Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,277, Timothy Wells, N. H.

SERVICE
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N.H.
Wells, Timothy
S. 18,277
carded
CONTENTS

937.
New Hampshire Timothy Wells
of Rockingham in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg t commanded by Col d Poor in the N H line for 3 Mos & 27 days 1775
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 34 Dollars 21 Cents per ann m to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of October 1832 and sent to Mr S Bell Chester N H
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1832 $ 51.30 Semi-annual allowance ending 21 Mar 33 17.10 68.40 08.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. F. McBlain Clerk. Book D Vol. 1 st Page 193.

5881
Timothy Wells
W.C.E.
A Roll boat buer. ners Company boat Drakes Kept a Must 8 Sep 1777 - 3 Months & 8 days
Alm J.E.
10 Months & 8 days
$ 34.21
Hon Sam Bell Chester N.H.

BRIEF in the case of  Timothy Wells of Sandwich, Rockingham Co  in the State of  New Hampshire (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? _____  3. How old is he? 70  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.     In 1775 1 June to 1 Jan'y 76 — 7 — Pirate Gen. Col. Enoch Poor - N.H. Militia   1 Sept '77 to 1 Dec '77 — 3 28 " — Col. Drake do   as appears from Rolls of Service  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Saratoga & Stillwater - Surrender of Burgoyne  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Kingston  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Tradition - 2 living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
No Clergyman's Certificate
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.

State of New Hampshire } ss. Rockingham County }
On this Seven th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Superior Court of Judicature now sitting in Exeter within and for said County of Rockingham Timothy Wells a resident of Penacook in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged seventy-six years in the month of December last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. He the said Timothy Wells enlisted as a private soldier at Kingston in said county in the company commanded by Captain Phillip Tilton of Kingston in said county of Rockingham and the Regiment commanded by Colonel Enoch Poor in the New Hampshire State troops about the first of June 1775 for the term of seven months and immediately marched to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, and performed the duties of a private soldier in said company and Regiment in the vicinity of said Cambridge until said term of seven months expired and he further declares that he was discharged from said service the first of the month of January 1776 at Winter Hill in said Massachusetts near said Cambridge The said Timothy Wells further declares that he enlisted as a private soldier the first of September 1777 at said Penacook, with Lieutenant David Quincy of Haverke, into Captain Ezra Gurnier's company and Colonel Drake's Regiment of New Hampshire State troops or Militia for the term of three months and immediately on said enlistment marched to Bennington in the State of Vermont and there joined said Colonel Drake's Regiment, he then marched with his Regiment to Stillwater in the State of New York - his Regiment was then put under the immediate command of General John Stark, after remaining there a short time he was in the battles of Saratoga and Stillwater under the chief command of General Gates and was at the surrender of the British Army under General Burgoyne. After the capture of the British Army as aforesaid said Colonel Drake's Regiment marched to Albany in New York and remained there a few days and then marched down the Hudson river with the expectation of joining the Southern Army to a place called Cornwall at Westpoint in the State of New York and he the said Timothy Wells remained there with said Captain Ezra Gurnier's company until the first of December 1777, having served out the three months for which he enlisted he was discharged at said Cornwall the first of December 1777 about three hundred miles from his home.
He further states that he resided at Penacook in said County of Rockingham when he entered the service, and has no documentary evidence of his service, and that he has procured the depositions of Sherburne Penborn and James Eaton which are herewith annexed.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except,

except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Richard Clark  Timothy Wells
We Jethro Sleeper residing in the town of Chester and county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire and Eliphalet Hunt — residing in the town of Pennacook in said county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Timothy Wells who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age last December; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Jethro Sleeper Eliphalet Hunt
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Richard Clark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Wells for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this thirteenth day of August Anno Domini 1832.
Richard Clark Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

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File No. 18277
Timothy Wells
Br. Rev. W.W.
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 401
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Sherburne Sanborn of Chester in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire of lawful age testify and say that Timothy Wells of Sandown in the county of Rockingham aforesaid served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, in the vicinity of Boston in the State of Massachusetts, for the term of seven months, in the company commanded by Captain Phillip Tilton of Kingston of said county of Rockingham and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Enoch Poor in the New Hampshire State troops. I was well acquainted with said Timothy Wells while he was in the Army as aforesaid. I served as a private soldier in the same Regiment in Captain Enoch Rowe's company at the same time and place - said Timothy Wells served as a faithful soldier during the term aforesaid and was discharged honorably discharged at Winter Hill near said Boston the first of January 1776 - Chester July 9 th 1832. Sherburne Sanborn
State of New Hampshire Rockingham County ss. Chester July 9 th 1832 Then personally appearing the above named Sherburne Sanborn made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true Before me Samuel Aiken Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Sherburne Sanborn and that he is a credible witness and entitled to belief
Samuel Aiken Jus. Peace

Limington Mills po Exeter 5881.
N.H.
Mr. Samuel Bell Chester N.H.
F V R

I James Eaton of the town of Sandown in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged seventyseven years last March, testify and declare that Timothy Wells of Sandown aforesaid enlisted as a private soldier about the first of September 1777 in Captain Ezra Gurnier's company and Colonel Dreeke's Regiment of New Hampshire State troops or Volunteers for the term of three months and immediately repaired to Bennington in the State of Vermont and there joined said Colonel Dreeke's Regiment about the tenth day of September 1777. Lieut. Colonel Gale was attached to said Regiment. David Trimby of Hawke in said county of Rockingham served as a Lieutenant in said Captain Ezra Gurnier's company during the campaign. Colonel Dreeke's Regiment marched from said Bennington to Stillwater in the State of New York and there was put under the command of General John Stark. said Timothy Wells was in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga about the first of October 1777. under the chief command of General Gates and was at the surrender of the British Army under General Burgoyne. said Colonel Dreeke's Regiment, after the capture of the British Army, marched to Albany in New York, thence down the Hudson river with an expectation of joining the Southern Army, to Cornwall on the Hudson river and there remained about three weeks and was discharged at said Cornwall in the State of New York about the first day of December 1777. I the said James Eaton served as a private soldier in said Captain Ezra Gurnier's company and Colonel Dreeke's Regiment during the whole of said campaign. I further testify that said said Timothy Wells served in said company and Regiment with me for the whole term of three months for which he enlisted. he was a resident of said Sandown when he entered the service of the United States and has always resided there since.
Chester August 3 d . 1832.
James Eaton
State of New Hampshire Rockingham County ss.
Chester August 3 d . 1832 Then personally appearing the above named James Eaton made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true Before me Samuel Aiken Jus. Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named James Eaton and that he is a credible witness and entitled to belief Samuel Aiken Jus. Peace

I Pittobladwick clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Samueliken before whom this & the annexed deposition were sworn is a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Rockingham and that his signature to the certificate thereto are in his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this thirteenth day of August Anno Domini 1872
Pittobladwick clerk of the Court Rockingham County