was marched from Stillwater to Saratoga, & Capt. Goodrich's Brigade was marched to the same place) under the escort of a Continental Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Breun - we were ordered to ford the north river & pile & burn the plank of the Bridge below Schuyler's Mills; which was done - we both continued

in the army till after the surrender of Burgoyne - we both took part in the fighting which preceded the surrender of Genl. Burgoyne for several days - after this campaign was over we both returned home together to Great Barrington aforesaid, & arrived there sometime in December 1777, according to my best recollection.
And further the Deponent saith not, Ebenezer Whitney.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss. Great Barrington August 2. 1832, Then the said Ebenezer Whitney, to me well known, personally appeared, & made oath, that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed, is true. I do hereby certify that his said Deposition is entitled to full credit.
Before John Whitney, Just. Peace. The foregoing addition to my certificate made June 8. 1833. John Whitney, Just. Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick a
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth for the County of Berkshire do certify that John Whitney Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavits & deposition were taken is, a true & lawful Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Berkshire, & that the signature to the several certificates herein before contained purporting to be his are genuine. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with two of the aforesaid deponents viz: Moses Hopkins Esq r & Eben Hall Esq r & know that they respectively sustain a high reputation as gentlemen of veracity & integrity.
Charles Sedgwick Clerk
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty fourth day of August A.D. 1832. Charles Sedgwick Clerk
Subscribed to the foregoing before me this 2nd day of June A.D. 1833. Charles Sedgwick Clerk

I, Ezra Kellogg of Great Barrington in the county of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify & say that since the year 1772 I have been well acquainted with William Whiting formerly of Great Barrington aforesaid now a resident of the town of Berkshire in the county of Tioga & state of New York - I know that he did service in the Militia during the Revolutionary war & I was in the service with him.
We both belonged to a company of Minute men in said Great Barrington first commanded by Col. Mark Hopkins but afterwards by Capt. William King, under which last named officer, the said William Whiting, with myself & others, marched to Roxbury near Boston in April 1775 immediately after the battle of Lexington - I know the said William Whiting did duty in said company at Roxbury Dorchester & till the first of January 1776 being a period of eight months. I returned home, but the said William Whiting remained longer in the service - he continued with the army as I have no doubt & sincerely believe till the British evacuated Boston in March 1776, which I think was the seventeenth day of the month, making two months & one half longer than I served -
I also testify that the said William Whiting in April 1776 engaged, with myself & others, in a company of Militia, commanded by Capt. John Spoor of Sheffield in a regiment commanded by Col. John Hollows - we marched under said captain to Saratoga on the North River & the said William Whiting was there on service about one month & one half, when we returned home -
I also testify that in June 1776 the latter part of the month, I know that the said William Whiting, with myself & others, again enlisted in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Ezra Hickok of Sheffield for five months; we belonged to Col. Samuel Brewer's regiment - we marched to Ticonderoga in the state of New York & served in that campaign till December

following—
I also testify that in the summer of 1877 Gen Schuyler, who commanded the northern army, called on the New England & New York Militia. I am knowing, that the said William Whiting, in the fore part of July in that year, engaged again in the Militia, with myself & others, in a company, commanded by Capt. Silas Goodrich, in a regiment commanded by Col. John Ashley—our company marched to Fort Edwards & Kingsbury, in the state of New York & joined the army there—I know the said Whiting continued with the said army on duty till about the middle of August in that year & was present in the retreat of the American army to Stillwater—
I also testify that I know the said William Whiting, in August of the year 1877, marched in a company, commanded by Capt. Silas Goodrich of Great Barrington from said Great Barrington to Bennington in the state of Vermont, where we arrived on the day of the battle of Bennington, just at evening, assisted that night in guarding prisoners & the next day in burying the dead &c—we then returned home—
I also testify that in the month of December 1877 I know that the said William Whiting was placed as a guard by Capt. Silas Goodrich over one Elisha Martindale, who had been adjudged by the committee of safety (with others) to be a Tory & an enemy to his country—I know that the said Whiting guarded him day & night for one month, when the said Martindale, with others, in January 1878, was ordered, by a court convened for that purpose, to be banished from the United States, & for that purpose they were all sent on to Boston.
And further the deponent saith not.
Ezra Kellogg
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire ss. Great Barrington August 20 th 1882. Then the said Ezra Kellogg says to me well knowing, personally appeared & made oath that the foregoing deposition is true to the best of his knowledge, information & belief. The foregoing addition to my affidavit made June 8 th 1883. Ezra John Whiting Just. Peace.

