Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,148, Jeduthan Wyman, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
Wyman, Jeduthan Dorcas
V 26, 148
CONTENTS

Berm Oth - 2828
Corcas Weyman, widow of Isaac Weyman who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Mar. '18 and who died on the 23 rd Sept. 1827 of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a Pvt. arty in the Comp y commanded by Captain [blank] of the Reg t commanded by [blank] - in the [blank] line for 12 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Ballow's files at the rate of 5 0 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of May '39, and signed Walter Palmer, Woodstock, Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. - $ 15 0. 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 25 00 $ 17 5. 00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Cummings Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 - Page 61-
Letter to H. Palmer 24. Sep 1739.
Dear,

Deed. See letter to R. Temple, 31 March 1829.
18. 103
Vermont
Jeduthan Wyman
of Reading in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Knox — of the Massachusetts, line, for the term of 1 year 1776.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of January 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of April 1821 and sent to Uriel C Hatch Esq r Cavendish, Vermont
Arrears to 4th of March 1821. 26 mos 4 / 31 $ 209. 3 Semi anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1821. 48
$ 257.3
26 8 208 1.3 209.3
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Acts 18th March, 1818. } First May 1820

Extract from the Town records of Templeton. In the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty these following were married September twenty five Jed- ethan Wyman and Dorcas Pike both of Templeton by me Ebon r Sparkhawk Minister of the Gospel I Rufus Wyman certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "In the year 1780 Sept r 21" Rufus Wyman
I Rufus Wyman above named do hereby say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Tem- pleton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Templeton with the exception above named as certified by me
Rufus Wyman Clerk of the Town of Templeton
Sworn before me October 3 d 1838
Ephraim Stone Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, fs.
I, Joseph L. Kendall, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester, do certify, that Ephraim Stone, Esquire, is a Justice of the peace, in and for said County; and that his signature to the within certificate, is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the seal of said Court, at Worcester, this fourth day of October , in the year 1838.
J. L. Kendall

Jeduthan Wyman of Reading, private Col Knox's regt.
1776 for one year.
Wanted The precise time of entering and of leaving the service
Required the evidence of two credible and disin- terested witnesses, for of an officer of the regiment duly taken and authenticated.
25 May 1819

State of Vermont } Windsor County } ss
On this first day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and nineteen before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor personally appears Seduthan Wyman of Reading in the County of Windsor aged sixty six years who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"
That he the said Seduthan Wyman in the fore part of April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six at Leominster or near that place in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enlisted for the into the service of the United States for the term of one year and served the whole of said term in the Company of Artillery commanded by Capt Perkins, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Knox or  in  the  Massachusetts in the Massachusetts line and at the expiration of the said one year he received a regular discharge at Redford in the State of New York and left the army and has since lost his discharge and has no other evidence now in his possession of his said services - and he further maketh oath that he is in reduced and indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of

his country for support -
his Jeduthan & Wyman mark
Sworn to and declared before me this first day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and nineteen Uriel C. Hatch Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor _____
I Uriel C. Hatch Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor as aforesaid do certify that it appear to my satisfaction that the said Jeduthan Wyman did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and also that from pleenary proof to me adduced it is made to appear to me that the said Jeduthan Wyman is in the most indigent and reduced circumstances and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secre- tary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court of

Probate at Cavendish in the District of Windsor and State of Vermont this first day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and nineteen
Uriel C. Hatch Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor —

D. Wyman 3306
Wyman
act 7. July 38
m 80 a 27
admnd
12 mo. pri. act. 4
50 $
no deduction
Walter Palmer Woodstock Vt

State of Vermont } On this 5 th day of Windsor County } September 1838
Personally appeared before the Judge of the Probate Court of Hartford District now sitting Dorcas Wyman a resident of Woodstock in the County of Windsor aforesaid aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law, do hereby make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838: entitled - an act, granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows
That she is the widow of Jeduthan Wyman who was a Revolutionary pensioner under the act of March 18 th 1818 who then resided in Cavendish in the State of Vermont & resided there until his death. And the evidence of the Military Services of the said Jeduthan Wyman being now in the Pension Office on which she relies for the support of her claim for a pension
She further declares that she was married to the said Jeduthan Wyman on the 21 st day of September A D 1780 that she was not married to him at the time prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated
That her husband the aforesaid Jeduthan Wyman died on the 23 day of September 1827
Witnes W. Palmer : Dorcas her W. Wyman
Sworn to and subscribed over the day and year first above written.
John S. Marcy Judge
I Del Billings Register of the Court of Probate of the District of Hartford do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Dorcas Wyman for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 5 th day of September 1838 Del Billings Register

