Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8309, Enoch White, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
White, Enoch Zerriah
N 8309
CONTENTS

2431.
New Hampshire
Enoch White
of Concord in the State of N H who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain John G. Dyer of the Regt commanded by Col William G. Dyer in the Mass line for 3 Mos Regt 3 " Private
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 25 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Nov 1832 and sent S. H. Edward Reine  Concord N H
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 37.50 Pensional allowance ending 4 Mar 33. 12.50 $50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H  Blain Clerk, Book D Vol. 125 Page 193

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, ss.
On this sixteenth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon Aaron Matson Judge of Probate for said County of Cheshire
now sitting, Enoch White a resident of Malborough in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy four years last Dec. 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 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1st That in the year 1777 on an alarm - he volunteered and marched from Bolton Massachusetts, on the thirtieth day of July - to Bennington and a few days after he arrived there the Regiment he was in was ordered by Genl Schuyler to Wolf moon - that he was in Capt. Jeremiah Whilney's Company, in Col. Cushing's Regt. - and was at Wolf moon at the time of the Bennington Battle - was called back to Bennington on account of the Battle - arrived there just after the battle - was on guard over the wounded prisoners taken in the Battle, in the maling house until I was dismissed which was on the last day of August or first day of Sept. - I reached home on the 3 rd of Sept.
2. That in the year 1779 he volunteered for three months, and served in Captain Asa Strong's Company, was stationed at Rutland Massachusetts - at the Ricketts Barracks guarding prisoners, British and Hessian - joined no Regiment - no other Company there at the time - I was 2 d Sergeant of the Company - began this service in June & was dismissed there at the end of his term.
3. That in the year 1781 - he went from Bolton aforesaid to Butts hill on Rhode Island, in September - took the place of my brother Robert White who was sick, and who returned home, who had enlisted for a certain term how long I do not know, and that he the said Enoch remained two months which completed the term of the said Robert, - and reached home the 30 th of Nov - after being regularly dismissed - that his station on Butts hill was at the north end of the Island against Bristol ferry. - that he does not recollect the names of his officers, except his orderly Sergeant who was Samuel Wheeler. - that his duty was guarding. - That he sends herewith a copy of records which he made on his routes and soon after - and which he soon after intend on a blank leaf in his bible - of the times when he left home and returned, and the towns he passed through in his first and third services aforesaid. That his second service was in his neighborhood, and he made no record. That he knows of no proof, direct, as to his first and third service - herewith sends the depo of Isaac Davis who knew him in his second service. That he was born in Bolton in the County of Worcester M ss. in 1757. in Dec - has a record of his age in his bible - was living in Bolton aforesaid when called into the first service in the second which was living at Templeton but went to make up the quota of men from Winchester, an adjoining town - was lived in S t Bolton, Dublin and Malborough since

The Revolutionary war - the last thirty years in Marlboro, where I now live - was a volunteer in the first & third service and as substitute for Robert White as aforesaid in my second service. In my first service heard that Genl Lincoln was Genl of our Brigade but didn't see him - saw Genl Stark - Rec'd a discharge in the Rhode Island service - but don't recollect who issued it - had it a number of years but have lost it. - There is no Blaggyman at this time settled in Marlborough. - never rec'd any written discharge. -
Joseph Wilson & Alner Boyden his neighbours & friends can testify as to his character & their belief of his services. -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he 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. Enoch White before me Aaron Matson Judge of Probate
We, Joseph Wilson and Alner Boyden both of Marlborough in Cheshire County N.H.
hereby certify, that we are acquainted with Enoch White who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; 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. Joseph Wilson
Alner Boyden
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Matson Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certi- fies, that it appears to them that Joseph Wilson and Alner Boyden who have signed the foregoing certificate are residents in the town of Marlborough aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit Aaron Matson Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Enoch White for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixteenth day of August A.D. 1832
Asa Parker
{ Register of said Court of Probate

925-8 Declaration of Enoch White Marlboro Church Co V.H.

A list of the towns I went through a going to Benington and half moon in the American Revolutionary war July 30 th 1777 left Bolton in the Bay State and went to Lancaster Sterling Shrewsbury Holden Rutland Barn Peterham New Salem Shutesborough Amherst Hawley Northampton Chesterfield Wethington Partridgefield Gageborough New Providence Whosick Wegusick Pownal Benington from Benington to half moon through Duckwhopke Mapleton Pitsfield to Halfmoore home September 3 rd 1777
A list of towns I went through to Rhodiland left Bolton Massachusetts Bay September 1781 and through Marlborough Southborough Hopkinton Milford Bellingham Combland Rehoboth Swansea, Waring Bristol ferry Rhodiland home November 30 th 1781
Enoch White

N o 4,588. — Conc. New Hampshire.
Lerrah White, widow of Mass Enoch White, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 dollars — cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 14 th day of Oct., 1854, and sent to G. F. Starkweather, Keene, N. H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensions under act February 3, 1853, Page 23. Vol. A.
W. R. Wilson.
June 12, 1905 data for tombstone to Q M. General H. G.
Rep.
G. F. Starkweather, (returning pension cert.) Aug 24/58

State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss S I Leonard Risw. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said State for said County, do hereby certify that Nathan G. Babbitt before whom the annexed declaration of Jeremiah White and affidavit of Josiah Ingalls and Lois Ingalls were made, was, at the date thereof one of the Justices of said Court for said County duly authorised to administer oaths and take dis- positions and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of September A.D. 1854.
Leonard Risw. Clerk.