I, John Kellogg of Great Barrington in the county of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify & say that I am well acquainted with William Whiting formerly of said Great Barrington, but now of the town of Berkshire in the county of Tioga & state of New-York. I have been acquainted with him ever since he was a boy. I am knowing that he did service in a company of Minute men commanded by Capt William King of said Great Barrington commencing in April 1775 - his company was stationed at Roxbury & Dorchester near Boston - I know he did duty there during that campaign as I frequently saw him there - the eight months service expired on the first of January 1776; but I understood & always believed that the said William Whiting stayed longer in the service & until Boston was evacuated by the British in March following as the said William Whiting did not return home when I did.
I also testify that I know the said William Whiting served under Capt. Silas Goodrich in the attack upon British & Tories at Livingston manor in the state of New-York in April 1777 - I know that the said Capt. Goodrich with the said William Whiting & myself were the first that rose up to a precipice, dismounted, & fired upon the enemy.
I also know that the said William Whiting served in the northern campaign in the year 1777 - & I know that he was at the taking of Gen. Burgoyne's army - in this last mentioned campaign the said William Whiting & myself served in the same company, commanded by Capt. Silas Goodrich, of the Militia.
And further the Deponent saith not.
John Kellogg
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire ss. Great Barrington August 2. 1832, Then the said John Kellogg, to me well known, personally appeared, & made oath, that the foregoing Deposition by him duly read, contains the truth. And I certify that his said deposition is entitled to full credit. Before John Whiting, Dist. D. C. The foregoing addition to my deposition was made Dec. 21. 1833. Not. John Whiting Dist. D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Berkshire, Town of Great Barrington, S c .
I Moses Hopkins of Great Barrington aforesaid, Esquire, aged Eighty one years and upwards, Do testify that I am well acquainted with William Whiting formerly of said Great Barrington, now a resident of the town of Berkshire in the county of Tioga and State of New York - I have been well acquainted with him ever since the year 1770. I know he was one of a Company of Minute men (so called) which was organized in said town of Great Barrington in the year 1774 under the late Col. Mark Hopkins who was chosen the first Capt. of said Company - I know that Capt. William King was afterwards chosen the Capt. of said Company, the Col. Mark Hopkins having resigned. In April of the year 1775 immediately after the news of the battle of Lexington was received, I know that the said William Whiting with many others who belonged to said Company marched for the vicinity of Boston under the command of Col. King to oppose the British - I was at Roxbury in the fall of that year and saw the said Whiting there doing military duty - It was reported at the time that the said Whiting remained longer than some others, & till after the British evacuated Boston in March 1776; and I readily believe he did so remain in service, as he did not, according to my recollection return home till after said evacuation. I also testify that said William Whiting, as it was generally reported I believe at said Great Barrington at that period, afterwards in the years 1776 & 1777 engaged and served with the Militia company from said Great Barrington & from Sheffield in this county; and that he was at the Battle at Bennington in the State of Vermont, and also at the capture of General Burgoyne & his Army. It

was so reported at the time, I have been lulled here among all his acquaintances ever since, as I have always supposed. Moses Hopkins.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire ss. Great Barrington August 18 th 1832, Then the said Moses Hopkins, Esq., to me well known, per- sonally appeared and made oath, that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, contains the truth. And I also certify that his said deposition is entitled to full credit.
By me John Whiting Just Peace, The foregoing addition to my certificate made June 8. 1833. John Whiting Just Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court sitting as Court of Sessions for the said County of Berkshire do hereby certify that John Whiting Esq. upon whom the foregoing depositions of Lydia Hall & Moses Hopkins were taken, in me, on the eighteenth day of August 1832 an acting Justice of the Peace within for said County that I am well acquainted with her hand writing that the foregoing signatures purporting to be hers are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto at my hand subscribed the seal of said Court this eighth day of June A D 1833 Charles Sedgwick Clerk

