Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,421, for William Tibbetts, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. H.
Tibbetts, William or Tebbets,
W 22.4.21
Alice
CONTENTS

Reported
877.8 Maine.
Alice Tibbetts  N.B. widow of Wm Tibbetts who was a Pri. Art. y. & Supt in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Vend 28 Octbr 1843, when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Mar. 30 and sent to
J. G. Berret Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A No C Vol. 2 Page 10
Payable to Wm Tibbetts ad for use of children, viz to wit, Wm Tibbetts & Nathan Tibb

State of Maine
York County ss: On this fourth day of February A.D. 1850 before Hon. William C. Allen Judge of the Probate Court within & for the county of York aforesaid being a court of record sitting at Alfred in said county in open court personally appeared William Tabbets a resident of Waterborough in the county of York & State of Maine aged sixty 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 July, 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and to obtain the benefit made by the act of Congress passed March 3 1843: That he is the administrator of the goods & estate of Allie Tabbets late of Waterborough in the county of York & State of Maine, deceased who was the widow of William Tabbets late of said Waterborough deceased who was a private, corporal & sergeant of Artillery in the Revolutionary War & served, as I believe as follows viz
I believe the said William Tabbets late husband to my intestate enlisted as a private in Captain Titus Saltonstall's company of Artillery in New Hampshire line the fifteenth of December 1776 and served in said company as a private or matross

and part of the time as corporal untill the first of August, 1777 when he was made a serjeant & served in said company as a serjeant fifteen months longer. I believe said company were stationed at Fort Washington on Great Island near Portsmouth, New Hampshire the whole term of time in which said Tebbets served & that it was in the Regiment commanded by Col. Reed in which Major Cilley was an officer. I believe said William a short time previous to his death made an application for a pension under some pension law existing in 1822 I think under the Act of March 18 1818 & his papers forwarded to pension office but the application was not prosecuted to final issue.
That the said Alice Tebbets the decedent made her application to the Commission of Pensions for a pension under the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838 her declaration with accompanying proof was forwarded to the Pension Office which may be referred to by my appointment as administrator and my present declaration is to assume and prosecute her said claim now pending at Pension Office.

He further declares that the said Allie Tebbetts was married to the said William Tebbetts on the twenty ninth day of June seventeen hundred and eighty eight that her husband the aforesaid William Tebbetts died on the twenty seventh day of May eighteen hundred and twenty two & that said Allie Tebbetts died on the twenty eighth day of October eighteen hundred and forty three, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.
Witness John Miller William Tebbetts Arthur M c Arthur
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me,
M m . C. Allen, Judge of Probate.

State of Maine.
York County, S.S.
I, Joshua Herrick, Register of Probate within and for the county of York, do hereby certify that William C. Allen, is the Judge of Probate within and for said county, and that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such. And that the foregoing signature purporting to his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this twelfth day of February A.D. 1850.
Joshua Herrick } Register } of Probate

State of Maine County of York ss
I Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify, that Ezekiel Whitman is the Judge of said Court and that Robert B. Caverly & James M. Burbank are Justices of the Peace in and for said County and that the signatures to the papers hereto annexed purport- -ing to be theirs are genuine
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said Court this first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine
Jere. Bradbury Clerk Jud. Courts Co. of York

State of Maine County of York p 3 On this twelfth day of February A. D. 1838 personally appeared before — Ezekiel Whitman Esquire Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said State Alice Tabbets of Waterborough in said County of York aged seventy four years in May next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled an "Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows": That she is the widow of William Tabbets late of said Waterborough - that to the best of her knowledge and belief the said William Tabbets served in Captain Titus Salter's Company in the army of the Revolution part of the time a Private and part of the time Orderly Sergeant in the whole two years nearly - that in the month of December in the year 1775 or 1776 the said William enlisted a soldier in said Company and went to Great Island Portsmouth N. H. and served in said Army without interruption except a few days once or twice on a furlough untill his term of service expired when he was finally discharged - that Reuben was at one time his Colonel and Billy his Major - that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim but would refer the Commissioners of Pensions to the Rolls of said Company and to papers on file in the War Department in connection with the proof herewith transmitted - She further declares that she was married to the said William Tabbets on the twenty ninth day of