State of Northampshire,
County of Chester ss. On this fifteenth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty four personally appeared before me Nathan G. Walbitt one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, Jeremiah White a resident of Marlborough in said County and State aged Seventy three years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Enoch White who was a private in said war and received a pension of twenty five dollars annually and was paid at the Portsmouth N. H. Agency.
She further declares that she was married to the said Enoch White on the twenty sixth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty three (1823) in Chester County Northampshire. That her name before said marriage was Concern. That her said husband died on the sixteenth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty five, or near that time.
That she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen hundred

but at the time before stated, She further declares That she is now and has been all the time since her said husbands decease a widow, and that she has not heretofore made application for pension, that she hereby constitutes and appoints George F. Starkweather of Keene N.H. her Attorney to prosecute her claim, Jemimah White
Witness-
Albert S. Wait
F. H. Lane
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Jemimah White Before me in open Court the day and year aforesaid, and I certify that the said Jemimah is a credible person and I am disinterested in the result of her application for pension.
Nathan G. Babbitt Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said County.

Zeriah White widow of Enoch White Claim under Act of Feb. 3. 1853
By her Attorney G. F. Starkweather Keene N. H.

We Josiah Ingalls and Lois Ingalls of Fitzwilliam in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire testify and say that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah White widow of Enoch White dec d , that we well remember the time said Enoch & Jeremiah were married. Though we did not witness the marriage, that it was on the day and month to wit, the twenty sixth day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty three as we think, that from about that time to the death of the said Enoch, they lived together as husband and wife & were so accepted by their friends,
That according to the best of our recollection said Enoch White died on or near the sixteenth day of November A D 1835.
We further declare that said Jeremiah is a widow and the widow of Enoch White who was a pensioner of the United States, we further say we are disinterested witnesses witness-
Albert S. Dyer F. H. Lane
Josiah Ingalls Lois Ingalls
Sworn to and subscribed before me Sept. 15. 1854 & I certify that said affiants are credible witnesses -
Nathan G. Babbitt, Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for P. County & of the peace

9258 Enoch White Ladock R. Burt
3 Months Sergeant 3 Do Private
W. E.
Admitted
$252
Th. M. Edward, (Keene Charles N. B. P.

9258
BRIEF in the case of  Enoch White of Marlborough of Chester Co  in the State of  New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? afant
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —
3. How old is he? 74
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.     1777 Augt Sept 1 Private Col Whitney Col Cushing   1779 3 2 d Sergt. Capt Downy 1 st Regt.   1781 Sept 2 Sub. title  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dolton Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 1 living witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no deficiency certificate
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. G. Easton Examining Clerk.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L.D.L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Enoch White
Service Mass.
Additional Service Rev. War
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim except W. # 8309

No; 5039
Berniah White,
Wid of
Enoch. Allot d p 25 per an to Com. Feb 3. 1853
Set: to G. F. Starkweather Sept: 21" 1854,
Act / 53,

To the Commissioners of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
Would you please be so kind as to send me the record of military service rendered in the Revolutionary War by Peter Bishop of Stamford, Conn. I am sure of Conn.

at the State & I think I am correct as to Stanford being the town.
Either Peter Bishop or Peter Pierson Bishop - Please tell me date of his birth, when he enlisted & when discharged -
Also the name of his wife if you can.
Is there any record of his being imprisoned in the Sugar House in N.Y. City? -?

Can you give me "the military service of Enoch White of Easthampton Massachusetts -
(I think this the right town & State.
Who was a Revolutionary Soldier Also full name of his wife if you have it -
Thanking you in advance I am Very truly Grace C. Peck - (Mrs. Wm Jay) Corona, New York

Aug. 3, 1909. History to Mrs. Wm. Jay Reck, Corona, N.Y. L.W.
Rey  WIDOW, & C.
File No. 8309
Jariah White Wid
Enoch White
Print Rev. War
Act: Febry 3 rd  1853
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 330
[Arrangement of 1870.]

