Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,568, Jesse Wheaton, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass
Wheaton, Jesse
S 21,568
CONTENTS

15796 Massachusetts Capt Wheaton
of Norfolk in the State of Massachusetts who was a Privat in the Company commanded by Captain Doon of the 2nd Regt commanded by Col Jackson in the Mass's own line for 2 years
Emil
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of May 1830 and sent to Simon Ware Dedham
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept — 40.00
$200.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1830.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book C Vol. 2 Page 91
71 Norfolk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss.
On this twenty  seventh  seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable John M. Williams Judge of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Dedham in and for said County, Sergeant a resident of Dedham in said County, aged sixty nine years, 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, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Rehoboth in the County of Bristol in said Commonwealth on the sixteenth day of May A. D. 1763, and that there is a record of his birth in said Town : that he was in the United States service from the 22 nd day of December A. D. 1779, to the 22 nd day of December A. D. 1780 as a Soldier in the Infantry
: that he was residing at Rehoboth aforesaid when he entered the service; that he enlisted under Capt Jonathan Drown a recruiting Officer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col Williams North in Col Henry Jackson's Reg't Mass: Line
: that he marched from Rehoboth to Boston thence to Providence; wintered at Pawtucket. Thence marched to New Jersey and West Point : that he served with Israel Goffe Nathan Rounds and Bluff of the regular troops; and Col H Jackson Major David Cobb
regular officers were known to him: that he was in a battle at Springfield in New Jersey and at the end of his service received a discharge which is in said or lost : that he left the service on 22 nd day of Decr 1780
and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Rehoboth aforesaid  Voluntown in Connecticut, Allston and Dedham in Massachusetts
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the day of A. D. 17 , to the day of A. D. 17 , as a in the
that he was residing at when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from
: that he served with
of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him: that he was in battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge and left the service on
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the day of A. D. 17 , to the day of A. D. 17 , as a in the
that he was residing at when he entered the service; that he and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from
: that he served with
of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him: that he was in battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge and left the service on

where I now reside as before stated.
Not having been in distress circumstances, since the passage of the Pension act of March 1818 he has never applied for a pension before this time.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Jesse Wheaton
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
We James Richardson & S. M. Talbot residing in the Dedham and residing hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Wheaton — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine 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.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
James Richardson S. M. Talbot
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that James Richardson who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of Dedham — ; and that S. M. Talbot who has also signed the same is a resident in Dedham — and are credible persons ; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. M. Williams, J. G. G. P.
1 I, James Ware Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jesse Wheaton for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
James Ware 3

16. 766.
Sister Wheaton
Prate 2 years
m Roll service 3 years
Larius Ware Redham Mass

16.766.
BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Wheaton County of Norfolk in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Correct  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 69.  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.     Enlisted In 1777. 22 nd Decr. Left the service on the 22 nd Decr 1780. — Private Gen. Capt. Jonathan Doolittle; Capt. William North, Col. H. Sack Mass. line — —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Springfield. V. S.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rehoboth, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh Examining Clerk. March 1 st . 1855.

Resubmitted
21 568 INVALID.
File No. 21,368
Life Wheaton
Pre New War
Act: June 7" 82"
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 447
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1918, Jan. 7. History to F.W. Frank Smith!

Dedham, Mass., Rev Sec 26 Dec. 1917
Dear Sir;
Will you kindly tell me if the following Revolutionary pensioners were credited to Dedham:
Seth Edson, etc.
Jesse Wheaton.
Joseph Stone.
In the published census of 1840 the above are given as residents of Dedham. I do not find them among the soldiers previously credited to Dedham.
Yours Truly,
Frank Smith

Hon. Sec'y of War.

Bethlehem (Mass) Oct. 24. 1832.
Hon Sec y of War
I herewith forward Dr Wheaton's declaration for a Pension under the late Act of Congress. His case I believe will be very clear. Having some property was the reason of his not applying for a Pension under former acts.
I am Yours respectfully,
Jarius Ware 3

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jesse Wheaton a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 21,568.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 22, 1777 to Dec 22, 1780 Pvt Wm. North Henry Jackson Mass.                                     
Battles engaged in, Springfield. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rehoboth, Mass. Date of application for pension, Sept. 22, 1832. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Dedham, Norfolk Co. Mass. Age at date of application, Born May 18, 1763, at Rehoboth, Mass. Remarks: There is no data relative to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.