Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,504, Jacob Whitman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Whitman, Jacob
S. 19504
Carded
CONTENTS

2595 2595 Maine
Jacob Whitman of Duckfield in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sathrop of the Regt commanded by Col. Bailey in the Mass. Militia line for 13 Mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 143. Dollars 53 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Decem. 1832 and sent to S. G. Cole Duckfield Me
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 64.99 Semi-annual allowance ending Feb. 1833 21.66 $ 86.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Erast Bullock Clerk Book 5 Vol. 1 Page 104

4972.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 17 th day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting, Jacob Whitman a resident of Buckfield in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 70 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the Spring of the year 1775, before Lexington Battle, he enlisted as a minuteman, into the Company commanded by Captain David Lathrop of Bridgewater, Massachusetts and the next day after said Battle, he marched with said Company, pursuant to order to Marshfield, to drive off the British, who had landed there and after we had done this & had been there several days, he enlisted there at said Marshfield into the eight months service, into the Company commanded by the same Captain Lathrop, belonging to Colonel Baileys Regiment for eight months & marched to Roxbury, near Boston, where he served the eight months through and was discharged. That after this, he thinks in July, and in the year 1776, he enlisted again into the army at Boston, in the County of Bristol, in Massachusetts, into a Company commanded by Captain Simon Cobb, the Colonel's name he has forgotten, but he thinks it was General Putnam's Brigade for five months & marched to the City of New York and was there till the army retreated from it & the British took possession of it & retreated with the army & was discharged at Croton's Bridge, after seeing his 17 turn out.

That after this, he thinks in July, and in the year 1776, he enlisted again into the Army at Boston, in the County of Bristol, in Massachusetts, into a company commanded by Captain Simon Cobb, the Col's name he has forgotten, but he thinks it was General Putnam's Brigade. In five months it marched to the City of New York and was there till the army retreated from it, & the British took possession of it & returned with the army & was discharged at Crimton's Bridge, after leaving his P'tner back.
The said Whitman further says that he was born in the said town of Boston, in the year 1753, and that the record of his age is among the record of births in said town of Boston. That he lived in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, when he first entered the service, that since the revolutionary war he has lived in S. Bridgewater & Easton and S. Bridgewater and that he now lives in said Bridgewater - that he was always a volunteer in the service - that he recollects Col. Sargent Regiment of the Regular Troops - that he never received any written discharge and he would state the Rev. Nathl. Chase, H. John Loring, Mary Ann Spalding Samuel D. Brown Esquire, all of said Bridgewater as persons to whom he is known in his neighborhood & who can testify as his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. Jacob Whitman

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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Jacob Whitman
Stephen Emery, Judge of Probate

We Nathaniel Chase a clergyman residing in the town of Westbrook in the County of Oxford State of Maine do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Whitman who has submitted his claim to the foregoing declaration & that we believe him to be 78 years of age - & that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion -
Nathl Chase John Loring
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court.
Stephen Emery, Judge
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, said applicant having adduced the certificate of Nathaniel Chase a clergyman & of John Loring, persons well known to the Court as persons of truth & veracity, & the deposition of Abigail Whitman, all under oath duly administered in corroboration of his own declaration, as also the deposition of Daniel Packard, Job Packard & Simon Reed. Stephen Emery, Judge
1 Joseph G. Cole Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Whitman for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17 th day of August A. D. 1832.
CERT.
Joseph G. Cole Register

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Samuel F. Brown
whose genuine signatures are annexed to the foregoing Depositions of Daniel Packard, Simon Record & Abigail Whitman , is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this twentieth day of August in the year A. D. 1832
R. K. Goodenow } Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

