Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22595, Nathan Whiting, Conn. Continental Mavy R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
SERVICE Conn. Continental Navy P. I.
Whiting, Nathan Sarah
N 22595
CONTENTS

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 2d. 1848, and the Joint Resolution of Congress approved July 12 th 1848.
State of New York } Rensselaer County } ss
On this twenty first day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared before me Charles C. Parmach , County Judge of the County of Rensselaer aforesaid - Sarah Whiting , a resident of the Town of Grafton in said County of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged Eighty years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed 2 nd of February 1848, and the Joint Resolution of Congress approved July 12 th 1848.
That she this Declarant is now the widow of Nathan Whiting , who departed this life in the aforesaid Town of Grafton County of Rensselaer and State of New York on the fourteenth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and forty Nine.
That her husband the said Nathan Whiting was at the said day of his decease a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7 th , 1832, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum.
That as Declarant verily

believes her husband the said Nathan Whiting lived during the War of the Revolution in the State of Connecticut from whence he entered the service and as she believes served in the Connecticut Line of Troops, but as Declarant was not married to him until after the close of the said War she is now unable to describe his services in said War, and depends for evidence of his said services on his papers filed in his own application for pension under the said act of June 7, 1832, and on the provisions made by the Joint Resolution of July 1 st 1848 as aforesaid.
And Declarant further saith that she was duly married to her husband the aforesaid Nathan Whiting at Groton in the County of New London and State of Connecticut in the month of February in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety two, at her father's house in said Groton by the Rev. Aaron Keeney a Presbyterian Clergyman who then lived and preached in said Groton.
That the following named persons were present at her said marriage, to wit, Clark Lewis, Jesse Brown, Mary Brown, Nathan Lewis, and James Lewis.
That previous to her said marriage to the said Nathan Whiting Declarant resided with her father James Lewis in Groton aforesaid and bore the maiden name of Sarah Lewis.

She further declares that the accompanying family Record is her family Record made and in the hand writing of her husband the aforesaid Nathaniel Whiting. That the said Record was made by her said husband as aforesaid in the year that the same bears date which is in July, 1832. The names thereon recorded are the names of Declarants Children by her said husband and the said Records is as Declarant verily believes true and correct. That Declarant has recently taken the said Record from her family Bible for the purpose of accompanying this Declaration for her said pension. And as her husband the said Nathan Whiting was a Pensioner as aforesaid under the act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of $80 per annum she prays that the same may be allowed her without delay as she is now left a widow as aforesaid.
Sarah Whiting
Subscribed & sworn to on the day & year aforesaid at the City of Troy before me M c C. Darnell Rensselaer County Judge

Grafton July 15 th 1832
Names of the family of Nathan Whiting and Sarah Whiting His Wife
Mrs Sally Ann Whiting was Born the year 1792 Nancy M Whiting Born 1794 Polly M Whiting Born 1797 Nathl S Whiting Born 1800 Lydia J Whiting Born 1802 Anna L Whiting Born 1804 Sabner L Whiting Born 1809
Names of the family of Nathan Whiting

I Liba Hewitt, a resident of the town of Grafton in said County of Rensselaer, aged 77 years being duly sworn according to law do Depose and say that I am now, and long have been well and intimately acquainted with Sarah Whiting who is now the widow of Nathan Whiting who died in said town of Grafton on or about the 14th day of September 1849, and was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That in April of the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety four I went to Albany N. Y. and moved the said Nathan and Sarah Whiting into said Town of Grafton where they have resided ever since. The said Nathan and Sarah were then on the way from Groton in the State of Connecticut to Grafton aforesaid as they were then moving from the former to the latter place, and I met them at said City of Albany for the purpose of fetching them up to Grafton aforesaid. That they then had a little girl named Sally Ann then in April of 1794, between one and two years of age, and it was then currently reported and believed that the said Nathan and Sarah Whiting had been duly married to each other at Groton in said State of Connecticut in the winter of the year the Seventeen hundred and Ninety two. It was said that they were married as aforesaid by the Rev. Mr. Keeney. They continued to live together as husband and wife in said Grafton and sustained all the relationship of such husband and wife from said year and April of 1794 as aforesaid until the said Nathan died in 1849, as aforesaid.

