Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44009, Caleb Watson, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Watson, Caleb
NUMBER
S 44009
CONTENTS
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47906
New York
Caleb Watson
of Saratoga in the state of New York who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wythe of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of Oct 1820 and sent to Alexander St John Northampton, New York.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1820  $ 223. 49    Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 March 21  48.    Nov 27 th 25/4/30      $271.49  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Application of Mary Watson, wife of Caleb Watson, to the War Department, New York, for a pension.

State of New York ss { Be it remembered that Saratoga County } on the sixth day of June one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen came before me Avery Stakewether one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga James Robertson of the Town of Edinburgh County aforesaid who Being By me duly Sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with the Circumstances of Caleb Watson of the Town of Edinburgh Named in the annexed Detention and knows him to be in reduced Circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
James Robertson
Sworn and Subscribed the Day and year aforesaid Before me Avery Stakewether judge as aforesaid

One base Alexander St. John Agent Northampton New York Recd June 3 rd 1818
Doggy May 1818
Admitted
[Faint, illegible text]
Admitted on Dep n of 2 witnesses as Corporate
215. 2530 5.45 4/30 1.04 223.49
Caleb Watson
Verthe date of 25 th May 1818
To the Honorable the Secretary at War of the united states
City of Washington 7 th May 1818 Wells Kennebec Caleb Watson

Caleb Watson private Willis Conn. Reg t
9 mo. 27 d. 7 h. 6 m. 27 s.
July 7 allay 1818 —
at the of the by the at the
Caleb Watson

[No. 1.....DECLARATION.]
I Caleb Watson aged Sixty four years of the town of Edinburgh in the county of Saratoga in the state of New-York, Do, according to the act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," make the following DECLARATION under oath, that is to say: I do solemnly declare, that I am a resident citizen of the United States, to wit, in the town, county and state aforesaid, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. I do further declare, that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, and that I served as such in the said war of the revolution, against the common enemy, until the end of the said war, for the term of three years or more in different Capacities as a Soldier as a Corporal as a Sergeant and Lastly as an Ensign and that I served on the Continental Establishment that I served in 1775 as a Soldier nine months in 1776 I served one year as a Corporal in 1777 about Six months as a Sergeant in 1778 & 1779 I served Nine months or more as an Ensign That I belonged to the company commanded by Return J. Meigs afterwards by Elizer Sumner in Colonel Samuel Willis's Matthew Meigs regiment, and in the line of Connecticut And I do further declare, that I entered the said service the month of April  the day of  or May one thousand seven hundred and Seventy five and left the said service on the in March  day of  one thousand seven hundred and Eighty having left the same by reason of the expiration of my term of service — That nine months I served as Ensign was under a Commission from Governor Trumbull of Connecticut but all my service under it was in the line of the Army of the United States — That all the rest of my services above stated was done under the Continental Establishment That I was listed and mustered in the company commanded by Return J. Meigs and afterwards by Elizer Sumner as aforesaid — That I was in the attack made from Scoharie Point on the British Shipping at Boston in the Battle at Long Island in the Battle of the Evacuation of New York by the Americans and in many skirmishes That my Commission is lost and cannot find it That I have no other Evidence in my power that I can now produce
And I do further declare, that I hereby relinquish all claim to every and any Pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, or of any individual state. Witness my hand, this Seventh day of May  in the year one thousand eight hundred and Eighty  Caleb Watson WITNESS Henry Patkewather
[No. 2.....JUDGE'S CERTIFICATE.]
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY OF Saratoga
} To wit :
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the Seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighty in the county of Saratoga and state of New-York, before me Henry Patkewather Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county in the said state, duly appointed, qualified and sworn, (the same Court being one of the Courts of Record of the said state) personally came and appeared, the before named applicant Caleb Watson who resides in the town, county and state mentioned in the above declaration, and in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration; and also before me then and there he was duly sworn to the truth of the facts contained and set forth in the said declaration — And it appearing to my satisfaction, from the said declaration under oath of him the said Caleb Watson that he is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support and — that the said applicant served in the Revolutionary War as in said declaration mentioned, against the common enemy, and that the declaration aforesaid under oath of the said applicant is in all other respects true, I do therefore certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, according to the requisitions of the act of Congress in that case made. Given under my hand and seal, at the Town of Goshay in the state of New-York, the day and year first above mentioned in this certificate.
Henry Patkewather

State of New York Saratoga County ss I William Stillwell Clerk of the said county do certify that Avery Starkweather is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and that the foregoing are his signatures -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 7 th Day of May 1818 -
W m Stillwell Clerk

The Honorable Secretary of the War Department,
SIR,
The preceding Vouchers are forwarded to the War Department for the purpose of procuring the Applicant, named in such Vouchers, to be placed on the PENSION LIST.
I will thank you to forward to me as soon as possible, the Certificate or Document of the Application being granted, in the manner adopted in your Department.
directed to the post Office in Northampton In the County of Montgomery and State of New York
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your most obedient servant,
Alexander S. Johnson
Agent for the Applicant.

