Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19615, Daniel White, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
White, Daniel
W. 19615
Mary
CONTENTS

74 Morse
18888 Massachusetts
Daniel White
of Clinton in the State of Mass who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Wymen of the Regt commanded by Col Whipple in the Brig line for 20 months & 15 days
Civil War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 68 Dollars 34 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Aug 1833 and sent Janu y
Mana  Graton  Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 136.68 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1,  34.17 $170.85
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. Adams Clerk, Book C Vol. 20 Page 95

No 1 Declaration of Daniel White of Acton Ms
Case contains 6 Papers numbered from 1 to 6 inclusive
18773

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex
ss.
18 th
On this seventh  sixth in the eighteenth day of August the  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Concord personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas , now sitting at within and for the County of Middlesex - in the Commonwealth
aforesaid
Daniel White of Acton in sd Ex aged seventy four years
Who being 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. That is to say
 1 In May A.D. 1777 he engaged to Rhode Island two months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Weyman of Middlesex L ts in the Regiment of Col. Israel Whitney of New Bedford L ts Col. Peters as well as he can now recollect he proceeded to Providence and was at four stations in the Colleges, afterwards he was marched to Point Judith from thence back to Providence  Point Judith he served out his two months and then was dismissed. to North Kingston, where he was discharged  2 In the same year he engaged to go to Rhode Island again for 6 months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Alusha Brown of Concord L ts Davis and Brown of Lexington, Insign Redden, in a Regiment commanded by Col. John Robinson, L ts Col. Brown, he believes he enlisted in the month of August proceeded again to Rhode Island and joined the Army at Point Judith and did duty with his Company at Little Compton and other places till he served out for 6 months  four months and a half and was dismissed  3 In May A.D. 1778 he engaged to New York for 8 months and enlisted into the Company of Capt. Richardson of Middlesex in Col. Regt he proceeded to New York and there did duty, but was soon after transferred by his own consent into the Artillery, commanded by Genl. Knox, and was attached to the Company of Capt. Smith in Col. Regt did duty at White Plains, and in that vicinity until he served out his eight months and was discharged.  4 In 1780 he enlisted into the Continental Army for six months and was ordered to join the Army then in the State of New York and put into the Company of Capt. Alden, L ts Bancroft, in Col. Shepard's Regt of the Mass. Line where he continued to do duty until the expiration of his term of six months when he was discharged. 

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J. P. Fay Atty Daniel White
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss The Rev. Ezra Ripley D.D. a Clergyman residing in the town of Concord in the county of Middlesex aforesaid and Abiel Heywood of the same Concord Esq. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel White who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed before me Sam d Dana just Peace
Ezra Ripley Abiel Heywood
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 certifies that it appears to them, that the Rev d Ezra Ripley D.D. who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Concord in said County and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac T. Perkins or Probate in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel White for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Isaac T. Perkins
And I further certify that Francis Little is a justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, and that his signature to the captions on the several depositions of Nathan Dudley, Timothy Proctor, Moses Wood and Simon Wheeler appears to be his proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Probate Court.
Isaac T. Perkins
exp. in each case

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate  Circles within and for the County of Middlesex on the eighteenth day of August A. D. 1832 On the application of Daniel White claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were pronounced to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Acton, on the 16th of April A.D. 1760
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have a family record, of my age
3. Did you ever receive any discharge from service?
I do not remember whether I recd any discharge, if I did receive any I have lost them by time and accident.
4. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
I was living in Acton when called into service, then I lived in Billerica, about twelve years, and afterwards removed back to Acton where I now have, and now do live
5. When you were called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? Answer,
I was always a volunteer went into service of my own accord -
6. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? Answer,
I saw Genl. Washington, Col. Plumer, Genl. La Fayette and Genl. Stark who died in New Jersey and was buried at Hackensack in New Jersey.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution? Answer,
John Rubens Esq. Mr. Aaron Jones, Simon Tuttle Esq. Silas Jones, James Hapgood and Emerson Nadeboser Selectmen of Acton -
Daniel White
Sworn to J. P. May Jr.

