Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18402, Samuel Whitman, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
born,
Whitman, Samuel Abigail
N. 18402
CONTENTS

Connecticut
Abigail Whitman
widow of Samuel Whitman who was a Private Conn. in the Connecticut line for 7 months & 14 days.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars & 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of June, 1843 and sent to
Benj n Colton Hartford, Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book e 4 Vol. 1. Page 80.

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Hanford Aug 9. 1888 Subscribed &
Seems to be the above account the day of year after
Th. S. Williamson a Judge of Sup. Court

State of Connecticut Office of the Secretary of said State Aug 11 th 1838
I hereby certify that that Thomas B Williams is a Judge of the Superior Court and Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Errors in this State as appears of record in this Office, and I further certify that Daniel Ellsworth was a Justice of the peace in the year 1784 as appears on record in this Office In testimony of which I have hereunto affixed the Seal of this State and signed the same at the State above
Royal A. Hillman Secretary of State

I Charles Seymour of the Town and county of Hartford and State of Conn te aged Sixty One years do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Whitman Now dec d and that he resided in this Town up to the time of his death which as near as I can recollect was about the the year 1810. I am also well acquainted with his widow Abigail Whitman who has resided in this Town for more than fifty years last past and that she still remains the widow of the said Samuel dec d .
I am also well acquainted with her Son Samuel who resides in the family of the s d Abigail and that he is at the age of fifty two years or more From his earliest  that according to his recollection the s d Samuel & Abigail lived together as man & wife until the decease of the s d Samuel
Further the deponent saith not
Charles Seymour
Harford County, Hartford August 7. 1838
Personally appeared Charles Seymour the above deponent a Respectable & credible witness, was sworn to and made solemn oaths to the truth of the depositions by him, subscribed as above in my presence.
John H. Williams The Supt Coroner
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Comptroller Office
Hartford Conn t
Aug t 7 th 1838
I certify that the following is the heading of a pay-roll in this office on which the name of Samuel Whitman is found — Noadiah Hooker Capt 5
A Pay-Roll of the 11 th Comp y of the 2 nd
Reg t raised p r Order of the General assembly of the the Colony of Conn t May A.D. 1775
Samuel Whitman when enlisted May 4 th when discharged Dec r 18 th Time in service 7 Months & 14 days
Wages due 14 : 18 : 8
Henry Wilbourn Compt r

Samuel Whitman of the Town City & County of Hartford aged fifty two years & upwards deponeth & saith
That his father Samuel Whitman formerly of said Town died in the month of February A.D. 1810
That even since the deponent can recollect his father the said Samuel lived with deponent's mother Mrs. Abigail Whitman, till his death - and that they had as deponent has been informed & believes twelve children of which this deponent was the second
That the said Samuel during his life kept a Register, or record in which was entered the time of his birth & that of his wife & of their mar- riage & the birth and death of their children
One of these entries is his marriage with Abigail Abbott 21 st of March 1784. The birth of his first son Samuel April 16 th 1785 & his death 27 th of April 1785 - and also entries as to the birth & of his other children the last of which is Lucia - born September 29 th 1807.
That deponent does not recollect seeing his father make any of these entries in said Register But he saw the same after he was old enough to observe, & saw that additions were made to it from time to time as the birth or death of a child occurred - & these additions entries during the life of his father were as believed from an intimate knowledge of his hand writing, in the proper hand writing of the said Samuel also of which the deponent does not doubt & further he saith not Samuel Whitman
City & County of Hartford Aug 8. 1838 Personally appeared Samuel Whit- man & subscribed his name to the above in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the facts contained in the said

deposition by him subscribed in my presence. & I also certify that I am well acquainted with the said deponent & that he is a respectable & credible witness.
J. H. S. Williams a Judge of The Supr Court

Hon J L Edwards
Comm ee of pensions

West Hartford Conn t
Aug t 11 1838
Sir
Herewith you have the proof in support of the claim of Abigail Whitman the widow of Samuel Whitman the late which you will have the goodness to dispose of as early as convenient
Respectfully
Y r ob t Serv t
Ben n Bolton
Hon ble J. L. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions

1045 Abigail Whitman
Abigail Whitman
abt '43
$24:88 per annum
Send certificates to Benj. Bolton Hartford Conn

State of Connecticut } Hartford County. } ss
Hartford May 3 rd 1843
On This third day of May in the year 1843 personally appeared before Elisha Olmsted a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Abigail Whitman a resident of the Town of Hartford in the County and State aforesaid Aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Samuel Whitman who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and that she was pensioned under the Act of the 7 th of July 1838 at the rate of 24\frac{88}{100} Dol s per annum —
She further declares that she is still a widow and remained so ever since the death of her husband —
Abigail Whitman
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year first above written and I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and is the widow of Samuel Whitman late of the aforesaid Town etc re and that she was a pensioner under the Act of the 7 th of July 1838 and is a respectable and credible person
Elisha Olmsted Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, ss.
Office of Secretary of State.
I do hereby certify that Elisha Alms, Esq., is and since the 20 th of June last past has been a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned as appears of record in this office - and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said State this 9 th day of May A.D. 1843.
N. P. Phelps, Secretary of State

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18402
Abigail Whitman widow of Samuel Whitman Priv, Rev. War
Act: March 8, 1843
Index:—Vol. IV , Page 332
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Abigail Whitman widow of Samuel Whitman dec d .
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 10 th February 1870 of Hartford in the State of Ct who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hooker of the Reg t commanded by Col  in the Ct line for 7 months & 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Ct at the rate of 24 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Aug t . 1838, and Serial No.  Colton West Hartford Ct.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1838 $49.76 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept r 12.44
$62.20
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by A.C. Addison Clerk Book 4. Vol. 1 st Page 217

Hartford Connecticut
May 9 th 1843
Sir
I send you herewith enclosed, the claims of Rachel Wilcox, Prudence Loundsbury, Abigail Hurlburt, Abigail Whitman, and Ruth Elmore, for a pension under the Act of March 3 rd 1843 and shall expect they will be disposed of as early as convenient —
I am very respectfully
Your Ob t humble Servt. —
Benj m Colton
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.