Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1112, Jacob Wellman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Wellman Jacob Betsey
Nr 1112
B.L.Wt 70-60-55-
CONTENTS

52,389.
Mar. 3, 1833.
Apr. 9 " "
Betsey Wallman, widow of Jacob Wallman, Priv.
Capt.
Col. 1st Cont. Line
End.
Dis.
70
Revolutionary War.
Pensioner.
Ms Bk 53- no 2632
10:60 A. Sept 11/55
Rule
130 1/2
Claimant
Westfield.
N.Y.

2632
New York, Albany Betsey Wellman widow of Jacob Wellman who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Oct r 33 and sent to
W. G. Wade Rose  N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 88 Vol. A
Eff.

New York Roll.
N o 1858. /
Jacob Wellman,
Mass Private,
4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31. of July 1818, and sent to John Russell Esq. Cooperstown, N. York.
Arrearages to 4. Sept. 1818
4 months 4/31 $ 33.06
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Shepard
Massachusetts line 6 years
Milford's Charge
Continued

Dead. See letter to S. Crepps May 2. 1813.
Notification sent September 6th 1820 to John Russell Cooperstown N York

Jacob Wellman Milford No 1,050
x
31 July 1818
Sep 1818
Age & capacity of wife to contribute to support not stated. 1 child requiring support some 11 years old. himself farmer & scriptured, worth 200 $ & 49 yards
axes 150 $
Con

District of New-York, } ss. Otsego County, }
ON this 20 day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the county aforesaid, Jacob Wellman of Brooks aged 59 years, resident in Milford in the county of Brooks in said District, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war, in Captain William North , company, Colonel Merrill regiment, belonging to the Massachusetts line: And the date of his original declaration was on the 15 day of May 1810 on which he has received a pension certificate, No. 1,858 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 15th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift or 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed.
ARTICLES OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.
No Real estate - one horse - 5 cows - 4 young cattle & sheep - 10 young hogs - a few articles of household furniture worth about ten dollars - I owe $150 more above what is due to me By occupation a farmer - infirm in health troubled with a rheumatism - I have a wife & 4 children - one named Charles aged 16 - years old able to support himself - Jacob 14 years old able to support himself - Betsey Barney step daughter aged 11 years and Lorenzo Barney aged 6 years Sworn to & subscribed on this 20 th June 1820 Jacob Wellman Before the Court
Edward Bell

STATE OF NEW-YORK, OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, { ss.
I, GEORGE MORELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, 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
two hundred _____ dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 24 day of June 1820.
George Morell Clerk

Jacob Wittman
correct

State of New-York, OTSEGO COUNTY
ss.
Jacob Wellman aged 87 years being duly sworn, saith, that he is a resident of the town of Milford in the County aforesaid, and has served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, for the term of Nine Months and longer, at a certain period of the war herein after mentioned, on the Continental Establishment, and is yet a resident citizen of the United States; and by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. And this deponent further saith, that he never has received any pension from the U- nited States, and doth hereby relinquish his claim to every pension that may have been heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States, excepting and reserving to himself the right of claiming, and he doth hereby claim a pension under an act entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed 18th March, 1818. And this deponent doth further declare under oath, that the time he entered the army of the United States in the war of the revolution aforesaid, on the Continental Establishment, the officers under whom he served, and the line to which he belonged, together with the time and manner of leaving the service, are all correctly set forth, according to the best of his knowledge and recollection, in the following manner; that is to say, he the said -
Jacob Wellman did at Mansfield in the State of Massa- chusetts in the month of March 1777 enlist for three years under one Captain Moses Knapp in Colonel William Shephard regiment belonging to the Massachusetts line - Served in said regiment until the month of January or February 1780 then enlisted again for during the war under Captain Seth Banester in the same regiment commanded by the said William Shephard belonging to the Massachusetts line aforesaid - And in this deponent served in the same regiment until the end of the war, at which time said re- giment was commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, and he this deponent was discharged on the 8 th day of June 1783. at Newburgh by General Washington - This deponent was in the Battle of the Taking of Genl. Burgoyne and the Battle of Monmouth and likewise at Rhode Island with Genl. Sullivan and at the Siege and Taking of Cornwallis at Yorktown in Virginia - And this deponent saith that he has it not in his power to offer other evidence of his services -
Jacob Wellman
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 1 st day of May 1818.
John Russell
Judge of Otsego Com Pleas