20 16 Nov 35
Pension Office Oct 11/34
Sir: Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Yours &c. &c.
R. J. Atkinson Vand Present
S. G. Cole John L.
Enoch White died 16 Nov 1835, paid
Chas. F. Mason
Receiver

92.58
Enoch White
Thos. Edward Keene Cheshire NH

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Enoch White which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? _____
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

BRIEF IN THE CASE OF Mrs Zerriah White widow of Enoch Cheshire County and State of New Hampshire act of February 3, 1853
CLAIM, ("original," or "for increase.") Allowed $25 per annum to commence Feb 3, 1853
PROOF EXHIBITED, (if original.)
Documentary & Parol
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832 at $25 and paid to his death Nov. 16, 1835
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by two credible witnesses (present at the ceremony)
Death of pensioner proved by Auditor's report
Identity shown by four credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
G. F. Starkweather Esqr. Keene
N. Hampshire
Examining Clerk.
J. H. Gray

We Levi Gates and Pamela Gates of Marlborough in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire testify and declare. That we were well knowing and acquainted with Enoch White a Revolutionary pensioner of this County. Who is now dead & died as we believe in November 1835. And we further declare that Jeriah White is the widow of the same Enoch White, and that we were witnesses to the marriage of the said Enoch & Jeriah, that they were married on the twenty sixth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty three (1823) We further declare that we are not interested in the result of Mrs. White's claim to pension - Levi Gates Pamela Gates
Sealed & and subscribed before me This twenty ninth day of September 1854. And I Certify that said Affiants are credible witnesses. I am disinterested William Boyden Justice of the Peace
I certify that the alteration of the words three & the figure 6 was changed to 3 before affiants signed. To read 1823. When the marriage took place. William Boyden Justice of the Peace

add proof Case French Whitt claim to pension under act Feb. 1853
orig in atty - G. H. Starkeather Kearns N.D.A.

State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss. I Leonard Risdon (Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said State, for said County, do hereby certify that William Boyd, due before whom the within affidavit of Levi Gates and Prudence Gates was made, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace for said County duly authorized by law to take depositions and administer oaths, and that his signature thereto is in my belief genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this Third day of October A. D. 1854
Leonard Risdon Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Enoch White a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) applications for pension on file in this Bureau. Mid. J. 8309.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 30, 1777 1 mo. Pri. Hezekiah Whitney Cushing Mass.   1779 3 " 2 d Sgt. Asa Drury — "   + Sept. 1781 to Nov. 30, 1781 Pri. Ord Sgt. Lemuel Wheeler — "   + Substituted for his brother, Robert.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bolton, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 16, 1832. His ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, Marlborough, Cheshire Co., N.H.
Age at date of application, B. Dec. 1757, Bolton, Worcester Co., Mass.
Remarks: (Died Nov. 16, 1835)
Soldier married in Cheshire Co., N.H., Apr. 26, 1823, Jemimah Converse . She was allowed pension on an application executed Sept. 15, 1854, while 73 yrs. old & a resident of Marlborough, N.H. The above noted is the only E.W. of Mass.
Very respectfully,

Depo for Enoch White.

I Have Davis of Roxbury in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy six years testify and say that in the year 1779 in the Summer & fall I was living at Rutland in the County of Worcester Mass- was employed at a tavern near the barracks where the prisoners taken by our army in the Revolutionary war were kept - that the tavern was within about 6 rods of the Picket gate - and kept by one John Fucker - that while there I was well acquainted with Enoch White now of Marlborough in the County of Cheshire N.H. - and knew that said White was in service there as Sergeant - in a company stationed there to guard the prisoners - saw him almost daily - can't state how long he remained there - but recollect it was some months - We have lived in adjoining towns for the last thirty years - and have often talked about what occurred when we were at Rutland, as before stated. —
Isaac Davis
Cheshire N.H. Augt 16. 1837
Then Isaac Davis known to me as a credible person, personally appeared and made solemn oath the above affidavit by him subscribed is true Before me Thomas M Edwards Jus. Peace

Cheshire Co. Sept 10. 1832
I Salme Hale clerk of the Judicial Court in said county certify that Thomas M. Edwards is a Justice of the peace in & for said county, & that the foregoing are his signatures. - In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale Clerk

See Mrs. White's Claim
By her Attorney G. F. Starkweather Keene N.H.

State of New Hampshire County of Cheshire -
On this 16 th day of June A D 1858 Before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid in the State aforesaid, personally appeared Fanny White and made oath in due form of Law That She is the widow of Enoch White, who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and that She is now receiving from the United States a pension at the rate of Twenty five dollars per Annum, under the 2 d Section of the Act of February 3 d 1853, that She asks for such arrears of her pension as She may be found entitled to under any and all Acts and Resolutions of Congress applicable to her Case, That She now resides in Marlborough in said State, and remains a widow.
Fanny White
Witness W m H. Mason Nelson Converse
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me. and I certify that the said Affiant is the identical person She represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit, and that She is a widow, & I am duly authorized Nelson Converse Justice of the Peace

William Corcoran Esq. Secretary the Act of February 8 1858 that he holds his office during the pleasure of the Governor. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Cheshire SS. Probate Office.
I, CALVIN MAY, JR., Register of the Court of Probate for said County, do certify that Nelson Converse whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing Certificate of appointment  oath , was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to take such oath  oath , and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court, at Keene, this third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Eight
Calvin May Jr.
Justice of the Peace