Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,469, for Nehemiah Stevens, Massachusetts

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1 New York Jeremiah Thorne
of the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Thorne of the 1st Regt. commanded by Col. ★ in the New York Militia for 8 months service
12 a private $12.00 $12.00 Mary Thorne Record corrected J.
Heath at the...
Entered on the Roll of at the rate of $ Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 1th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of 1832 and in the 5th year of her age
Arrears to the 1th of — 25 4 186 Pension, allowance ending — 36 216
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Clerk, Book Vol. Page 16.

Tale of New York
at a Court of Sessions in Saratoga County N.Y. On this day in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before me the undersigned a person known to me to be the person described in and who is known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served therein stated. That he enlisted sometime about the first of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty two as a marine under Captain John Hopkins who commanded the Frigate named the Hancock of Boston, carrying thirty two guns, that some time the last of March in the same month and year he repaired to Boston and was inducted as a marine on board of said Frigate and continued there until sometime in June in the same year when he was detached and assigned to the Hancock and taking in his hands the said Frigate in order and taking in her stores and then sailed on a cruise on board of said Frigate. The officers of the Frigate were Captain John Hopkins, First Lieutenant [blank] , Second Lieutenant [blank] , Prize Master [blank] and other names, third Lieutenant [blank] Boatswain [blank] was the last mentioned his given name, the first mate name he thinks was [blank] does not now recollect the names of the midshipmen the Surgeon or Purser. He does not now recollect lastly where the Frigate was cruising was at one time about Newfoundland. That during the cruise they captured two ships and two prizes but cannot recollect their names of them . That sometime the last of October in the same year they returned into port at Boston and he there received his pay for his services as a marine of said Frigate and then returned home. That he resided in the town of [blank] in the county of Middlesex in the state of Connecticut at the time he enlisted as aforesaid. That from the time he enlisted until the time he was discharged was about eight months.
That sometime in the month of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, he turned out as a volunteer with the militia of Massachusetts to go to Albany in the state of New York for three months, and remained at Albany three months doing duty in the Fort with the militia, and at the expiration of the three

months was discharged and returned home. At the time he volunteered with the militia he resided in Sheffield in the State of Massachusetts - that he was attached to Captain Hickock's company of which Caleb Noble was lieutenant, does not recollect the Brigadier's name nor does he recollect the names of the Field Officers - the Adjutant's name was Tracy - He does not recollect of serving at this time with any Continental Regiment or Company, or the names of any Regular officers. That sometime in the month of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty he volunteered with the militia of Massachusetts for six months to fill up the Continental Troops that he joined the Regiment at Fishkill in the State of New York immediately after he volunteered - that he was attached to a company of light infantry commanded by Capt John Prey of which company - Tracy was lieutenant, does not recollect his given name in Colonel Stephens, Regiment Major Prescott of the same Regiment and - was Adjutant - General Poor had command of the division in which he served - That he resided in the town of Sheffield in the State of Massachusetts at the time he volunteered with the militia. That he marched with the Regiment from Fishkill down the Hudson River and continued along in the neighborhood of the River during the campaign that the Brigade was moving about and did not stop long in any place. They were at Tappan Bay - Bushkill neighborhood, New Paltz, and other places along on the River and back from the River. That he was not engaged in any battle. That he was with his Brigade at Tappan Bay at the time Genl Arnold attempted to give up West Point to the British. He served with Continental Troops but does not recollect the names of the officers except those before mentioned. That on the eighth day of December in the same year arrived with his Brigade at West Point, and remained there until the first of January one thousand eight hundred and eighty one when he was discharged having served his time out being six months, the time for which he volunteered. That sometime in the month of August one thousand eight hundred and eighty one he volunteered again in the militia for three months that he served in Captain Hickock's company and Noble being the lieutenant does not recollect the name of the Brigadier that he served under General Stark, some part of the time Colonel Willet was with them, and most part of the time Colonel McIntire commanded the Regiment, and - Tracy was the Adjutant does not recollect his given name - that he was stationed at Fishkill in the County of Ulster and State of New York - that he remained there until about