State of New-York, OTSEGO COUNTY,
} ss.
I John Russell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for
the County aforesaid, do certify that I am satisfied the said Jacob Willman served in the revolutionary war as aforesaid, against the common enemy, for a longer term than nine months, as stated in the affidavit of the said
Jacob hereunto annexed—And I do further certify
that full credit is due to the deposition of the above named Jacob and also that the evidence on which I have founded my
judgment is contained in the affidavit of the said Jacob
Given under my hand at Cooperstown this first day of May 1818.
John Russell Judge of Common Pleas.

52,389.
Bitsy Willman Declaration for County Said

State of New York Schuyler County ss.
On this 29th day March A.D. one thousand eight hundred & fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within & for the County aforesaid Betsey Willman aged eighty four years a resident of the town of Westfield in the county & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn ac- cording to law, declares that she is the widow of Jacob Willman deceased, who was a private (name of captain & commandant of Regiment not recol- lected) in the Revolutionary war with Great Brit- ain, that her said husband enlisted soon after the commencement of the said war, & continued in actual service therein for and during the con- tinuance of the said war, & was honorably dischar- ged.
She further States that she was married to the said Jacob Willman in Milford Otsego County New York, on or about 15th day of February A. D. 1817 by Elder Richmond a Baptist clergyman that her name before her said marriage was Betsey Barney that her husband died at the town of Milford aforesaid on or about the 17th day of January 1829. That she is now the widow of the said Jacob Willman & has not intermarried since his death, that there is no public private or family Record of her marriage with her said husband That she now receives a pension of ninety six dollars per annum as the widow of her said deceased husband That she is unable to state from recollection any further particulars as regards the enlistment or discharge of her said husband - or in relation to the persons who commanded the company or Regiment to which

she belonged to know of the living Witness by whom to establish any other facts. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty lands which she may be entitled to under the act passed March 3 1855  for the relief of  the  widows of  the  deceased  officers of the  United States The Aaron Boyd & Willoughby Boyd residents of the town of Mansfield in the county of Chautauque, & State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Betsey Well- man in our presence, & that we believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. And the said Willoughby Boyd for herself further says, that she knows that  of the marriage there is no public or private Record of the afore- named Betsey Wellman with the said afore- named Jacob Wellman, and she deponent fur- ther says that she was personally & well ac- quainted with the said Betsey & Jacob prior to & subsequent to their marriage, that she the deponent was present & saw them the said Betsey & Jacob married & knows that they lived & cohabited together as hus- band & wife - & this Deponent further says that the said Jacob is dead & that the said Betsey is now his widow. that the circumstances from which she derives her knowledge of the facts last mentioned are, that the said Betsey has received an annuity from the Executors of the said Jacob ever since the death of her hus- band.
Aaron Boyd Willoughby Boyd
The words, actual & living, & the figure 17, written on Erneas before signing the word

"of the marriage, no. the & the" interlined before signing - The above named Betsy Williams in consequence of age & infirmity is incapable of writing her name - The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first above written, & I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, & that I have no interest in this claim.
S. C. Langford of the Peace

State of New-York, Chautauque County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I hereby Certify that James M. Hovey , Esq., whose name is subscribed to the instrument hereto annexed, was, on the day of the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to administer Oaths and Affirmations. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice, and verily believe that such sig- nature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County and the Courts thereof, this 10 day of April A. D., 185 1 .
W. P. Mearns Clerk.