Galet Watson Copy.
17900
The number of his certificate having been omitted in his last Copy of the proceedings of the Court. This Copy is - forwarded. -
L. L. E.

State of New-York, } ss. County of SARATOGA, }
ON this thirtieth day of January 1821 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the 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, Caleb Watson of the Town of Danburgh, in the said County of Saratoga
aged Sixty Seven years, resident in the said County, in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That on the first day of January 1776 he enlisted in Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts for the term of one year as a corporal in Colonel Samuel Nylles's Regiment Connecticut line in the Company commanded by Lieutenant Osyde, and in the latter part of his service - the said Company was commanded by Ebenezer Dantington, the he served during the whole term of his enlistment and was discharged on the first day of January 1777, at Peks hill in New York during which time he was in the Fort at Dorchester point in the attack of the British shipping in the battle on Long Island, and at the evacuation of New York City and Brooklyn.
That his original declaration was made on or about the seventh day of May 1818 and that his Pension Certificate is numbered 17.906
AND I 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 any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Sworn to and declared on the  that he is by occupation a farmer his family consists of a wife aged 57 years & a grandson aged 27 years that his wife is very infirm being afflicted with the Rheumatism & that his ailments have rendered his broken wrist and has a lameness in his foot by a wound received in the service in 1776 had a weakness in his side & back and is afflicted with rheumatism and is frequently indebted to the kindness of his friends for assistance that he is unable to support himself & family.  Caleb Watson
I, Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing deat and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twenty nine dollars and Twenty one cents.
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twelfth day of February 1821
Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga.

An inventory of the property of the within named Caleb Watson (To wit)
   $ Cts     1 old chest of the value of $1. 1 shovel & tongs $1.50. 1 pair old and brass socks. $ 3. 00   1 old Baskin tea kettle 50 cts. one old foot wheel 75 cts. 1 old great wheel 75 cts. 2. 00   1 old table $1. 1 looking glass 50 cts. two tubs 62 cts. 1 broken tin kettle 25 cts. 3. 75   1 iron pot $1. 1 iron basin 25 cts. skimmers & forks $1. 5 old chairs 75 cts. 6 pewter plates $1.25. 4. 12   3 old pewter plates 25 cts. one platter, one old bible & testament & old book $1.50. 1. 75   old tin ware $1.75. 2 old pewter basins. 20. 6 cups & saucers plates 25. 2. 50   other old cartouche ware $1. tea pot & canister 87. 1 nail hammer & 2 candle sticks 25. 2. 12   3 old baskets 18 cts. one old half basket 37. three old poles 37. 2 small petticoats, Redware 1. 1. 36   two old razors & box (iron) 25 45 old candle spurs 37. six tea spoons 27. 1 pair hickory flat irons. 1. 2. 5   one skimmer 12 cts. 2 old tumblers 12 cts. one and 1/2 one pig $1. 1/2. old iron pot. — 3. 50   one tumbler & spec glass 1/2. one flask 1/2. — 25   $ 25.91   4   $ 29.91  

Calib Watson Copy
17.904
March 1821
on.
J.S.E.
H. W. Palmer, Esq. Ballston Spa N. York

State of New-York, } ss. County of SARATOGA, }
ON this thirtieth day of January 1821 personally appeared in open Court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, the same being a Court of Record for the 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, Caleb Watson of the Town of Pittsfield in said County of Saratoga aged Sixty Seven years, resident in the said County, in the State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That on the first day of January 1776, he enlisted in Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts for the term of one year as a corporal in Colonel Sawyer's Regiment Connecticut Line in the company commanded by Jedediah Ogden , and in the latter part of his service in the said company was commanded by Ebenezer Huntington , that he served during the whole of the term of his enlistment, and was discharged on the first day of January 1777, at Pookskill in New York during which time he was in the Fort of Dorchester point on the attack of the British shipping in the battle over Long Island, and at the evacuation of New York. That his original declaration was made on or about the Seventh day of May 1818 and that his Pension Certificate is numbered
AND I 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.
Sworn to and subscribed on the 30th day of January 1821. That he is by occupation a farmer his family consists of a wife aged 57 years and a grandson aged 4 years, that his wife is very infirm, but afflicted with the Rheumatism & Asthma, that this deponent has had a broken wrist, has a lameness on his foot, by a wound received in the service in 1776, has a weakness on his side & back and is afflicted with rheumatism, and frequently indebted to the charity of his friends for assistance, that he is unable to support himself & family. Caleb Watson Sworn to and subscribed to in open court this 30th day of January 1821 Thomas Palmer Clerk
Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twenty nine dollars and Twenty one cents.
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Third day of February 1821
C. Palmer Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga.