Jeduthan Hyman

State of Vermont } At a Supreme Court of Judicature begun & held at Windsor County } at Woodstock within & for the County of Windsor on the thirtieth day of December A.D. 1820.
on the second day of January A.D. 1821, being the fourth day of the Term, personally appeared in open court, the same being a Court of Record agreeably to the laws of this State, having the power of fine and imprisonment &c. Seduthaw Wyman aged sixty eight years resident in Reading in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, cloth on his oath declared, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows. viz. he enlisted at Lancaster in the State of Massachusetts or in the vicinity of that place in the month of April 1776 - for the term of one year, that at the time of his enlistment, he engaged to serve in the company commanded by Capt. Ephraim Fowle in Col. Hitchcock's Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry - that soon after his enlistment he was marched with Ephraim Pike and William Deputrow and a number of other recruits to Boston, and after remaining there a short time, he was marched, in said Capt. Fowle's Company, then under command of Lieutenant Josiah Sawyer to New York - from New York he was immediately transported to Long Island and immediately after his arrival on Long Island orders were issued for taking a certain number from each company and transferring them into the Artillery Corps, then under command of Genl. Knox. - that he the said Seduthaw Wyman was one who was transferred as aforesaid, and that he did serve out the remainder of his term for which he enlisted, in the Company of Artillery commanded by Capt. Perkins in Col. Crane's Regiment, and was honorably discharged at Bedford in the State of New York.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself, within the provision of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

1 old axe 1.00. 1 old hoe 12. 1 old sickle 12. 1 old scythe 50. $1.74 1 pot 67. 1 old tea kettle 50. 2 knives & forks 12. 2 tea cups 4. 1.33 5 small plates 6. 1 old pine table 50. 1 wheel 50. 1 old chest drawers 2.00. 3.06 1 shawl 50. 1 fro 25. 2 old chairs 25. 1 cradle 1.00. 2.00
$8.13
And the said Wymann is owing the following debts. viz - to Uriel C. Hatch 10.00. Sherman Hatch 2.00. $12.00 James Smith Esqr. 3.00. Elkin Davis 4.00. 7.00 Benjamin Swan Esqr. 2.50. J. B. Procter 1.25. 3.75 J. B. Hawkins 1.33. William Spaulding 8.00. 9.33 $32.08 besides a number of small debts not recollectable
And the said Wymann has the following family dependent on him for support. viz his Wife Dorcas aged sixty one, who has been in a deranged state of mind, and for a long time supported by the Town of Reading, and she is able to do little or no labor, and the said Wymann is a laborer, and the little support he obtains is by his daily labor and the charity of his friends -
Seal then and his Wymann mark
Sworn to and declared on the 2 d day of January A.D. 1821 in open Court. Before Dudley Chase Chief Judge Sup. Court Nathan Benjamin Ruler Clerk
State of Vermont } Benjamin Swan Clerk of the Supreme Court Windsor County } for the County of Windsor, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Eight Dollars and Thirteen Cents.
In SED SETH 6 N.Y. whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty one
Benj. Swan Clerk Sup (court)

Jeduthan Wyman ✓
Miriel C. Hatch
Agts.
C. C. C. Concord, Vermont.
Recd. 22 Jan. 1821.
by J. Washburn
Trustee of War
C. C. C.
Wyman, Jeduthan Cont. (Mass.) W26148

Cavendish Vt Jan y 12 1820
Sir
Enclosed are the claims of Isaac Green and Jonathan Wyman for pensions - I have to request that the pension certificates may be enclosed to me - Mr Green has lately been removed from the State of New York and is now supported by this Town - he wishes to be placed upon the list of the Vermont agency
Respectfully your O bt Servant
Will C. Hatch

Reg WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26,148
Dorcas Wyman Wid of Jeduthan Wyman Brn New War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. W 1 , Page 364
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct 9 '99 Mrs S O Miner Brattleford Vt see Ind. 5992

13 Restore -
Penfui to commence  to
August 1821

State of Vermont } Jeduthan Wynn of Reading in the Windsor County } County of Windsor and State of Vermont in addition to his former declaration made for the purpose of obtaining a pension from the United States under the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" maketh oath that he enlisted at Lancaster in the State of Massachusetts in the month of April 1776 for one year, that at the time of his enlistment he engaged to serve in the company commanded by Capt Ephraim Bower in Col s Hitchcock, Massa- chusetts regiment of infantry - that soon after my enlistment I was marched with Ephraim Pike and William D. Putering to and a number of other recruits to Boston and after a short stay there I marched in the said Capt Bower's company then under command of Lieut. Josiah Sawyer to New York - from New York I immediately was transported to Long island and immediately after my arrival on Long island - orders were issued for taking a certain number from each company and transferring them into the artillery then under command of General Knox - that the said Jeduthan was one who was transferred as aforesaid