June seventeen hundred and eighty eight. by the Rev. Peletiah Tingley; and that her husband the aforesaid William Tebbets died on the twenty seventh day of May eighteen hundred and twenty two; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above stated, and that she has not intermarried since the said William deceased.
Witness Robert D. Lowery Ernest Whitman
Alice Mrs Tebbets marks
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me in Open Court
Ernest"> Ernest Whitman

Extract from the record of the Town of Waterborough in the county of York and state of Maine under the head of marriages
"William Tabbets & Alice Gubtail both of " "Waterborough June twenty ninth seventeen " "hundred and eighty eight" joined in " "marriage by Rev. Peletiah Tingley"
I John Hill of said Waterborough depose and say that I am the Town Clerk of said town, and that the above is a true extract from said record as expressed on the town-Book with the exception of the date - which is expressed on said record in plain legible figures as follows - "June 29th 1788."
I also Hill also depose and say that the follow- ing is a true copy of said record under the head of the Intention of Marriages in plain words & figures "William Tabbets and Alice Gubtail both of " "Waterborough Jan. 19th 1788" Witness Horace Johnson John Hill } Town Clerks Robert Pleasely } of Waterborough
State of Maine } On this twenty second day of December County of York } A.D. 1838 personally appeared the said John Hill who is known to me to be a credible witness and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true before me - And I certify that I have examined the records, and that the above extracts are correct and true -
Robert Pleasely } Justice of the } Peace in and for } the County of } York

I Simeon Tibbetts of Newfield in the County of York and state of Maine eighty five years of age testify depose and say that in the month of February in the year 1777 I enlisted a soldier in Captain Petrus Falters Company in the army of the Revolution and served in said Company about six months - that William Tibbetts of Waterborough deceased was then and had been for some time before my said enlistment a soldier in said Com- pany - that the said William served during the whole time of my service in said Company That I left said Company about the last of July or first of August 1777 and left the said William Tibbetts doing duty in said Company - That I had for some time been the orderly sergeant of said Company and when I left the company as aforesaid the said William was appointed orderly sergeant and took my place as sergeant - The exact time that he served after I left I do not remember - but from common report and from what said William has since told me he served several months in said army after I left said Compa- ny - That after I left said Company served on board the ship Raleigh - Simeon Tibbetts Witness Robert Bleaverty State of Maine County of York ss } on this third day

of November A.D. 1838 personally appeared the said Simeon Tibbets who is known to me to be a man of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit and made solemn oaths that the fore- going affidavit by him signed is just and true, before me
Robert Blavely } Justice of the } Peace in & } for the county } of York

I Paul Roberts of Newfield in the county of York and state of Maine aged seventy eight years depose and say that at the commencement of the Revolutionary war I served in Captain Titus Salton's Company in said war in the whole three years. That during my said service William Jebbets late of Waterborough deceased served in said Company with me in the whole two years. That the said William was a mess-mate with me and I well know that he served two years as aforesaid and was honorably discharged. He acted part of the time as orderly sergeant of said Company. Reed was our Colonel and Gilly was our major part of the time during our said service. his Paul Roberts marks  Witness: Nathanial Roberts Robert B. Caverly
State of Maine } On this twenty second day of County of York } November A.D. 1838 personally appeared the said Paul Roberts who is known to me to be a man of truth and entitled to full credit and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true - before me
Robert B. Caverly } Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of York