William Whiting's Papers relating to a Pandion S ———
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We do severally certify, that we reside in the same town and vicinity with William Whiting who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that for the last twelve years and upwards we have been well acquainted with him, during which time, during which time, we have had no reason to doubt his integrity or veracity; and that we believe, that the services as set forth in his declaration above, were rendered to his country. Given under our hands at Berkshire, in the county of Litchfield and State of New York this 20th day of November 1832.
Wm Whiting Smith
Daniel Campbelle Eunathan S Haight
Othi Lousk
Leonard Legg
Nathaniel Osney
Alexander Maples
Marvin Kenny
Thomas Kenny
Joseph Gleason
Miles L Lawrence
William Lawrence
Charles Benton
Daniel Williams
Daniel Gleason
Tilly Randal
Ralph Manning Elisha Smith
Bill Torrey
John Chapin
Asa Leonard
Wm Gregory
Aldeen Baker
Josiah Ball
J. satc. Waldo
Joseph Waldo
Elijah Baker
Nathaniel Ford
Confiden Lawrence
Barnabas Manning
Isaac Ball
Link B. Misship
Robert Atkins
Marcus Ford
Orren Olney
John Torrey
Henry Ball
Isaac Goodale
Joseph Belcher
Wm S Smith
Abalom Ford

July 13, 1931
Mrs. A. B. C. Hardy 620 Townsend Street Lansing, Michigan
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section ANF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11772, that William Whiting was born at Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, date not stated.
While residing at the house of his father (name not stated) at Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1774, he was a minuteman in Captain Mark Hopkins' company; Captain Hopkins resigned in the fall of the same year and William King was chosen captain. Immediately after the battle of Lexington, they marched to Roxbury, Massachusetts, and enlisted in said Captain William King's company, Colonel John Fellows' Massachusetts regiment, and served until March 17, 1776. He enlisted in April, 1776, and served one month and one half in Captain John Spoor's company, Colonel John Fellows' Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in June or July, 1776, and was in Captain Ezra Hickok's company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's Massachusetts regiment and served until January 1, 1777. He enlisted in April, 1777, and served in Captain Silas Goodrich's company, Colonel John Ashley's Massachusetts regiment, was in an engagement at Jones Mill, battle of Bennington, and at the surrender of Burgoyne, where he was twice slightly wounded. From in December, 1777, he was called out several times on alarms, once under Captain Hewit Root, amounting in all to three months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 19, 1832, while a resident of Berkshire, Tioga County, New York, aged seventy-five years.

It is not stated whether soldier was married.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Rev. and 1813 War Section.
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March 26, 1925.
H. H. Davis, 33½ Main St Phelps, N. Y.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11772, it appears that William Whiting was born at Gannan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, date not stated.
While residing at his father's house (whose name is not stated) at Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1774, he was a minute man in Captain Mark Hopkins' Company, said captain resigned in the fall of same year, and William King was chosen captain. Immediately after the battle of Lexington, they marched to Roxbury, Massachusetts and enlisted in said Captain William King's Company, Colonel John Fellows' Massachusetts Regiment and served until March 17, 1776.
He enlisted in April 1776 and served one month

and one half in Captain John Spoor's Company, Colonel John Fellows' Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in June or July 1776 and was in Captain Ezra Hickok's Company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment and served until January 1, 1777.
He enlisted in April 1777 and served in Captain Silas Goodrich's Company, Colonel John Ashley's Massachusetts Regiment, he was in an engagement at Jones Mill, Battle of Bennington and at the surrender of Burgoyne, where he was twice slightly wounded.
From in December 1777, he was called out several times on alarms, once under Captain Hewit Root, amounting in all to three months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 19, 1832, while a resident of Berkshire, Tioga County, New York, aged seventy-five years.
It is not stated whether soldier was married.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

620 TOWNSEND STREET LANSING, MICHIGAN
June 19 th 1931
Commissioner of Pensions, Dept. of Rev. Soldiers Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
My dear Sir -
Please read me the military Record - birth (where) death where - and whether a widow received a pension after his death of
William Whiting - b in Canaan Conn? died in Great Barrington in the Mass. Militia began & received a pension on Mar 4 th 1831 when living in Tioga Co - N.Y.
What town in Tiog. Co? Did he die there?
Thanking you
Very Truly Yours E. T. B. Hardy
(Mrs A. B. C.)

Phelps N.Y. Feb 12-1925
Pension Bureau, Washington D.C.
Sir, Please give me the complete Revolutionary war record of Gamaliel Whiting, of Great Barrington Mass. and of his son William Whiting who enlisted at Cambridge. Both were minute men at Lexington and Concord and were commissioned officers at Camp at Roxbury Mass. Thanking you I am yours truly,
H. N. Davis
62 1/2 Main St.
Phelps N.Y.

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William Whiting Pier Beer War
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