They raised a family of children the eldest of which was the said Sally Ann who is now at least fifty seven years of age. The following is a true Copy and ex- -tract from my family Record. Tiba Hewitt and Tacy Brandall was married August 8th. 1793. and I know that I went to Albany after the said Nathan and Sarah Whiting the next April after I was married as aforesaid and in April of 1794. The said Sarah is now the widow of the identical Nathan Whiting who drew a pension from the United States under the act of June 7th. 1832 and who lived a neighbor to me in said Grafton and who died in said Grafton such Pensioner on or about the 14th. day of September 1849. as aforesaid.
Tiba Hewitt
Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifteenth day of January A.D. 1850.
Eliphalet Stewart justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above Deponent Tiba Hewitt is personally known to me. He is a person of good standing, of strict integrity, truth, and veracity, and a credible witness, and that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is en- -titled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand at said Grafton this 15th day of January A.D. 1850.
Eliphalet Stewart justice Peace

State of New York Rensselaer County } ss
Nathan A. Brock, being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is now and long has been well and intimately acquainted with Sarah Whiting who is now the widow of Nathan Whiting who died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in the town of Grafton in the County of Ren- =sselaer in said State of New York on the 14th day of September 1849. Deponent is a resident of the said town of Grafton and is seventy five years of age. That in the year of eleventeen hun- =dred and Ninety Six Deponent came to live in the aforesaid town of Grafton where he has lived ever since. That immediately after Deponent came to live in said town of Grafton as aforesaid in 1796 he became acquainted with the said Na- =than and Sarah Whiting then living in said Graft- =ton together as husband & wife. They then at that time (to wit), in 1796 had a little girl named Sally Ann who was then about four years old, they were then reputed to have come from Grafton in the State of Connecticut where they had been duly married to each other in the year 1791, or 1792. Deponent has known the said Nathan and Sarah Whiting to live together as man and wife as aforesaid from 1796 as aforesaid to 1849, as aforesaid when the said Nathan died. They raised a family of children the oldest of which is the said Sally Ann, and is now at least fifty seven years of age. Their marriage has never been disputed in this place. Deponent well knows the said Sarah Whiting to be the iden- =tical widow of the identical Nathan Whiting

who lived a neighbor to Deponent in said Town of Grafton and who died in said Town of Grafton a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7th, 1832, on the 14th day of September 1849 as aforesaid. Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifteenth day of January A.D. 1850. Nathan A. Brock Eliphalet Stewart Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above Deponent Nathan A. Brock is a person of good standing, a man of truth and veracity, and a credible witness and that the foregoing affidavit by him sub- scribed, & taken before me, is entitled to full faith and credit. Grafton 15th 1850. Eliphalet Stewart Justice Peace

State of New York } Rensselaer County }
Sarah Martin, a resi- dent of the town of Grafton in said County of Rensselaer, aged 80 years being duly sworn ac- cording to law doth depose and say that she was brought up in the adjoining town of Pittstown in said Coun- ty and lived in said Pittstown during the War of The Revolution. That Deponent was acquainted with, and is now well acquainted with Sarah Whiting of said town of Grafton who is now the widow of Nathan Whiting who died a Revolution- ary Pensioner of the United States in said town of Grafton on or about the 14th. day of September 1849. That in the year 1794 the said Nathan & Sarah Whiting came to live in said town of Graf- ton where they have lived ever since. That it was then, to wit, in 1794 reported and believed that they came from Groton in the State of Connect- icut where they had been duly married to each other about two years before they came to live in Grafton as aforesaid, and they must have been married in 1791, or 1792. That at the time they came to Grafton in April of 1794 as aforesaid they had a little girl which was their daughter called Sally Ann which was then between one and two years old. The said Sally Ann is now at least fifty seven years of age and is now living near me in said Grafton. That Deponent is the widow of Amasa Martin late a Pensioner and the said Nathan Whiting and Amasa Martin were Pensioners and lived in said Grafton. That Deponent well knows the said Sarah Whiting to be the widow of the identical Nathan Whiting who drew a pension from the United States and died in said town of Grafton a Revolutionary Pensioner under

