Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,410, Robert White, Mass.

SERVICE
Mas
White Robert Nancy
NUMBER _____
W 18.410
CONTENTS

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3072 Rep d
Connecticut
Nancy White.
widow of Robert White, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the 5 November, 1831 - of Windham in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Comp y - commanded by Captain Turner for the Reg t - commanded by Col: Bailey - in the Mass. Militia line for 7 Months, & 27 days -
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 26 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st : day of June 1839 and sent to Simon Davis, Thompson, Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar: 1839 $ 78.99 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept - 13.16
$92.15
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M t Leavell Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 217

Staney White
3977 wid of Robert Conn
Ad July 7 1838
Married 1777
died 1831
Altar Jms Vj day pm. Mass Militia p 2h 33 pm arm. Coast Tunes Hilo Bailey Vol 16 p 47
Simon Davis Thompson ct.

I, Martin White of Thompson in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, aged 50 years & over, & being duly sworn according to law do testify and say, that Nancy White, who has signed the annexed declaration, to which I am a witness, is my mother, & Robert White was my father. They both lived with me, before his death. & my mother, has since his decease my father Robert White died at my house on or about the 1 st Day of November 1831. The precise day I cannot say now, but it was, in 1831, my mother still lives with me, & is still his widow & unmarried
Martin White
State of Connecticut
Windham County ss. Thompson August 13 th 1838. Then personally appeared Martin White sign. of the above deposition, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same, & I also certify that from personal knowledge said deponent is a person of truth & veracity, to me well known
Before me Simon Davis justice of the Peace
I Jerome F. Crosby, Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Thompson in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing & annexed are the Proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Nancy White alias Anne White for a pension under the provisions of the act "for relief of widows" passed July 7 th 1838 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court. This 15 th Day of October 1838
Jerome F. Crosby Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT , Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern:
Edward Everett
Know Ye, That Samuel A. Turner is a Justice of the Peace, and has been such for the year last past for the County of Plymouth.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this Eleventh day of October A. D. 1838, and in the Sixty third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, Elijah Whitman of Burrillville State of Rhode Island aged 75 years & over & being duly sworn according to law do testify and say, that I was born & brought up in the town of Bristol & Water, County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts in which County I resided until about 35 years ago, when I removed to Connecticut, Robert White late of Thompson in the County of Windham State of Connecticut, now deceased, married my Mother's sister, called once Anne House but of late years she is called Nanny, when I speak of her I call her Aunt Nanny, said White & his wife removed up to St. Thompson a few years before I died, & remained here until his death about 7 years ago, this fall.
This Widow now lives in said Thompson with her son Martin White & has I am informed applied for a pension for services of S r Robert, during the Revolutionary
War. It was always talked, that S r Robert White was considerable in the War. I have often heard him tell of being at Roxbury at the time his brother Paul White, who was a tory & had fled to the British at Boston, was shot by our men, as he was seen, beyond the lines.

This widow has not married since the death of the said Robert White, I have ever known them both from my Childhood, and been much at their House. & know that the Person we all now call. Nanny White or Aunt Nanny, was Anne House, formerly of Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Elijah Whitman
State of Connecticut Windham County
on this 8 th Day
of October 1838. Personally appeared Elijah Whitman signed the above deposition & to me well known as a credible Witness & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Simon Davis Justice of the Peace

Simon Davis Justice of the Peace State of Connecticut Windsor County ss. I. Daniel P. Lydon Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of the State of aforesaid. do hereby certify that Simon Davis is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified, & that his commission is dated the 21 21 st Day of May 1838, & will expire on the 20 th Day of June 1839. That his signature above written is Genuine Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this 12 th Day of December 1838 Daniel P. Lydon Clerk

I Albert White Town clerk of the Town of Hanover in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts hereby certify that the following is a true transcript & copy from the records of said Town. now in my custody as Town clerk as aforesaid.
" M r . W m Robert White and Miss Anne " House. joined both of Hanover " were joined in marriage by the " Re d Samuel Baldwin. March " the twentieth. Seventeen hundred " seventy seven"
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. Hanover September 24 th 1838. I Albert White above named. Town clerk, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the said Records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows. "M r . Robert White and Miss Anne House both of Hanover were joined in marriage by the Re d Samuel Baldwin March 20 th 1777"
Attest Albert White Town Clerk of said Hanover for the year 1838

I Albert White above named depore and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town. County & State aforesaid & that the above is a true extract from the Records of Town with the exceptions above named. as certified by me
— Albert White Town Clerk of (Hanover)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County, On this 24 th Day of September 1838. personally appeared Albert White well known to me as Town Clerk of the above named Town of Hanover & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing.
Before me Sam l H. Turner Just Peace

Bryon White Deposition

I Benjamin White of Hanover in the County of Plymouth & state of Massachusetts aged eighty six years do testify that I was a soldier at Rox- bury with Robert White late of Hanover eight months in Capt. O'Brien's Fencible Company of Col. Bailey's Regiment in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five. said Robert White Remained but I think after Capt. O'Brien's Company went to New York, & I think in Col. Bailey's Regiment but how long he served I do not recollect. This service was in seventeen hun- dred & seventy five.
Benja White
Jonathan Chaplin Esq. Plymouth County
September 24-1838
Then the above named Benjamin White made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed before me. and I further Certify that he is a credible witness.
Sam. L. & Turner Just. Peace

I William Hyland of Situate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged eighty five years, do testify, that I was a soldier in Capt Nathaniel Winslow's Company, in the war of the Revolution eight months at Roxbury near Boston in Seventeen hundred and Seventy five; and that Robert White of Hanover and County aforesaid was a soldier at the same time, at Roxbury, the whole term of eight months; he was was not in Capt Winslow's Company, but I think he was in Capt 2 Sam 2 Hookbridge, or Capt 2 Cross's Company, both however were attached to Col. John Bailey's Regiment.
Susannah S. Stockbridge Wm 2 H Hylands Sam 2 H. Turner - mark
County of Mass'ts Plymouth County Sept 22 1838 Then the above named William Hyland made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed before me. & I further certify that he is a credible witness. Sam 2 H Turner Just 2 Peace

Wm Hyland Deposition

State of Connecticut Windham County ss.
On this 11 th day of August 1838. personally appeared, before the Honorable Court of Probate for the District of Thompson in the County and State of as said. Mary White aged, 92 years and over, a resident of said District, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act "of Congress passed July 7 1838. entitled an Act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows"
That she is the Widow of Robert White late of Thompson dec. d who was a private soldier 8 months in the Massachusetts Troops in the Revolutionary War. in Col. Baily Regt. Capt Samuel Stockbridge Company. was at Roxbury, Cambridge & in the vicinity of Boston, as according to her best belief & knowledge - this was in the first year of the war. 1775

and also that the said Robert, was a soldier. the next year 1776 nine months at New York & about there, but what officer at this time she cannot say -
That she has no documentary evidence, or other, at this time known to her but what is annexed,
She further declares she was married to the said Robert White on the 20 th Day of March 1777 - seventeen hundred & seventy seven that her husband the said Robert died on the 5 th November 1831 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the same, but the marriage took place previous to the first Day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four at the time above stated, & she has ever since remained single & unmarried.
attest. Simon Davis Talcott Crosby
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before
her Mary F. White marks or Anne White
Talcott Crosby Judge of Probate

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18410
Nancy White widow of Robert White Pris New-Mar
Act: July 7 th 38
Index:—Vol. III , Page 332
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nancy White m. 77 Robert d. 1831
75. { Stockbridge Daily Amos Turner from Huron Mass }
Vol 16 p 47 on roll May 3 rd 75 Capt. Turner