I William Tabbets of Waterborough in the county of York and State of Maine aged fifty years in November last depose and say that I am a son of William and Alice Tabbets named in the papers hereto annexed - that I have often heard my Father the said William talk about his services in the Revolutionary Army and often heard him say he served about two years - I have also often heard him say that after his return from service Army that he paid a hundred dollars for a Cow out of the money which he received for his aforesaid services - that my father the said William died May 27 th 1822 - and that my mother the said Alice is now living, and has not intermarried since my Father's the said Wm's, decease.
Witness
W m Tabbets
Samuel Smith
State of Maine } County of York } On this 22 nd day of February A.D. 1839 personally appeared the said William Tabbets who is known to me to be a credible witness and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true before me
James M. Burbank
Justice of the Peace in & for the County of York

N. B.
All communications to the widow Jebbets from the War Dept - may be directed to my care at Limerick Maine By her request
Robt. B. Cavely

4871
Alice Tibbetts Wid of William Me act 7. July 1838
no action
R B Cavelly Simms

Rabbits
Overland? see No. 4871

State of Maine County of York ss: On this eighteenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine before Hon. Ether Shepley Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court now held at Alfred within & for the county of York on the third Tuesday of September being the eighteenth day of said month personally appeared in open Court being a court of record Alice Tabbets a resident of Watubrough in the county of York & State of Maine aged seventy four years who makes this declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows, that she is the widow of William Tabbets late of Watubrough aforesaid who served as follows, viz, that he enlisted in a company of Infantry or Artillery under Captain Titus Dalter in Col. Reeds Regiment, in which Major Cilley was major & I think in the New Hampshire line and served as a private & some part of the period of his service as a sergeant in said company at Great Island near Portsmouth for nearly two years, all of which will more fully appear by the declaration of the said William in his application for a pension previous to the death of said William which are now on file in the pension office & which were not decided upon previous to said William's death which happened on the twenty seventh day of May AD 1822; that she was married to the said William Tabbets on the twenty ninth day of June AD the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight and that the said William Tabbets died on the twenty seventh day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred & twenty two, that she was not married previous to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred & twenty four, to wit at the time before stated that she has remained single & unmarried

Subscribed & sworn to in open court
Before me
When Sheffield was of the Suprem Judicial Court
County of York ss.
State of Maine
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the said County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify, that Esther Shepley is a Judge of said Court and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty nine
Bradbury, Clerk Sup. Jud. Court

(Arthur McArthur Justice of the Peace)
State of Maine County of York ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Arthur McArthur is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly com- -missioned and qualified, that his Commission was dated on the eleventh day of December 1834 & will expire on the eleventh day of December 1841 and that his signature above written is genuine,
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County, this twenty eighth day of September 1839
Jere. Bradbury Clerk Jud. Courts, York County

"Marriages entered" "William Tebbets Alice Gubtail both of Watuborough June twenty ninth, one thousand seven hundred & eighty eight" "Joined together in marriage by Prentiss D. Dyer." The above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in plain legible figures as follows "June 29 th 1788" Attest John Hill { Town clerk of the Town of Watuborough in the county of York & State of Maine }
I John Hill of Watuborough in the county of York & State of Maine of the age of fifty one years last August being the above named John Hill depose and say that I held the office of Town Clerk for the town of Watuborough aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the book now in my custody entitled "Records for the town of Watuborough" under the head of "Marriages entered" with the exception above named as certified by me. I also depose and say that the ap- pearance of said record and other appearance of records purporting to have been made at the same date both of which purport to have been made by Benjamin Warren

then Town Clerk of said Waterborough and from my personal knowledge of said Benjamin Warren & his hand- writing I am confident that the afore- said record was made by him in his official capacity and at or near the time it purports to have been made. I further depose and say that Peletiah Kingsey aforesaid was an ordained minister Gospel & that he solemnly ad- ministered marriages in this vicinity & county. I further depose and say that I was elected Town Clerk of said Waterborough for the first time on the 13 th of March 1837 & again elected clerk & qualified on the 3 rd day of April A.D. 1838 & was again elected Town Clerk of said Waterborough & duly qualified on the 7 th day of April A.D. 1839 & have continued to be Town Clerk as aforesaid ever since.
I further depose & say that William Lobbett late of said Waterborough deceased who died at said Waterborough between thirteen & fourteen fifteen years ago. He was reputed to be a revolutionary pensioner & Alice Lobbett his widow & next of kin is now an applicant for a pension.

