Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1619, for Caleb Keith, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Keith, Caleb Nolly
No. 1619
CONTENTS

665
New Hampshire Concord Molly Keith widow of Caleb Keith
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Seidennund & C , Massachusetts
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 208. Dollars 83
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of September 1857 and sent to
Hon H. Waldo House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 9, 1848, Page 17 Vol. A,
July 29
J. B. Pillsbury Lieu P. A. Concord A. D. July 14/57

Dead
Now J. R. Redding. 12 th March '45
3183.
New Hampshire
Caleb Keith
of Grafton in the State of N H who was a Lieut in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Bailey in the N H line for 1 year Lieut 5 " Sergt 7 " Private
Inscribed on the Roll of N H as the rate of 208 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Dec 1832 and sent to [blank] File U.S. Senate
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $312.49 Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 Nov 33 104.16
$416.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J F G [blank] Clerk Book D. Vol. 12-1 Page 165

State of New Hampshire ) Grafton County )
On the 30 th day of August - A.D., 1850
Personally appeared before me in Court before E. Martin a Judge of the Court of Probate of Said County of Grafton of said Molly Keith A President of the Town of Wentworth in Said County of Grafton Aged 90 years last March Past, Being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following Declaration In order to Obtain a Pension from the United States for Services rendered by her Deceased Husband Calib Keith who died at Said Town of Wentworth On the 9 th day of October A.D., 1843 he was then at the time of his death upwards of 88 years Old and he was a Pensioner of the United States at the Rate of $208. and some Cents per Annum for Services he rendered as an officer a Lieutenant in the Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain he Resided During Said War of the Revolution in Bridge Water in the State of Massachusetts from whence he Entered the Service for which she this Declarant now applies as being now the widow of the aforesaid Calib Keith aforesaid and that Said Declarant was lawfully married to Said Calib Keith which will be shown by the Testimony Connected herewith on the the 9 th day of

September 1796 by Rev Mr Whitney — and that she, this Declarant is now Single & unmarried and she is now the widow of the aforesaid Caleb Keith who was a Pensioner of the United States at and before his death for Services he rendered as a soldier & or lieutenant out in the War of the Revolution from the State of Massachusetts where he resided during said war of the Revolution and that she this Declar- ant was Lawfully married to said Caleb Keith in the Town of Hingham County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts by a Clergyman Mr Whitney on the 9th day of September 1796 at Hingham Plymouth County the aforesaid and that she is old and infirm and very much at a loss of Memory and cannot now recollect the officers & places her said Husband served at and under and hoping that her age and infirmity will be taken in Consideration and she does respectfully refer to the Original Papers now on file at the Department & Pension office in the City of Wash- ington for information as they were all sent to said Pension Office where a more full history can be had of the Claim of said Declarant & her said Husband's Services as aforesaid and that the Maiden name of said Declarant was Molly Stowers previous to her said Marriage to said Caleb Keith aforesaid and that said Declarant has no family nor any Children by said Caleb Keith she has never had no Children and her said husband made no family Record

and she this Declarant now applies to The United States for her Pension as being now the widow of Caleb Keith aforesaid who died at Wentworth aforesaid on the 9 th day of October A.D., 1843 and she declares under the Act of July 29 th 1848 as passed by Congress &c.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30 th day of August A.D., 1850 - and I certify that said Molly Keith is a very old Lady and infirm and cannot write her name and it is satisfactory proven before me that she is the widow now of Caleb Keith and that he was a Pensioner of the United States and that he died on the 9 th day of October 1843 as stated in the foregoing Declaration I have full Confidence in her claim she has made her cross mark to be signature before me
her Molly X Keith mark
E. Martin Judge of Probate
State of New Hampshire } Grafton County } ss
J Samuel Swasey
Register of the
Probate Court of the District of Grafton in & for said County of Grafton do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true record signed by the Judge in due form of Law and contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Molly Keith for a pension specified I also certify that said Probate Court is constituted a Court of Record by the statute Laws of this State - In testimony whereof I do here to affix the seal of said Court this 31. day of Augt. A.D. 1850 and set my hand
Samuel Swasey Reg.