and that he did serve out the remainder of the term for which he had enlisted in the company of Artillery commanded by Capt Perkins, in Col Brans regiment — and the said Wyman further testifies that that he verily believes that the said Pike and Patering whose affidavits he procured and forwarded to the War Department were made by them under the impression that when he was transferred from the corps to which they belonged into the Artillery his name was still continued on the rolls of the Infantry and that he was considered as belonging to the corps in which he first enlisted
Jonathan his + Wyman mark
State of Vermont } At Cavendish in said County on this Windsor County } fifteenth day of November A.D. 1820
personally appeared before me Hiram B. Hattel Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, Jonathan Wyman who subscribed the foregoing declaration
in my presence and made solemn oath that the same contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth —
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court the day and year last aforesaid

William D. Patrons
Affidavit
William D. Patrons, Affidavit

I William Deputron of Lawful age do testify and say that on or about the first of April 1776 Jeduthan Wyman enlisted into the service of the United States in the Continental establishment in Captain Ephraim Bowers Company and Colonel Daniel Hitchcock's regiment said Wyman enlisted for the term of one year and served his full term and was discharged at a place called Bedford in the State of New York in the year 1777- & the deponent served the same term in the same Company & Regiment
William Deputron
State of Massachusetts Worcester ss. March 25. 1820
Personally appeared William Deputron who is a credible witness and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me Jacob Fisher Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that Jeduthan Wyman is a citizen of the United States formerly President in the Town of Lancaster in the County of Worcester now, and twenty years last past resident in the Town of Reading State of Vermont
Jacob Fisher Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester, certify, that Jacob Fisher Esquire before whom the annexed Affidavit has been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this twenty fifth day of March
A. D. 1820.
Application of Jeduthan Wyman
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

Ephraim Pike's Affidavit

I Ephraim Pike of Marlboro' in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, do depose and say, that Jeruthun Wyman, now of Reading in this State, served with me in Capt. Ephraim Bowen's Company in Colonel Hitchcock's Regiment of the Massachusetts line in the Revolutionary War, that we joined the company together in the Spring of the Year 1776, and that I perfectly recollect that said Wyman served in said Company for more than nine months at one time, as I understood that he was enlisted, as I was myself, for one year, and served his time out - and I further say that I have no interest in said Wyman's application for a Pension. Ephr m Pike
State of Vermont - Windham County ss. Brattleboro' February 21 st 1820. Personally appears the above named Ephraim Pike and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth -
Before me, James Elliot, Justice Peace.
I certify that said Ephraim Pike is a credible witness - Jas. Elliot, Just. Peace.
State of Vermont -
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, Brattleboro' February 21 st 1820.
I certify that James Elliot is one of the Justices of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned under the authority of this State, and that the above is his signature -
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court.
James Elliot, Clerk

Adm s
Referred to M c E who will be pleased to compare the under- -scored lines in red ink in the original declar- -ation & that of the declaration united with the schedule - also, Claimant's affidavit accounting for the differ- -ent statements —

State of Vermont } On this 7th day of March Windsor County } 1838 personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace authorized and for the County of Windsor John W Standish a resident of Woodstock in the County of Windsor aforesaid aged 53 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was acquainted with Jonathan Wymen deceased and with and am acquainted with Doreas Wymen the widow of the said Jonathan and that he has no doubt that the time as stated in the predica- ture of the said Doreas of the death of the said Jonathan is correct, for he arrested in obtaining testimony to prove the death of the said Jonathan in order to obtain the arrear of pension for the widow soon after the death of the said Jonathan That the said Doreas Wymen is now a widow and has remained a widow since the death of the said Jonathan Wymen that the said Doreas was living with him and the town of Woodstock pay him for supporting the said Doreas that at the time the said Jonathan died he the said Jonathan resided in Connecticut a distance of fourteen miles from said Woodstock John W Standish
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above mentioned and I hereby certify that the said John W Standish is a credible Witness — Walter Palmer Justice of Peace

State of Vermont } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County } Windsor County Court hereby Certify That Waller Salomon who has subscribed his name to the within is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windsor aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that the same is his genuine signature
Witness my hand and seal This 8th day of November 1838
Benj. Swan Clerk

Suspension removed 17 Augt. 1824 - See letters to Pensioner & Agent 17 Augt. 1824 —

Woodstock Vt Nov 17 th 1838
Sir
Enclosed with this are the Declarations of Dorcas Wymen widow of Jonathan Wymen and Betheah Wood widow of Joseph Wood. Who claim pensions on account of the Military Services of their husbands &c.
When an examination is had I wish the returns directed to me —
Respectfully yours
Walter Palmer
Hon J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions