Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,519, Daniel Weston, N. H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Weston, Daniel
NUMBER
837519.
CONTENTS

5674.
Maine
Daniel Weston Capt Monroe private N.H.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist: of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Jany 1819 and sent to Judge Parris - Paris Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 4 mos 4 / 30 33. 6
Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 March 1819. 48. -
$ 81.6
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Confirmed by Secy of War
Feb 7 1821.

Notification sent the 13 th July 1820, to J. Mussey Secy. Engt
Portland
Maine -
Atty Genl's opinion sent to D. Weston, (of Gray) at Portland, 11 th May 24. 1820.
Letter to Hon: E. Whitman 26 March 1822.

1199. Daniel Weston
Copy
56/4
not entitled
WILLIAM D. WESTON
I John Weston John Clerk of the Court (part of the original paper for which I received the)
Henry of the said Court and I do hereby certify that it is a true copy of the original paper for which the
total amount in value of the property mentioned in the above-mentioned paper is as follows:
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said Court on this
2nd day of June 1894
John Weston

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 twentieth 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 twentieth 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, Daniel Weston . . . aged fifty six years, resident in Gray . . . 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 soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Josiah Munroe in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Scarbome in the line of the State of New Hampshire . on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the first day of May . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5674 . . . 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.
Daniel Weston
Sworn to and declared, on the 20 th 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:
Forty four acres of land with a one story house and old barn thereon — the land cold, wet and rocky — one horse worth twenty dollars, aged sixteen years — four cows, five sheep and two lambs, two swine, one waggon — household stuff — one note of hand of ninety dollars, but not amounting to debts due from me to others
Daniel Weston
Sworn to
Before Albion H. Parris
U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me ary Daniel Weston who, by occupation am a clergyman without sal which I am willing to pursue by reason of but derive no support from it —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Sydia Weston my wife's mother 84 unable to support herself through age and has no property to live upon   Susan Weston (wife) 42 able to support herself   Mary S. Weston 12 unable to support herself by reason of youth   Sarah S. Weston 11 Sito   Caroline H. Weston 10   Emma S. Weston 8   William J. Weston 6   Augusta M. Weston 3   Daniel S. Weston 1  
Sworn to Before Daniel Weston Albion H. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge

United States of America District of Maine ss
I hereby certify that the above named Daniel Weston is personally known to me; that he is a very worthy and useful man, with a large family, in necessitous circumstances, and in my belief comes fairly within the provisions of the pension laws in their most rigorous application.
Alvion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
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 three hundred, sixty- nine dollars and no more cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth . . . day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr. Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
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Daniel Weston Private
Dearborn Regt N Hampshire line
1 st May 1818
Admitted Rolls (on the Discharge)

I Daniel Weston a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Gray in the District of Maine on oath declare, that sometime in the month of July one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, at Amherst in the State of New-Hampshire I enlisted as a private soldier and in the month following joined the company commanded by captain Josiah Monroe, in the regiment commanded by Col. Henry Dearborn, in the New-Hampshire line on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war, for the term of three years, that I continued to serve as a private in said company and in the company commanded by capt. Cherry in the regiment commanded by Col. Reed, & in the company commanded by captain Moody, further in the same regiment, and in the company commanded by captain Potter in the American Regiment commanded by Col. William Hull, to which I was transferred, and in the service of the United States until the thirtieth day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, when I was regularly discharged from the service in West point in the State of New-York, and received an honorable discharge in writing signed by General Henry Jackson, that during the term aforesaid I was stationed at Saratoga, Albany , New Windsor with

stony point and west point in the State of New- York. And I do further on oath declare that I am fifty three years of age, am not on any pension list of the United States, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of the assistance of my country for support.
Wherefore I the said Daniel Weston pray that this declaration and the proceedings to be had thereon may be transmitted to the Secretary of War, to the end that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818. entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revo- lutionary war."
And I further testify and declare that I am the same person mentioned in the discharge here- unto annexed signed by Gen. H. Jackson.
Daniel Weston
May 1.