was married I was married in June 1798 and Caleb Keith and Molly Stowers was married two years previous to my marriage in 1796 as aforesaid I visited the Tomb Stone to day of Caleb Keith aforesaid he died on the 9th day of October 1843 so on his Tomb stone
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of August. A.D. 1850 and I certify that I am well acquainted with the Dep- nant she is a credible witness as sworn in Court
Susan Bean
E. Martin Judge of Probate

State of New Hampshire } ss
Grafton County }
Personally appeared of Probate in open Court & before me E. Martin Judge a Justice of the Peace in & for Said County of Grafton Susan Bean or President of the Town of Wentworth in Said County of Grafton being first duly Sworn according to Law do hereby testify and say I have been acquainted with Caleb Keith and Molly Stevens - now his widow - his wife for many years they were Lawfully married in the Town of Hingham in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts by a Clergyman named Whitney in the fall of the year of 1796 I was present at their marriage. Said Caleb Keith lived and died here with me in our family he died on the 9 th day of October 1843 he left his wife Molly a widow to survive him She is now single and unmarried and she is now the widow of Said Caleb Keith - he was a Pensioner of the United States at and before his death for services he rendered as a sold- ier as a Lieutenant he said while living in the war of the Revolution in the State of Massa- -chusetts they lived together in all the relations of husband and wife from their marriage up to the death of Said Caleb Keith they never had any children together Said Molly his widow is old & infirm and much at a loss of memory (I am 72 years old now I was 20 years old when I was married and I was 18 years old when Caleb Keith and Molly Stevens

and that will bring the marriage in 1796 and other Circumstances also bear the date and time of their marriage to have been in the year 1796 to my mind
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of August A.D. 1850 and I
Julia S. Eames
Certify that I am well acq- uainted with the Deponent She is a credible witness in open Court
E. Norton Judge of Probate
Adams

State of New Hampshire ss Grafton County } Personally appeared before me E Martin Judge of Probate Court & a Justice of the Peace in & for Said County of Grafton Julia K Ames a Residant of the Town of Wentworth in Said County of Grafton being first duly sworn according to Law Deposes and Says I have been acquainted with Calib Keith and Molly his wife now his widow for many years They was married in the Town of Hingham Plymouth County State of Massachusetts I was present at said marriage by Revd Mr Whitney a Minister of the Gospel who resided there — Said Calib Keith lived with me and Died here on the 9th day of October 1843 and his widow Said Molly now resides with me She is Single and unmar- ried and She is now the widow of Said Calib Keith aforesaid he was a Pensioner of the United States at and before his death for Services he had rendered as a Soldier in the War of the Revolu- -tion as I have aided in Obtaining his Said Pension — Her name was Molly Stowers before She was married to Said Calib Keith They have lived as husband and wife in all the Relations since their marriage — They have had no Children together They was married in Hingham as aforesaid She is very old and much of a loss of memory and infirm I am Sister to said widow Molly They was married in The fall of the year of 1798 I believe it was in Sept I was then 16 years Old I am now 70 years Old

on the 9 th day of September One Thousand Seven hundred and ninety six as aforesaid which said records plainly show in fair figures
Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifth day of Sept 1850 and I Certify I am well acquainted with the forgoing Deponent he is now acting Clerk of said Town of Hingham and is a Credible witness
Hawkes Hearing Jr. Town Clerk of Hingham.
James S. Lewis Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth Ss.
I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Superior Judicial Court of the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that James S. Lewis Esq r is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature to the foregoing is genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of said Court this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
John B. Thomas Clerk

