Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 49275, John Webber, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 26
Webber, John
S. 49273-
B.L. VA 51-60-55
B.L. wt. 3573-100-1789
CONTENTS
Sarah Webber, widow of above soldier, received pension as former widow of Thomas Wiggins, Penn., W. 1012. See papers in said claim.

65549 } are March 3/55 } March 20/55
S.A. to J.B. Stafford, May 26/55 " " " " June 6/55 " " " " Sept 20/55
Sarah Webber, widow of John Webber, priv & pensioner, (apt & Chase, ) N.H. Col: Reid. Milt. ) Continentals Ent'd 17 3 yrs ) Rev. War
formerly widow of Thomas Higgins, priv & pensioner (apt ) Pa & N.J. Col ) Continentals Ent'd 17 the whole war ) Rev. War
Adm't 60 ac, Aug 25/1855 Milton.
Samuel B. Stafford Trenton N.J.

to Dist of Columbia for New Jersey
File # 1012
John Webber
of Mansfield in the state of New Jersey who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Read of the New Hampshire line, for the term of one year R. War
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of Nov r 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of June '20 and sent to Henry Hankinson Esq r Mansfield N.J.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820. 3 mos 30 31. 29.29 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Sep r 1820. 48-
1012. already $ 77 29 pensioned under act of 2 d Feb. 1833, as the widow of Thomas missing { Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Consolidated with C.H. Web, File # 1012 Sarah Webber.

Notification Jnto Ephraim Green Jr. Esq
Newton, New Jersey 28. Sept 1820 done July 23. 1822
Transferred from New Jersey to Dist of Columbia 4 March 1831 From 4 Sept 1830 Transf'd 8 Aug 1831 From D. Columbia to New Jersey From 4 March 1831

John Webbers, Application for a pension &c — 1819
found on Roll by Col. Hanley
Admitted

District of New-Jersey Superior County ss:
On the 15 th day of November in the year of our Lord 1819 before me the Subscribed One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Superior Personally appeared John Webber aged about fifty five years Resident in the Township of Mansfield in the County of Superior and State of New-Jersey who being by me first duly Sworn according to Law upon his oath further made the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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, that he the said John Webber enlisted in Somerset County in New Hampshire in the Company commanded by Captain Enock Chase  Carey of the Second New Hamp- shire Regiment commanded by Col. Lead, that he continued in the service above One Year in the said Corps (being enlisted during the War,) which ended at the time he got his discharge after which he returned home where he remained several years and came from thence into this State of New-Jersey that he was sent on Scouting parties against the Indians but never had much fighting with them - That he is now in very reduced circumstances and really stands in need of assistance from his country for support - Sworn and Subscribed the 15 th day of November 1819 before me -
John Webber
Wm McCullough

I William McCullough One of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Webber did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing declaration against the Common Enemy, and being personally acquainted with him do know that he is in quite reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for Support - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the 13 th day of November A.D. 1819.
Wm McCullough
State of New Jersey Sussex County ss
I Ephraim Green Esq. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Sussex aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named William McCullough Esquire who has taken the foregoing Deposition of John Webber and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of taking and signing the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this twenty Sixth day of February in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Twenty
E. Green Esq.

6,554 Bounty Land Claim of Sarah Webber, (formerly) widow of Thomas Wiggins Revolutionary Soldier,
Filed by Samuel B. Stafford Attorney Trenton New Jersey

Bounty land Claims of Sarah Webber, widow of John Webber dec d a Revolutionary Soldier, and Pensioner under act of 1818 - and formerly widow of Thomas Wiggins dec d also a Revolution- ary Soldier & Pensioner under act of 1818. - State of New Jersey } Act of March 3 rd 1855 } Mercer County, f. ss.
Be it known, that on this sixteenth day of March - A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, Personally appear- ed before me a Justice of the Peace, authorized by Law, to administer oaths, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Widow, Sarah Webber, aged about seventy seven years of age, now a resident of the City of Trenton, N.J. [formerly a resident of Hunterdon County, N.J.] who being duly sworn according to Law, declares, that she is the Widow of John Webber dec d a Revolutionary Soldier, and Pensioner under act of 1818, and formerly, widow of Thomas Wigg- ins dec d also a Revolutionary Soldier, and Pensioner under act of 1818, - She further states that she was married to the said Thomas Wiggins, dec d on the tenth day of December A.D. Eighteen hundred, and seventeen, by one Alexander Haslings, a Baptist, Minister, in the Township of Hopewell, then in the Cou- nty of Hunterdon, now in the County of Mercer State aforesaid, that her name before her said marr- iage was Sarah Scott, - that her Husband the said Thomas Wiggins, died at Hopewell Township, then in the County of Hunterdon, now in the County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, on the twenty second day of August A.D. Eighteen hundred and twenty five - that she was afterwards married to John Webber, who was also a Revolutionary Soldier,