Massachusetts 3783
Mary White widow of Daniel White Mass who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 72 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of July, 1844 and sent to
Hon. W. R. Furness Esq. Cambridge Mass $47 44 Deduct all payments made since
[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A Vol. Page 58
by Thos. Sampson Clerk

Reported
Papers for Increase under Act of June 7-1832 within 4 cert ife. Augt. 9. 1844
Sent to Hon. W. Parmenter Admitted
N o 410. Joint resolution, & act 7 July 1838 - & also increased from $477.40 sent to L. M. Stone -
Boston, Mass'tts - on 12 Dec. 1845 -
Rept to Agt: 12 Dec 45

9059
Mary White Mass s Act 7 th July 1838
adm d
14mo. 7.21/iii
$47.44
Hon ble R d Choate Boston.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 10 th 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the within attestation Francis Tuttle was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno A. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County } ss.
On this second day of May, 1843, personally appeared before the Hon. Samuel P. P. May Judge of Probate in and for said County of Middlesex the same being a Court of Record, Mrs. Mary White a resident of Astoria in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged eighty 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and also of the act of 23 d August 1842, & the joint resolution of 16 th August 1842; -
That she is the widow of Daniel White dec d . who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution as she verily believed but in consequence of her great age and from defect of memory is unable to give the particulars of his services with any degree of accuracy and would therefore refer to his original declaration for a pension under the law of 1832. and the documents accompanying the same now on file in the War Department wherein she believes his services are fully set forth.
She further swears that Daniel White her said husband was a pensioner under the law of 7 th June 1832. at Sixty Eight doll s and thirty four cents per annum which amount he rec d . until the semi-annual payment prior to his decease and that after his decease she received as his widow the balance due.
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel White on the

first day of January seventeen hundred and eighty four; That her husband, the aforesaid Daniel White died on the fourth day of June eighteen hundred and forty one; - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated - and that since the death of her said husband she has not intermarried but is now the widow of Daniel White aforesaid.
Mary White
Sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year first within written, before me, at her residence in Acton aforesaid the applicant being unable from bodily infirmity to appear in open court.
S. P. P. Fay Judge of Prob. for Middlesex County
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Dike Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid hereby certify that Samuel P. P. Fay Esquire is the Judge of said Court of Probate duly commissioned & qualified & that the above signature is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Isaac Dike Reg.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County.
Town Clerks Office Acton May 3d. 1843.
I Daniel Wetherbee Clerk of the Town of Acton hereby certify that the following record appears on the Books of the Town aforesaid. January first seventeen hundred and eighty four Daniel White of Billerica with Mary Hunt of Acton were Married by the Rev. Mr Moses Adams and I further certify that it is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in said legible figures, as follows [Daniel White of Billerica with Mary Hunt of Acton were Married by the Revd Mr Moses Adams January ye 1 st 1784.] I Daniel Wetherbee above named, depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, Town & state aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the record of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Daniel Wetherbee
Town Clerk of Acton
Middlesex ss. May 3 1843 Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first written and I certify that said Daniel Wetherbee is personally known to me to be the Town Clerk of Acton aforesaid,
Francis Tuttle Justice of the Peace for said County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Town of Acton
I Thomas Tharp of Acton in the County of Middlesex aged eighty seven years on oath testify and say that I well knew Daniel White late of Acton deceased and had known him for more than sixty years prior to his death. He was as I always understood and verily believe a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and served as I have heard him say for about twenty months. He was a pensioner of the United States under the law of the seventh of June 1832 and drew as I understood about sixty eight dollars per annum. He died on the fourth day of June AD 1841 leaving a widow Mary White whom I well knew & who is now living in Acton aforesaid and who was the wife of said Daniel White for more than fifty years and who has not intermarried since his death.
Acton May the 5 1843
Thomas Tharp
Middlesex ss May 5 1843 Then came Thomas Tharp who is known to me to be a credible witness and entitled to belief and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before me and I further certify that I am personally knowing to the facts therein stated to be strictly correct.
Francis Tuttle
Justin of Pearl for said County

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac Brooke Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Mary White, widow of Daniel White, was a Pensioner of the United States under the Law of June 17, 1844 at the rate of Seventy two dollars & fifty two cents per annum. was a resident of Acton in said County of Middlesex & died at said Acton on the second day of April last (1845) & that she left three children only at her decease, to wit, John White, Daniel White & Abigail White, who are all of full age & now living.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred & forty four
Isaac Brooke