et was with them, and most part of the time Colonel M c Kinstler com- manded the Regiment, and — They was the Ad utant does not rec- ect his given name — that he was Stationed at Fish Creek in the County of Saratoga and State of New York — that he remained there until about
the 1 st of November in the same year, and was then discharged that he served in the whole during the Revolutionary War as a Marine and in Militia at the several times above mentioned one year and Eight months.
That he has no documentar y Evidence of any part of his services as above mentioned nor does he know of any person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services as a Marine on board of the Frigate Warren or first herein mentioned.
He hereby relinquishes any claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity at the present, and declare that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Nicholas Stevens
Subscribed and sworn to, Aug. 30, 1832.
G. M. Dorrin, Clerk in Chauncy

State of New York
Putnam County
Williamstown is answer to the interrogatories directed to be in possession by the Court here in which Court before the Vice Chancellor returned. He was born in Killingworth in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut in the year 1812.
He has no recollection of his age and all he knows is that when young he obtained from his parents the time he has been and has kept it in his memory ever since - and is now about seventy one years of age.
He lives in the town of Killingworth in Massachusetts where he has called into service since the war- and soon after the close of the war- then moved from his home to Worcester in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts and has resided there ever since.
When he first entered the service he enlisted as a Marine on board of the Frigate Washington, and served a short time in his service and the other service mentioned, he mentioned in his service of the State of Massachusetts.
He has set forth in his disclaimers all he can recollect of the names of the vessels of which he has been a member of the crew when he was in the service and the general circumstances of his service.

He received a discharge for six months service on 11th April in the year 1785. but that the same is now lost or destroyed he cannot tell what has become of it nor can he produce him in Court. That he never received any other discharge for the service he has done last mentioned -
That James Burnham and Simon Burnham are the only persons in his neighbourhood who know any of the circumstances of his service. That no clergyman resides in the neighbourhood where he lives to whom he is known or with whom he has any acquaintance. Nor can he obtain any clergyman to read the certificate directed by the Secretary of War which is the only reason why some clergyman does not accompany these papers. That the said James Burnham and Simon Burnham are strangers to some part of the service and can testify to some part of the service and their knowledge of his service as a soldier of the Revolution -
Benjamin Stevens
Subscribed and sworn,
Aug. 30, 1832.
G. M. Garrison,
Clerk in Chancery

9502 Nehemiah Stevens
Admitted 8 mo Marine 12 a Private
some proof solicited
25 Feb 1072 18 Dec. 91 24/7/81
Ira H. Paddock Glens Falls - N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Nehemiah Stevens of Warren in the State of (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     March In 1777. enlisted about 8. Marine Gen. Frigate Warren - Col. S. Hopkins   Aug t 1779. Volunteered 3 Private Col. Hickock - Mass s Militia   July 1781. do 6 " Col. John Pacy   Aug t 1781. do 3 " Col. Shepherd   Col. H. Kingsbury  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Willingworth - Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By two living witnesses, who testify to their knowledge of his services in 1781  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are correct in form and authentication, 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordin Examining Clerk.

August 14, 1932
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Nehemiah Stevens S. 11469 BA-J/MCS
Mr. Chester A. Bullard Box 108 A, P.O.D. 43 Saratoga Springs New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the record of Nehemiah Stevens, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished below were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 11469, based upon the military service of Nehemiah Stevens, the only soldier by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He was born in 1761 in Killinworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Killinworth, Connecticut, he enlisted March 1, 1777, and served eight months as marine on the frigate, "Warren of Boston", which was commanded by Captain John Hopkins; said frigate captured two brigs and two schooners. While living in Sheffield, Massachusetts, he enlisted August 18, 1779, and served until November 18, 1779, as private in Captain Nickol's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted July 4, 1780, and served until January 4, 1781, as private in Captain John Pray's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted August 16, 1781, and served until November 16, 1781, as private in Captain Nickol's Massachusetts Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1932, at which time he was a resident of Moreau, Saratoga County, New York, having moved there soon after the close of the Revolution.