and Pensioner, under act of 1818, at the Village of Pennington in the said Township of Hopewell (now in the County of Mercer), on the seventeenth day of January, A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty, Three by the Reverend William H. Bull, a Methodist Minister of the Township, County, and State aforesaid - that her husband the said John Webber, died at the said Township aforesaid, on the sixteenth day of September A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty seven, - and that she is now a Widow, and Pensioner under the act of February 3 d - 1853, and her Certificate of Pension dated the 3 day of October 1853, signed by R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior, & examined and countersigned by L. P. Waldo. (Commissioner of Pensions, - That for the Proofs, or evidence of her marriage with the aforesaid Thomas Wiggins, dec d & John Webber dec d and the proofs of their deaths, she refers to the papers on file in the Pension Office, in support of her application, to said Pension under act of 1853, - That she cannot particularize the services of her said husbands, further, than to the best of her information and belief, her first husband Thomas Wiggins, served for the term of - during the whole War, in the Pennsylvania & New Jersey Continental lines, and that her second husband, John Webber, served for the term of three years, or the War, in the New Hampshire Continental line, - She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty Land to which she may be entitled, under the act approved March 3 d 1855, on account, and in right of her first husband Thomas Wiggins, services in the War of the Revolution, and also on account, and in right of her second husband

John Webber's services in the War of the Revolution - She further declares, that she has not received a Warrant for bounty Land, under this, or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor, and that she hereby authorizes Samuel B. Stafford of Trenton N.J. to receive said Warrant on Sarah Webber his wife  as her attorney {seal} We, Aaron M. Phillips and Samuel Powell - residents of the City of Trenton, in the State of New Jersey, upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Sarah Webber, in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance, and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
A. M. Phillips {seal} Samuel Powell {seal}
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to, and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; And I Certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, - That I am personally acquainted with the said Sarah Webber, the Claimant, - that she resides near me, in the City of Trenton N.J. and is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim whatever,
Bailey H. West J. P.

State of New Jersey Mercer County, ss.
I, William B. Murphy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby Certify, that _____ Esq., whose genuine Signature appears to the foregoing declaration and affidavit is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned, and sworn that all his official acts, as such are entitled to full faith, and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court at Trenton, New Jersey this 16 th day of March, 1855. Wm Murphy Clerk

John Webber Pensioner , Copy of Affidavit, &c
17.510
Sept 1920
Can

District of New Jersey, Sussex County, ss.
On this fifteenth day of August, in the term of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sussex, and State of New Jersey, the said court being a court of record in said County, constituted & established by the Laws of the State of New Jersey, a court of record, having a Seal, with power to fine and imprison, and an unlimited jurisdiction in civil causes, and whose judgments are only reversable by writ of error, at common Law, and now sitting at Newton in said County. — John Webbers, of the age of fifty five years and upwards, resident in the township of Mansfield, in said County of Sussex, and State of New Jersey, who being duly sworn according to Law, on his oath, doth declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, to wit: — He enlisted in the standing army during the war, some short time after General Burgoyne was taken, he enlisted under Joseph Barington as recruiting Officer, and joined the army at the White Plains, under Captain Enoch Chase, in the second New Hampshire Regiment, commanded by Col: Read in General Stark's Brigade; — and he served out the whole time, and was honorably discharged by General Washington, in the spring after peace. — That he was on frequent scouting parties after the Indians, but never was in any regular engagement with the enemy. — That in the month of November, eighteen hundred and nineteen, he applied for a pension to the Secretary of the War department of the United States, and afterwards

obtained a Certificate at the War Office of the United States, on the fifteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, signed by J. E. Calhoun Secretary of War, and under the seal of said Office. — that he John Webber, late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension list, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fifteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and that the Certificate is registered in Book B. page 198. and numbered 17,518. —
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, 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 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 & Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war, passed on the eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred & eighteen 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 he is by occupation a Cooper, which he is not able to pursue; that he has lost his right leg. — This deponent considers himself in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his Country. That this deponent's family, residing with him, consists of himself, his wife, aged upwards of sixty years, who is very infirm, and a Grand Son, about eleven years old, requiring aid and support.
John Webber.
Sworn to, & declared in open Court, on the 15th day of August, A.D. 1820.
Gab. H. Ford

