Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,238, Seth Waterman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Waterman, Seth
S. 43,238
CONTENTS

3444
New Hampshire Roll
Seth Waterman
Cole Bailey
private Massachusetts line 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of Oct r 1818 and deliver d to Edward Cram Esqr at Washington City
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 40.53
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar 1819 48.00
Arrears 5 Mo 2/30 $88.53
26 Sept. 6. 1824 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Lime. County of Grafton N Hampshire
Dead. See letter to L. Gordale Oct 26. 1831
Notification sent to Ben. J. Pillsbury Esq Manvers. N.H. July 20. 1820

Copy Seth Waterman -
3,444 -
(March 1819.)
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District of New Hampshire
County of Grafton
At the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire holden at Haverhill within & for said County of Grafton being a Court of record for said County by law established on this twenty ninth day of May in the year of our Lord 1820 personally appeared in open Court Seth Waterman aged seventy nine years resident in Lime in said District of New Hampshire who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows Viz a private soldier in Capt Seth Dews Company & Colo Baileys Regiment in the Massachusetts line that his original declaration was made & dated third day of April 1818 that he has received a pension & that his pension certificate is numbered three thousand four hundred forty four
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 18 th 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 & by me subscribed I further declare that I am by occupation an old farmer have not done any work since last fall - and am past labor as will be judged by my age I have no wife she died last January I live with one of my daughters I have no children under age have six children two of them 700 or 800 miles from me & the others are not obliged to help me
Seth Waterman

Schedule of property owned by Seth Waterman May 29 th 1820 Bed & clothing excepted Farming tools valued in all to not more than 25 ,, 00 I have nothing due to me except what I have due out of my pension money
I owe about twenty five dollars
Seth Waterman
Sworn to & selected before the Justices of the Superior Court of Indictment of the State of New Hampshire in open Court on this 29 th day of May 1820 -
Attest S. P. Webster Clerk
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Indi- -cment for the County of Grafton do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of 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 twenty five dollars - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 30 th day of May Anno Domini 1820 -
S. P. Webster Clerk

Seth Waterman
Correct —

is a Justice of the peace within and for said county of Grafton and that he is duly qualified to take affidavits and full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his attestation.
And I now transmit the declaration & the testimony aforesaid to the Secretary of the War Department as the law requires.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court (no particular impression or device therefor having been adopted or used by said Court) at Hanover in said county the day and year before written
Wm H. Woodward

I Seth Waterman of Lime in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire testify & declare that I served in the war of the Revolution betwixt the United States of America & Great Britain as a private soldier in Capt. Seth Dews Company & in the commanded by Colonel Baileys Second Regiment of the Massachusetts line for the term of three years - I entered the Army the 17. of May A. D. 1777 & served till the 17. of May 1780 when I was discharged - I further declare & testify that the paper herewith presented signed Ezra Badlam L t Col. Command g was the original discharge which I took, but from lapse of time the same has become in the mutilated state it now appears - I further declare that I have ever been & still am a resident citizen of the United States & that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life & advanced age & infirmities I am in need of assistance from my country for support - and I do hereby relinquish all claim (if any I have) to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States
Seth Waterman

No 1
I Benjamin Morey of dined in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire of lawful age testify & say that I am well acquainted with Seth Waterman of the line & that I know he served three years in the Revolutionary war between the United States of America & Great Britain because I belong'd to the same Regiment with the Waterman, & knew him well at that time - I also know that he is now a man in reduced circumstances in life not being supposed to possess any property at all, & is in need of assistance not only on account of poverty but also from his age & infirmities -
Benj m Morey
State of New Hampshire } Second District ss } April 3 d 1818
Sworn to before me
Wm H Woodward

We the Subscribers Select men of the Town of Linn in the County of  Linn in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire do testify that Seth Waterman now a resident in the said Town of Linn is in indigent circumstances as it respects property having no Estate either real or personal that we know of. nor any visible means of support but by his own Labour which in his advanced age he is but poorly able to per- form
Daniel Hovey Freeman J. Spaulding
David Goodell
Selectmen of the Town of Linn for 1810
State of New Hampshire } Linn April 8 th 1810 Grafton ss
on this day Daniel Hovey Freeman J. Spaulding and David Goodell who are the Selectmen of said Town duly qualified all personally appeared before me the subscriber and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by them subscribed is true John Fairfield Justice Peace

Seth Watermans Case
Hon Will m H Woodward Esq r Hanover & Hamp t
affidavit of the selectmen of Limer in the case of Seth Waterman Taken and sealed by J. Gassett Jus. Peace

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January 4, 1927
Mabel W. Chandler 174 S. Main St Barre, Vt
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 43238, it appears that Seth Waterman enlisted May 17, 1777 and served as a private in Captain Seth Drew's Company, Colonel Bailey's Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged May 17, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, while a resident of Lyme, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
In May 1820, he was seventy-nine years old, and stated that his wife died last January, and that he had six children, and was living with one of his daughters, names of wife and children not stated. Soldier died September 6, 1824.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

N.Y. 43.238
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Seth Waterman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 17. 1777 May 17. 1780 Pvt. Seth Drown Bailey Mass.                                     
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apr. 3. 1818. The cl. was of
Residence at date of application, Lyme, Grafton Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, 77 years old. He died Sept. 16. 1824.*
Remarks: His wife died in January 1820 and he had 6 children, no names are stated
* from A.R.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

(N o 2) Seth Waterman a Soldier Massachusetts Regiment, having served in the said Regiment, the Term of all Term for which he inlisted, is hereby e.
Hand, at West Point this Seventeenth May 1780
Ebenezer Badlam H. Col. Command

(found mutilated) and
Seth Waterman S.F. 43.238 Rev. War Mass.