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the resolution of Congress of the 23 d of January A.D. 1845,
Whereas the Act of the 30 th , of April 1844 Prohibited my Mother from drawing a pension for the same period during which her Husband was a pensioner. I now in her behalf make the following statement, under oath, to obtain the benefit of the resolution above mentioned
She was the widow of Daniel White who was a private in the Revolution; she drew a pension at the rate of Forty seven dollars & forty four cents per annum, from the 14 th day of March 1836 to the fourth day of March 1841, which Pension was afterwards increased by Evidence subsequently added to seventy two dollars & twenty two cent per annum, which amount she drew, under the laws of March 3 d 1843. & June 17 th 1844, and I now ask for the difference between said sums of $47,44 & $72,22 from the 4 th day of March 1836 to the fourth day of March, 1841, which is claimed by virtue of the resolution first within mentioned in behalf of myself, Daniel White & Abel White being all of legal age and Children of said Mary White deceased.
And I further swear that our said Mother did not intermarry but continued a widow until the day of her death which took place at Astoria, Multnomah County, Massachusetts, on the second day of April A.D. 1845 as will more fully appear by the evidence from the Court to be hereto attached.
Abt Francis Tuttle
John White

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston October 13 th 1843.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Francis Tuttle was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex,
[Signature]
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Middlesex County Massachusetts. The above Declaration subscribed and sworn to before me on this 27th day of September 1845 At Acton.
Francis Tuttle Justice of the Peace,
I further certify that Mary White the Mother of the deponent was personally well known to me & that she was the same individual as is represented to be in the foregoing affidavit
Francis Tuttle Justice of the Peace

Daniel White
16,773
Ph at 20 M rs 15 days
16.916 oz
March 4. 1893
J Dana
Present
P 291
16.67 1.67 68.54
Saml. Dana Esq Groton Mass
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BRIEF in the case of  Daniel White  of  Acton  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy two years  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.     In 1777 2 private Gen. Col o Whitney Capt: Mymaw   1777 4 18 " Col o Robinson Capt: Brown   1778 8 " Capt: Smith   1780 6 " Col o Shepard Capt: Weedon  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? In Acton  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Five living witnesses and traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? papers not attached according to regulations 
I  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
N. G. D. W. Examining Clerk.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19615
Mary White Widow of Daniel White Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Mar. 3 rd 1893
Index:—Vol. M , Page 332
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May White, Secy widow of Samuel Putnam
Re Jan 23 d 1845 $72.32, same pay- ments under act of 1838 at the rate of $47.44 to be deducted.
To John White, Samuel White & Abie White, only surviving children
Thos Root
As to
L. M. Stone Boston, Mass

N o 9055 Mary White Mass ts
Suspended
let to Hon. R. Choate June 20. 1843
Act of July 1838

rep.
15888 Massachusetts
Daniel White deceased of _____ in the State of Massa who was a Pri _____ in the Co _____ commanded by Captain Weyman _____ of the Reg _____ commanded by Col Whitney in the _____ line for _____
Increased from $68.34
Inscribed on the Roll of Massa at the rate of 72 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834 and ending 11 June, 1841 when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Aug 1841 and sent to Hon W Parmenter El Damb. Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Septmbr. allowance ending
Recorded by { Revolutionary Claim, } G. E. Swan Clerk, { Act June 7, 1832. } Book E Vol. 2 Page 95
Pay to Mary White his widow - remaining what has been paid,

7548
Massachusetts
Mary White widow of Daniel White
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 4th June 1841 of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Lyman of the Regt commanded by Col. Whitney in the Mass line for 14 mos 78 3/4
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 47 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of August, 1843 and sent to Hon. R. Choate, Boston
Whole amount due $ 21.20.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Mrs. Sampson, Clerk. Book A. Vol. 1 Page 145.
Per Aug 22

Massachusetts 3783
Mary White
widow of Daniel White
who was a Private
in the Massachusetts line
for 14 mo 7 days
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Forty Seven Dollars fifty four Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of December 1843 and sent to
Thomas Bulfinch Boston Massachusetts
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 58
Rep Let to Hon W Parmach May 2nd 1844

No 75718.
Massachusetts
May White, deceased, widow of Daniel White who was a pensioner under the Act of 32, and who died on the 4 June, 1841, of Middlesex in the State of Mass s : who was a private in the coy commanded by Captain Wyman — of the Reg t commanded by Col l Whitney in the Mass s line for 21. 20 days Increased from $47.44 — Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 72 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Dec r . 1845 and sent to L. M. Stone, Boston, Mass s —
Total amount, $ 361.10
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. H. Stenart Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 73 —

1677 3
Daniel White
S. Dana Groton Ms.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel 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? yes 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?
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?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? In three instances
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? no - see short brief
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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† 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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Payment to be made at by Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of
Payable on the 4th March, and 4th September in each year.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book D Vol. 1. Page 73. by
Clerk.

