Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25956, Rufus Weston, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Weston, Rufus Abigail
No. 25956
CONTENTS
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4204 Massachusetts
Abigail Weston, widow of Rufus Weston, who died on the 27. July 1828, of in the State of Massa, who was a Pri in the Co commanded by Captain Wash of the reg commanded by Col Colton in the Mass line for 10 mos 23 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 35 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of May 1845 and sent to Dear Pease -
Arrears to the 4th of Decem, Semi-annual allowance ending Massachusetts
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3.
Recorded by H. L. Swann Clerk, Book C Vol. X Page 66

Berkshire ss
On the Eighth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five John Weston of Windsor in the County of Berkshire personally appeared before me the subscriber at Windsor in said County and he being first cautioned and sworn to speak the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth gave the following deposition by him subscribed in my presence and the same was by me reduced to writing in his presence
Hon A Bates Justice of the Peace
I John Weston of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts Yeoman, of the age of sixty two years on oath depose and say that I have often heard my Father, Rufus Weston relate circumstances which took place while he was in the War of the Revolution; That I have heard him tell of his being in the eight months service at Roxbury under Captain Wade & Colonel Colton in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy five; that I have heard him tell of being called out one two or three short alarms afterward one to two months at a time & I have heard him tell of being out under Captain Fairfield. I have also heard him tell of being under Captain Joshua White & Colonel White - I will recollect of hearing him tell of being under Capt Joshua White

I lived in Middlebury with my Father till I was fifteen years old and was acquainted with Capt. White which makes me more particularly recollect of his telling of being in the service under him and I have heard him tell of being out in two short alarms after he was married and I should think both times under Capt. White one of the times was short but thru or four days if I recollect right And further the Deponent saith not
John Weston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss Hinsdale March 8 th 1845
Personally appeared John Weston and made oaths to the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed are true I hereby certify that the said Weston is a credible witness Before me Wm A Bates Justice of the Peace

Berkshire ss
On the Eighth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty five George Richmond of Windsor in the County of Berkshire personally appeared before me the subscriber at Windsor in said County and he being first cautioned and sworn to speak the truth gave the following deposition by him subscribed in my presence and the same was by me reduced to writing in his presence
Am A Bates Justice of the Peace
I George Richmond of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts Yeoman, of the age of Fifty Six years on oath depose and say that I have often heard Rufus Weston relate circumstances which took place while he was in the War of the Revolution! That I have heard him tell of his being in the Eight months Service at Roxbury under Captain Wade & Colonel Cotton in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy five! That I have heard him tell of being called out on two or three short alarms afterward one & two months at a time & I have heard him tell of being out under Captain Fairfield. I well recollect of hearing Mr Weston tell of being in the Rhode Island Service in the year 1780. under Capt Joshua White & Col White. & I have heard him tell of being in the Rhode Island Service in 1780. after he was

Warwick & I also have heard his Widow Abigail Weston tell of his going into the War after she was married and I have often heard the said Rufus Weston tell of being in the Rhode Island Service with my Father who was out several times on short alarms and further the deponent saith not George Richmond
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. Windsor March 8 th 1845
Personally appeared George Richmond and made oath to facts stated in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed are true & hereby certify that the said Richmond is a credible witness
Before me Amos Bates Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss.
I Charles Sewg with clerk of the court of Common Pleas do certify that William A Bales of Windsor is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County that he was, such Justice on the eighth day of March current when the foregoing annexed depositions were taken of George Richmond & John Weston were taken & duly commisioned & qualified that I sincerely believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of March 1845.
Charles Sewg with clerk

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston; Nov 6 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 Rufus Weston of Middlesex is found upon the rolls of Capt Amos Wade Col Collins, for Eight months in 1775; upon a pay roll of Capt Saml Fairfield Col Harkness from Oct 4. 1775. Amos 12 days upon a pay roll of Capt Joshua White, Col White from Aug 1. 1780 11 days.
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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 within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Certificate of Abigail Weston of Windsor
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Application for certificate of Revolutionary Services made by the widow of the Party who rendered the Service.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of my husband Rufus Weston in the war of the Revolution.
He enlisted from the town of Middlebury in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts in the Company of Captain Wade as a Private.
I am now ninety one years old and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than stated above.
Witness my hand this third day of June in the Year Eighteen hundred fortyfour.
Attest Vice Peace } J. C. Wolcott }
Abigail her  X mark Weston
Signed by said Abigail Weston in my presence. John C. Wolcott Justice of the Peace