STATE OF New York Chautauqua COUNTY } S. S. of the said County
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge Willoughby duly authorised by law to administer oaths Boyd , a resident of the town of Messfield in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York aged fifty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that he is personally acquainted with Betsey Willman , whose application for a pension as the widow of Jacob Willman , late a Pensioner of the United States
is hereto annexed, that deponent was personally acquainted with the said Jacob Willman late her husband, and has been personally acquainted with said widow and her late husband from the year 1812 and knows they lived together as man and wife, and was so reputed and believed to be where they resi- ded; that he knows said Jacob Willman died about the 17 day of January 1829 and that he left Betsy Willman the applicant for a pension his widow, who has not intermarried since his death but still remains his widow. And the said Willoughby Boyd further says, that she was present in November Eighteen hundred and eighteen , and saw the said Jacob Willman , and the said Betsy Willman married by the said Elder Richmond , at the house of the said Jacob Willman , in the town of Milford , Otsego County and State of New York
Willoughby Boyd
Sworn and subscribed before me
this 21 st day of September 185 3  Abner Lewis Co Judge
I certify that Willoughby Boyd who executed the above affidavit is a creditable witness. Abner Lewis, Co Judge
STATE OF COUNTY } S. S. of the
Personally appeared before the subscriber a duly authorised by law to administer oaths , a resident of the town of in the County of and State of aged years, who being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, he is personally acquainted with whose application for a pension as the widow of late a
is hereto annexed, that deponent was personally acquainted with the said late her husband, and has been personally acquainted with said widow and her late husband from the year 18 and knows they lived together as man and wife, and were so reputed and believed to be where they resi- ded; that he knows said died about the day of 18 and that he left the applicant for a pension his widow, who has not intermarried since his death, but still remains his widow.
Sworn and subscribed before me this day of 185 3
I certify that who executed the above affidavit is a creditable witness.

State of New York.
Chautauqua County ss
Richard O. Green Clerk, of the county court of said county. Do hereby certify that Abner Lewis Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit were made and taken, is the judge of said court, duly commissioned & sworn. That said court is a court of record of said county, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Abner Lewis, and rightly believe that the signatures subscribed to the jurats of the said declaration affidavit & the fore- going certificate are his proper & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of said county court, to be hereunto affixed, this 21 st day of September 1833.
R. O. Green Clerk

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by Act of Congress of the 3d of February 1853. State of New York } At a County Court held in and for the said County, } at the Court House in the village of Chautauqua in said County, County of Chautauqua } On this 21 day of September 1853 personally appeared Betsey Willman [1] before the [2] Abner Lewis Judge of said Court [3] a resident of Westfield in the County of Chautauqua and State of New York aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 3d of February, 1853, entitled "An Act to continue half pay to certain widows," and orphans,"—That she is the widow of [4] Jacob Willman who was a [5] United States pensioner at the rate of $96 per annum.
She further declares that she was married to the said [6] Jacob Willman on the day of November one thousand eight hundred and fourteen at the house of Jacob Willman in the town of Milford in the county of Otsego in the State of New York , by Elder Richmond who was a Baptist Minister and who resided in the town of Milford in said County of Otsego at the time of such marriage, that deponent's name before her marriage was Betsey Barney , that her said husband Jacob Willman died in the town of Milford County of Otsego and State of New York on the 17 day of January 1829. The only evidence she knows of her marriage to said Jacob Willman is, [7] Willoughby Boyd of Chautauqua County a living Minister there being no record thereof in existence to her knowledge. Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written Betsey Willman mark R  17 January 1829 "lighted" written after motion on oath. Abner Lewis, County Judge I certify that on account of the infirmity of age Betsey Willman above named is unable to write her name Abner Lewis Co. Judge
Sworn and subscribed before the day and year above written
I certify that on account of the infirmities of age and ill health unable to appear at Court.
above named, is
Directions for executing the above declaration. If executed before a Court, at No. 1 write "in open court," at 2, District. Surrogate's, or Probate Court, as is the case—If executed before a Judge, as it may be if the claimant is unable to attend Court, at No. 1, leave blank, at 2, write "subscriber, Judge of" county or other court. At 3 the name of the claimant, at 4 and 6 name of claimant's late husband, at 5, the annual pension of claimant's late husband and his residence when pensioned—if never pensioned, describe the service for which the widow claims a pension. At 7 add such facts as the claimant is able to give respecting her marriage, if she has a certificate or record of marriage in the family Bible or elsewhere, it must be attached—the old, original document itself—to the above declaration; and the claimant must state in whose handwriting the record is, and the length of time it has been in use. The other blanks are to be filled as the facts may require. If the claimant is unable to write, the Judge must so certify.