Daniel Watson in the American Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the Twelfth Day of June
1784
By the General's Command, H. N. M. B. Gort
C. Selden Capt & Bt
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Charles Selden Adjutant

Dan. I. Nelson
in
Regiment,
has hereby honorably discharged from
States.
Given in the State of New York,
the _____ Day of _____
178
[Faint signature]
Colonel
Books of the Regiment,
[Faint text]
[Faint text]

I Jedediah Elliot of Winham testify and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred eighty two, I enlisted as a private in the company commanded by captain Cherry in the Regiment commanded by Col. Reed in the New Hampshire line on the continental establishment in the revolutionary war, that in the month of February or in the month of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty three, Mr. Daniel Weston now of Gray was transferred into said company, that said Weston continued to serve with me as a private in said company and in the company commanded by Capt. Moody during Capt. Potter in the service of the United States until the month of June sixteen hundred & eighty four, when he was discharged. Jedidiah Elliot
United States of America } County of Cumberland in the } May 6. 1810. District of Maine ss. —
Jedediah Elliot, above named personally appeared and made oath that the facts above stated are true.
Before me
Daniel McQuery, Justice of the Peace
I have been acquainted with the above deponent for several years and believe he is a man of truth

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Simon Greenleaf or— Daniel W. Green, esqr. of Gray — in the District of Maine
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Gray. in said District, on the first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Daniel Weston of Gray. in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private 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 of Windham in the District 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 Gray in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion P. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the first day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Daniel Weston 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 his original discharge, dated June 30. 1784, signed by H. Jackson, B. Green, and also the deposition of Jedediah Elliot, a soldier in the revolutionary army, taken before Daniel W. Green, Esq. in pursuance of Dedimus Potestatem by me granted all which are hereunto annexed
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 Daniel Weston 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 L. Parrish
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Hall of Rep s Dec r 12. 1820
Dr. Sir -
I beg you would be pleased to peruse the inclosed and consider whether the case of the individual therein mentioned cannot be revised and the former decision reversed — Mr. Weston is personally known to me; and I have a general knowledge of his situation in life; and I have no doubt of the truth of what is stated in the letter & affidavits of Mess rs Parley & Greenleaf.
Very respectfully Y r obed t serv t
Enniskill Whetman

Hon. Ezekiel Whitman Esq.
Mem. Congress
Washington City

Portland 25. Nov. 1820
Hon. Mr. Whitman
Dear Sir
Inclosed you find a couple of affidavits respecting Mr. Weston, which be pleased to lay before the Secy. of War & represent the claims of Mr. W. to a restoration to the pension-list — Unless this is done the poor gentleman & his little ones must suffer — He is blind of one eye & very dim of the other — is located on a poor, hard, rocky, wet, sterile patch of land, not worth the labor of cultivation — & but for the aid of friends he must starve or abscond — I do hope you will succeed in effecting his restoration — If there can be a case of meritorious claim it is his — & it seems a very severe application of the law which has excluded him —
Respectfully yours
J. Greenleaf

Recd 11 1823
The Hon ble Secretary of War, Washington
Mr. [unclear] [unclear]

Portland Maine, Oct. 17 th 1823 The Hon ble Secretary of War.
Sir, I enclose another application for a new certificate of Pension, from Daniel Weston, agreeably to the form transmitted for that purpose, which I hope will prove satisfactory, and that a new certificate in his behalf will be forwarded —
I am Sir respectfully Yours obed t Serv t .
Joseph Dore
(Signature)

N o 314 Daniel Weston
Copy
[Large handwritten signature: D. Weston]
Clerk of the U. States District Court
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.
The said Court on this day personally appeared
to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of office this 14th day of
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States the fifty.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 14th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States the fifty.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
[Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]

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 Thursday  Friday , being the eighteenth day of April and by adjournment from day to day, on the  day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS ,
Ashur Ware Judge of said Court.
ON this eighteenth day of April 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, Daniel Weston aged upwards of fifty seven years, resident in Gray in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revo- lutionary War as follows, viz. as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Joniah Munroe in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Dearborn in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the first — day of May A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pen- sion, numbered 5674 — 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.
Daniel Weston
Sworn to and declared, on the 18 day of April 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:
44 acres of land (no house, — it having been consumed by fire March 11. 1822 with most of its contents)
3 cows, 1 horse aged 19 years — 10 sheep — one old waggon, without harness —
The land above mentioned is poor and sterile
Daniel Weston
Sworn to Before
Ashur Ware
U.S. Judge for the District of Maine
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Daniel Weston who, by occupation am a Clergyman which I am partly able to pursue by reason of but receive no stipend on account of the small number and poverty of the people of my parish
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Daniel Weston — 57   Susan Weston — 43 capable to support herself   Lydia Weston — 85 helpless   Mary Susan Weston — 14 partly able   Sarah B. Weston — 13 partly able   Caroline H. Weston — 11 able in a small part   Emma Weston — 10 could do but very little   William J. Weston — 7 } wholly unable   Augusta H. Weston — 5   Daniel S. Weston — 3  
Daniel Weston
Ashur Ware
U.S. Judge for the Dist: of Maine

