Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,568, Henry Wotton, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wotton, Henry
S. 34,568
CONTENTS

11.673 R Massachusetts
Henry Wotton
of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Little of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 4 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of June 1819 and sent to William Welmon
Boston Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 10mo 28/30 88.19
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1819 — $ 48.
$136.49
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

J. H. Watson
116
Did not exist on the continent Continental
Signature
No troops enlisted prior to Dec. 1775 engaged for a longer period than 8 months see new Dec.
Rejected
Adm?

Additional Declaration
I Henry Wotton of Gloucester in the State of Massachusetts do on oath testify and make the following declaration in addition to that before the Hon. William Whetmore on the 3rd April, 1818. That after I was discharged from the Massachusetts line of the Army in January, A. D. 1777, as I have declared, I enlisted as a private on the 14th day of February A.D. 1777 in Capt. Barrard's Company in Col. Samuel Wyllis Regiment in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary war and served therein until the first day of January, A. D. 1781 when I was regularly discharged, which discharge has been lost or destroyed. I further testify that I am the identical person who served in Col. Little's Regiment in the Massachusetts line from Nov. 1775 to Jan'y 1777 and in Col. Wyllis Regiment in the Connecticut line from Feb'y 1777 to Jan'y 1st. 1781. Henry Wotton
Essex ss Gloucester May 1 st 1819 then Personally appeared the Above named Henry Wotton and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him subscribed before. Me Isaac Elwell Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts
I Henry Wotton — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on about the fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of January in the year eighteen hundred & seventy seven
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Company of Captain Warner in the Regiment of Colonel Little in the Massachusetts line of the Army —
and that I left the service on the expiration of the term aforesaid being honorably discharged —
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty seven years My discharge this lapse of time is now lost & I have no other evidence in my power to offer than what is herewith exhibited
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Henry Wotton
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit within the State aforesaid & Presiding pro hac vice the abovenamed Henry Wotton
and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the deposition aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me, Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true In testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court I further certify that the within named Deponents are credible Witnesses & disinterested. June 15.
1818.
Wm Wetmore
I also
Ex. 100 Ms. A. 9. 2. 10

I also certify that the said Henry Wotton the declarant otherwise called Henry Walton, on the 3 rd of April 1818 did declare before me the Judge within named that he served in the Continental army until the year 1782 but presuming his services in the Massachusetts line to be sufficient I omitted to mention those in the Connecticut line; And now having directed due inquiry into the premises, I return his further & more full declaration which appeareth to my satisfaction to be true, together with the Evidence touching the same. Witness my hand & the Seal of the S d Court as aforesaid this 4 th of May 1819.
W m Wetmore

I the subscriber late Colonel of a Regiment of militia in the State of Massachusetts & a Lieutenant in the Regiments of Colonels Hutchinson & Rufus Putnam the Companies of Captains Putnam, Whipple & Gates during the Revolutionary war, now residing at Gloucester in the State aforesaid, Do testify that the declarant within named served in s d war & as I verily believe for the term of time stated by him; that he is in reduced circumstances in life, being poor and indigent & is in need of assistance from his Country for support—
John Tucker
Sworn to 3 d April A.D. 1818.
Before me W m Wetmore Judge within named

I Andrew Ingersoll of Gloucester in the county of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of sixty six years testify & say: That Henry Wotton of the same Gloucester served during the whole of the year A D 1776. as a private soldier in capt. Nathanial Warner's company, in the Regiment of foot commanded by Moses Little, in the Revolutionary War in the service of the United States, against the common enemy. I served in the same company, during the same period: And I further depose that the said Henry Wotton here present, is the same Henry Wotton who served with me as aforesaid.
Andrew Ingersoll
Essex ss. June 10. 1818. Then the above named Andrew Ingersoll made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. — Cor. Lonsor Nash, Jus. Pacis

34 568 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34,568
Henry Norton His Rev. Mrs
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 46 1/2
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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William Ferson, Esquire Gloucester Massachusetts
Henry Wotton alias Walker

State of Connecticut
Hartford April 28. 1819
Upon examination of the Books of this office, it appears that Henry Walton served as a Soldier in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War from the fourteenth day of February 1777. until the first of January 1781 in Colonel Samuel Wyllys Regiment and from the first of January 1781 until the thirty first day of December 1781 in Colonel John Durkee, Regiment - after that time no record of further service appears in this office - That the pay for his services was made up in the Regimental pay rolls - was paid by this State, charged to the United States and allowed on the final settlement of the claims of this State for the expense of said Revolutionary War
Certified by
Elisha Sill Comptroller Public Accounts

Hartford April 26 th 1819
Sir
The books you refer to in your letter of the 26 th are kept in the office of the Comptroller whose certificate I send you. This is all the information that can be obtained unless enquiry be made of some of the officers and soldiers of the Regiment now residing in this town —
Yours Respectfully
Thomas Day