Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 619, Timothy White, Mass.

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White, Timothy Ruth
W 619
B.L.Wt. 14663-160-55
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15360.
Massachusetts
Timothy White
Bristol in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded
by Col. Whitney in the [blank]
time for 3 [blank] [blank]
12 [blank] 1 Day [blank]
[blank]
Enscribed on the Roll of [blank]
at the rate of 51 Dollars 11 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of June
1833 and [blank] [blank]
Arrears to the 14th of [blank] 1833 $102.22
Semi-ant. allowance ending [blank] 25.55
$127.77
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk,
Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page [blank]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } BRISTOL, ss. }
At a COURT of PROBATE holden at Taunton — in and for said County on the twentieth seventh day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, before the Honorable HODJAH BAYLIES, Judge of the Probate, &c. for said County, personally appeared Simeon White a resident of Taunton in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832, make the following declaration.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated; to wit: under Captain Isaac Thayer & his other company officers were Lieutenants William Lawrence & Hardy. At my enlistment at Whitinsville in the month of June 1812 for six months and received immediately from said Captain to Dorchester & on their arrival to a place called Wallase Island, said State further particulars of my service in my answer to the fifth interrogatory. and further declares as follows, in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. That he was born in Taunton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and Sixty one
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? There is a record of my age in the town of Taunton Clerk of said Town an attested copy of which is hereto annexed
3 Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Taunton
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom? I never was drafted, I always enlisted voluntarily, I was a substitute for David Wilson if he had been called for, but he was not

5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
1 We marched from 6 mo. Said Noddles Island to Nantasket (now Hull ) near Boston where I served said six months or to the end of said term and at the expiration of said campaign I was verbally discharged by my officer. I refer to Abel  Craig officer to prove this my first campaign.
2 I was a substitute in my second campaign or I was William a said 1 Twinter and served one month in a company commanded by Captain Schoback  Leonard & as I think in Col Thomas Benjamin Regiment at a place called Little Compton in R.I. It was at Spencer expedition (so called) in the year 1777 I refer to Belalor  Hill officer to prove this my second campaign.
3 I also enlisted for a third campaign in a company commanded by Captain Nathaniel  Randall in Col Saggett Regiment & marched from said Twinter to Providence & to a place called Woonsocket neck in the state of R.I. and there served about two months and then I marched back to Providence and there served the remainder of said campaign. The whole length of this campaign was three months . At the expiration of said term, I was verbally discharged by Capt Randall & returned home. I refer to Major  Gosney officer to prove this my third campaign. It was in the year 1778 & 79.
3

Page 10 I was also at a place called Fall River in Massachusetts one of the campaigns of ten days and I was a volunteer at this campaign. I cannot certainly tell the time but think it was in the year 1779 I was in a company commanded by Jacob Hastings & we were ordered to this place to prevent the enemy from landing & crossing the bridge where they were making an attempt to burn the village. I refer to Nathaniel Britton Affidavit to prove this my fourth campaign.
and I also enlisted for a fifth campaign in the year 1779 in a company commanded by Pelatiah Eddy & in Col John Stark's Regiment & our major was - Duryea. & this campaign was one month and we were stationed at a place called Little Compton in the state of R. I. & I marched from Farmington on the 18 th day of March & was discharged on the 15 th day of April, my discharge was verbal from Eddy I refer to Apollos Eddy Affidavit to prove this my fifth campaign.
and I enlisted for a six campaign and we went to march to a place in the vicinity of Fishkill on the Hudson river, but we were after ordered on to Rhode Island where we served three months & it was in the year 1780 in a company commanded by Jacob Hastings & in Col Mitchell's Regiment & we landed a part of the time upon the fort which was repairing at this place I was a corporal at this campaign & at the expiration of said term I was verbally discharged by Hastings & returned home. Some of the first names of the officers never knew or have forgot
I also served three weeks near the Common sense in the year in 1775 of which I have no living witness that I know.

