Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15483, for Nathaniel Joslin, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Joslin, Nathaniel
S. 15483
CONTENTS
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5910
Uss Hampshire
Nathaniel Goolin
of Weslin in the State of Me who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by Col. Stearns in the  line for  Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll of Me at the rate of 20 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Feby 1830 and Suit   (To Hubbardston   Refd)
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $30- Semi-ann. allowance ending March  10- $40-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. F. Blair Clerk. Book 5 - Vol. 15 Page 163 .

9073
Nath. Gossin
Paper not properly numbered
Nov 19 1832
W. E.
Print 6 Months
Attn
Hon: H. Hubbard PR
$20-
Thos Edwards Keene Chester Co NH

9013
BRIEF in the case of  Nathl. Goshin of Studdard  or  Cheshire  by in the State of  N. Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Agent  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 70 
4. State his service, as directed in the form and.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     March In 1778 - to July — 3 — private Capt. K. White - Col. Stearns   1778 - Sept. — 3 — " Capt. Cowdin - {died recalled} * B.C.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Leominster Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? — 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Nathaniel Gorham Stoddard Chetham, N.H.
No 9013

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE.
On this eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court. before the Hon Aaron Watson Judge of Probate for said County of Cheshire, ss
now sitting, Nathaniel Goshin a resident of Stoddard in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged Seventy years, last Oct - who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1. In the year 1778 - in March enlisted for three months in Captain John White Company, Col Stearns Regiment, Massachusetts troops - marched 11 th of April, was stationed on Castle Island in Boston harbour, now called Fort Independence - dismissed 11 th of July at the end of the term. 2. In the same year - in September enlisted in Captain Thomas Gowing's Company, William Lincoln Lieutenant, - The Col of the Regt. was with us but little, and I don't recollect his name - Started for Claverack, by orders altered our course to Albany - went to Saratoga - was in that vicinity guarding against an attack apprehended from the Indians - served three months and dismissed near Albany at the end of my term of enlistment, was born in the year 1761 - in Leominster Ms - no  as far as  his  the records there is one in Leominster - lived in said Leominster at the time of my my enlistments above. Have since lived in Stoddard W.H. - I was a volunteer - recollect no Continental officers where I served - some Artillery companies were there or in the vicinity - never received any written discharge. The Reverend Isaac Robinson and Dea d Blood of Stoddard live near me and can testify as to my character for veracity -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Nath l Goshin
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate

We, a clergyman Isaac Robinson and Levi Blood of Stoddard in the County of Cheshire & State of New Ham
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Gosslin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Isaac Robinson Levi Blood
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. before me Warren Watson Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certi- fies, that it appears to them that Isaac Robinson who has signed the foregoing certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Stoddard and that Levi Blood who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit — Warren Watson Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Gosslin for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August A.D. 1832 —
Asa Parker { Register of the Court of Probate —

(No. 11)
Affidavit
Benj a Johnson for Ruth Joslin

I Benjamin Johnson of Leominster in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts, aged Seventy two years testify and say, that I am acquainted with Nathaniel Joslin of Stoddard in the County of Cheshire and State of New-Hampshire and formerly of said Leominster. That in the latter part of March in the year 1778. said Nathaniel Joslin & myself enlisted at said Leominster as Soldiers for the term of three months in a company wherein John White was Captain, & Mr. Martin & Nathaniel Deaman were Lieutenants, of the Massachusetts State Troops; & on the first day of April following, said Joslin & myself marched from said Leominster to a place then called Castle Island & now called Fort Independence situated near the Harbour of Boston in said State of Massachusetts, on which Island we were stationed and served as Soldiers in the war of the Revolution until the first day of July 1778. when said Joslin & myself were regularly discharged, & returned to said Leominster. I further testify, that said Joslin & myself served as Soldiers together in the same company and in the same mess during all the term aforesaid. Leominster July 11. 1832. — Benja Johnson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss. Leominster July 11. 1832.
Then the above named Benjamin Johnson personally appeared & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true,
Before me W m Perry Justice of Peace
I certify, that I am acquainted with the above named Benjamin Johnson, & that I believe him to be a disinterested & credible witness —
W m Perry Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Court held within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that William Perry, Esquire, before whom the within affidavit of Benjamin Johnson was made and sworn to, is, and on the eleventh day of July last past, was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Worcester, and that his signatures to the within certificates appear to me to be in his own proper hand writing, (as I have heretofore certified on the annexed affidavit of Phineas Gage, under date of July 12 th A. D. 1832.)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, of said County of Worcester, this twenty eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty two. Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