I Allen Shaw Town Clerk of the Town of Middleborough Massachusetts hereby certify that in the record of marriages in said town, the marriage of Rufus Weston and Abigail Knowlton is recorded as follows viz
October twenty-seventh Seventeen hundred Seventy nine I married Rufus Weston and Abigail Knowlton both of Middleborough Solomon Reed
I Allen Shaw above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the town of Middleborough Mass and that the foregoing is a true extract from the record of marriages in said town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz Octo r 27 1779 Middleboro. Nov 29. 1844
Allen Shaw Town Clerk of Middleborough.
Plymouth. p. November 29. 1844
Then personally appeared Allen Shaw, subscriber to the foregoing affidavit, and well known to me to be a person of truth and well known veracity, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me Elias Ward Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
Clerks Office Nov 20 1844
I M c H Thomas Clerk of the Federal Court for the said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Elias D. D. D. (faded text) before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is a true copy of the original thereof in the County of Plymouth duly confirmed & qualified & acting under the authority of said Commonwealth & that his signature to the final thereof
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testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Federal Court on the day & year aforesaid.
M c H Thomas Clerk

I John Weston of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Viz. aged Sixty Two years do testify and say that I am the Son of Rufus Weston late of said Windsor deceased and Abigail Weston his Widow now living at said Windsor - That the said Rufus who was my Father died at said Windsor on the Twenty seventh day of July Eighteen hundred and Twenty Eight and the said Abigail has not since mar- =ried but still continues the Widow of said Rufus Weston deceased - I was present at his death and funeral John Weston S. July 27 1845.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. July 27 th 1845.
Personally appeared John Weston and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed are true and I certify that the said Weston is a credible witness
Before me,
William P. Walker Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Henry W Bishop Register of the court of Probate within and for said County do certify that the Hon. William P Walker is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned & quali- fied & was so on the date of the foregoing certificate of oath administered by him That I am acquainted with his handwriting & know that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of January AD 1845. Henry W. Bishop Reg d Probate

No. 6392
rec Feb 12. 1845
Abigail Weston
Mom of Rufus
Mass
act 4 July 1836
Ms 79 228 July 27

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss
On this twenty seventh day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty five  six person-ally appeared before the Judge of Probate in and for said County Abigail Weston (She being by reason of bodily infirmity unable to appear in open Court) Abigail Weston a resident of Windsor in said County aged ninety one years who being duly sworn according to Law, - on her Oath maketh the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows, - That she is the Widow of Rufus Weston late of said Windsor deceased who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, and served as will appear by the accompanying proof, to which she refers for the particulars of his Service the same having taken place mostly prior to her marriage although a part after the marriage in 1780. - She further declares that she was married to the said Rufus Weston on the twenty seventh day of October seventeen hundred & seventy-nine that her said Husband the aforesaid Rufus Weston Died on the twenty seventh day of July Eighteen hundred & twenty eight that she was married to him prior to his leaving the Service, - Viz at the time above stated She also declares that she has not intermarried since the death of the said Rufus Weston but still continues his Widow her Abigail Weston mark.
S. Jan. 27. 1845.
Berkshire ss. Jan 27. 1845 personally appeared and sworn to by the said Abigail Weston, at her residence in Windsor in said County, she being unable, by reason of old age & bodily infirmity to attend in open Court. Before me, William B. Walker Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I. Henry W. Bishop-Registrar of Probate within & for said County. do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Judge of said Court as the matter of the application of Abigail Weston for a pension. that the Hon William P. Waldo is the Judge of said Court duly commis- sioned and qualified. and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is her genuine signature -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred & forty five - Henry W. Bishop Reg Prob.

No 6392 Abigail Weston Mother of Rufus Map Set to Dan Cushing Rockwell Feb 18 - 45
act 4 July 1846

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25,956
Abigail Weston Widow of Rufus Weston Bricklayer
Act July 24th 1836
Index : Vol W , Page 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]

House of Representatives
February 11 th 1845
J. L. Edmonds Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir - I have the honor to enclose the papers to get a pension for Abigail Weston the widow of Rufus Weston late of Windsor, Berkshire County Massachusetts, at the request of one of my consti- uents, to which I request your attention
Your friend & obedient servant
Julius Rockwell

No 6392 Abigail Weston Widow of Rufus Mass act 4 July 1836
Adm o . 10 m. 23 d pm $35 \frac{88}{100} per ann
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