State of Massachusetts
Plymouth County
Personally appeared before me Ja S Lewis a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County of Plymouth Herring, Jr. well known to me as being now acting Town Clerk of the Town of Hingham in Said County of Plymouth Being first duly sworn according to Law
Deposes and says I am now the acting Clerk of the Town of Hingham in Said County of Plymouth and I have the Records of Marriages in my possession of said Town of Hingham and have made search to find the marriage of Caleb Keith from Wentworth N.H. and Molly Stowers from Said Town of Hingham - of which the following is a true Copy in fair legible figures - legible
Marriage Consummated by the Revd Nicholas Bovey Whitney on the 9 th Sept 1796 (One Thousand seven hundred and ninety six) Caleb Keith of Wentworth N.H. to Molly Stowers of Hingham Mass - attest - Hawkes Herring for Town Clerk
I Certify that the above is a true Copy of the Marriage of Said Caleb Keith & Molly Stowers above named Said Records show that they was Lawfully married as aforesaid Hawkes Herring for Town Clerk

State of Vermont
as husband and wife fifty two years ago - I then moved here a neighbor to them & have known them ever since fifty two years ago they was husband wife and lived together as such & lived so up to his death
Takes effect and sworn to before me this 30th day of
August A.D. 1850 and
I Certify that the above named Deponent is a credable witness in open Court -
J. J. Blaisdell
E. Martin Judge of Probate

State of New Hampshire Grafton County } Personally appeared before E Martin Judge of Probate and also - a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County of Grafton J. B. Blosdell a Resident of the Town of Wentworth in aforesaid County - being first duly sworn Accor- -ding to Law does Testify and say I am well acquainted with the widow Molly Keith I have been well acquainted with Caleb Keith while he was living & have known them for many years Said Caleb Keith Died at Wentworth in Said County of Grafton in the Month of October 1843 I visited him while Sick and I attended his Funeral I can recollect the time of his death very distinctly as I live near neighbor to the Old Lady his widow Molly she is now the widow of Said Caleb Keith since my first acquaintance with them they have lived and Sustained the Relations of husband and wife up to the time of the death of her husband Said Caleb Keith they were Lawfully married and have always been acknowledged as such he was a Pensioner of the United States when he Died for Services he render- -ed as a soldier in the War of the Revolution as was Reported years before his death her Maiden name as I have been always told was Molly Stowers before she was married to Said Caleb Keith I have known them in living together

Molly Keith
The Annexed Testimony in this Case has all been taken in Court before the Judges as they all live close together & a probate Court was held on that day near them & the witnesses were taken to said Court which is on very affer street by the Judge and the Seal the Stamp on every Certificate the Stamp has not been long enough on the paper as it appears the impression works out it is not so plain as it was - however very readable hoping the Old Deafened Lady may receive the blessing Confined upon her for her support in her very Old & aged years may the Lord send it to her as a blessing she is poor & lives upon & with her friends - reply to Hon H. Walden
N.B. Julia & Amos and Susan Bean are old Widows & have been widows as I understand for many years and Keith had no family of Children these widows lived together & Keith moved in & lived with those two widows these two widows owned the house together - and the Probate is all lived together as one family both widows are Sisters to the Old Lady Mrs. Molly Keith and are Creditable Old Ladies much respected
and there is one fact before us that is the greatest number of our Fathers of the Revolution & we are those now living are left very poor indeed and the widows wholly dependent upon the charity of neighbors - as soon as the death of the Husband the Pension - the Pension stops & their all is gone these Old Veterans had to encounter almost every thing sufferings & dangers and formed habits while Soldiers - & have carried out those habits - in full glory of their Independence until death

18818 Caleb Heath N. Hampshire
1 year Lent 5 Month Supt 7 Do Ranch 2 years J. J. all years
$208.33
For Grace Hill Senate U.S.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. County of Grafton
On this fourth day of September , 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the County of Probate for said county , now sitting, Caleb Keith a resident of Wentworth in the County of Grafton and State of N. H. aged 77 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated—
That in the spring of 1775 at Bridgewater in the State of Massachusetts the county of Plymouth, he enlisted for the term of eight months as an ordinary corporal or first corporal in a company of soldiers under the command of Capt James Allen, in Col. Wadsworth's Regiment. Jacob Allen was Lieut. and Mr. Waterman was ensign. That he marched with said company from Bridgewater to Roxbury near Boston where said company was stationed and he served as a soldier therein for the period of eight months ending the last of December 1775 or first of January 1776 and then was dismissed without any written discharge. That he never had any written warrant and the troops at Roxbury were under the command of Gen. Ward till the arrival of Gen. Washington. That Jacob Leonard and Samuel Leonard then and now of Bridgewater aforesaid were with him in said company and did duty therein.
That in May or June 1776 at said Bridgewater, he enlisted for the term of five months as a sergeant in a company under the command of the same Capt James Allen. Robert Dows 1 st Lt & Gathan Ames 2 d Lt in Col. Sargent's Regiment in Gen. Heckewelder's Brigade.
That at or about the first of July he marched from said Bridgewater and from thence by water to the city of New York at which place we encamped and there continued until the enemy drove us out of the city which was some time in August or September of if my memory is correct; the remaining part of the five months we spent in the vicinity of the city (viz) at Harlem Heights and White Plains and that neighbourhood and had a number of skirmishes with the enemy in the fall of seventy six. and that same time in October or November in the fall of seventy six. A Col. Washburn I believe of Leicester in the county of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts came into our camp as an agent from Massachusetts to raise one Regiment of men from Gen. Stellars Brigade for one year time of service to commence at the close of our five months campaign. and Gen. Stellars Col. Washburn the agents with some of the principal Officers of our Brigade did select Officers from said Brigade to organize one regiment and that he was one of that number and was appointed Adjutant and that from and after that time every exertion was made by the Officers thus appointed to enlist men to make up a Regiment but all to no purpose they could not be persuaded to stay any longer, and at the end of five months we were all dismissed having no regular paper discharge about it. After he returned to Bridgewater from whence he came and that John Porter son of Rev. Mr. Porter of Bridgewater County & State aforesaid

sent and there he was in the that from and after that time every election was made by the officers thus appointed to enlist men to make up a Regiment but all to no purpose they could not be persuaded to stay any longer, and at the end of five months we were all dismissed having no regular proper discharge about it — Since he returned to Bridgewater from whence he came and that John Porter son of Revd Mr Porter of Bridgewater County State of Mass was Chaplain in Genl. Fellows Brigade and that he returned with me to Bridgewater and that in the winter of seventy six & seventy seven he the said John Porter took enlisting Orders in the capacity of Captain for and during the war and that he the said Porter solicited him the said Keith to engage with him during the war and have the first Lieutenant's commission on condition he the said Keith would enlist twenty five men for three years or during the war and the said Keith now avers that he did spend one whole year as a recruiting Officer commencing in the winter of seventy six & seventy seven and that he did enlist thirty seven men or best of them for three years or a part of them during the war & that twenty eight or nine of them did pass muster at Boston Mass under the direction of a Board of Commissioners and the Government had the benefit of those men and that eight or nine of the men thus enlisted did not go into the service because there was a particular agreement with them that they should not be compelled to go if he the said Keith did not go with them and the reason why he did not get his commission and go with Capt Porter was because there were supernumerary Officers whose pretensions for office outranked his and he by the rules of war was arranged out thus having spent one whole year in the service of his country gave up his enlisting Orders with twenty eight or twenty nine men to the Board of Commissioners at Boston without any further enquiry in the full belief that they had been governed by the rules and regulations of war in that case made and provided and he further states that he has never since seen that Porter neither does he know what disposition was made of the men among those he enlisted in Bridgewater were one by the name of Eliab Washburn and one by the name of Solomon Chap altho there were many others he cannot yet the lapse of time is such that he does not now remember their names and he enlisted men in the counties of Hampshire & Berkshire in Massachusetts and in the States of New Hampshire & Vermont but he has no recollection of any of their names except the two above named and your declarant further says that he was a Soldier of the Revolution and that therein for and during the full term of two years and one month agreeable to the foregoing Statement — That he was born in Bridgewater County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts May sixth seventeen hundred and fifty five and lived and resided there until after the Revolution that he now lives in Wentworth County of Grafton State of New Hampshire and has lived there for twenty seven years last past & that he has an attested copy of the record of his birth signed by the Town Clerk of Bridgewater —