Timothy White 10.257
Final

6. Were you a Soldier or an Officer? if 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? if an Officer, did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? ans. I was a Soldier, I never had a written discharge I never had a commission in the army of the Revolution
7. State the names of the 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.
Answer - To the Rev. Erastus Maltby & the Hon. James L. Hodges
And the said Timothy White doth further declare that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Rhode Island
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
H. Baylies
Judge of Probate.
WE Erastus Maltby - a Clergyman residing in Taunton and James L. Hodges residing in the same Town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Timothy White who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy 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 to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Erastus Maltby James L. Hodges
H. Baylies
Judge of Probate.
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 Erastus Maltby who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Taunton in said County of Bristol , and that James L. Hodges who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
H. Baylies
Judge of Probate.
Register of Probate.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } BRISTOL, ss.
I Anselm Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy White of Taunton in said County, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
Anselm Bassett

Timothy White the son of John White & Mary his wife was born in Taunton July 6 1761 As appears on Record in Town Book Attest Alfred Williams T. Clk.

1799
Massachusetts
Ruth White
widow of Timothy
White who served in the Revolutionary
war as a private & corporal
Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 57 Dollars 11.
cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Sept r 1853
and sent to
Crownell Leonard Norton. Bristol Co; Massa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
March 3, 1845 , Page 47 Vol. A
Feb y 3 rd / 53
Hon J. Buffinton Jan y 30/56
Rev 3 m th 47611 - 22 160-acc d

Certify that the within is a true copy of the original as shown to me this Certificate was written through Miss Tope & erased by me. Gertrude Leland J. Thurs
State of Massachusetts County of Bristol, I James P. Ellis being forty seven years of age do hereby testify & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Falmouth in said County and have the custody of the several books of Records of the said Town of Falmouth, and I do further testify and say. That on one of the said Record books is found the following Record to wit.
This Certifies that I married August thirtieth eighteen hundred and thirty two H. Timothy White & Miss Abigail Ruth Austin, both of Dunton Enasus Nalley Pastor of the 1 st Unitarian Cong l Church Dunton
And I do further testify and say. That the above Certificate is an exact, and true Copy of the said Record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the said Record book in fair legible figures as follows. To wit, Aug 30 th 1832.
Thomas D. Elliott,
State of Massachusetts
Bristol County - } ss April 23 1853. Then James P. Ellis subscriber to the above affidavit, & the one personally known to a credible witness personally appeared & made oath that the same is true in all its parts. Bygone me, Commissioner Leonard Justice Place

I James P. Ellis within named, do hereby testify and say, That I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Taunton, as aforesaid, and that on one of the Record books of said Town kept for the purpose of recording Births & deaths, is found the following Record, To wit, Capt Timothy White a Revolutionary pensioner died February twenty fourth eighteen hundred and forty two, aged eighty years, And I do further testify and say that the above extract of the death of Capt. Timothy White, is a true and exact extract, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the said Record, in fair legible figures as follows. Feb. 24 th 1842.
James P. Ellis,
State of Massachusetts,
Bristol County } ss April 23 1853. Then James P. Ellis subscriber to the above affidavit personally appeared and made oath that the same is true in all its parts, Before me, Germaine Leonard justice Peace

I have been thinking of you and your Miss B. & Miss H. since our last conversation, and many a day, do hereby testify & say, that I have never been acquainted with Mr. Hunt at the time of said marriage, and that I never had to be the spiritual prisoner. I was the wife and is now the widow of the late Captain Timothy White of Salem in said County, who is now deceased, and who was a Revolutionary soldier & pensioner of the United States.  I trust I do justice to my history and say, that I have no interest whatever in what has to have said that, I will, estate a pension.
Salem April 21 st 1853.
David Holmes
I have been thinking of you and your Miss B. & Miss H. since our last conversation, and many a day, do hereby testify & say, that I have never been acquainted with Mr. Hunt at the time of said marriage, and that I never had to be the spiritual prisoner. I was the wife and is now the widow of the late Captain Timothy White of Salem in said County, who is now deceased, and who was a Revolutionary soldier & pensioner of the United States.
I trust I do justice to my history and say, that I have no interest whatever in what has to have said that, I will, estate a pension.  Salem April 21 st 1853.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.
I James Sprague, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Cromwell Leonard Esq., whose signature is subscribed to the foregoing and annexed certificates, is now as on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court at Taunton, this twentieth first day of May, in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty three.
J. P. Sprague

