Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20416, for Noah Jewett, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Jewett, Noah
S. 20416
CONTENTS
Carded

11.244 Maine
Noah Jewett
of York Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Robinson of the Reg't commanded by Col. Baldwin in the New Hampshire Militia Troops.
10 Mo 28 ds. at $36.40
Inscribed on the Roll of - Maine at the rate of 36 Dollars 40 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of April 1833 and sent to John Jamison, Comishville, Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 72.80 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 18.20
$91.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John S. Sprague Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 24
April 12 th 1834 dup certif ipd sent Hon R McIntire A.R. Same day.

Pin ord 7/11 E—
ADM
10 mrs. 28 00
$35.40
Lohn Garrison sq Conishville Maine

Amendments & explanations of the declaration of Noah Jewett of Gorham, County of York and State of Maine.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace within & for said County of York. The said Noah Jewett, who is the identical Noah Jewett who made the declaration hereto sent, who being duly sworn, deposes & saith, that he distinctly recollects the former period of service as set forth in his 1 st original declaration accompanying this. For thirteen 13. days first mentioned (designated as two weeks) I served as a private in the company of Morse Wiggins and one French Lieutenant - I have no recollection that there were any Regimental officers - There was a Subaltern and under whom we acted in building the fort.
2 nd For the second period of service designated in my declaration as one month & a half - For that full term of time I served as a private in the company of Capt. Jonathan Robinson & Lieut. Wiggins. I do not recollect the officers of my regiment and I can make no better proof of said service than I have already enclosed.
3 rd For the third period of service mentioned in my original declaration. I served three full months, commencing the first day of September 1776 & ending the first day of Dec. 1776 as a private in the company of Capt. Read and in the Regt. of Col. Baldwin of Amherst N.H. I can recollect no other officers.
4 th For the fourth period mentioned - For three full months I served as a fourth Corporal, from September 1 st 1777 to the first day of December inclusive, in the company of Capt. Nicholas Rollins. One Moore was ensign - and in the Regt. of Col. Evans. Lieut. Col. Jewett, & Maj. Wiggins -

5th
I can state of prove nothing further in relation to the fifth term of Service named. Set forth in my original declaration.
6th.
The Sixth term - For three full months, commencing the first day of September 1780 & ending Dec 1 st 1780 I served as Clerk of the Company of Captain Daniel Jewett Lieut Gardner & Ensign Truesdell in the Regiment of Col. Drake as set forth in my original declaration.
XIII. I have no documentary evidence - I know of no living witness of any of my services in this State - There may be some in New Hampshire to prove the 3 Three months terms - As my service was regular service I cannot but think my name is on the rolls - & such proof unnecessary.
1 I was born in Heolles, County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire in the Year 1758. 2 I have a record of my age in my family bible. 3 I was living in Shelburne N.H. at the time when called into service the first & 2 d times - at Heolles at the time - and at Shelburne at the time - and at Shelburne at the time - Since the Revolution as far as I know I have lived in Durham N.H. and Cornish Maine. I now live in Cornish as aforesaid. 5th I can state the names of no more officers who were with the troops when I served nor any additional circumstances of my service - all these are fully embraced in my original declaration.

6 th I never had a written discharge from the service -
7. Rev. Timothy Remick, Isaac Thompson, Eben. Barron, Theophilus Smith, Samuel Boynton, Royal Lincoln, Bennet Pike, Linion Pease, John Clark, Elisha Porter, Henry Cole, John Oliver, Daniel Cote. Joseph Chadbourne, John Warren, William Johnson. Noah Jewett
Subscribed & sworn to this seventeenth day of January A.D. 1833 Before me
John Samson, Justice of the Peace, within & for the County of York & State of Maine -
State of Maine.
York ss.
I William Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for said county, hereby certify that John Samson is a Justice of the peace for said county, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this thirteenth day of February A.D. 1833.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.