and lived and resided there until after the Revolution. That he now lives in Wentworth County of Grafton State of New Hampshire and has lived there for twenty seven years last past & that he has an attested copy of the record of his birth signed by the Town Clerk of Bridgewater. That he is well known to all the inhabitants of Wentworth and particularly to Jonathan Ames & Enoch Dorr Esq. and your declarant further states that he is known to the inhabitants of the two Counties of Grafton & Coos generally and if further enquiry becomes necessary he would refer there to the Hon. Samuel Bell and the whole of the New Hampshire delegation, of whom he has personal knowledge and he presumes they may have some knowledge of him and more particularly Mr Bell and Mr Dorr.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. Caleb Keith
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid
We, John T. Sanborn residing in Wentworth and Ebenezer Dorr residing in Wentworth hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Caleb Keith , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 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. John T. Sanborn
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Ebenezer Dorr
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 certifies, that it appears to them that John T. Sanborn who has signed the preceding certificate, is a justified resident in the Wentworth and that Ebenezer Dorr , who has also signed the same is a resident in the Wentworth and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edward Webber Judge of Probate I, Moses Dow Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Caleb Keith for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fourth day of Sept. A.D. 1832 .

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
about Keith W.F. 1619
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 8 mos. Capt James Allen Bailey Mass.   May June 1775 5 mos. Lgt James Allen Bailey   Winter 1776-77 1 yr. 1st Lieut acting as recruiting officer  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Bridgewater, Plymouth Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, _____
Sept 4. 1840
Residence at date of application, _____
Wentworth, Grafton Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, _____
at Bridgewater, Mass. May 6, 1755
Remarks: _____
d. at Wentworth N.H. Oct 9. 1840
Soldier was the son of Ebenezer Keith. He married at Hingham Mass. Sept. 9. 1796 Molly Stowers. She was allowed pension on an application executed Aug. 20 1857. While a resident of Wentworth N.H. At that time she stated she had never had any children.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Widow Molly Keith widow of Caleb Keith a Pensioner of the U.S. when he died under the Act of July 29 th 1848 reply to Hon H Walden

1911 Dec. 19 First to Mrs. Mary L. Holman V.L. in. 1912 Apr. 16 First to Ella May Smith V.L. in. 1916 Apr. 11 First to Mrs. J. R. Jewell Later in W. 9997 Nathan Mitchell
Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
1619 Molly Reich,
Widow.
Caleb Reich,
Step-son Rev. Wm.
Act.
July 29. 1848.
Index:—Vol.
R Page 397
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dear H. Wall
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
John [unclear] 200

Women's Music Club
Columbus, Ohio
MRS. ELLA MAY SMITH, PRESIDENT 60 JEFFERSON AVENUE
April 9, 1912
Department of Pensions Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:—
Kindly send me the Revolutionary record of Caleb Keith of Bridgewater Mass. He was born March 6, 1785. and died Oct. 8 1843 at Wentworth N.H. —
I believe he was licut. of Mass. Continental line put on the roll Dec. 17, 1832. Pension began March 4, 1832.
As we wish to use this record for the purpose of joining a Patriotic Society I must have it officially from the Printed list of Pensioners —
Sincerely
Ella May Smith

MARY LOVERING HOLMAN GENEALOGIST 60 WESTLAND AVE., BOSTON, MASS.
Pension Bureau Washington D.C. no fee
Kindly send me Pension Record of Caleb Keith, of Grafton Co. N. H. Lieut in Mass troop Rev. War - if it give information about him it will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely yours
Mary Lovering Holman.
Dec 13, 1911

Washington March 11, 1845.
Sir. — Accompanying this I send papers relating to a pension for a widow Keith in my county.
The letter addressed to me by our agent has reference to the matter; and you will please notice the first paragraph of the same I return the letter to me
Respectfully yours
J. R. N. Harding
J. R. Edwards, by com. Pensions

No 781.
Molly Keith, widow of Calib.
N.H. (consec'ly)
Act 29 July, 1848.
Married 1796 Husband died 1843
Adm o 14 th Dec r p 140 5 mos Spt 25 7 mos In 23.33 p 208.33
For annuity 4 March 1848
Mrs H. Walden 190 G.R.