The act of June 7, 1832, on or about the 14 th day of September A.D. 1849.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sixteenth } Sarah Martin day of January A.D. 1850. } Eliphalet Steward Justice Peace }
I hereby certify that the above Deponent Sarah Martin is a person of good standing, of strict integrity, truth, and veracity, and a credible witness, and that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed and taken before me is entitled to full and credit, she is possessed of a sound mind and a good memory. Given under my hand at Grafton aforesaid this fifteenth day of January A.D. 1850.
State of New York } Rensselaer County } ss. Clerk's Office }
Ambrose H Sheldon Clerk of the aforesaid County of Rensselaer and of the County Courts thereof, do hereby certify that Eliphalet Steward Esq. before whom the foregoing and annexed affidavits purport to have been sworn and executed, was at the respective dates of the said affidavits an acting justice of the Peace of Grafton in and for the said County of Rensselaer, duly elected and qualified and duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and to take the same; and that the signatures to the jurats & certificates of the said affidavits purporting to be those of the said Justice are genuine and in the proper hand writing of the said Eliphalet Steward.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County on this 19 th day of January A.D. 1850, at the City of Troy in said County of Rensselaer.
A. H. Sheldon Clerk of Rensselaer Co.

Date of death not on roll
5417 New York Albany Sarah Whiting widow of Nathan Res. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1848.
14 th September 1849 Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of April 1850 and sent to
Hon. C. Warden House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 242 Vol. 4

In the matter of Nathan Whiting application for pension
No 4137

State of New York §
County of Rensselaer ss. On this seventh day of August 1832 Personally appeared, before the Mayor's Court of the City of Troy, (now sitting) in the County of Rensselaer, & State aforesaid, Nathan Whiting, a resident of the town of Grafton in said County, aged 77 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he was born in the town of Stonington and State of Connecticut, on the third day of March 1755: and that he has no record of his birth. That in the year 1775, being still a resident of Stonington, he enlisted for the term of 8 months in Captain Ethan Clark's Company, attached to Colonel James M c Varnum's Regiment of the Rhode Island Line; and actually served out the said term of enlistment, in said company. That under this engagement, he marched with said company to Prospect Hill, near Boston, which was then in possession of the British forces. One Mumford was adjutant of the Regiment. That at the first January 1776 he enlisted for the further term of one year, under Thomas Cate, who had been a Lieutenant of Ethan Clark's Company, and who was promoted to the Captaincy on Clark's resigning. That this company served with the Continental Army under the command of General Washington; and that this de- ponent was serving with it, on the 17 th March 1776 when Boston was evacuated by the British. After this evacuation he marched to New London, (Connecticut). - He volunteered to perform duty on board the Alfred frigate; and was taken sick while on board said ship; - was landed, & put into the hospital, and there remained till the term of his enlistment expired. After his recovery, he enlisted with Captain William Latham, for six months, as garrison soldier in Fort Griswold, at Stonington, (Con't.), under Colonel Selyard; and served out the term of said last enlistment. He never received any written discharge. About 35 years ago he removed to the town of Grafton afore- said, where he has since resided. That he has no documentary evidence to produce. That Benjamin Hall, the deponent swearing to the annexed affidavit, is old and decrepit, and can not be produced in open court; & that there is no clergyman residing near him. That he is well known to George B. Davis Esquire of the City of Troy and to Rufus Gallup of Grafton, who could testify to his character for