Noah Sedgwick No. 620.
Application for a pension

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed the 7th of June 1832.
State of Maine County of York } ss.
On this 20th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Probate held at Litchfield of the within & for said County of York Noah Jewett, a resident of Gorham in the County of York and State of Maine aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, on his oath, doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he was listed at the times herein after mentioned, and served in the army of the United States, the terms of time herein after specified and in the New Hampshire line and under the officers herein after to be named.
1 st Early in the fall of 1775 the British fleet was laying off Portsmouth and a call was made upon the men of the neighbouring towns to proceed to Portsmouth. That he obeyed that call and went and worked upon the fort that was then being erected on Governor's Island (so called) two weeks. There were no officers there at that time. There was a superintendent whose name he does not now recollect. He carried his arms and was ready to serve in any way the emergency required.
2 nd The same fall, a few days after his return from said Portsmouth N. Hampshire to Steubaw in the County of Rockingham & State of N. Hampshire, the town in which he resided when the call above named was made, he enlisted into the company of Captain Robinson & Lieut. Wiggins & immediately proceeded from said Steubaw to said Portsmouth and remained there in the service of the United States one month & a half. He recollects no officers except those of his company. He worked upon a fort on the eastern side of the Piscataqua River, which was then being erected to secure the town against the Enemy.
3 rd In September 1776. He again enlisted (in the company of Captain Read containing ) in Hollis in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire for the term of three months and proceeded immediately to "White Plains" so called and remained there with the army of the United States till the first day of December 1776 and was there at the time of the battle with the British troops. Gen. Washington was there in command. Gen. Sullivan was also there and usually drilled the 600 men entrusted in the draft for this particular service. He thinks there were two Regiments from New Hampshire -- the western regt. was commanded by Col. Baldwin and the other by Col. Fash. who belonged to New Market N. Hampshire.
4 th . On the first day of September 1777 he again enlisted, being then a resident of said Steubaw, in the company

of Captain Rollins & Ensign Moore for the term of three months and proceeded to "Still Water" New York and remained there till the British retreated to Saratoga and was at the last named place when Gen. Burgoyne surrendered to the American troops. & Immediately after said surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, Col. Evans Evan's Regiment to which he belonged proceeded down the river to Albany, thence Esopus, a small village that was burnt by the British and thence to a place within a few miles of "West Point" where he remained till the first day of December 1777. The other officers of his Regt. beside Col. Evans, were Col. Seavitt & Maj. Wiggins. The two officers last named he was particularly acquainted with.
5 th In the year 1778 as near as he can recollect, Gen. Sullivan then commanding at Providence Rhode Island, sent an express to the Towns in the vicinity of Stratford in the State of N. H. the late place of residence of the said General Sullivan for as many men as could be furnished with horses to go expeditionally to Rhode Island - that he, then a resident of Stratford aforesaid - obtained a horse, which he rode as far as Boston and then walked to R. I. and was in the army of the United States one month & a half including the time of going & returning. He was under the command of Maj. Sherburne of Portsmouth N. H. The troops were not organized into companies & he had no company officers. Gen. Sullivan & Maj. Sherburne were all the officers of any rank he knew. While at R. I. the British troops lay in a fort five miles distant from him. There were small skirmishes almost every day, & our troops laid on their arms every night. While he was there the French fleet went out & met the British fleet with which there was a partial engagement. The French retired to Boston & the British being reinforced our troops retreated and were hotly pursued by the British. He cannot tell whether the foregoing services or the service was considered regular service or New Hampshire Militia service. The facts are related as near as he can recollect.
6 th
On the first day of September 1780. Being a resident of Stratford aforesaid he again enlisted in the company of Capt. Jewell and attached to the Regt. of Col. Drake. Proceeded to West Point by the way of Springfield Massachusetts. where he made a rendezvous for a few days & drew rations. He was not embodied in said Regt. till he reached West Point. He was Clerk of said Company. The One. Gordan, was Lieut. & Prassdell, Ensign. Was at West Point when Gen. Washington came on & viewed the troops as well as when Gen. Arnold's traitorous plot was discovered, which was the cause of Washington's visit, and remained there till the first day of December 1780.

after further reflection the said Noah Jewett declares & says he does now recollect the names of his officers in the first term of service set forth in this declaration. His captain was Mark Wiggins & Lieut. French.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the roll of the agency of any State. Noah Jewett Sworn & subscribed this day & year afore said
We Timothy Remick a Clergyman residing in said Cornish and John Dameron a resident of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Noah Jewett who has subscribed and to the above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy four years old that he is reported to have been a soldier of the Revolution and and that we concur in that opinion
Timothy Remick John Dameron
Sworn & subscribed the day & year afore said.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War department that the above named applicant was a Rev- olutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that that Timothy Remick who has signed the the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said Cornish and that John Dameron who has also signed the same is a resident in said Cornish & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I William G. Allen, a register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the said Court of Probate in the matter of the application of Noah Jewett for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twen- tieth day of August, A.D. 1832.
Wm. G. Allen, Register of Probate.

