Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19159, Uriel Whitney, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass
Whitney, Uriel
S. 19159
CONTENTS
carded

Maine
11.426
Uriel Whitney
of Cumberland Co. in the State of Maine who was a Pvt in the Company commanded by Captain Farwell of the Regt commanded by Col Prescott in the Mass. Militia troops - X Continental
2 1/2 Private - $80.-
Inscribed on the Roll of - Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars - Costs per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of May 1833 and sent to - D. Murphy, Portland, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 40
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 63

N o 235. Wirt Whitney Copy
Copy
N o 13147
Not entitled
29 July 1819.
not entitled
Q
WILLIE DISKIN

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty sixth day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Uriel Whitney aged sixty two years, resident in North Yarmouth in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Moors in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Prescott in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 28 th day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13147 , was granted. 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Uriel Whitney
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty sixth day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — Seventy four acres of land in the back part of North Yarmouth, a small house & barn on it — the house unfinished — about one half of said land is wild and part swampy —
Personal estate — One yoke of young oxen — four cows two yearlings — sixteen sheep — a mare & colt — two swine — I have no income, but the earnings and labor of two little boys — I am justly owing forty dollars & have a few necessary utensils in the house
Uriel Whitney
Sworn to June 26. 1820 Before
Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Uriel Whitney who, by occupation have been a farmer which I am not able to pursue by reason of the cords of my arms being drawn up and weeping, and a troublesome and painful difficulty of a swoln scrotum by which I am rendered almost helpless & have been for a number of years
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Betsy 40 very infirm   Betsy 24 daughters able to support themselves   Sally 22   Harriet 20   Charlotte 19   Statura 18 young sons — able to work   Uriel 15   Lewis 10  
Sworn to Before Uriel Whitney Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge

1169.20 MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is eleven hundred sixty-nine dollars and twenty . . . cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty sixeth day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$1169.20

Uriel Whitney's Application for a pension
Nov. 1832
19003 v

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the sixth day of November A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this sixth day of November aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Ariel Whitney a resident of North Yarmouth in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged Seventy five 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated; viz. That on the 20th day of April 1775 at Cambridge he enlisted in a company of militia in the State service commanded by Capt. Henry Gannell & in Col. W m Prescotts Regiment for eight months, and served at Cambridge & its vicinity till Jan y 1 st 1776. When he enlisted in Capt. Mearns Co y in the same Reg t for one year and went to New York and was stationed at Governors Island till called off - to the City - and from there went to Kings bridge to White plains, to Peekskill & the high lands to Jersey & back to the high lands when he was dismissed Jan y 1 1777 - and returned home to Boston Mass s . That in June 1777 he enlisted in Capt. Nath l Dabnys Co y & in Col. John Robinsons Reg t at Boston, for six months and marched with said company to Rhode Island and was stationed first at North Kingston, near which several British vessels were driven ashore, and we helped to strip them - from there we went to the Eastern side of the Island, where he served in said company till into December following when we were discharged and returned home. - That in the summer of the year 1779 - he enlisted in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Alex r M c Lean in Col a Mitchells Reg t and went with said company to Baga-douer, on Penobscot Bay, & served there two months - and after the Penobscot defeat returned home - That he enlisted as a Volunteer & served as a private. That his name has been placed on the pension list of the Maine Agency and a Certificate of Pension granted him on his declaration made on the 28th day of April 1818. Which certificate he produces - That he lived in North Yarmouth when he first applied for a pension in April 1818. and has resided there ever since & now resides there.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine -
Ariel Whitney.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
Ashur Ware
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

The said Uriel Whitney further states That he was born at Groton in the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, on the 12 th day of Sept. 1757 - and that he lived in Groton when he first entered the service - and resided there till the Winter of 1778 - when he removed to Gorham, Maine - & from Gorham he removed to North Berwick - He believes there is a record of his age in Groton or in Shirley, which was formerly a part of Groton, before it was incorporated into a town by the name of Shirley -
Uriel Whitney. Signed & sworn before me this 10 th day of Nov. 1832
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nufsey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Uriel Whitney for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this seventh day of November A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John Nufsey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Orde Whitney Maine
4 Sept. 19 Adm l 2 years $80.-
19003
old case
J. Mussey Portland Me

BRIEF in the case of Abie Whitney Co of Cumberland in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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.     April In 1775 entered 8 Private Gen. Cap Farwell Col Prescott   1776. " 1 " Col Moore " "   June 1777. " 6 " Col Lake Col Robinson   1779. " 2 " Col McLellan Col Mitchell   2 4  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Groton Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Dyer
Examining Clerk.

19159 INVALID.
File No. 19159
Will Whitney Pro Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]

See letter to 23 May 1819
B. 147 R Maine
Willis Whitney
of North Yarmouth  (Dist:) in the state of Maine , who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Prescott of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 1 year  Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist: of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of July 1819 and sent to Albion R. Parlin, Esq. Portland - Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  10 3 4 / 30 31 01: 03 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1819 - 40. 00
$129: 03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued Notification sent to John Murray Jr Esq Portland Maine

And Whiting.