V.P.H. December 23, 1914.
Hon. George C. Scott.
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Scott:
In reply to your letter dated the twenty-first instant, requesting the record of Jacob Wellman, for Mr. G. T. Wellman of Sheldon, Iowa, I have the honor to advise you that in the claim, Wid. File No. 1,112, Revolutionary War, it appears that Jacob Wellman enlisted at Mansfield, Massachusetts, March, 1777, and served in Captain Moses Knapp, Seth Banister and William North's companies in Colonels William Shepard and Henry Jackson's 4th Massachusetts regiment.
He was at the capture of Burgoyne, in the battles of Monmouth and Rhode Island, the siege of York and capture of Cornwallis and was discharged June 3, 1783, at Newburgh.
He was allowed pension on an application executed May 1, 1818, while a resident of Milford, Otsego County, New York, aged fifty-seven years.
He married at Milford, Otsego County, New York, February 15, 1817, or November, 1818, Betsey Barney, and

died January 17, 1829, at Milford, New York.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 21, 1853, while a resident of Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, aged eighty-three years.
In 1820 soldier referred to his children; Charles 16 years old; Jacob 14 years old; Betsey Barney (step-daughter) aged 11 years, and Lorenzo Barney aged 6 years.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1112
Betsy Wellman Widow
Jacob Wellman Br. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 318
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jan. 25, 1896. Mil. Kisky to Mary W. Loomis Ann Arbor Mich.
Oct. 25-1901
Rev. J. W. Bellman - Boston - Mass.
March 14, 1903 - Hist to Thos. E. C. Robinson - Milford Mass
1910 May 24 Hist. to T. B. Fullman. V. L. H.
1914 Dec. 23 Hist. to Hon. Geo. C. Scott for G. T. Willman of Sheldon, Iowa.

United States Post Office,
MILFORD
WORCESTER County,
State of MASSACHUSETTS
March 9, 1903.
Hon. N. Clay Evans:
Dear Sir:
Kindly favor me with a statement of The Military History of Jacob Wellman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. who was in the Battle of Bunker Hill and was from Lyndeboro, N.H.
Respectfully,
Thos. C. Robinson

70
Coacres

22575-9
34 Thompson St.
Ann Arbor, Mich.
To The Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions:-
Will you please send me a statement of the military history of Jacob Wellman of Mansfield, Mass. (a soldier of the Revolutionary War.)
Yours truly
(Mrs.) Mary W. Loomis.

B. A. C. 153, N.Y.
Bryton,

No 3337
New York
Becky Willman wid. of Jacob.
Act 3. Feb. '83
Am? A 96 pr ann from 3 Feb. '83
other
W. G. Ward Esq. Res. W. M.

Cooperstown April 27. 1843
J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
Jacob Wellman of Milford Otsego County N.Y. now deceased, was a Revolutionary Pensioner he died several years since leaving a Widow who now resides in this County - She however did not marry Wellman until after the war - I wish to ascertain whether this Widow is entitled to a pension and if so, what proof is required when her husband was a pensioner, - The marriage & death of course must be proved, and that the applicant is still a Widow - If any thing further is required to entitle her to a pension, be pleased to say what is requisite in such Cases - Mrs Wellman knows nothing of the services of her husband as a soldier except from some information derived from others - She therefore is unable to make proof of his services.
This however can hardly be required when the deceased husband was on the Pension Roll —
Yours Respectfully Schuyler Crippen

Yacub Wellman. Pens d 1818. New York.
24 papers.
Peter L. M.
also ascertain at 3 d Auditors Office date of last payment of Wellman pension.
W. L. Wade