This is to certify that on this day personally appeared Rebecca White a resident of the county of Franklin and State of Tennessee known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.  Given under my hand and seal this 3rd day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty two.
My commission expires July 1, 1933.
I, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this day personally appeared Rebecca White known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal this 3rd day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty two.  My commission expires July 1, 1933.
I, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this day personally appeared Rebecca White known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal this 3rd day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty two.  My commission expires July 1, 1933.
Rebecca White
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty two.  Oliver Rescott Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bristol County ss.
Probate Office May 23. 1853.
I John Daggett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County hereby certify that the Hon. Oliver Prescott before whom the foregoing declaration was made and whose signature is affixed thereto was at the date thereof Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court & say and year first above written.
John Daggett Reg.

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State of Massachusetts Bristol County - S
Be it known, That on the thirty first day of March eighteen hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, Ruth White aged eighty two years a resident of Dighton - in the County & State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth upon her oath make the following Declaration, That she is the widow of Timothy White deceased, who was a private & corporal - in the Revolutionary War and who was pensioned under the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832 at fiftyone dollars & eleven cents per annum, she further declares that she does not know the name of the officers under whom she served, but refers to his declaration for a pension and the accompanying papers for proof of his service, now on file in the war office at Washington,
She further declares that she was married to the said Timothy White - on the 30 th day of August 1832, and that the said Timothy White - deceased, her late husband died on the twenty fourth day of February eighteen hundred and forty five -
She further declares that she is still a widow, that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty and pension she is entitled under the 8 th Section of the act of Congress of
March 3 rd 1833.
She further declares that she was pensioned under the act of Congress of 3 rd February 1833, at the annual sum of $51.11 - and she refers to the affidavits and papers connected with her said declaration for a pension, to prove her marriage and also the death of her husband the said Timothy White as

and which are now on file in the office of the Interior at Washington.
And she prays that the certificate of her bounty land may be sent to Cromwell Leonard Esq of the Town of Norton, Mass;
witness Hiram Leonard Ruth White
State of Massachusetts Bristol County - }
March 31 st 1855.
The foregoing declaration was sworn to, and subscribed before me on the day & year first above written, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the claimant and that she is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Cromwell Leonard Justice Peace

I Barton White of Newton in the county of Bristol, Massachusetts, being fifty seven years of age, do hereby testify & say, that I was well acquainted with Timothy White a Revolutionary soldier & pensioner now deceased. And that I am also well acquainted with Ruth White who is now living in said Newton and that I know the said Ruth White to be the daughter of the person who was the wife and is now the widow of the said Timothy White deceased, and that she is still a widow, I has never intermarried since the death of the said Timothy White deceased, and that the said Ruth White is now a pensioner of the United States. And I do further testify and say, that I have no interest whatever in the obtaining of the said pension from the United States. March 31 st 1833.
Barton White
I Andreas Field of Newton in the county of Bristol, Massachusetts, being seventy one years of age, do hereby testify and say that I have examined the above affidavit of Barton White and know the statements therein made by him to be true, and I do further testify & say that I have no interest whatever in the obtaining of said pension from the United States for Ruth White widow of Timothy White deceased.
Andreas Field
Subscribed & sworn to before me this 31 st day of March 1833. Then the above named Barton White & Andreas Field, known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing affidavits, were acknowledged before me this 31 st day of March 1833.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.
I James Groot, clerk of the court of sessions in and for the county of Bristol, do hereby certify that Governor Leavitt, when signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate, is, and was, on the day of the date thereof, seized of the parcel in the said county of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court, at Taunton, this twenty third day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. Jas. Groot
1192.8

10257
Timothy White
Suppl 3 March
Recd 12-1 day
14 06
(May 3 1833)
P. 372
§ 37-11.
A Bapett E
Taunton
Mass

(10.257)  BRIEF in the case of Timothy White  of Taunton in the State of Mass s  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court of Probate  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 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.     June In 1776 6 Private Gen. Col l Whitney Reg t { enlisted   1777 1 do Capt. J. Mayers Co s {   1778 '9 3 do Col l M c Carputi, Reg t . sub d   1779 10 do Col l Daggitt, do enlist d   13 Mar 1780 1 do Capt. J. Haskins, Co s . Vol n   1780 3 Corp l Col l J n Hathaway, Reg t  enlist d   1775 21 Private Col l Mitchells, do. do.   15 not stated  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Taunton - Mass s  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by Witnesses, & the traditional evidence of others - one a Clergyman - the latter certified to be credible persons.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  The Official Character &c of the Magistrate, not verified by the Clerk 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephens Examining Clerk.