I Thomas Tarbell now of Pepperell, and late of Groton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being nearly seventyfour years of age, do depose and say, That I was formerly well acquainted with Uriel Whitney of said Groton, who is now said to be living in some part of the State of Maine, that he served in the War of the Revolution six months, in the year 1777, in the Company of which Nathaniel Lakin was Captain, and Samuel Lawrence was Lieutenant, that I was of the same Company, and served with him, went with him from Concord in said County of Middlesex, to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, & that after the expiration of said six months service, said Whitney returned with me to Groton aforesaid, where we arrived on the last day of December A.D. 1777. being the day before the ordination of the Rev. Daniel Chaplin over the Church & People of said Groton. Said Whitney was waiter to said Lieutenant Lawrence during said six months service. Col. Probinsorn of Westford was Commander of the Regiment, of Captain to which said Lakin's company belonged.
Thomas Tarbell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
Be it known and remembered, that on this Third day of September in the year of

our Lord one thousand, eight hundred & thirty two, before me, Caleb Butler, a Notary Publick duly appointed and sworn, and dwelling in Gor- ton in the County of Middlesex aforesaid, person- ally came Thomas Farbell, abovenamed, and made solemn oath, that the foregoing affi- davit by him subscribed is true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year last above written.
Caleb Butler, Notary Publick

Uriel Whitney
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland, at the Cumberland Bank,
Maine
Arorara

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, — " " — Wiel Whitney late a private — " — in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Dist: of Maine — Agency, at the rate of eight — dollars per month, to commence on the twenty eighth day of April — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty ninth day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

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Abiel Whitney
SEVEN DISTRICT
whereby certifying that the foregoing copy is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
Not attested
$900

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday, being the  day of and by adjournment from day to day, on the  fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine , before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Ashur Ware Judge of said Court.
ON this fourteenth day of February in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Uriel Whitney aged seventy one years, resident in North Yarmouth in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revo- make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820; that he, the said Uriel Whitney enlisted for the term of twelve months on the first day of January in the year 1776 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Moore in the regiment commanded by colonel Prescott in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until January 1777 when he was discharged from the service, in Highlands near New York in the state of New York — that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property — That since the exhibition of his first schedule no other alterations have been made in his property except that he has occasionally disposed of some of his cattle and other personal property mentioned in his schedule, for his necessary support And that his land is of much less value than it was for want of cultivation and fences —
My Certificate 13.147
BEFORE
District of Maine.

more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the day of _____ A. D. 181_____, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered _____ was granted. 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 ; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Ariel Whitney
Sworn to and declared, on the 14 day of February A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Ashur Ware
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Of real estate I have seventy four acres of land in North Yarmouth with a house & barn on it — I have no other real estate
Of Personal estate I have two steers 3 years old — two cows one horse — one heifer — 2 years old — one swine — one yearling heifer — eight sheep — one sleigh & harness — and a few articles of household furniture — I have no income except what I can realize from the above mentioned property and am some in debt I have never conveyed away any of my estate since the act of 18 March 1818 was passed, except as I have been obliged to sell or kill a creature for my support — or dispose of some other articles of personal estate for that purpose —
Uriel Whitney
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Uriel Whitney who, by occupation am a farmer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of age and infirmity and losing the use of my arms on account of weeping sinews
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Betsy — 50 very feeble woman   Cynthia Soule } an orphan girl — 13 able to wait upon us & work about house Uriel Whitney  
Feb 16 1829. Sworn to before Asahel Ware Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Jur. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nine hundred — dollars and no more  cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of February A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty- nine
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

State of Maine Cumberland ss.
I William McLellan of Gorham in the County of Cumberland & State aforesaid aged seventy three years depose & say, that in the summer of the year A.D. 1779 I was a private in a company of foot commanded by Capt. Alexander McLellan of Gorham & Col. Mitchell's Regiment & with them marched to Bangor & Penobscot Bay - I then well knew Mr. Uriel Whitney then of Gorham but now of North Yarmouth in said County and I testify & say that said Whitney was then a private in said company & performed duty in said company two months and I further say that I have this day seen the said Uriel Whitney & know him to be the same Whitney that was in Capt. Alex: McLellan's company in the year A.D. 1779. William M c Lellan Cumberland ss. Sept. 7. A.D. 1832.
Personally appeared William M c Lellan & subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me, Josiah Pierce Justice of the Peace
State of Maine. Gorham Sept. 7. 1832 - I Prince Hamblen of Gorham aforesaid aged seventy five years depose & say that I was a private in the company & regiment named in William M c Lellan's deposition above, & I know that Uriel Whitney was a private in said company & served two months as testified to by said M c Lellan. & I have this day seen the same Uriel Whitney. Prince Hamblen
Cumberland ss. Sept. 7. 1832. Personally appeared the above named Prince Hamblen & made solemn oath to the truth of the deposition by him subscribed before me Josiah Pierce Justice of the Peace