The papers in this pension claim contain no data whatsoever relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

State of New York Seneca County ss
On the twentieth day of August 1832. in open court before the Hon. at a Court of Chancery James Thomson, Vice-Chancellor, at Seneca Springs, personally appeared James Buchanan and Francis Buchanan, his sons, friends and neighbors, on their oath, deposed and say that they know the said James Buchanan the applicant for a patent, in the time of the Revolutionary War and that they have known him ever since. That they know the said James Buchanan to be a native of the in the Military of the State of Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War but cannot tell how long he was in the War. That the said James Buchanan was in the War in the year 1781. and the said James Buchanan knows he left home to enter the War in the year 1781. and returned after the War was over. That the said James Buchanan is now seventy two years of age and the said James Buchanan is now sixty eight years of age. That these deponents have known him within a year of his death and know for more than forty years past. and from their acquaintance with him believe he is of the age of seventy years. That the said James Buchanan has been married and his wife is now dead and he has been in the neighborhood some time but is now elsewhere.

John and their Deacon's Council in that opinion, that the character of the Apostolical Christian Church for a long and Society has always been fair.
These Deacons have heard any doubt as to his having been a Deacon or to his character —
That the said James Brannan and Josiah Brown are living in the town of Monroe in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine —
James Brannan Josiah Brown
Subscribed and sworn the 30 th Aug. 1832.
H. M. Dorrion, Clerk in Chancery
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion upon the investigation of the matter and after hearing the interrogatories proposed by the said Deacons, that the above James Brannan and Josiah Brown have been Deacons in the said Church.
And the Court further find that it appears that there is no Clergyman residing in the neighbourhood of the said Church whose testimony he can procure against to the contrary — the said Deacons and that James Brannan and Josiah Brown who have signed the preceding certificates are living in the town of Monroe in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine —

Credible persons and that this document is entitled to credit -
E. Sower, Vice Chancellor of the 4th Circuit New York
I Gideon H. Davidson Clerk of the Court in Chancery of the fourth Circuit of the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Schenck Levan vs a person -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in testimony of my office this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four -
G. H. Davidson, Clerk in Chancery
Yours, A. D. W. unfaded yours

State of New York - Daniel Matthews being sworn in the town Madison County, ss. of New York, do hereby certify that he is That he is sixty nine years of age that he now resides in the Town of Hamilton, County of Madison and State of New York That during the Revolutionary War he was stationed in the Town of Sheffield Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and that he was then and there personally acquainted with Deborah Shaw who then resided in Sheffield a poor and destitute widow. To this deponent who it is said now resides in the Town of Monroe County of Saratoga  and State of New York New York, that in the year 1779 (as this deponent thinks not, he can't speak positively as to the year) this deponent and said Shaw both joined the service of the United States under Captain Hovey of Sheffield (as this deponent thinks) Lieutenant Caleb Waldo they went first to Albany and from there to Saratoga they each served three months when they were both discharged. And this deponent doth further depose and say that in the year 1781 he and the said Shaw again joined the service of the United States together under Captain Shay in Colonel Shepard's Regiment and General Potts Brigade, that they joined the Army at Fishkill New York about the first of July and served six months and were discharged at West Point, the first part of January, and further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed & sworn before
Daniel Matthews
In this 10th day April 1833
James B. Eldredge J. P.
And I do hereby certify that I was acquainted with the said Daniel Matthews who has made the above affidavit and that he is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to credit -
James B. Eldredge J. P.

to matters of the application to the with Steven Sloan 8 in 1853 and all others
State of New York (SS. County of Madison
I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the said County do certify that James B. Eldredge before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature -
Witness my hand & Seal at Office this 15th day of April 1853
A. S. Sloan - Clk
E. Barnard - Dep. Clk