Timothy White made an application for pension on August 27th, 1832 at which time he was residing at Taunton, Mass., and 71 years of age, and his pension was allowed for 12 months and one day's actual service as a private and 3 months' service as a corporal in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Isaac Thayer and Col. Whitney. He enlisted at Taunton, Mass. His widow, Ruth, also made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as set forth.
Very respectfully,
Mid. 618
May 23 96
Acting Commissioner.
Mrs. A. M. Gorman, Cor 7th and Howard Ave., N.W. City.

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1 3 9 Mrs. Ans

WIDOW, &c.
File No
619
Ruth White,
Widow
Timothy White,
Priest & Conf. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: — Vol.
M.
, Page
328
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 23 '90
soed pensd Mrs. A. L. Gorman
To
Ciz - SWB
Papers B. & R.
exam. by W.P. Waterhouse Rev. Bureau June 2/90
✓ H.

Washington D.C.
May 5, 1896
Hon. William Lochman, Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear sir,
Will you kindly furnish me a transcript of so much, of the family and military history as shown by the papers, on file in the pension claims of the following Revolutionary soldiers:
 - John White, Massachusetts Line -  - Christian White , Massachusetts Militia - 

The same will greatly oblige -
Very respectfully - Mrs. A. H. Gorman, cor. 7th & Howard Aves. N.W. Wash. D.C.

OLD WAR & NAVY MAY 7 1896 FILES.
PENSION D. MAY 20 1896 U. S. OFFICE.
PENSION D. MAY 20 1896 U. S. OFFICE.

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10
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. 189...
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
John Lockhorn
Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Timothy White
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Faeton Mass
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Faeton Mass
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Ruth
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Yes
Remarks:
Hales
Your name and address:
W. P. Welburn Bd. of Review Pension Bureau

Pension Office Sept. 3 rd 1853
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioned was paid; and (if in your power) the date of his death.
Very respectfully Yours obedt Servt
E. D. Dale Acting Commr 2
H Burt Esqr Present
(See other side.)

Timothy White, At 1832 $51.11. pr. an.
Died 23 d Feb 1842, Paid to his death
F. Bush Auditor.

June 13. 1853
N o 2300 App. of Ruth white widow of Timothy
Maf. 15360
Act 3 d Feb y 1853
Rev:
Wm d $51 1 / 4 per Annum Commencing 3 d Feb. 1853
Cromwell Leonard Norton Bristol Col. Mass Maf.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Register

87011. Heaven Ruth White and Luther Kelly 53-1799 Map add 60 - acres Boynton
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C., Jan. 28, 1856.
Sir:
I have the honor to inclose you a letter from Cromwell Leonard, Esq., of Norton, Mass., in relation to the claim of Ruth White, for bounty land.
Yrs, Respectfully, James Ruffinton
To the Com. of Pensions
3

Cromwell Leonard
Jan'y 11 th 1856
Enclos: Certificate of being of State & Mass: of the sum of Twenty dollars in the resolution - to aid the application of Ruth his widow for Bona & Sand.
Boston
Respectfully referred to the Comm. of Pensions
Dep. Rec.
Jan'y 17/56 Respectfully Chas. H. [?]

Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. June 11 th 1856.
To the Secretary of the Interior, Washington City
Dear Sir,
I received a letter of yours dated 19 th December 1855, informing me the claim of Ruth White widow of Timothy White deceased was suspended by reason of the fact, that no legal evidence of the Revolutionary service of husband, Timothy White could be found in your office. Now Sir, it so happens that I took an active part about twenty years ago, in the passage of a Resolved in the House of Representatives, for an examination of the records of the Revolutionary service of this State, to you and to the other members of the Committee on Pensions, & facilities for the examination of claims for Revolutionary service, & said that as a consequence of your movements to that end that you had a Record of service of him, Timothy White as a soldier as is required by the act of 3 March 1833, entitled the Claimant Pension act. Now Sir, as an official & having an examination made in your office in this case, and is not a very regular one, to his poor widow, in subjecting her to this additional examination, I would hope you will be kind enough to see that Miss White will receive the services & thanks & satisfaction.