O. W. & N. Div. W 22787 I 20416 L. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
September 28, 1896.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military records of Benjamin Clark and Noah Jewett, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, you are advised as follows:-
The heirs of Benjamin and Betsey Clark made application for pension March 14, 1849, dated at Bethel, Me., and same was allowed for the actual service of their father, Benjamin Clark, as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary War, for a period of six months and six days. He enlisted at Newton, Mass.
Noah Jewett made application for pension August 20, 1832, at which time he was 74 years of age, and residing at Cornish, Me., and his pension was allowed for ten months and twenty-eight days' actual service as a private in the New Hampshire troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Robinson and Col. Baldwin. He enlisted at Stratham, N. H.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr Benjamin C. Lincoln, Warner Ave., Dorchester, Mass.

Revolution
22852
INVALID.
File No. 22,852
Nathaniel Jewett
Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1794
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 219
[Arrangement of 1870.]

E. P. HEALD, PRESIDENT
A. L. LESSEMAN, SECRETARY
COMPLETE COURSES IN CIVIL ELECTRICAL MINING STRUCTURAL MECHANICAL IRRIGATION HYDRAULIC GAS-ENGINE AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING
HEALD'S ENGINEERING SCHOOL
ESTABLISHED 1863 VAN NESS AVENUE AND POST STREET PHONE PROSPECT 1540
OFFICE OF C. E. HEALD, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
PRACTICAL COURSES IN SURVEYING METALLURGY ASSAYING CYANIDING ARCHITECTURE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Feb. 11, 1916.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you be kind enough to send me the record of my great great grandfather Noah Jewett, who I understand to have received a pension for services in the Revolutionary War with New Hampshire troops.
Respectfully,
C. E. Heald 1215 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco
CEH/GC

Production
20 416
INVALID.
File No. 25416
Deak L. 11
Mc Reo War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 212
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sep. 28 '96. Soldier pensioned to Benjamin C. French Dorchester, Mass 1916 July 23 Hist. Soc. to the Herald.
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of York
ss.
On this twentieth day of March 1836, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of York personally appeared Noah Jewett who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Daniel Jewett in the regiment commanded by Colonel Drake of the N. H. militia in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Maine that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the fourth day of March 1836 at or near his dwellinghouse in Berwick, County of York aforesaid, was lost by fire, he therefore requests that another may be granted him.
Noah Jewett
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Stephen Jewett Justice of the Peace
This man certify that I well knew Noah Jewett and know him to be the same person described in the above affidavit
Elmer Barker
sworn to before me Stephen Jewett Justice of the Peace This man certify that the deponent Elmer Barker is a person of veracity
Notes.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one"
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
No attestation will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department, or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.
11214

County of York ss State of Maine
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts of said County of York, certify that Stephen Jewett is a magistrate as is before stated and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my name and affix my official seal this twenty fourth day of March Anno Domini 1834
Jer. Bradbury Clerk

Boston, Sept. 21st, 1896.
Department of The Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sirs:-
Will you please furnish me with the military history (for the purpose of joining Sons of the Revolution) of Noah Jewett of the State of Maine, who was granted a pension April 12th, 1835, pension to commence on March 4th, 1831.
Also of Benjamin Clark who was granted a pension under the same act, dates and facts of same I am not sure of. I think he was born in Exeter and moved to Cornish, Maine. I am sure that his widow spent the last years of her life in Cornish.
Very truly yours,
Benjamin C. Lincoln Warner Ave.,
Dorchester, Mass.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac Jewett a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec 9 1775 13 days Pvt. Mark Muggins N.H.   1775 1 1/2 mo. Jonathan Robinson   Sept 1776 3 mos. Read Baldwin   Sept 1 1777 3 mos. Nicholas Rawlings Evans   1778 1 1/2 mo. Major Schuyler   Sept 1 1780 3 mos. Capt. Daniel Jewett Drake  
Battles engaged in, White Plains, Utica Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stratham, Rockingham Co. N.H. Date of application for pension, Aug. 20 1832. H. C. et al. Residence at date of application, Concord, York Co. Me. Age at date of application, in 1758 at Hollis, Hillsborough Co. N.H. Remarks: There is no data as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.