Wellfield State of New York, Chautauqua County, July 6 1853.
Willis G Ward Esq Washington City
Dear Sir,
I have before me one of your circulars, in which you say you will make liberal arrangements with those who wish your assistance in procuring pensions &c.
I take the liberty of addressing you in rela- tion to two cases I have on hand, soliciting your aid in regard to them,
One is the application of Betsey Willman widow of Jacob  Isaac  Willman , who were married at Milford Otsego County New York, in 1817, no record of their marriage, but can be proved by witnesses present, solemnized by Elder Richards. Husband Husband was a revolution- ary soldier, drew a pension of $96. per annum and resided in Milford aforesaid when he received his pension, & died there in February 1836 - The widow claims a pension, as such was  she has never received the arrears due at the time of her husband's death , but then  then  the  her  pen  pen  is  is is mistaken - or her attorney has defrauded her. The other is the application of Willoby Boyd late the  widow of Samuel Walter, married in 1818.
Engage at 3 per cent. for all work for date of last payment of which Willman pension

by Elder Richards, at Milford aforesaid, no : record can prove her marriage. Walter was a captain in the 6th Regiment of the U.S. troops at Newburg, Enlisted at Hudson in the State, in 1872, had a written discharge but it is lost. he died in Erie County, Ohio in 1840 - never drew a pension - She is married to her second husband - whether she had children by her first husb I am not apprised -
an answer to this communication is so. held at 13 1/2 ... earliest commin
Yours &c. L. C. Young
Wellman, Young J. C. Chautauqua Co. July 6/83 S.G. Dept of Agriculture Recd Oct 30 1883 Recd Co Clerk Museum To Rev. W. Clyde Pepp To Mail. 11 West 10th Street Dept 77

Becky Merlman

Brief in the case of Petsey widow of Jacob Hellman , Chautauqua — County and State of New York act 3 February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned at $96 - per annum acts 1818 & 1820.
Marriage & Identity proved by Credible Witnesses (No) record of marriage
There is a correspondence also between her Declaration & his, by which he claimed benefit of act of 1818. In his declaration he speaks of his wife & his step child Petsey (If for increase.) Barney. This the present applicant says was
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? her own name before marriage - The place of marriage also agrees with his place of residence
Name and residence of Agent
W. H. Wade Esq. Rose NY!
M. H. Lee Examining Clerk.

J. E. Wellman
Stratton
Hitchcock Co
Nebr.
Send statement to
MAY 20 1910

Omaha Oct. 19, 1833
Sir
Please certify date of Jacob Wellman's death - N.Y. p.m. at 96 - Oct 1818.
Respectfully F. Burck 3rd and 3rd S. Col. for Comm.
Jacob Wellman, Oct 1818, $8.00 p. month. Died 17 th January 1829, Paid to his death.
F. Burck Administrator.

sion on file in this Bureau.
Jacob Wellman wid. File 1112
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1777 Moses Knapp Leah Bannister William North William Shepard Henry Jackson 4 Mass Regt                    
Discharged June 3, 1778.
Battles engaged in, Taking of Burgyne Monmouth, Rhode Island, Sieges of York  Taking of Savannah Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Mansfield, Mass. Date of application for pension, Sept. 1818 Residence at date of application, Richford, Otsego Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 72 yrs. died at Richford N.Y. Jan. 17, 1829
Remarks: Soldier married at Richford, Otsego Co. N.Y. July 15, 1819 or Nov. 1818. Betsey Barney, She was allowed pension on an application executed Sept. 2, 1853 which a resident of Westfield Chautauqua Co. N.Y. aged 83 years. In 1820 children Charles 16 yrs. Jacob 14 yrs. Betsey Barney (his daughter) aged 11 yrs. Lorenzo Barney aged 6 years.
Very respectfully,

GEORGE C. SCOTT 11TH DISTRICT IOWA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON
December 21, 1914.
Hon. G. M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I am in receipt of a request from Mr. G. T. Wellman, of Sheldon, Iowa, for the complete record of his ancestor, Jacob Wellman, which, he informs me, is contained in the U. S. Pension lists, 1820, at page 462. I should esteem it a great favor if you could furnish me with a copy of the record of Mr. Jacob Wellman, who served in the Revolutionary War, including the dates and description of his service, name of his wife, or wives, and anything else of record in regard to this soldier. If a charge is made for furnishing such a copy, kindly advise me of the amount.
Very truly yours,
Geo C. Scott