Will you please have the Kingsbury to have this Claim properly examined, & forward the land Warrant to me, as soon as practicable - and greatly oblige the lady and also your friend and very humble Servt, Cornelius Leonard.

8. Norton Mass; June 8. 1853,
Cornwall Leonard
Encls. application of Ruth White widow of Timothy W. Gerard White widow of Thomas W. and Mary A. Darby . widow of Thomas, under act of Feby 3 d . 1853.
Respectfully referred to the Comm ee of Persons Dept of Int H. H. Whiting June 11. 1853,
Chicopee

ms Boston June 1 st 1853. To the Secretary of the Interior, Sir Sir,
I have enclosed the applications of Mark White, wid of Timothy W. Sarah White, wid of John W. & Mary A. Sargent, wid of Thomas Sargent applicants for pensions under the act of June of Feb. 3 rd 1853. Each of the husbands were hearing. I feel the fullest assurance that the claims are fair & just, and hope the papers will be found unimpeachable. The applicants are very indigent, & the forwarding to me their pension certificates at your earliest convenience would be exceedingly grateful to them.
Will you have the kindness to acknowledge this reception at your office? & if not too much trouble, send me a copy of the said act, & the regulations which you may have prepared.
I am, Respectfully, your friend & Servt. O. D. Lowell Leonard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
January 10. 1856.
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 Timothy White is borne on pay roll of Capt. Isaac Thayer's Comp. Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt. from July 31 1776. to Aug 1. 1777. 5 mos, as private from Farmton.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Jeremiah Leavitts Comp. Col. John Hathaway's Regt. from April 1777 22 days, as private from Farmton.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Pelatiah Eddy, Comp. Col. Hathaway's Regt from March 23. 1779. 24 days, as private.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Jacob Hoskins Comp. Col. John Jacobs Regt from June 20. 1778. 11 days, as private.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Jacob Hoskins Comp. Col. Abiel Mitchell's Regt. from July 21. 1780 3 mos. 5 days, as Corporal.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Sir Will you cause an examination to be made of the Revolutionary Book and Rolls in your office, and ascertain the Revolutionary services of my late husband Timothy White deceased I think he always insisted from Taunton in the county of Bristol, and that he served three weeks at Cambridge in 1775, in Capt Wildes company & Col Sargent Regiment. Six months at Dorchester & Nantasket in Capt Isaac Shagens company and Col Whitneys Regiment in 1776, & that he was a substitute for Daniel Wilbur in Capt Ichabod Leonards company & Col Carpenters Regiment - in 1777, at Littlecompton Island four weeks in Capt Eddys company & Compton ten days at Fall River in Capt Haskins company & Col Mitchels Regiment.
Three months at Wannick & Providence in Matthew Randall, company & Col Daggett Regiment.
Please send a certified copy of what services you find to Cromwell Leonard of Norton, Bristol County - and oblige your friend -
Jan 4 1856.
Keeth White
Judge of Superior Court { White deceased }

10.257
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Timothy White which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? REX VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no —
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no —
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state 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 shewn under what officers 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Rust White

Brief in the case of Ruth White, widow of Timothy Bristol County and State of Massachusetts act 3d February 1853
Claim, ("original," & "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1853
Marriage proved by duly verified Copy of Town Records
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Cornwall Leonard Esq. Norton, Bristol Co. Name and residence of Agent
Mafs
A. D. Dyer Examining Clerk.