145. A. 1.
No 7548. 2410.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Widow's Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, & the joint resolution of January 23, 1845, Mary White, decd. who was the widow of David White, who was a private, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $72.22 per annum from the 4 March, 1836 and ending on the 4 March, 1841; which will be paid upon the production of the proper vouchers to John, Daniel and Abel White, only surviving children of Mary White, decd. who died on the 2 o of April, 1845. — This pension is increased from $47.44 per annum: amt: already paid and due to Mary White, the mother, to be deducted.
is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of dollars and cents per annum, commencing on the and terminating on the 4th of March, 1841, unless the Pensioner married or died before the above mentioned date, in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death.
To be paid at Boston } Massachusetts — }
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 11 th — day of Dec — one thousand eight hundred and 45 —
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Oct. 15. 1848 Paid.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 43. 3743
May White
Rich
Per Jan 25 1849
PAID
20
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington D. C.

Boston, 13 th Oct. 1845.
Sir.
I enclose herewith the application of the children of Mary White, widow of Daniel White dec d , for arrears of pension due her under the joint resolution of 23 d Jan y . last.
I am, very respf. Your obt. serv t L. M. Stone
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r . of Pensions Washington D.C. }

West Mayhew Washington Mr. Brannan White
7 o 2. 25

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 15 1811.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Daniel White (with that of Moses Wood) is found upon a pay roll of Capt Edward Rootz and in from June 2 1778 to Jan 15 1779 as a private Tenth, 1st Regt

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W m S t Atts Sec'y Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Sir,
Pension Office May 2nd 1844.
I have the honor to return you the petition of Mary White and letter of Mr. Galt and to inform you that the item of service set forth by claimant's husband in 1778, as having been rendered under Captain Smith (Mons blood of Acton, a witness says) was rendered under Captain Richardson. He is the only witness who refers to that term.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully, Your Abt. Servant, J. L. Edwards
Hon. W. Parmenter, House of Representatives

J. L. Edwards Esq
Mrs. M. L.
May 2nd 1843
as early a station as is convenient to H. papers within
as is convenient to
I am in the (Yours sincerely)
R. O. Hook 10 May 1843.

Aug 21 '43
Inch
Bank
S. B. Hunt Smith N.S.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington. D.C.

Boston Aug ts 12 1843
Pl se Sir,
On the 10 th of May & 12 th July last I forwarded papers & evidence in the case of Mrs Mary White. Will you have the goodness to inform me if a certificate has been issued in her case, and oblige,
Yrs very resp y .
R. Thon h
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington. D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 7 1843
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Daniel White of Acton is borne upon the Rolls of Capt Jesse Wyman in Col Jos Whitney's Regiment as a private from May 10. 1777 that he served 29 days.
2. 9 5. 28
The name of Daniel White is borne upon the Return of Capt Abraham Brown Col in Col Robinson's Regiment from Aug 15. 1777 and served as a private 28 days.
The name of Daniel White is also borne upon Major Hootman's return of his men as a private from Acton Aug 6. 1780.
6 - 14 7
There are no other rolls in this office that show any further service with regard to said Wyman.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this

Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Bowers Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Hon R Hoar Woston

Pension Office, June 20 th 1843.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Mary White, Claiming a pension under the act of 7 July 1838, have been examined and placed upon file. The proofs of the time of the Marriage, and claimant's identity, are satisfactory. Since the Claim of Daniel White was admitted it has been ascertained that Rolls are in the possession of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, by which the service may be tested; it is, therefore, necessary that the Certificate of that officer shall be produced as the best evidence of the service. Daniel White alledges in his declaration that he served two months in 1777, as a private, under Captain Myman and Colonel Whitney; four months fifteen days in 1777 under Captain Brown and Colonel Robinson; eight months in 1778 under Captain Smith, and six months in 1780 under Captain Marden and Colonel Shepard.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant,
G. W. Cump
Hon. R. Choate Boston,
Massachusetts.