veracity, and to their belief of his having served as above stated. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. -
Sworn to & Subscribed the day
Nathan Whiting
one year aforesaid
Archibald Dull Clerk
I, George R. Davis, a resident of the City of Troy, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Whiting, who has subscribed & sworn to, the above declaration; that I believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that I concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed this 8 th day of Aug t . 1832
Geo R Davis
Archibald Dull Clerk -
I, Rufus Gallup, a resident of the town of Grafton, abovenamed, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Whiting, who has subscribed, & sworn to, the above declaration; that I believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that I concur in that opinion.
Rufus Gallup
Sworn & Subscribed the day
one year aforesaid
Archibald Dull Clerk
And the said Court does hereby declare its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the said Court further certifies, that it appears to it, that Rufus Gallup, who has also signed the above certificate is a resident in the town of Grafton, & is a credible person, & that his statement is entitled to credit; and that George R. Davis, who has signed the first foregoing certificate, is a resident of the City of Troy, & is a credible person, & that his statement is entitled to credit.

State of New York } Benjamin Hall of Petersburgh in the said Rensselaer County ss } County being duly sworn Deposeth and Says That he is Personally Acquainted With Nathan Whiting Now an Inhabitant of the town of Grafton in the County of Rensselaer Aforesaid A Revolutionary Soldier And that the said Nathan Whiting Enlisted about the first of June 1775 in Captain Ethan Clark's Company in Colonel James M. Varnum's Regiment of the Rhode Island line for Eight months which term of time he the said Nathan Whiting actually served in said Regiment And furthermore Saw the said Nathan Whiting at Boston at Prospect hill About the first of January 1776 when the said Whiting Enlisted for one year in Captain Thomas Colis Company of Infantry in Col. James M. Varnum's Regiment And Continued at Prospect hill untill the 2 nd day of April 1776 when we marched for the Northeastward And Stopped at New London when he Volunteered on board the Ship Alfred frigate of thirty six Guns Commodore Hopkins And Continued on board said Ship 3 or 4 Weeks when the said Nathan Whiting was taken Sick And Sent to the Hospital when this deponent went to New York And left the said Whiting at New London And this deponent further Saith that during the time above stated he served in the same Regiment with the said Whiting And likewise was on board the said Alfred frigate with the said Whiting untill the said Whiting was sent to the Hospital as above stated Benjamin Hall
The above Affidavit taken and subscribed before me this 29 th day of June 1832 Daniel Mills Justice Peace
This may Certify that we are Personally Acquainted with the above named Nathan Whiting And that the said Whiting is an Inhabitant of the town of Grafton in the County of Rensselaer And has been for upwards of twenty years And has been a peaceable Industrious and And honest man in quite Moderate Circumstances being obliged to labor for his Support
Daniel Mills Nathan West Joseph A. Patten

This may Certify that I am personally acquainted with Mr Benjamin Hall the within named and described Deponent And that he is a Respectable Citizen And that the highest Confidence may be placed in his Veracity And his word Relied on Daniel Mills Justice Peace

I, Archibald Ball, Clerk of the County of Rensselaer, do hereby certify that Daniel Mills, whose genuine signature is affixed to the within affidavit, was, at the time of taking the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County of Rensselaer.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my said office this 7 th day of August 1882.
Archibald Ball (Seal)

1298 New York
Nathan Whiting of Grafton in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain E. Clark of the Regt. commanded by H. Varnum in the Rhode Island line for 26 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars Conts per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31. day of Octo- ber 1832 and sent to Sec. Gould
Arrears to 14th of Septem. 1832 $ 120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '33 40.00 $ 160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Hile Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 155

4137
Nathan Whiting
admitted
26 mo
$80
George Gould Wag. Nyack

BRIEF in the case of Nathan Whiting — of Grafton — in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Mayors Court. Troy.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy seven years —  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Enlisted
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 — 8 private Gen. Capt Ethan Clark   1776 Jan. 1 " Col James M'Clure   ----- 6 W. Col D. afterwards Capt. L. Washburn   Capt Wm Latham, Col. Ledyard.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? _____  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sturminster  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Geo R Dany. & Rufus Gallup certify to traditional evidence. & Benjamin Hall a living witness  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.
D. Hark Examining Clerk.

June 15, 1934
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Nathan Whiting-W.22595
Mrs. Byron H. Maxon Petersburg New York
Dear Madam:
Nathan Whiting was born March 3, 1755, in Stonington, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Stonington, Connecticut, Nathan Whiting enlisted June 1, 1775, served in Captain Ethan Clarke's Company, Colonel James M. Varnum's Rhode Island Regiment, marched to Prospect Hill, near Boston, and continued to serve until about January 1, 1776, when he re-enlisted for one year in Captain Thomas Cole's Company, Colonel James M. Varnum's Rhode Island Regiment, and was at the evacuation of Boston; his company left Prospect Hill on April 2, 1776, and marched to New London, Connecticut; at this place, he volunteered and went on board the frigate "Alfred", Commodore Hopkins; after serving three or four weeks, he was taken sick, was put ashore and placed in a hospital where he remained until the term of his enlistment had expired; after his recovery, date not shown, he enlisted, and served six months as a garrison guard in Captain William Latham's Company of Connecticut Troops, stationed at Fort Griswold which was commanded by Colonel Ledyard.
Identified all officers.
In 1794 or 1797, he left Stonington, Connecticut, and moved to Grafton, Rensselaer County, New York, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832.
He died September 14, 1849, in Grafton, New York.
The soldier married in February, 1792, Sarah Lewis. They were married at the home of her father, James Lewis, in Groton, Connecticut.
Soldier's widow, Sarah, was allowed pension on her application executed January 21, 1850, at which time she was aged eighty years, and "upwards" and resided in Grafton, New York.
Identified not an ASB

The names of the following children of Nathan and Sarah Whiting are shown in the papers in the pension claim.
Sally Ann Whiting born in 1792. living in Grafton, New York, in 1850. Nancy M. Whiting " " 1794. Polly M. Whiting " " 1797. Phebe S. Whiting " " 1800. Lydia T. Whiting " " 1802. Amos L. Whiting " " 1807. Palmer L. Whiting " " 1809.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

1934-June 15, List to Mrs Byron H. Mason. Leiles in case Matthew Mayou, A 21741- Ecl
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22595
Sarah Whiting
Widow of
Nathan Whiting
Rev New-Eng
Act: Feb 29. 48
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 233
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Piqua Bridge Ct Feby 14 th 1820 Mr J. J. Shengerland
Sir
I have carefully examined the Records of the Town, and enquired also the Church Records and can find nothing for which you write.
Yours Respectfully
Sanford Morgan Town Clerk of Groton
Mr J. J. Shingerland Barnsville Schokarie Co N.Y.

Sarah Whiting widow of Nathan, N.Y.
Act 2 Feb 1848
Many Roll
Married 1792 Has died 14 Sept 1849 Adm d 2 yrs private $80 per annum, Comig 14 Sept 1849,
Hon W. Walden N.Y.R

June 15, 1934 Nathan Whiting 12-25-95
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Mrs. Byron H. Maxon Petersburg New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Allen, of Barrington, Rhode Island, later of Rehobeth, Massachusetts; Matthew Maxon, of Rhode Island; and Nathan Whiting, wife Sarah; all soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States on account of the services of a Joseph Allen, as described by you.
The records of Matthew Maxon and Nathan Whiting have been found and are furnished herewith, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in the respective claims for pension, W.21741 and W.22545, based upon the military services in that war of those soldiers.
It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of soldiers of that war, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.