Schedule of Property, necessary Clothing & bedding excepted. —
Real Estate, none.
Personal Estate —
1 old Sow, 1 Shoat, 1 old Gun, 1 old wooden Clock, one old house & waggou, 1 old plow, 1 old set of poor Coopers tools, one old scythe, 1 old grubbing hoe. —
John Webber.
Sworn & declared in open Court the 15 th day of August, A.D. 1820. }
Jab n H. Ford.
it is the opinion of the Court, that the total amount of the property, exhibited in the foregoing Schedule, is twenty four dollars. —
Jab n H. Ford.
I, Ephraim Green Jun r — Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid — do hereby certify that the foregoing Oaths, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 four dollars — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirtieth day of August, 1820.
Ephraim Green of the court for the county of Super...

Notification sent to Ephraim Green, Jr. Esq. Newton.
New Jersey
28 Sep. 1820.
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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Webber, John GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER 3573 and 51-60-55 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 21, 1789 Wt. 3573 to Ladd and Cass, assignees
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

Trenton N. Jersey
March 16 th 1855,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
Herewith, we send the application of Sarah Webber, - widow of John Webber dec d a Revolutionary Soldier, & pensioner under act of 1818, & who resided in Hunterdon County N. J., & also (formerly) widow of Thomas Wiggins dec d a Revolutionary Soldier & Pensioner under act of 1818, & who resided in Hunterdon County N. J., she is a Pensioner under act of 1853, & paid at Trenton Agency, - is she not entitled to two warrants, - one in right of each husband - if there is any error in the form, please point it out, return me the papers, & I will endeavor to correct it -
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant, Samuel B. Stafford

Sarah Webber
J. B.
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
F.R.E.L
Commissaire Poste Washington City D.C.
all P.S. - 20 - 1000 223 all P.S. - 20 - 1000 554

FF.EL
Sarah Webber
J. B. [unclear]
Commissaire Rice Washington City D. C.
Post Office No. 223 10th St. N.W.

Trenton New Jersey
May 31 st 1855,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
Yours of 26 th Inst. wherein you say - "The claim of Mrs Sarah Webber for Waverly Land, Act of March 3 rd 1855, is suspended, until the official Character of Bailey A Case , as a Justice of the peace, be duly authenticated". I have rec d - in reply - the Justice of the peace, before whom the papers were made out, - was Bailey A. West , a Justice of the peace of this City, - not  Bailey A. Case , - there is a mistake, in the understanding of the spelling, - please send me the papers back, as I know of no Case , a Justice of the peace,
Very Respectfully
Yours obed Serv t Samuel B Stafford

Revolutionary cases
To be looked up
Peyton
Ennis Wilson of Ennis Washington City
MS.A.9.2.28

Trenton New Jersey September 17. 1855,
Commissioner of Pensions, Sir
I hope you will pardon me, for troubling you, in regard to Claim N o 6.554, of Sarah Webber for Bounty Land Act of March 3 d - 1855,, sent to your office about the 16 th of March, - Mrs Webber is very aged, infirm & who has no children to take care of her, & who needs the proceeds of her Warrant to pay for nursing & taking care of her, and it being now about 6 months since her claim was sent to your office, being I presume a reasonable time to wait, before making application to know what has been done in her case, - please send her Warrant to me, as soon as convenient,
Your Obedient Servant Samuel B. Stafford

Sarah Webber no
mid Shy. Wiggins 1893
Ref 3 d m 55 554
Spec 53 2223
Cal
Ab.
Rev. ...
FREE Mrs. of William Thompson City

June 11 th 1855, Trenton New Jersey
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir, Herewith I send the certificate of the Clerk of the County of Mercer, that Wailey G West, before whom the application of Sarah Webber, was made, was a Justice of the Peace Commissioned & sworn according to the directions contained in your letter of June 26 12 - no
Samuel D Stafford