Inventory of the property of Caleb Watson the within named pensioner. To wit.
  one old chest of the value of $1. 1 shovel & long $1.50. 1 pair old iron crons 50 c. 2. 75   one old broken tea kettle 50 cts. 1 old foot wheel 75 cts. 1 old great wheel 75 cts. 2. 00   one old table $1. 1 looking glass $1.50 two tubs 62 1/2 1 broken iron kettle 62 3. 75   one iron pot $1. 1 iron baton 25 cts. 6 knives and forks $1. 6 old chairs 75 cts. 3. 00   Six pewter plates $1.12. 3 old plates 25 cts. one platter 25. 1. 87   one old Bible & testament & old book $1.50. old tin ware $75. 3 old pewter basins 50 cts. 3. 75   Six cups and saucers plates 25 cts. other old ware (pitcher etc) $1. teapot & canister 37. 1. 62   one oil lantern 50 cts. two candle sticks 25 cts. 3 old baskets 18 cts. 0. 93   one old half basket 37 cts. three old poles 37. 2 small pitch forks. one rake 52. 1. 27   two old razors & box (poor) 25 cts. 5 old table spoons 25 cts. 6 tea spoons 37. 0. 87 1/2   1 pair broken flat irons 37 1/2 cts. 1 skimmer 12 1/2. 2 old tannets 12 1/2. 0. 62 1/2   1 axe 67. 1 no pick 16 1/2. old broom 47. 1 tumbler & foot glass 47. 1 black 1/2. 3. 62 1/2   25. 91   Debts due to me. 4. 00   $29. 91 
Caleb Watson
sworn to in open court the 30th January 1821.
THOMAS RICHMOND CLERK

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Caleb Watson S.F. #40009
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     + Apr. or May 1775 9 mos. Pvt. Return J. Meigs Samuel Hillyer Conn.   + Jan'y 1776 1 yr Corpl. Ebenezer Sumner Ladish Hyde Ebenezer Huntington Samuel Hillyer   Jan'y 1777 about 6 mos. Sgt. ✓ ✓   ✓ June 1780 9 mos. Ensign Jonathan Pitkin Matthew Mead  
Battles engaged in, Dorchester Point, Long Island, New York
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, May 7, 1811 His ch. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Cornburyh Saratoga Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 64 years. Died Sept 17, 1839 place of burial not stated
Remarks: In 1821 Soldier's wife was 57 years of age and a Grand-Son was 7 years old no names are related
Very respectfully,
* from Agency book

Caleb Watson of Edinburgh, Saratoga Co. N.Y. Claim for Rev. Pension —
17,092.
The testimony, on oath, of two or more disin- terested and credible persons, certified as such, by the judge, proving the appli- cant's service in Col. Wyllip's reg t . or Q.M. b . in continuance thereof, is required.

State of New York
Saratoga County ss: Caleb Watson in the annexed declaration mentioned being duly sworn doth depose & say that in truth & fact he did enlist as a Corporal in the autumn of the year 1775 in the Company commanded by Ebenezer Sumner in the Regiment commanded by Samuel Willis in the Connecticut line or the Continental establishment for the term of one year, that afterwards the said company was commanded by Ebenezer Huntington & then by Jedediah Hyde, that this deponent did actually serve out the whole time of one year in the said company & regiment - that the whole of the year 1776 this deponent did serve as a Corporal in the company aforesaid & that after the expiration of the year in the month of January 1777 he was honorably discharged at Pekskeill in the State of New York -
And this deponent further saith that in the year 1780 he was commissioned as a Ensign in a company commanded by Jonathan Pettibone in the Regiment commanded by Matthew Mead as Colonel, that he entered the service under the said commission in the month of June in the year 1780 aforesaid, that he served under the said commission as Ensign partly in Connecticut & partly in New York until the Spring of the year 1781 for more than nine months & as this deponent verily believes on the continental establishment - that he served as last aforesaid until the expiration of his engagement & was honorably discharged at Horsenecks so called, in Connecticut -
Caleb Watson
Subscribed & sworn this 15 th day of November in the year 1819 before me James McCrea one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Saratoga

