Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,212, John Withrell, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Withrell, John or Witherell.
S. 30212
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Massachusetts 27. 223
John Withers of Milford in the State of Mass who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass a line for 2 years
Int.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of March 1834 and sent Officer Hawes Esq Barnstable Mass
Arrears to the 14th of March 1832, $360.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept., 60.00 420.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. H. Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 20 Page 94
81 Barnstable

To see papers of John Withers - 3 act 1832 Nathan Harding 3 Mass. F. C. Hassen

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 28 th 1833.
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 John Wethrell , as a Serjeant, is found on a Muster Roll of Capt. Joseph Smith's Company, where he is allowed from Feb y 12 th to the last of Feb y 1776, £ 1-6-8.
John Witheral's name, as a Serjeant, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Joseph Smith's Company, where he is allowed from the last day of May to the last day of August, 1776, three months.
For No.
John Witherell claims for further services under Capt. Joseph Smith, in 1776, the rolls of which are not found in this Office, except the above mentioned, and one, from the last day of August, to the 22 d of Novem r 1776; the name of John Wethrell or Witheral is not borne thereon.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

John Witherell Wellfleet 29 5 9 5 8
Sixty 2 years April
Homer Davis Barnstable Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Barnstable ss.
On this first
day of November
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Nymphas  the  honors  judge  of the  court  of  the  county  of  Barnstable now sitting at Wellfleet in and for said County, John Witham a resident of Wellfleet in said County, aged eighty nine 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 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Wellfleet
on the twenty fifth day of October A. D. 1753, and that there is no record of his birth tho' he knows of except in his father's family : that he was in the United States service from the fifteenth day of July A. D. 1775, to the fifteenth day of November A. D. 1776 as an ordinary sergeant in the Massachusetts  State  service
: that he was residing at Wellfleet when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and enlisted about the middle of July 1775 but does not recollect for what term of time  that he enlisted for  but served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Joseph Smith of Wellfleet  Setts  Smith of Eastham  first Lieut. Husbands  having  a  first  and  the  he was stationed at  Wellfleet  to guard the coast , being a period of about sixteen months: that he marched from  Wellfleet  to  Truro was stationed at Wellfleet till some time in February 1776 and then went to Truro where he was stationed the residue of the time to wit till about the 15 th of Nov r 1776: that he served with none
of the regular troops; and none
regular officers
were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received a discharge
but not in writing : that he left the service on the fifteenth day of November  Nov 1776 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Wellfleet
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the about the first day of May A. D. 1778, to the about the first day of April A. D. 1779
as an ordinary sergeant in the Massachusetts  State  service that he was residing at Wellfleet when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and enlisted at Wellfleet though he does not recollect for what term of time, but served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Joseph Smith  of Wellfleet  knows that he was stationed at  Wellfleet to guard the coast : that at one time during this period  he  marched from  Wellfleet  to  Truro  where he remained two or three days and then returned to Wellfleet
: that he served with none
of the regular troops; and
none of the regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle,
that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left
the service on or about the first day of April 1779 - He knows of no person now alive by whom he can prove this service, which was for a period of about sixteen months but is not able to state with certainty the time of the commencement or termination of the service
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the about the first day of August A. D. 1780, to the and ending in the day of Spring or summer A. D. 1781
as a first Lieut. in the Massachusetts  State  service
that he was residing at Wellfleet when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and enlisted at Wellfleet but does not recollect for what term of time, and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Lieut. Colonel  Capt.
: that he marched from that he was stationed at  Wellfleet at Wellfleet during the whole term
: that he served with none
of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him; that he was in no battle but was marched to the sea shore several times to protect vessels that were drawn on shore by the enemy that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on in the Spring or summer A. D. 1781 - He knows of no person now alive by whom he can prove this service. - He has no documentary evidence.

Rev d Hoseah Newcomb & Benjamin R. Witherell Esquire are my neighbours and can testify to my character and reputation of services as a soldier in the Revolution.
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.
John Witherell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Abner Davis, Regr.
We Hoseah Newcomb, a clergyman residing in the Town of Wellfleet and Whitfield Witherell residing in S t Wellfleet hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Witherell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Abner Davis, Regr.
Hoseah Newcomb Benjamin R. Witherell
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Hoseah Newcomb who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Wellfleet; and that Benj m R. Witherell Esquire who has also signed the same is a resident in said Wellfleet and a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nymphaus Mansfield Judge
I Abner Davis Register 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 John Witherell for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Abner Davis, Regr.

We Gideon Atwood aged seventy five years and Nathan Harding aged eighty years both of Wellfleet in the county of Barnstable a state of Massachusetts do testify and say that John Withersett of Wellfleet was a soldier of the revolution from about the first of March A.D. 1776 to about the last of October or first of November A.D. 1776 in the company commanded by Joseph Smith of Wellfleet and stationed at Lynn during said time to guard the sea coast, as in name soldiers with him the same time - David Whittlesey during said time was the orderly sergeant of said company.
Nathan Harding
Gideon Atwood
Barnstable
Probate Court at Wellfleet in said county November 1st A.D. 1832
Personally appeared Gideon Atwood & Nathan Harding abovenamed in open court and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by them subscribed respectively in court. And I certify that the said Gideon & Nathan are, in the opinion of the court, credible witnesses. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the court the day & year aforesaid.
Almon Davis
Register

30 212 INVALID.
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No. 30,212  Am
John Withers Serg Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 55
[Arrangement of 1870.]