Additional evidence in the claim of Sarah Webber, for vacant Land, under act of March 3 rd 1855,
Filed by
Samuel B. Stafford of Trenton N. Jersey
Agent of Sarah Webber,

State of New Jersey Mercer County, ss.
I, William R. Murphy, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County, and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Bailey, (S. West Esqr.) before whom the Declara- -tion and Application of Sarah Webber, a Rev- -olutionary Pensioner, for Warrant, Land, under act of March 3 d 1855, was made, & taken, on or about the middle of March 1855, was at the time of the doing thereof, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Mercer, and State of New Jersey, duly Commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, & that the aforesaid County Court, is a Court of Record having General jurisdiction.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Trenton, New Jersey This eleventh day of June 1855 W. R. Murphy, Clerk.

Both these soldiers were Cont. Men. I have found them on the roll. Admit when Maf. is authenticated for John Webber, in Capt. Chase's Comp. Under Col. Reed. N.H. Line, 60 days,
Feb. 5 3, Maf. Bryanton,
Bryanton,

District of Maine York County
Joseph Boynton late an Adjutant in the Army of the Revolution do testify that I enlisted John Webber in the town of Stratham N.H. in the year 1781, for and during the War, That I served in the same line with him, was knowing to his serving more than nine months on the Continental Establishment and that he was honorably discharged.
Boynton
York Co. County Nov. 2 d . 1829
Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Boynton and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed,
Before me Noah Jewett
Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Joseph Boynton is a creditable witness and a man of respectability.
Noah Jewett
Just. of the Peace

I the subscriber Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the county of York, hereby certify that Noah Jewett whose name is affixed to the foregoing & within Certificate is a Justice of the peace, duly qualified to act as such & to administer oaths - within the said county -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of November A. D. 1819 -
William B. Sewall
3

I Richard Preston hereby certify that John Wilken served in the New Hampshire line of Continental Soldiers in Capt Enoch Chase's Company during the War of the revolution and that I was Orderly Sergeant of said Company
Newmarket October 11 th 1819
Susan Wiggin Richard Preston
Henry Wiggin Mark
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham October 11 th 1819 Then
Richard Preston above named person =aly appearing made solemn Oath that the above Certificate by him Sub- scribed is just and true before me
Said Preston Henry Wiggin Justice Peace
Lives in Newmarket and is Disinterested and a Creditable man
Henry Wiggin Justice Peace

I Peter Chadwick Esq. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham in the State of New- Hampshire hereby certify that Hon- oray Maggin is a justice of the Peace within and for said County and that the signa- tures to the within oath and certificate appear to be in his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of October Anno Domini 1819
P. Chadwick

John Webber said to me Sept 1870
I examined Webber & I am fully satisfied that he is the identical person
J. L. Edwards 16 March 1891

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Washington ss.
On this fourth  day of  March 1831, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said  county of
personally appeared Henry Webb John Webber who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Enoch Chen in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Jersey from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Columbia where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from New Jersey to the District of Columbia for the purpose of bettering his condition
John Webber
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Henry Wheatcraft Notary Public.
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

Friend.
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Post Office Washington D.C. Nov 24/75
Gen Lewis Cap Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

Bladensburg Md Aug 31
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Hon Lewis Cap Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Warren ss.
On this fourth day of August 1831, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Warren personally appeared John Webber who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Enoch Chase in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of District of Columbia from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of New Jersey where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the District of Columbia to the State of New Jersey , viz that living is cheaper in the state of New Jersey than in the District of Columbia
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
John W. Elders
George R. King
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
Mr. Webber wishes you to send his answer to New Village Post Office Warren County New Jersey

State of New Jersey 3
Warren County 3 I, Mneas B Kennedy Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in And for Said County do certify that George Astor who administered the oath to the within named John Webber was at the time an acting Justice of the peace in And for Said County duly Commissioned And sworn into office as such; & to whose official acts full faith and credit are due as well in Courts of law as elsewhere. And that the signature purporting to be the said Justices is, genuine And I hereby further certify that I am personally acquaint- -ed with John Webber And know him to be the identical John Webber whose name is mentioned in the affidavit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand And affixed the Seal of the said Court at Belvidere this fourth day of August 1831
M. B. Kennedy

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Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
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