No. 5
Affidavit of Timothy Proctor in the case of Daniel White

I, Timothy Procter of Cavendish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, hereby depose and say. That in the year A.D. 1780 Daniel White of Acton in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Enlisted into the Continental service in the Town of Acton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth aforesaid for the term of six months and marched with me to Springfield and Thence passed Mustered Thence Marched to Robertson's Farms near West Point and Thence joined the Regiment. I recollect seeing him one or more times after in the service. Timothy Procter
Middlesex ss June 23 1832 Then the above named Timothy Procter personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was just & true.
Before me Francis Suttle Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that the above named Timothy Procter is a credible and disinterested witness Francis Suttle Justice of the Peace

No. 3 Affidavit of Nathan Dudd in the case of Daniel White

I Nathan Dudley of Lexington in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of seventy seven do testify and say that I am acquainted Daniel White of Acton in the county & commonwealth aforesaid that in the year AD 1777 I was knowing to the said White being in the six months service at North Kingston Rhode Island and we were all discharged on the last day of December in said year Nathan Dudley Concord August 17 1832
Middlesex ss August 17 1832 Then the above named Nathan Dudley personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was Just & True Before me Francis Tuttle Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above Nathan Dudley and believe him to be a man of truth & respectability Francis Tuttle Justice of the Peace

102 Affidavit of Simon Wheeler in the case of Daniel White

I Simon Wheeler of Concord in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of eighty, do testify and say that I am acquainted with Daniel White of Acton in the County a Commonwealth aforesaid, that in the year AD. 1777 I was knowing to said White enlisting into the service for the term of two months to go to Providence and was stationed in the College Buildings in that place for about one half of that time, thence to Point - Judith the remainder of the term under the command of Col. Josiah Whitney of Harvard Lt Col Stone of Framingham & Capt Wyman of Woburn in said County. Simon Wheeler Concord August 18 1832
Middlesex ss August 18 1832 Then the above named Simon Wheeler personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit was just & true Before me Francis Little Justin Pease
I certify that the above named Wheeler according to the best of my knowledge is a credible witness Francis Little Justin of Pease

No. 12 Affidavit of Moses Wood in the case of Daniel White

I Moses Wood of Acton in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby depose & say, that I am well acquainted with Daniel White of said Acton, in the county & Commonwealth aforesaid. And that the said White and myself in the month of May AD 1778 enlisted in the town of Acton for the term of eight months to go to Pikkiskill in the state of New York under the command of Capt Richardson of Cambridge and the said White in a few days left for White Plains
Moses Wood
Acton August 15 1832
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss August 15 1832 Then the above named Moses Wood personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit was Just & True
Before me
Francis Tuttle (Justice of the peace)
I hereby certify that the above named Moses Wood is a man of truth & respectability.
Francis Tuttle (Justice of the peace)

I William Bancroft of Groton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say that, I am well acquainted with Capt. Daniel White of Acton in the County & Com- monwealth aforesaid, and have seen and conversed with him within a week last past; That said White served as a private in the Revolutionary War in the year 1780, six months in the company of which I was Ensign at that time, commanded by Capt. Michael Gabriel Houdin, of Col. William Shepard's Regiment, in the Massachusetts line.
And further I say not.
W m Bancroft
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
Be it known, That on the third day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, before me, Caleb Butler, Notary Public, by legal authority appointed and sworn, & dwelling in the Township of Groton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, personally came William Bancroft, abovenamed, and made oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal the day & year last above written.
Caleb Butler, Notary Public

No 6
Affidavit of Wm Bancroft in the case of Daniel White

Groton Ms. March 29 th 1833. I, the within named Caleb Butler, hereby certify, that the within named William Bancroft has died since the caption of the within affidavit, that I was well acquainted with him for more than twenty five last past preceding his death, and that he was a credible witness in the matter of said affidavit.
Caleb Butler. Notary Public
A large, stylized signature of Caleb Butler, featuring a prominent loop and a long, sweeping tail.