I Rufus Godfrey of the Town of Scituate in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts being seventy one years of age, do hereby testify & say that I have been well acquainted with Timothy White of said Scituate for upward of sixty years and that he the said White served as a private soldier in a company with me, in the army of the American Revolution, one campaign of three months, in Capt. Matthew Randall company, and as I think in Col. Daggett Regiment and we were volunteers & were called State Troops, and we were stationed at Warwick & Providence in the State of Rhode Island in the years 1778-9 - and also one other campaign of three months he the said White served in a company with me on Rhode Island commanded by Jacob Haskins and Col. Mitchell's Regiment and we laboured upon the fortifications at that place and I think it was in the year 1780 - which was also in the army of the American Revolution
Dated at Scituate this 18 th day of August A.D. 1832 Rufus Godfrey

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol County
ss. Before me, one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the said County of Bristol personally appeared Rufus Godfrey Subscriber to the within affidavit and made oath that the same is true according to the best of his knowledge & belief in all its parts — In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and quality this 18 day of August A 1832
Cromwell Leonard — Justice of Peace.
Bristol ss May 10 th 1833 I certify that Rufus Godfrey who signed the within affidavit is in my opinion a disinterested & credible witness.
Cromwell Leonard Justice Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Bristol ss. I Anselm Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Cornelius Leonard is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Bristol and that the signatures to the foregoing certificates purporting to be his are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court This twentieth day of May Eighteen hundred and thirty three - Anselm Bassett

I Zebulon Field of the Town of Taunton in the county of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being seventy two years of age do hereby testify & say that I have been well acquainted with Timothy White of said Taunton a great number of years, and that he served with me in a company of volunteers as a private soldier in the Army of the American Revolution one campaign of one month said  in a company which was commanded by Ichabod Leonard & in Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regiment here were stationed at Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island in the year 1777 in Spencer's Expedition (so called) & the troops were called State Troops -
Dated at Taunton this 11 th day of August 1832
Zebulon Field
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ( ) Before me, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county of Bristol personally appeared Zebulon Field Subscriber to the above affidavit and made oath that the same is true in all its parts - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & quality this 11 th day of August 1832  Enoch Leonard Justice of Peace

Bristol Jy May 10 th 1833 I certify that Zebulon Field who signed the within affidavit is in my opinion a disinterested & credible witness Coronr Leonard Justice Peace

I Nathaniel Britton of the Town of Raynham in the county of Bristol & State of Massachusetts being eighty two years of age do hereby testify & say that I have been well acquainted with Timothy White of Taunton for a great number of years, and that he served in a company of volunteers with me as a private soldier in the army of the American Revolution & in a company commanded by Capt Jacob Haskell one short campaign of ten days and were stationed at a place called Fall River in said state, & in state troops (so called)
Taunton August 11 th 1832
Bristol ss May 10 th 1833 I certify that Nath l Britton who signed the above affidavit is in my opinion a disinterested & credible witness Leonard Justice Peace
Nath l Britton
Bristol } Commonwealth of Massachusetts County } ss Before me one of Justices of the Peace within and for the county of Bristol appeared personally Nathaniel Britton subscriber to the above affidavit and made oath that the same is true in all its parts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and quality this 11 th day of August A D 1832.
Leonard Justice Peace
I Apollo Dady of the Town of Taunton in the county of Bristol & State of Massachusetts being seventy nine years of age having been well acquainted with Timothy White for a great number of years do hereby testify and say that he the said White served as a volunteer in a company of State Troops commanded by Dea. Hayer & Mr. Col. Whitney Regiment Stationed at Dorchester & Nantasket in the year 1776 and in the army of the American Revolution one campaign of six months, and that I served in said company at the same time. Said White over

Served as a private soldier in said company and I also served with him the said White officer one other campaign of one month and we served as volunteers and State troops at a place called Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island and said service commenced on the 13 th day of March and concluded on the 15 th day of April in the year 1779 - in a company commanded by Captain Eddy & in Col John Hotham's Regiment Dated at Farmton August 11 th 1832 his
Apollo F Eddy mark
Bristol } Commonwealth of Massachusetts County } ss Before me one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county of Bristol personally appeared Apollo Eddy subscribed to the above and within affidavit, and made oath that the same is true in all its parts
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and quality this 11 th day of August AD 1832.
Crown: Leonard Justice of Peace
Bristol 1 st May 10 th 1833 I certify that Apollo Eddy who signed the the within & above affidavit is in my opinion a disinterested & credible witness. Crown: Leonard Justice of Peace