and lived to gether as man & wife in said Waterborough ever since my most early recollections, when I was eight years old that they had a several children one of whom William Tebbets is older than myself as I should judge from my first acquaintance with him, that it is not very customary to record births in this town & said William is not recorded
John Hill
State of Maine York ss. On this twenty first day of September A.D. 1839 personally appeared John Hill above named to me well known and who sustains a good character for truth and veracity & who is by reputation Town Clerk of the town of Waterborough affirmed & made a solemn oath to the truth of above deposition by him sub- scribed
Before me Arthur M'Arthur Justice of the Peace

I William Tabbets of Waterborough in the county of York State of Maine of lawful age depose testify & say that I am the son of William Tabbets late of said Waterborough deceased, who was reported to have been a revolutionary soldier & Allice Tabbets widow of the said William Tabbets that the said an applicant for a pension under the acts of Congress of July 7 1838; that the aforesaid William Tabbets my father died at Waterborough on the twenty fourth day of May A.D. 1822 & was an applicant for a pension under the laws then existing in favor of Revolutionary soldiers but was never pensioned to my knowledge; that the said Allice is the lawful widow of said William deceased & is now alive & has now been married since the decease of said William William Tabbets
State of Maine York ss: On this eighteenth day of September A.D. 1839 personally appeared William Tabbets abovenamed to me personally known & who sustains a good character for truth & veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. Before me, Arthur McArthur, justice of the Peace.

ever since the decease of William Jebbet's aforesaid Witness Arthur M'Arthur.                      Alice her X Jebbet's Jer. Bradbury                                                      mark
Subscribed & sworn to in open court
Before me Esther Shepley Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court
County of York ss.
State of Maine
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the said County of York, being a Court of Record, hereby certify, that Esther Shepley is a Judge of said Court and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my name and affix the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk Sup. Jud. Court

I William Tabbets of Waterborough in the county of York & State of Maine of lawful age depose testify & say that I am the son of William Tabbets late of said Waterborough deceased who was reported to have been a Revolutionary soldier & Alice Tabbets widow of the said William Tabbets that the said an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of July 7 1838; that the aforesaid William Tabbets my father died at Waterborough on the twenty fourth day of May A.D. 1822 & was an applicant for a pension under the laws then existing in favor of Revolutionary soldier but was never pensioned to my knowledge; that the said Alice is the lawful widow of said William deceased & is now single. She has never been married since the decease of said William. William Tabbets
State of Maine York ss: On this eighteenth day of September A.D. 1839 personally appeared William Tabbets abovenamed to me personally known & who sustains a good character for truth & veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. Before me, Arthur M c Arthur, justice of the Peace.

10861
Maine.
Alice Tibbetts dec d
Widow of William Tibbetts who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 27 May 1822 of in the State of who was a Pvt of Art 7 Sergeant in the Comp y commanded by Captain of the the in commanded by line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Mar. 1830 and sent to James G. Berret present Payable Wm Tibbetts adm r for Total amount  2 surviving children Wm Tibbetts Nathan Tibbetts [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. B. Chase Clerk, Book C Vol. 1 Page 1

4871
Alice Tibbetts dec. of William Maine, b. d. 27 May 1822 d. 28 Oct. 1843
admitted
Pr arts 1 yr - $ 50 Sept - 2nd. 10 $ 60. -
com 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841. from 4 March 1843 to 28 Oct 1843 when she died, children William Tibbetts Nathan Tibbetts, Payable to William Tibbetts. Adminr.
applied in 1819, and res. not contented, papers sent to Judge Thacher 27 Jan 1819
James S. Bend
Present