East Cambridge
Augt 5. 1889
Hon. Daniel W.
for Providence,
Daniel White del. d Mass
at 7 June 32
Increase
72. 22 to 4
June 11. the day of his death to his widow Mary White - deduct what was paid him
Hon. Mrs. Parmach
Cambridge Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County ss.
Acton July 31. 1844
On this thirty first day of July in the year eighteen hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for the County & Commonwealth aforesaid, Mary White a resident of Acton in said County, aged eighty two - years who on oath testifies & says, That she was the wife and is the widow of Daniel White who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution & who received a pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832, at the rate of $68.34 per Annum. That he received the said pension until he died on the fourth of June 1841.
That the said Mary, the claimant, received a pension under the Act of Congress passed March 3 d 1843, at the rate of $72.22
Now the object of this declaration being made by said Mary is to set forth her claim to arrears of her husband's pension, to wit. The difference between said sums of $68.34 and $72.22 for the several years that her said husband received his pension, and for proof of his service, marriage & death, she refers to documents heretofore forwarded to the department.
Mary White
Subscribed and sworn to on the day & year first above written, and I certify that the said Mary White is personally known to me.
Francis Little Justice of Peace

East Cambridge August 5. 1844. I am well acquainted with Francis Putnam Esq & certify that his name is on the published list of Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex the present year and have no doubt that his Commission is still in force
Your Obedient Servant

4153
Mary White
$47 44
3783
58
Mrs. Bulfinch Boston Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County } ss
Be it known that on this fourth day of September 1843, personally appeared before me the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for the said County and Commonwealth, Mrs. Mary White a resident of Acton in the County of Middlesex aged Eighty one 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Daniel White who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the law of the 7 th July 1838, to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same, now on file in the War Department she would refer for a more particular statement of his services, for the proof of her marriage, identity, and the time of her husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said act at the rate of Forty Seven 44/100 Doll. per annum which is now about amount to her receiving from the 4 th of March 1836, to the 4 th March 1841, at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of her receiving such  wife payment, surrender the Pension Certificate granted to her under said act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the Rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said Husband but is now, and ever since has been the Widow of said Daniel White deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And further she saith not.
Mftrs John White Daniel Hagg
Mary White

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described
Before me (the words "is now about" & "will" on the first page interlined before execution)
Francis Tuttle Justice of the Peace
I Daniel Flagg of Acton in the county of Middlesex of lawful age on oath testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Mrs. Mary White the applicant named in the within declaration for many years last past. I know that she was the wife and is now the widow of Daniel White deceased who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and that she was a pensioner under the law of 7th July 1838. as stated by her Daniel Flagg.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County } Sept. 4 1843
Then came Daniel Flagg who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true
Before me
Francis Tuttle Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 15. 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Francis Tuttle was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Mary White Mass.
Act 3 march 43
increase
mo 21: 20 00 pri
72: 22
deduct what has been paid.
Hon. W. Carpenter Cambridge Mass

To the Honourable William Wilkins Secretary of War.
The Petition of Mary White of Acton Middlesex County, Mass tt
Respectfully represent that she is now in the eighty second year of her age and is the widow of Daniel White late of said Acton deceased who was a private soldier in the war of the American Revolution at different times & periods for the term of nearly two years; that for the services aforesaid he received a pension under the Secy. of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $68 33 per annum; that he declared for and was allowed in the computation of his pension as she has been informed by letter from the Commissioners of Pensions for the following terms of service viz
2 months in the year 1777 under Capt Wymen & Col. Whitney 4 months 15 days in - 1777 under Capt Brown & Col. Robinson 8 months in the year 1778 under Capt Smith - 6 months in the year 1780 under Capt White & Col. Shepherd That upon application to the secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a certificate of verification of the above named services in compliance with the direction of the Commission of Pensions, the first four of service was boor out by the Roll & exceeded the time claimed by one month & 13 days , nine days; the second lower was sustained by the Rolls & also exceeded the time claimed by one month & 13 days, the fourth term was also fully sustained. The third term of 8 months either from some error in the Captains name or the defective manner in which the Rolls were then kept cannot be found.
I therefore state that as the evidence upon which he was pensioned having been full & satisfactory. The service having been once proved by living witnesses it ought not to be cut down now when all are dead & no chance to prove facts in the case & particularly as all the other terms are overrun.

Therefore she prays the 8 months under Capt Smith, may be allowed her - or some further particular given of the service so as to enable her to prove the services aforesaid.
As in duty bound will ever pray
Acton March 9 1844
Mary White