Taunton County p 1
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace of the Town of Moreau in said County and State. Nehemiah Stevens who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the continual loss of memory he cannot give precisely as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following places. For Eight months served as a mariner on board of the United States Frigate Warren commencing the first day of March 1777 and ending the first day of November of same year. I served Three months as a private (volunteer) in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts; this time of service commenced the 18th of August 1778 and ended the 18th of November of same year. The service I served 5 months as a private (volunteer) in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts commencing the 2nd day of July 1780 and ending the 1st day of January 1781. I served Three months as a private in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts commencing the 16th day of August 1781 and ending the 16th day of November of same year. I served in the whole time One year and Eight months. I served Six months as a mariner on board the Frigate Warren and I served at three different times in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts in a regular embodied Corps called Continental Service by competent authority and for such service received a pension. I have also made diligent inquiry and have been unable to procure other testimony or evidence than that of James Matthews who affirmatively confirms these my papers.
Sworn and subscribed to this the 3rd day of June 1833
Nehemiah Stevens
Anson Thompson, Justice of the Peace

State of New York Saratoga County
I, Alpheus Greenough, Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Alpheus Greenough, before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and do believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand and seal of office the 10 th day of June 1883 A Greenough Clerk

Rev. man
INVALID.
File No. 11469
Nehemiah Stevens ★ Mary Poore Warr
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 360
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nehemiah Stevens ★ Mary Poore Warr Records corrected May 1870
1918 Nov. 29: First to Mr Wm W. Buckingham. Letter to in W.F. 15779. David Johnson
1925 Sept 28—Mrs. M.O. Fraprie advised as to place of birth etc. MMS#
1925 Nov 9 hist. to Mrs Mary O. T. a friend Mrs.
1929 Jan. 17. hist. to W.W. Buckingham MCS
1932 Sept. 7. hist. to Mr. Archibald F. Bennett MCS
1933 Aug. 14. hist. to Mr Chester A. Willard MCS

Nehemiah Stevens (1) Subject.
Saratoga Springs, N.Y., R.F.D.#2. Box 1032
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Please send me data about Nehemiah Stevens who enlisted at Sheffield, Mass., Oct. 18, 1779 and was a U.S. Pensioner. Information desired:
Names of parents.
Name of his wife was Hannah born abt. 1763. What was her maiden name?
Names of children and date of births.
Mr. Stevens probably lived at Sheffield, Mass. when he enlisted. He died at Town of Moreau, Saratoga County. P.O. Fort Edward.
Please give me all data available. (See next page.)

Nehemiah Stevens (2) about this soldier and relatives as he was my great-great grandfather.
Respectfully,
Chester A. Bullard.

THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH 47 EAST SOUTH TEMPLE STREET SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Rev 1812
Aug. 24, 1932
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
only
Dear Sir:
We are desirous of securing all available information regarding Nehemiah Stevens, private, listed in "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War," vol. 14, p. 976. The record reads as follows:
Nehemiah Stevens, Sheffield. Private. Capt. Adam Kasson's co., Col. Israel Chapen's (3d) regt.; enlisted Oct. 18, 1779; discharged 21 Nov. 1779; also receipt dated Sheffield, 23 June 1780, for bounty paid said Stevens by Lieut. Michael Holcomb to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 6 months; also, list of men raised for the 6 months service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Capt Totoway, 25 Oct. 1780; also, private Capt. John Pray's Co.,; Col. Joseph Vose's (1st) regt.; muster roll for Jan. 1781, dated West Point; enlisted July 5, 1780; discharged 5 Jan. 1781; enlistment 6 months; also Cap. Jeremiah Hickock's Co., Leut. Col. Sear's regt.; re-entered service 6 Aug. 1781, discharged 8 Nov. 1781; regiment raised in Berkshire Co. to serve for 3 months; roll endorsed "Col. Elisha Porter's Reg't."
We desire especially to learn the names of the children of Nehemiah Stevens. Your assistance will be very much appreciated.
Sincerely,
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
Archibald F. Bennett Archibald F. Bennett, Secretary
ERJ Y
RECEIVED AUG 28 1932

THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PRESIDENT-GENERAL. ERNEST E. ROGERS
PRESIDENT GEORGE S. GODARD VICE-PRESIDENTS ELIJAH C. BIRDSEY MAJ. CHARLES H. SPRAGUE WILLIAM W. BUCKINGHAM TREASURER CHARLES G. STONE BOX 847 HARTFORD SECRETARY ROBERT F. BRADLEY 306 MEIGS BLDG., BRIDGEPORT
REGISTRAR F. CLARENCE BISSELL 1009 WEST BOULEVARD, HARTFORD HISTORIAN FRANK A. CORBIN CHAPLAIN REV. ORVILLE A. PETTY NECROLOGIST LEVERETT BELKNAP TRUSTEE TO NATIONAL SOCIETY COL. LOUIS R. CHENEY
Shuffield. Mass. April 4/78.
DELEGATES
 Tracey B. Warren, at large  William G. Baxter  Dennis A. Blakeslee  Clarence Blakeslee  William H. Burr  F. Joseph Chatterton  Frederick A. Doolittle  Arthur C. Klock  Arthur S. Lane  A. McClellan Mathewson  Frederick T. Murlless, Jr.  John M. Parker, Jr.  Edgar L. Pond  Harry H. Pritchard  Seymour N. Robinson  Frank E. Sands  Charles E. P. Sanford  William A. Schenck  Alfred Spencer, Jr.  John A. Spafford  Martin Welles  Herbert H. White  Clarence Horace Wickham  Arthur E. Woodruff 
OTHER MANAGERS
 William H. Allen  John C. Brinsmade  John N. Brooks  Orlando H. Brothwell  Albert F. Corbin  William H. Corbin  Rev. J. Romeyn Danforth  John P. Elton  Frank B. Gay  Wilson H. Lee  Francis Maxwell  William Maxwell  Edward J. Morgan  George C. Ross  Earnest C. Simpson  Harry R. Williams  Dr. George C. F. Williams 
Secretaries of Local Chapters, ex-officio
 Eli C. Birdsey  George F. Burgess  Frederick A. Doolittle  Henry F. Parker  Charles A. Quintard  Malcolm D. Rudd  Charles G. Stone  Elmer H. Spaulding 
Cousin Bureau. Washington D.C. Dear Sirs -
Can you give me any information regarding the Revolutionary and family history of Nehemiah Strong - of Norwalk, N.Y.? My wife is a direct descendant of him.
Any information will be greatly appreciated.
Yours Very truly, W.W. Buckingham.

MRS. MARY O. FRAPRIE 1682 BEACON STREET BROOKLINE, MASS.
July 27, 1925.
Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Rev. War Record Section, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Referring to the record of Nehemiah Stevens, M.B.H. S.F. 11469- Revolutionary War, can you give me the birthplace, and also residence at time of death of Nehemiah Stevens?
answer questions only
A self addressed stamped envelope is enclosed herewith. Thanking you for any information I may procure, I am,
Very truly yours,
Mary O. Frapie

MRS. MARY OTIS FRAPRIE 1682 BEACON STREET BROOKLINE, MASS.
October 9, 1925.
Revolutionary War Record Section, Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you give me please, the information relating to Nehemiah Stevens who enlisted in the Navy on the Frigate Warren, commanded by Captains John Hopkins, Hickock and John Fray?
Some incomplete data containing this information may be of service to you. It is, M.B.H.
S.F. 11469.
Rev. War.
The place from which he enlisted would be of marked assistance.
I feel that he was a resident of Killington, Conn. or Massachusetts, and if your records indicate this, please advise.
Thanking you, I am,
Mary O. Fraprie
Yours very truly,

BOSTON TEA PARTY CHAPTER
MRS. MARY O. FRAPRIE REGISTRAR 1682 BEACON STREET BROOKLINE, MASS
August 10, 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me the War Record and Family Data relating to Nehemiah Stevens, who was placed on the Pension Roll September 28, 1833, for service as a Marine in the U.S. Navy.
I am particularly desirous of getting data in his family history,
Very truly yours,
Mary O. Fraprie
MOF/JF
Registrar