Robert Fobes Affidavit Pension

I Robert Fobes of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of twenty eight years of age, do testify & say, that I have always lived in said Bridgewater. In the year 1775, I enlisted in Capt. Allen's company in Col. Crary's Regiment for five months, & said Bridgewater, & went with said company to New York where said company was disbanded Dec. 1. 1775 - one Robert Keith of said Bridgewater enlisted in the same company with me for the period of five months, & was with me in said company during five months ending Dec. 1 st 1775. & acted as sergeant thereof. I was well acquainted with said Keith before the war of 1775, he having lived within two miles of me till he removed from Bridgewater soon after the Revolutionary war, & I have known & occasionally seen said Keith since, that time & I have this day seen said Keith in said Bridgewater in full life & there

was no other person of said Bridgewater at that time, or in said Company, of the name of Caleb Mearse - I personally know that said Caleb Mearse was a soldier in said Company in the army of the Revolution, during five months in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & seventy six - he acted as sergeant of said Company a part of the time aforesaid, & during the last part of said five months service, he acted as sergeant Major of the Regiment aforesaid. Mr. Mearse & myself enlisted service in said Company at said Bridgewater in the spring of 1776 & we both did duty in said Company for five months ending Dec. 1. 1776, & then were discharged.
Robert & Sobas
State of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. Bridgewater August 6 th 1832 Then personally appeared before me Artemas Hale a justice of the Peace for said County of Plymouth, the above named Robert Sobas and made oath that the aforesaid affidavit by him subscribed is true in all its parts.
Artemas Hale Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that in the opinion of the subscriber the aforesaid deponent is a man of truth and veracity and would be considered a credible witness in a Court of law.
Plymouth ss. Bridgewater Aug t . 6. 1882
Artemas Hale Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss
I John G. Ames Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court being a Court of Record in the County of Plymouth hereby certify that Artemas Hale Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace of the Peace for the County of Plymouth - and that I believe his name thereto subscribed to be his true & proper signature
Attest my hand and affix the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court on this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighty two
John G. Ames

Waltham and Daniel Mitchell

We the subscribers, viz Nathan Mitchell in the seventieth year of his age, and Daniel Mitchell in the sixty sixth year of his age, both of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, do testify & say, that we are well acquainted with Caleb Keith now of Wentworth in the state of New Hampshire, a claimant for a pension, & more particularly from our childhood, to the close of the Revolutionary war, having lived all that time in the same Town & neighborhood, and from the year immediately preceding the war, to its close knew him to be zealously & actively engaged in the service of his country; and in consequence of which he was banished from his Father's house & home, and his Father Ebenezer Keith, afterwards was tried & condemned as a Tory & enemy to his country. We knew him the s d Caleb to be a soldier of the Revolution and engaged in actual service at the time, and that this statement of those services, by himself subscribed, are entitled to credit, not having at any time through our long acquaintance heard his veracity, called in question
Nathan Mitchell
Daniel Mitchell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss - Bridgewater August 18 th
1832 Personally appeared before me Artemas Hale a justice of the Peace for said County of Plymouth the above named Nathan Mitchell and Daniel Mitchell and made oath that the above affidavit by them subscribed is just and true in all its parts
Artemas Hale Justice of Peace

Plymouth ss. August 18 th 1832 - This certifies that the within named Nathan Mitchell and Daniel Mitchell are men of veracity and credibility - and that they both are justices of the Peace within the County of Plymouth. William Hale Justice of Peace