Corporal McCar Wyllis up cont line

I Nathaniel Sage of Sandisfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age - Testify and Say that in the month of December in the year one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy five the deponent was marched to Roxbury in the Commonwealth aforesaid and there joined the reg t commanded by Col. Samuel Willis of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, and that Caleb Watson was then a Soldier in the said reg t and in the first month of the year one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy six the said Caleb was appointed Captain and served in that Capacity until the first of January in the year one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy seven that the deponent and the said Caleb was then discharged at Pitskill in the State of New York and I further State that I was a Soldier and acquainted with the said Caleb Watson during the time above stated and that I am totally disinterested with respect to the aforesaid premises
Nathaniel Sage
Berkshire ss on the thirtieth day of September A.D. 1820 then the aforesaid deponent was examined cautioned and sworn to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed before me and it is proved to my satisfaction that the said Nathaniel is a man of Credibility
Eliakim Hull, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss: J. Parkin L. Hall Clerk pro tem. of the Judicial
Coats, within & for the County of Berkshire, do certify & attest, that Eliakim Hull Esq. is a justice of the Peace, within & for the same County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that the above is his Signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County this Second day of October A.D. 1820.
Parkin L. Hall Clerk pro tem.

Ad.
3-871.
RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by a. Mae S. 17/1/11
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Leahb Watson
Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
No Wilt. any service, etc. Wilt. F. 25903 (N.H. N.H.) No Reg. at all No Rev. War Sur exapt S 44009

Aaron
State of Connecticut Litchfield Co.

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Aaron Merrill of the Town of New Hartford in the County aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he marched to Roxbury in the state of Massachusetts on the first of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six and that Caleb Watson was then there and a Corporal in the reg t commanded by Colonel Willis of Hartford in Connecticut, and the deponent then joined the Company to which the said Caleb Watson belonged and the said Caleb Watson served with him the whole of the time until the last of December 1776 under the Continental Establishment and the deponent was then removed from the Company by sickness and left the said Caleb Watson in the said Company and the deponent further saith that the said Caleb Watson did serve serve ten months and more in continuous  service and the deponent further saith  that he is totally disinterested with respect  to the forsaid business
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss New Hartford September the twenty fourth day AD 1820 personally appeared the above named Aaron Merrill & made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed & further certify that it is proved to my satisfaction, that the said Merrill is a Man of credibility
John Wells Associate Judge of the County Court for the County of Litchfield

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut certify that John Welch, Esq. is an Associate Judge of said Court, that his name subscribed to the preceding certificate is his hand writing, & that the Seal hereto affixed is the Seal of said Court.
Witness my hand this 28 th day of September A. 1820
Frederick Wolcott.

Corporal I year Willys Coast line

44 009 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 44, 009
Caleb Watson
Carp Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 536
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug 24 '96 Sold period to SWB Mrs M E Watson Buffalo NY.
Sept 4 '96 Statement to M E Watson Buffalo NY
1911 Jan'y 21 Hist. Soc Randolph Co. Watson V.I.W.

111 Prospect Avenue Buffalo, N.Y., Jan. 16, 1911.
Pension Office, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:—
Kindly send me what records you have of Caleb Watson , a Revolutionary soldier, a member of a Connecticut regt. I would like to know length of service, pension if any, date of death, and place of burial.
Respectfully Yours.
Randolph C. Watson.

104 Leekton St. Buffalo - N.Y.
Hon Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly give me information of one Calab  Hatson , a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a Pensioner ?
He was called Colonel but we may be mistaken about the rank, still we are certain he drew a pension -
I am very anxious to get the dates of his en- listing and his place.

of residence &c.
He is supposed to have died in New York State as the family came from Ottego Co. I will be very grateful for any in- formation -
Respectfully, (Mrs) Mary E. Watson
Aug. 18, 1896.

O. W. & N. Div. L. W. B. I. 44009.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Sept. 4th, 1896.
Madam:-
In returning, herewith, your communication of August 31st, 1896, in which you request further information concerning Caleb Watson, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that a careful examination of the papers on file in his pension claim fails to show either date or place of birth or death. His pension was allowed at the rate of eight dollars per month.
Information relative to date and place of death can possibly be obtained by application to the Hon. Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, this city, giving the following data: Name of soldier and service (as set forth in this Bureau's letter of August 24, 1896), Act of March 18, 1818; New York Agency; Certificate No. 17906.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Mary E. Watson,
104 Gelston St., Buffalo, N. Y.

O. W. & N. Div. L. W. B. I. 44009
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 24th, 1896.
Madam:--
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Caleb Watson, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on May 7th, 1818, at which time he was residing at Edinburg, N. Y., and sixty-four years of age, and his pension was allowed for two years and three months actual service as a corporal, sergeant and ensign in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Ebenezer Sumner and Col. Samuel Wylllys. Place of his enlistment not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Mary E. Watson,
104 Gelston St.,
Buffalo, N. Y.