September 7, 1932
Mr. Archibald F. Bennett 47 East South Temple Street Salt Lake City Utah
RA-J/ECS File Nehemiah Stevens S. 11469
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of August 24, 1932, in regard to securing information relative to Nehemiah Stevens who served in the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 11469, based upon the military service of Nehemiah Stevens.
He was born in 1751 in Milford, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
While a resident of that place he enlisted March 1, 1777, and served eight months as marine on the frigate, "Warren of Boston", which was commanded by Captain John Hopkins; said frigate captured two brigs and two schooners. While living in Sheffield, Massachusetts, he enlisted August 18, 1779, and served until November 18, 1779, as private in Captain Nickok's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted July 4, 1780, and served until January 4, 1781, as private in Captain John Pray's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted August 16, 1781, and served until November 16, 1781, as private in Captain Nickok's Massachusetts Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Moreau, Saratoga County, New York, having moved there soon after the close of the Revolution.
There are no data on file relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours,
I ate of the at the work in P. G. S. P. S. S. A. B. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

Section
January 17, 1929
W.W. Buckingham Sheffield Massachusetts
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.11469, it appears that Nehemiah Stevens was born in Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, in 1761.
While a resident of said place he enlisted March 1, 1777, and served eight months as marine on the frigate, "Harrison of Boston", which was commanded by Captain John Hopkins; said frigate captured two brigs and two schooners. While living in Sheffield, Massachusetts, he enlisted August 18, 1779, and served until November 16, 1779, as private in Captain Hickok's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted July 4, 1780, and served until January 4, 1781, as private in Captain John Pray's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted August 16, 1781, and served until November 16, 1781, as private in Captain Hickok's Massachusetts Company.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 19, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Moreau, Saratoga County, New York.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

12 War Section
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November 9, 1925
Mrs. Mary O. Fraprie 1682 Beacon St. Brookline, Mass.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11459, it appears that REHUBAH STEVENS was born in Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, in 1761.
While a resident of said place he enlisted March 1, 1777, and served eight months as marine on the frigate, "Warren of Boston", Captain John Hopkins; said frigate captured two brigs and two schooners. While living in Sheffield, Massachusetts, he enlisted August 18, 1779, and served until November 18, 1779, as private in Captain Hickok's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted July 4, 1780, and served until January 4, 1781, as private in Captain John Pratt's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted August 16, 1781, and served until November 17, 1781, as private in Captain Hickok's Massachusetts Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 29, 1837, at which time he was a resident of Moreau, Saratoga County, New York.
There is no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

September 25, 1925
Mrs. M. O. Frappie 1080 Beacon St., Brookline, Mass.
Madam:
I have to advise you relative to the Revolutionary War pensioner Nehemiah Stevens, S. 11489, that he was born in 1781 in Killingsworth, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and lived there during the Revolution.
After the war he moved to Moreau, Saratoga County, New York and was a resident there in 1832.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, his place of residence at time of death and possibly the date of his death, you should apply to the Record Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E St., N. W. Washington, D.C, citing all of the following data: "Nehemiah Stevens, Certificate No. 85787, issued September 28, 1891, rate $72 per year, commenced March 4, 1891, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency".
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

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 Jeremiah Atwater , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. L. 11.469
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch. 1. 1777 5 mos. Marine John Hopkins of The First Penn. Regt Navy   Aug. 18. 1779 Nov 18 1779 Pvt. Hickok " Mass.   July 4 1780 Jan 4 1781 John Paine Heaphy "   Aug 16 1781 Nov 16 1781 Hickok " "  
Battles engaged in, Capt. J. Bryant Schoharie Residence of soldier at enlistment, Willingworth, Middlesex Co. Mass. Date of application for pension, Dec. 1892. His widow was alive Residence at date of application, Massachusetts Age at date of application, born in Killingworth, Mass. in 1751.
Remarks: There is no family data on file
Officer's file: Soldier served under the Captain as shown in the Mass. Book. But he joins N.Y. Colonels which are omitted.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nehemiah Stevens which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No Some evidence of the service other than that of 3 mo. in a claim of 20 mo. should be produced. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? The clergyman acquainted with him residing in the West Indies
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? The Court found
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? No
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? They are all satisfactorily answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.