Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,480, for Hezekiah Stetson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Stetson, Hezekiah
S 29.480
CONTENTS

1278- Maine
Georgian Wilson of Sumner in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Camp commanded by Captain Chamberlain of the Regt commanded by Col DAILY in the Mass. U.S. time for 8 Mo and in Captain Reed com: in the Regt camp by Daily 1 year Regt com to Me - Col Gill to go to Me: Corporal
Cp D L Ager
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of $6 - Dollars 16 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Octo 1832 and Supt of Pensioners Sumner Me
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832 - 114.24 Semizant. allowance ending Feb 1833, 38.08
$152.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
by E. D. Duggan Clerk.
Vol. 11, Page 40

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland , within and for said District, on the fourteenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this 14th day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Heremiah Stetson - - - a resident of Sunbeam in the county of Oxford in said Maine District, aged Seventy nine - years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he the said Stetson enlisted at Pembroke
in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts into the service of the United States sometime in the Spring of 1775 and served eight months in the company commanded by Capt. Freedom Chamberlain in the regiment commanded by Col. John Bailly and was stationed at Roxbury during said eight months.
That he the said Stetson again enlisted on the first of January 1776 and served one year in the company commanded by Capt. William Reed in the regiment commanded by Col. Bailly aforesaid and was stationed the most of said year near the City of New York and was dismissed in the State of New Jersey at the expiration of said year.
That he the said Stetson again enlisted sometime on the first of Jan y 1777 and served six weeks in the company commanded by Capt. Reed in Col. Bailly's reg t aforesaid and was dismissed in the State of New Jersey.
That he the said Stetson again enlisted sometime in the fall of 1777 and served three months in the Northern army and was at the taking of Bennington in the company commanded by Capt. Bradley in the reg t commanded by Col. Gill. That he has no position of this service. That he has been on the pension list under the act of March 18th 1818. That he was dismissed from the same on account of poverty. That he served as a corporal in the years since that he was raised in Sumner aforesaid for about fifty years.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine
Attest J. Bromford
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before.
Heremiah Stetson his mark
Ashur Ware
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states O3 chd that Sam l . B. Brown, Freeman Bradford & James Hearsey Esq re , who took the annexed depositions of Sylvanus Stephens, Sewall & Prigg, & Jerome Dean, are Justices of the Peace duly qualified & that their official attestations are entitled to full faith & credit
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Nussey Clerk of said District Court have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighteenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nussey
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

That he was born in Pembroke Mass. A.D 1753 - and has no record of his age except in the town when he was born and was living in Pembroke when called into the service and has lived in the town of Rumford fifty years since the revolutionary war. his Herchiab H Stetson
mark
Signed & sworn to before
Aug. 14. 1832
Arthur Worr
pub. Attest: for the Dist. of Maine
I, Meshach Keen of Sumner Oxford County State of Maine on oath say that I am 73 years of age and served in the revolutionary war I well know Herchiab Stetson who served with me twenty one months and a half. The first term was in the Spring of 1775 and served eight months in the company commanded by Capt. G. Hornblower and one year in the company commanded by Capt. Wm Reed in the reg. com. by Col. Baity. The six weeks I was not with him but I well knew that he was detained and tarried six weeks. The said Stetson is the same person who served with me.
Attest: S. Bradford.
Meshach
his  H Keen mark
United States of America
Maine District ss August 14. 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Meshach Keen and made solemn oath in open court to the truth of the statement by him subscribed.
Before me.
Arthur Worr
U. S. Judge for Maine District

Hezekiah Stetson Private
Bailey's Rgt Mass: Line
1 year
21 May. 1818
Hezekiah Stetson.

knowledge as he has stated in the above declaration by him subscribed: I was left behind sick, & did not march with him afterwards , but doubt not he served the remain- ing months.
James his Keene made
Witness A. H. Parsons. —
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty first day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Hezekiah Stetson — the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavits of Elisha Biskee & James Keene fellow soldiers with him in the war of the revolution, made and signed in my presence, all which are hereunto annexed
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Hezekiah Stetson the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for sup- port; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parsons
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

I, Elizabeth Nelson, a resident citizen of the United States of America an inhabitant of Sumner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine respectfully on oath declare, that at Pembroke in said State I enlisted into the army of said United States on the continental establishment for the term of eight months as a private soldier in Capt. Isaac Dunn's Oberlin's company and joined said company on the first day of May A.D. 1775 at Roxbury, in Col. John Bailey's regiments in the Massachusetts line, which term of eight months I served at said Roxbury, and at the expiration thereof, without leaving the service, having previously en- listed, I entered upon a service of one year as a corporal in Capt. Isaac Dunn's company, in the regiment and line of service, which term of one year I also fully served in said Dunn's com- pany. From January A.D. 1776 to April following I served at said Roxbury, thence to New-York and continued in the state of New York until the 2 d of December, when we marched into New Jersey where I spent most of the remainder of my time, tho' I was in the state of Pennsylvania. At the expiration of said year, being at Trenton, I was selected to continue, and did continue in said service six weeks longer, when I was ver- bally discharged. I further testify that I am sixty five years of age; am not borne on any pension list of the United States, and by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support. Wherefore I pray that this declaration may be transmitted to the

Secretary at War to the end that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States in the agreeably to the provisions of an act of Congress passed March 18. 1818 entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." I was in the battles of Trenton & Princeton, at the taking of Burgoyne, & in several small skirmishes.
Hezekiah Stetson
I Elisha Bisbee of Sumner aforesaid on oath declare, that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war during the whole time that the above named Hezekiah Stetson served. We both went from the same town and served in the same regiment the term of eight months first above said, and in the same company during the periods of one year & six weeks above mentioned, excepting a short time that I was detached from the company. We were in company most of the time & to my certain knowledge said Stetson served as a brave and active soldier during the time & in the manner he has stated in the above declaration by him subscribed.
Elisha Bisbee
I James Keen of Sumner in the county aforesaid on oath declare, that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war and served in the same company with the above named Hezekiah Stetson during his term of eight months, and during eleven months of his year's service above mentioned, whilst terms said Stetson served to our notice.

