Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,561, Abel Witherell, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Witherell, Abel
S. 34,561
CONTENTS

9307 R Massachusetts. Abel Withersill
of Wrentham in the state of Mass. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam of the Mass. line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 d of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Apr. 1819 and sent to Jairus Wadsworth Esq. Wrentham, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. annu 2/30 88.40 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Dec r 1819 48.00
$136.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent Oct. 20 th 1820 to Jairus Wadsworth Esq. Wrentham, Mass.

Abel Witherell
Corrects

Abel Witherell a citizen of the United States residing in and belonging to Wrentham in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on Oath declare that I served as a private in Cap t Ponds Company in Col d Reads Reg t at Roxbury in Massachusetts for 8 months and in Jan y 1. a D 1776 I enlisted for one year under the same officers and on the departure of the British from Boston I marched to the City of N York with said Reg t and remained stationed in the State of N. York and N Jersey 'till my term expired. Was at the Battle at Trenton at the capture of the Hessians. — In January A D 1777. I enlisted into Cap t Nathan Goodale Company for three years in Col d Rufus Putnam's Reg t being the 5 th of the Mass: Line and continued in the same Company and Regiment 'till I was discharged at the High Lands near West Point. . I am now sixty eight years of age and in very reduced circumstances and have need of assistance from my Country for my support. Abel Witherell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss. April 8. 1818. Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the So. Circuit person- ally appeared Abel Witherell resident in the Circuit who being first duly cautioned on his Oath made the foregoing declara- tion by him subscribed in order to obtain the provision made by

by the late act of Congress "Entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the U. States in the Revolutionary War. And I the said Judge do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abel Withersall did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration for more than the term of nine months on the continental establishment. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to directions of said act of Congress
Gaius Ware Judge of the Circuit Court Com: May for so circuit

I Elijah Craig of Wrentham in the county of Norfolk and commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Oath declare That I am well acquainted with Abel Witherell of the same Wrentham as . He is a veteran of the United States and served in the Revolutionary Army, is very poor and infirm and in great need of support from his Country
Elijah Craig
I Lewis Fisher of the same Wrentham on Oath declare That I have for many years been acquainted with Abel Witherell and can in truth state that he is infirm and needy and in my opinion justly entitled to support from his Country for his Revolutionary services.
Lewis Fisher
Norfolk ss. Ap 3. 1818. The above named Elijah Craig & Lewis Fisher credible witnesses well known to me as such personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavits by them subscribed, which I am satisfied are true from per- sonal knowledge of the circumstances of the Applicant.
Jairus Ware Judge &c

Copy Schedule No. 1 of Abel Withnell
69309 Sep 19

Schwartz.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, ss.—CIRCUIT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SPECIAL SESSION, JULY 17, 1820.
On this 17th day of July the 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County, 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,  Abel Withwell aged seventy four years, resident in Wrentham in said County, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
Jan'y 1. 1776 to Jan'y. 1777 in Capt Purdie Company in Col. Reed's Reg't Mass. Line, afterwards he enlisted for three years, served in Capt Nathan Goddard's Company in Col. Rufus Putnam's Reg't being 5th of Mass. Line, and was honorably discharged as will more fully appear by his original declaration made 3rd April 1818, and evidence therewith now in the War Department, for which service he has rec'd a Pension. The Certificate bearing date 14 April 1819. No. 9307
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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.
Attest Jonathan W. Withwell
Abel Withwell mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 17th day of July A. D. 1820 before
James Ware Judge C.C.P. Pleas for the Circuit
I, Horatio Townsend Clerk of the Midland do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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
_____ dollars and _____ cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this nineteenth day of July 1820
Horatio Townsend Clerk.

I Abel Withersall of Wrentham, Co. of Norfolk, a Pensioner of the U States under the Act of Congress of March 15. 1818, have no property of any kind (clothing excepted) nor income except my Pension under said act. Have no family - very infirm - live with my son Jon th W. Withersall who provides for me,
Abel his X Withersall mark
att. Jonathan W. Withersall

34 561 Key INVALID.
File No. 34 561
Abel Withersell
Dis Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 457
[Arrangement of 1870.]