I Jacob Leonard of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the seventy fifth year of my age, do testify & say, that I have lived in Bridgewater all my days, except my absence in the Army during the Revolutionary war & at other times occasionally, & that in the month of April 1775 I enlisted in Capt. James Allen's Company for the term of 8 months and served that time at Roxbury in Col. Bailey's Regiment untill the eighth month expired, and was regularly discharged in the month of Dec. following, & that Caleb Keith of S d Bridgewater enlisted in S d Capt. James Allen's Company and served the term of 8 months at Roxbury in Col. Bailey's Regiment and did the duty of a sp sentry in S d Company & discharged with me at the time aforesaid. I also testify that I was in the year's service in the 1776 in Capt. Jacob Allen's Company & Col. Bailey's Regiment at New York, and knowing to the S d Caleb Keith's serving as Serg. in Capt. James Allen's Company & Col. Bailey's Regiment during the term of five months, and it was called the 5 months campaign at New York - I was well acquainted with the S d Caleb Keith of S d Bridgewater from my childhood untill after the revolutionary war. he then removed from S d Town & is now a resident of the town of Westworth in the state of New Hampshire. I have also seen the same Caleb Keith this day at Bridgewater aforesaid, and recognize him as the identical person which I knew at Roxbury & New York.
Jacob Leonard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss - Aug. 14 th 1832 Then the above named Jacob Leonard personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit, & hereby certify that the S d Jacob Leonard is a credible witness.
Nathan Mitchell Just. of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hymn the ss, I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hymn the, hereby certify that the Nathan Mitchell Esquire, before whom the within affidavit was sworn, is a justice of the peace for the county of Hymn the & that I believe his name there subscribed to be his true & proper signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court on this fifteenth day of August in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
John B. Thomas
Jacob Farnsworth Affidavit

I Andrew Freeman of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts in the sixty seventh year of my age, do testify & say, that I lived in the family of the Rev. John Porter in Bridgewater in the time of the revolution - ary War, & that his Son John, the fore part of the war, was in service as Chaplin and afterwards came home and was engaged in the recruiting service as Captain, & Caleb Heath of s d Bridgewater was there repeatedly, the subject of enlisting men and was to serve under him as Lieu t . & that I heard them converse on the subject of enlisting men, & tell Capt t Porter the number of men he had enlisted - at one time I distinctly recollect he mentioned the number of five - Different times heard him mention that he had got 18 or 20 men, & Capt t  Porter appeared to be pleased with the favorable prospects and urged him to persevere
Andrew Freeman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. 13 th of Aug t 1832 -
Then the above named Andrew Freeman personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the aforesaid affidavit by him subscribed. & I believe him to be a credible Witness
Nathan Mitchell Just. of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wymond the p. I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, being a Court of Record in the County of Wymond the, hereby certify that Nathaniel Mitchell esq r before whom the within affidavit was taken & sworn, is a justice of the Peace for the County of Wymond the, & that I believe his name thereto subscribed to be his true & proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said supreme judicial court on this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
J. B. Thomas
Affidavit
Andrew Freeman

Affidavit, Andrew H. ...
Yon a Ames

I Jonathan Ames of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts in the seventy fourth year of my age, do testify and say, that in the year 1778 I was knowing Caleb Keith then of Bridgewater to be a recruiting officer, and employed in that service of enlisting men for 3 years, or during the war, and that he actually enlisted two men in the town of Bridgewater, & I repeatedly saw him, when he was on his way to other places for that purpose, - and I was informed by Capt John Porter that said Keith was acting in the capacity of a Lieut. and was to serve during the war, by enlist- ment, & commence the service in S d Porters Company. I was also well acquainted with th e S d Caleb Keith from my childhood, & through the revolutionary war, & was knowing him to be actively engaged in the service of his country - & that his Father Ebenezer Keith was reputed to be a Tory & publicly tried & condemned as such, & that his son Caleb was ban- ished from his fathers house, in consequence of his espousing the cause of his country - Jonathan Ames
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss - Aug. 13 th 1832 Then the above named Jonathan Ames personally appeared and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true - and further certify that said Jonathan Ames is a creditable witness - Nathan Mitchell Just. of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Plymouth ss. I John B Thomas clerk of the supreme Judicial Court being a court of record in the County of Plymouth hereby certify that Nathan Mitchell Esquire before the  within whom affidavit was sworn in a justice of the peace for the county of Plymouth & that I believe his name thereto subscribed, to be his true & proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, on this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
John B. Thomas