I Daniel Packard of Kennebec in the County of Oxford State of Maine, aged eighty two years, testify & say that I was a soldier in the American army during the revolution- ary war with Great Britain for six years & upwards, at different periods, one of which was in the eighth months service at Roxbury near Boston. I was afterwards in the artillery at New York in the year 1776 and I well know that Fred Whitman now residing in said Kennebec, was also a soldier in the same army; that he enlisted into the company commanded by Capt. Daniel Lathrop, of Col. John Bailey's Regiment, of Massachusetts troops, for eight months and that he served that term through at Roxbury.
I also know that said Whitman was afterwards in the service at New York, as I well remember seeing him there at the evacuation of the city, but I cannot tell under whom he served nor how long he served.
I further say that I knew said Whitman served with me a minute man under Captain Lathrop at Bridgewater in Massachusetts for one month.
Daniel Packard
State of Maine. Oxford ss. July 24. 1832.
Then the above named Daniel Packard, to me well known as a man of truth, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before
Samuel H. Brown Justice of the Peace

I Job Packard of Buckfield in the County of Oxford State of Maine, aged seventy years on oath say that in the year 1776 I was a neighbor to Jacob Whitman who now lives in the town of Buckfield aforesaid, but then lived in the town of Easton in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts and I now well remember that said Whitman went into the American army at New York. I do not recollect into what company he enlisted but I think it was in the spring of the year 1776 that he went and that he returned in the fall, but I do not recollect how long he served, but my impression is that he served as much as five months - I have been acquainted with said Whitman ever since & often heard him tell of circumstances that took place in that service, which I think he could not know unless he had been actually in said service -
I also know that said Whitman was in the eight months service at Roxbury having seen him there myself in 1775.
Job Packard
State of Maine
August 4. 1842. Then the above named Job Packard, to me known as a man of veracity, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
Samuel Brown Justice of the Peace

I Simon Pecead of Buckfield in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, aged seventy nine years, testify & say that I was a soldier in the american army, during the revolutionary war with Great Britain, in the eighth months service, at Roxbury near Boston, in the year 1775, in the company commanded by Captain Eliza Hamlin, of Col. Baileys Regiment, where I served said eight months through. And I also say that I will know that Jacob Whitman, now residing in said Buckfield, was in & served the said eight months service through, in the company commanded by Capt. Daniel Lathrop of Col. Baileys Regiment. I will know said Whitman at that time and have lived a neighbor to him fifty years and will know him to be the same man who served with me as aforesaid.  Simon Pecead
State of Maine. County of Oxford ss.
July 24. 1832. Then the abovenamed Simon Pecead, to me well known as a man of truth, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, before me,
Samuel H. Brown Justice of the Peace

I Abigail Whitman wife of Jacob Whitman of Buckfield in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, on oath say that I was born in Bridgewater, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts & brought up there & in the adjoining town of Easton, - that I am seventy six years of age - That in the first of the revolutionary war, when the British were in Boston, my said Husband, then unmarried, went to Roxbury as a soldier in the American army, in Captain Lathrop's company and served there, how long I don't know, but I feel pretty confident he was gone eight months.
After this, I don't know how long, I remember that said Whitman went again a soldier into the army to New York and enlisted for five months and that he stayed his time and came home. I did not know his officers; but he often told me the captain's name way bobb the others I have forgotten -
Abigail J. Whitman Mark Witness Samuel F. Brown
State of Maine
Oxford County ss. August 8. 1852. Then the above named Abigail Whitman well known as a woman of undoubted veracity, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed before me
Samuel F. Brown justice of the peace

4.972 —
admitted
providen B 40.
$43.33
Globe
Bridgfield

BRIEF in the case of Jacob Whitman of Duchfield in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he?  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 1775— 8 As a Private Gen. Col. Bailey's Regt Capt. Sattin's Com   76 5 Col. Fellows' Regt Capt. Cobb's Com  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Duchfield  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. D. Bullock Examining Clerk.

19504 INVALID.
File No. 19,504
Jacob Whitman Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: June 7 th 1821
Index:—Vol. _____, Page 147
[Arrangement of 1870.]