Hoyleiah Stetson
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next,
at the Cumberland Bank.
Portland
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Hezekiah Selson late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st day of May — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty second day of January one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

War Department
Pension office
September 15 th 1832
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim to a pension under the Act of 7 June 1832 has been received and examined.
On recourse to your former declaration under the Act of 18 March 1818 it is found that no mention is there made of the last term of service of three months in the fall of 1777 stated in your present declaration. If you expect to be allowed in the computation of your pension for this service, it must be proved by two credible witnesses, who are required in their affidavits to set forth the time of your entering the service, and the time and manner of your leaving the same as well as the company, Regiment and line to which you then belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses; and the signature, and official character of the magistrate.

istrate must be certified by the proper authority under his seal of office. Your papers are here- with returned
Very respectfully Your obedient serv t J. M c L. Prall
Mr. Hezekiah Henson Sumner Oxford County Maine

State of Maine. June 24. 1832.
To the Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War of the U. States
The undersigned, Ezekiah Stites of Sumner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, respectfully states in reply to the letter of Brig. L. Beall, late, War Department, Pension Office, Sept. 15. 1832, that the cause of not mentioning the term of service for three months in the fall of 1777, in his declaration for a pension, under the act of 10 March 1830, which he was stated in his present declaration, under the act of June 7. 1832, he supposed to have been, that there it would have been of no avail; whereas in the present declaration, it is important, as it makes up a part of the period required by the law - 2 years - for a full pension. But the said Stites says that it is, at this time, impossible for him to prove by witnesses this service, as there are no surviving witnesses to the service, nor has he been able to find any person, who is knowing to the fact. Yet still said Stites says that he did actually serve said three months, as he was stated in his said last made declaration, and he earnestly requests that the same may be allowed him in the computation of the time, in the allowance of his new

pension as now applied for, believing his request to come within the construction of the law, given by Genl. Warren, by the instructions issued from the War Office. If however this part of his law cannot be allowed, consistently with the rules of the Office & by the law, said Stetson requests that the granting of a pension to him for what service he is admitted to have performed, may not be delayed for the purpose of giving him further opportunity to prove this period, not proved, as he has no hopes, at this late day, of being able even to procure the testimony necessary to support the claim.
His Eliz. Stetson
Witnes Samuel D. Brown
State of Maine
Mark
Oxford September 24. 1830. Then the above named Eliz. Stetson, who is to me well known as a man of undoubted veracity and and generally reputed as soldier of the revolution, and made oath to the truth of what is stated as facts in the foregoing letter.
Before me
Samuel Brown Justice of the Peace
It is presumed that the subject of the claim of the court to the official standing of the Justice, is not necessary as it is found on the other paper.

Declaration of Hirekiah Stetson.

I am Stephen of Tunna, in the County of Oxford of Maine, aged seventy four years, testify say that I was a soldier in the American Army, during the revolu- tionary war with Great Britain for a different period, one of which was served at Cambridge, in Massachusetts, in winter of 1777 & 78 in the Company commanded by Ebenezer Washburn of Kingston, Massachusetts of Col Dorr's Regiment; during which time of service, I well a remember of seeing Elizabeth Stetson, who now lives in said Tunna, then as a soldier in the same service. How long he served, I cannot say, but I am sure he did the duty the duty of a soldier three mo or less. I have been acquainted with said Stetson ever since & know him to be the man who served as aforesaid. Herewith I throw testimony to the term he Silvermaster Stephen served in one month.
State of Maine. County of Oxford ss.
July 31. 1832 Then the above named Silvermaster Stephen to me well known as a man of veracity personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed before me.
David D. D. Brown Justice of the Peace
James H. H. Hare Atty. of James H. Hare Herewith Stephen

I James Kean of Sumner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, do hereby depose and say, that Hezekiah Stetson of Sumner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, ser- -ved eight months in 1775- under Capt. Frederick Chamberlain Col. Bailey's Regiment. - I do further certify the said Hezekiah Stetson served twelve months under Capt. William
Reed in Col. Bailey's Regiment and Gen. Thomas' Brigade in the year 1776- I do further testify that the said Hezekiah Stetson served six weeks in 1777- under Capt. Brook Wm. Reed in Col. Bailey Regiment.
Oxford St. Sumner July 25. 1832
James Kean mark
Personally appeared James Kean and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration before me James Hensley Jr Justice of the peace

Warren Stetson of Sumner
I hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with Mr Hezekiah Stetson of Sumner for the last twenty years, and believe him to be a man of veracity, and therefore that his account of his having been in the revolutionary service in the years 1775, 1776, and 1777 is entitled to full credit.
Isaac V. D. M. John Briggs Esq.
Sumner Aug. 1. 1832.
I hereby certify that Samuel Small is a clergyman residing in the town of Sumner and is entitled to full credit. F. Bradburn for P. C.

5669.
Letter 15 th Sept 1832.
Maine
Horatio K. Stetson Private.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War,
Inscribed on the Roll of Pens. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 21 st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of Jan'y 1819 and sent to Judge Parise Paris Maine
Arrears to 4th of Oct 1818. 3 mos \frac{4}{30} 27.89 Semi-ann. all'ee ending March 1819. 18
$75.89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

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29.480 Ray  INVALID.
File No. 29.480
Keziah Stetson His Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
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[Arrangement of 1870.]