State of Maine, Cumberland County Gerhame Sept 7, 1832
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with William McLellan & Prince Hamblen, who have testified to the within Depositions & know them to be men of truth & veracity
Josiah Pierce Just Peace
State of Maine Cumberland County ss
I Wm S. Vaughan clerk of the courts of Cumberland and County do certify that Josiah Pierce is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office, this sixth day of November in the year 1832.
Wm S Vaughan

I Ebenezer Knapp of Gosham in the county of Cumberland State of Maine aged eighty two do testify and say that I well knew Uriah Whitney a private in Capt Henry Garrelds company and Col. William Prentiss Regt in the continental establishment in the Revolutionary War I knew him (said Whitney) eight months at Cambridge in the year 1775 I also knew him in the years series in 1776 in Capt Joseph Mears company in said Prentiss Regt. I know that said Whitney served the full time both in the eight months and years series I was with him in both said companies. I heard it said at the time that said Whitney went as a private to Rhode Island in 1777 but do not know any thing further about it as I was not with him - I well knew said Whitney from us bay we were both from Boston State of Massachusetts
Ebenezer Knapp ✓
State of Maine
Cumberland ss July 24 1882 Personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Knapp (a man well known to me of truth and veracity) and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement Before me
Caleb Hodsden Justice of the Peace
State of Maine } Cumberland County ss } I Wm T. Vaughan Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County do certify that Caleb Hodsden is a Magistrate as above; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office, this sixth day of November in the year 1832.
Wm T. Vaughan

Uriel Whitney Mass. line Col. Prescotts Regt. 1776 - 1 Year - 20 th April 1802 Admitted upon the evidence produced -
Admitted.

To the Honorable Albion K. Parris, District Judge of the United States for Maine District.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Uriel Whitney of North Berwick in said Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of one year and six months on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at North Berwick aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, being now sixty years of age.
Col. Parris
And your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to Col. Farnwell Company of the commenced by Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the twentieth day of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy five and that he left said service on or about the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven the term of his enlistment having then expired. He received an honorable discharge the whole company being dis- charged by general order. In the last year he served in the company of Col. Joseph Merrill in said Col. Parris's regiment.
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Sworn to April 20. 1818. S.
A. K. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge
Uriel Whitney

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To James Prescott Samuel Dana and Leather Lawrence, esquires, all of Groton in the District of Massachusetts
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Portland in said District, on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen , Uriel Whitney of North Yarmouth in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town Groton aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents , together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Portland in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

I Joseph Moore of Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do depose and say, that I served in the War of the Revolution, and commanded a Company in Col. Prescott's Regiment of the Massachusetts line, which was engaged for one year to commence the first of January A.D. 1776, my Lieut. were Dodge and Walker my Ensign was Samuel Lawrence now of Boston Esq. and I then knew and well remember one Abel Whitney, the son of one Abner Whitney then of the same Boston, & know that he belonged to, and served in my said Company during the said year, the said Abel Whitney is now said to belong to North Yarmouth in Maine, I have not seen, or known him for several years, but well remember his having served, as aforesaid — Joseph Moore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On this first day of July, in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and nineteen, personally Major Joseph Moore, before me the Subscriber, Chief Justice, of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit, and a Justice of the Peace throughout the same Commonwealth, and made solemn Oath, that the above Deposition by him subscribed is just, and true in all its particulars. and I Certify that the said Joseph Moore is well known to me as a respectable Citizen, and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex that he is wholly disinterested, in the application of Abel Whitney to be placed on the Pension list, and is well entitled to full faith, and Credit before all tribunals and in all places. —
Given under my hand the day and year aforesaid —
Sam l Dana

I Samuel Laurence of Groton in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do depose and say, that I served in the war of the Revolution, and entered the service at the commencement of the war. I received a Commission as an Ensign upon the Continental establishment on the first day of January AD 1776, and was attached to Capt. Joseph Muzzey's Company in Col. Ben. Dinsmore's Reg. t of the Mass. a Line — after I received my Commission I enlisted one Ezekiel Whitney then belonging to said Groton, and now said to be of North Yarmouth in the District of Maine, and I know and well remember that he joined said Company at the formation of the Regiment, under the new regulation, that he proceeded with it from Cambridge to New York and continued with it, till his enlistment expired, which was for the term of one year — He was my waiter & I constantly saw & knew him during the whole period of his said enlistment — Samuel Laurence
Commonwealth of Massachusetts On this first day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen personally appeared Samuel Laurence Esq. before me the Subscriber a Magistrate of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit and a Justice of the Peace throughout the same Commonwealth, and made Oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true in all its particulars. And I certify that the said Samuel Laurence is well known to me as a respectable Citizen and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, that he is wholly disinterested in the application of Ezekiel Whitney to be placed on the pension list; and that he is well entitled to full faith and entire credit before

all tribunals and in all places whatever —
Green said my hand the day and year aforesaid
Sam Dancer
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
C ua
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Uriel Whitney the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the depositions
of Joseph Moors and Samuel Lawrence both officers in Col. Prescotts regiment in which the applicant served
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Uriel Whitney the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parrish
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction that the said Uriel Whitney , in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his country for support -
Albion H. Parrish U.S. Dist. Judge