111. . . . Affidavit Calvin Hale for Nath. Joslin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I Calvin Hale of Leominster in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts aged seventy one years, testify and say, that I am acquainted with Nathaniel Joslin of Stoddard in the County of Cheshire & State of New-Hampshire and formerly of said Leominster - that in the latter part of September in the year 1778. said Joslin and myself enlisted at said Leominster as Soldiers for the term of three months in Capt. Thomas Bowdin's Company, William Lincoln Lieutenant, of the Massachusetts State Troops, & marched to Albany & other places in the State of New-York, in which State we served together as Soldiers in the war of the Revolution until we were regularly discharged - and being regularly discharged, said Joslin & myself returned to Leominster aforesaid - I further testify, that said Joslin and myself served as Soldiers together in the same Company and in the same mess during the term of aforesaid. - Leominster July 11. 1832. - Calvin Hale.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester County ss. Leominster July 11. 1832.
Then the above named Calvin Hale personally appeared & made oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me W m Perry Justice of Peace
I certify, that I am acquainted with the above named Calvin Hale, & that I believe him to be a disinterested & credible witness. W m Perry Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Court, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, (as I have heretofore certified, on the annexed Affidavit of Phineas Barker, under date of July 12 th 1832.) that William Perry Esquire before whom the within affidavit of Calvin Hale was made and sworn to, then was a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Worcester, and that his signature thereto appears to me to be in his own proper hand writing. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, this twenty eighth day of November, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Beekman, Secy.

Affidavit Phinehas Carter for Ruth Joslin
2273 copy for Nathaniel Joslin

I Phinehas Carter of Leominster in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy three years, testify and say, that I am acquainted with Nathaniel Joslin more of Stoddard in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire and formerly of said Leominster - That in the latter part of March in the year 1778. said Nathaniel Joslin and myself enlisted at said Leominster as Soldiers for the term of three months in a company of which John 2 d as was Captain, & Mr. Martin & Nathaniel Beaman were Lieutenants, of the Massachusetts State Troops; and on the first day of April next following, said Joslin & myself marched from said Leominster to a place in said State of Massachusetts then called Castle-Island, & now called Fort Independence situated near Boston Harbour, on which Island we were stationed and did duty as Soldiers in the war of the Revolution until the first day of July 1778. when said Joslin & myself were honorably discharged, & returned to said Leominster. - I further testify, that said Joslin & myself served as Soldiers together in the same company and in the same mess during all the term aforesaid. Leominster July 12. 1832. Phineas Carter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County ss. Leominster July 12. 1832.
Then the above named Phinehas Carter personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true, - Before me W m Perry Justice of the Peace I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Phinehas Carter, & that I believe him to be a disinterested & credible witness. W m Perry Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, clerk of the Judicial Court, holding within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that William Perry Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavits of Benjamin Johnson, Calvin Hall and Phineas Foster were made and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester, and that his signatures thereto appear to me to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal of said County of Worcester, this twelfth day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

9013 Nath Goshin
Wm Edward Keene Cheshire Eng MH

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nathaniel Goshorn 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? [Handwritten line] 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? Yes 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? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? [Signature]
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? [Signature]
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? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
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? Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [Signature]
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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.

15483 INVALID.
File No. 15483
Nathaniel Joslin Pr. Rev. Mr.
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Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 197
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 4 97 Hisly Geo M Forbes Rocheville (see Inv. 15427)
Nov 26-1901—Hick to Mrs. C. N. Williams - madrone wash
Mch. 17, 1903—Hick to Rev. G. S. B. Richards—N.Y. City

St. Michael's Church,
225 West 99th Street,
New York, March 7 1903
Gentlemen.
Will you kindly send me "certificate" showing service in Revolutionary war , and down as receiving pension , in the roll (U.S.) of 1840 - of Nathaniel  Joslin . who served in the Pennington  Campagne of 1777 at the age of 16 years. And oblige.
Yours faithfully. (Rev) J. S. S. Richards. 225 West 99th New York

RECEIVED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY JAN 10 1968
Per me
P.O. address, Mrs. C. H. Williams. Madrona Kitsap Co Wash.

Quadrone, Wash.
Nov 9 1901
U.S. Pension Agent
Dear Sir
I desire to join the daughters of the Rev. my great uncle Zebediah Goslyn served, also six or seven Goslyn Cousins also three Hale Brothers who were great uncles. please look this up and let me know what you can of them as soon as possible
And Oblige
Mrs Cynthia E. Eddy Williams.