  Land  _____  $90  _____    horse  _____  5  _____    Cows  _____  45  _____    sheep  _____  12  _____    waggon  _____  6  _____      $158   
April 18 th 1822
U. S. of America
Maine District
On the examination of Simon Greenleaf Esq a witness of undoubted credit, examined in this case, I am satisfied that the value of the property does not exceed the estimate in the above schedule. Asahel Ware U. S. Judge for the District of Maine
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 one hundred fifty eight dollars and no more.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighteenth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty. two
John Mussey Junr
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

I Jeremiah Perley of Grey in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine Esquire, on oath declare that I have lived in the town of Grey from March 1818 to this time & have been personally acquainted with Mr. Daniel Weston of that town & with his pecuniary circumstances & that without his pension his means of living have been less than before that time & such as would have been quite inadequate to the support of his family & that in my opinion the voluntary contributions of his friends will not be sufficient to prevent the expenditure of the little property he possesses, without the aid of his pension.
Portland Nov. 24. 1820
Jeremiah Perley
United States of America, Maine District ss - }
Be it known that Jeremiah Perley esq re within named, to me well known as a person of undoubted credibility, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statements by him signed
Albion K. Parry
Judge of the United States in and for the Maine District.

I Simon Greenleaf of Portland in the State of Maine Esquire do on oath declare that I am personally acquainted with the Rev. Daniel Weston of Gray in the county of Cumberland, & knew his pecuniary circumstances from the year 1806 to 1818. I know that from 1815 to 1818 he was very poor and in indigent circumstances — that his family was large & increasing — that they subsisted principally on the voluntary charities of his friends — without which I think they must have suffered — In June 1818 I left that town, but am credibly informed & verily believe that his circumstances are in no respect better than when I left the town, but on the contrary are not so good — The aid of his friends was not wholly withdrawn in consequence of his receiving a pension, that I ever knew or understood — but continued, partially at least, as before —
Simon Greenleaf

United States of America,
Maine District ss -
{ Nov. 24. 1820 }
Be it known that Simony Greenleaf, esq r within named, to me well known as a person of undoubted credibility, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the within statement by him signed
Albion H. Parrie,
Judge of the United States in and for said Maine District.
Hon E. Whitman

Daniel Weston must make an affidavit agree- ably to the within form, and transmit it, properly authenticated, to this Depart- ment, before a new certifi- cate can be issued for him —
War Department, Pension Office, 29 Sept. 1823.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Cumberland — ss.
On this seventh day of October — 1823 ; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Cumberland personally appeared Daniel Weston of Gray in s d C o who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Josiah Munroe — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Dearborn — in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of District of Maine Agency that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the eleventh day of March — 1822, at or  near said Gray was consumed together with his other effects & dwellinghouse he in which he had lived —
Daniel Weston
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Joseph Pope, Justice of the Peace
NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

State of Maine
Cumberland ss:
In testimony that Joseph Pope Esq r is a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Cumberland in said State, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office, this twentieth day of September, A. D. 1823
W m B r Vaughan, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County —

Albaine.
Daniel Weston, Private
12 Dated June 20, 1820 Schedule - ^ $ 369. see other side.
Age 50 - Family, ,
Wife's Mother - 84. very infirm
Wife . . . 62. healthy -
5 Daughters - 12. 11. 10. 8. & 3) -
2 Sons - 6 & 1 - (too young to support themselves)
Application for restoration made, and rejected March 1822.
2.  dated April 18, 1822 Schedule ^ $ 158 see other side no House, it having been consumed by fire March 1822. Family as above -
A Clergyman by profession - but receives no stipend on account of the small number and poverty of the people of his parish -
Saved from '82 Dollars of War -
John Nesbitt Junr Portland, Maine

1 st Schedule
44 acres of Land, with a one Story House, & old Barn thereon & the Lands colds, well & rocky.
one Horse $20 - 4 Cows. 5 Sheep two Hogs - 1 Waggon - one Note of hand of $90, but not amounting to Debts due from me to others
2 nd Schedule -
44 acres of Land (no House) it having been burnt with most of its contents - March 11. 1822
3 Cows - 1 Horse aged 19 years - 10 Sheep - one old waggon, with out harness -
Lands poor and stony.
Restored
Restored 31 st March 1823
Duplicate Certificate issued Oct 15 th 1823

37 579 Rev INVALID.
File No. 87 579
Daniel Weston
His Rev. wife
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. L , Page 555
[Arrangement of 1870.]