State of Maine, County of York, S.S.
Probate Court
February Term, A. D. 1850.
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, this fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & fifty
Joshua Herrick " " " " "

STATE OF MAINE.
YORK COUNTY, ss.
I, Joshua Merrill Register of the Court of Probate for said County of York, hereby certify that at a Court of Probate held at Alfred within and for said County of York, on the fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty . William Tabbett of Waterborough in said County, was appointed Administrator of the Estate of Alice Tabbett late of said Waterborough , widow deceased, who died on the twentyeighth day of October A.D. 1843, and gave bond to the acceptance of the Judge of said Court, for the faithful performance of said trust according to law.
I do further certify, that it appears by the Records and Files in the Probate Office of the County aforesaid, that said appointment remains in full force, and in no wise revoked, reversed or annulled.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at the Probate Office aforesaid, this fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty .
Joshua Merrill Register of Probate for said County.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22421
Alice Tibbens
widow of
Mr. Tibbens
Dr. Rev. was
Act March 8 th 48 & June 17 th 48
Index: Vol M , Page 276
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Set to A. McArthur Feb 25 '46 " " Same Nov 27 " ran on Dec. 15246.

See entry on August 10 June '39 Wisteria bell from S. Clifford 15 July 1860. to H. W. Arthur July 20. '42 to same Aug. 10. '44 to same Oct. 13. '45
Act 7. July 1838

William Tibbetts a 1800 Alleei M. 88 S.
Nov 76. 2 nd in Capt. Salton Co. on prn + Surg. Col Reid Regt.
Mt. Simon Tibbetts ✓ Paul Roberts ✓
roll dated Feb 17 1776
✓ roll on —
Sum Sec 5 mo in Salton Com 77 ag
he was in Hooper Co 10 mo 76 to Nov. 24
William Tibbetts for eight of the above accounts are on Capt. Salton's Rolls for June & July 1776 paid in N.H. 11069

Limington Me! Nov 23
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James L. Edwards, Esq u Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C. Alia Hobbs me sup Q

Simington Nov: 23 1846
Sir,
After receiving your letter of Dec. 13 th 1845 that "the claim of Alice Tabbets has been suspended" I, on the 18 th of same month forwarded you the additional evidence of Reuben Rich's deposition, since which I have not heard from the case, and take the liberty of calling your attention to it.
I am very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t A. M c Arthur
James L. Edwards Esq re , Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Dec. 7, 1876 Limington Me D 4 Recd A.M. Feb 4
James L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions Washington D.C.
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66 are now here

Limington Dec. 4 1846
Sir,
Your communication of Nov. 27 th is rec d . which included the report made on the case of Allie Tabbets Feb. 25 1846 addressed to me at Dover, which never came to my knowledge, by the misdirection, until yours of Nov 27 was rec d . I had supposed the same was under a suspended consideration from Feb. 25 to Nov 27 1846.
In this case we have proved six months service and more. we prove the six months service by the testimony of Dimeon Tabbets the clerk of Col. Dater's company in 1777, which proof although secondary to documentary I should suppose could not be considered inadmissible, as documentary proof is very fairly shown to be unattainable by us, being neither in existence in the archives at Concord or Newburyton & because Dimeon Tabbets was clerk & may be supposed to remember better than any other man & because, from the necessity of the case, no surviving but himself probably lived at the time & no evidence of Tabbets records could be obtained probably, except Riches
Tabbets Dimeon, is no mere Riches is dead. They were both noble specimens of a revolutionary soldier, possessing all that innate integrity, characterized that class of men who lived in times which tried men's souls & who founded the Republic & although poor I verily believe not all

the gold & silver that will soon enter our Bibleless world in due - time to knowingly & willfully perjure themselves - they were as I believe God's Mobility on Earth - Honest men.
The testimony of Deborah Deborah Dobbets is corroborated by the matter of Wm Dobbets being on a petition of M rs in Captain Dobbets company in May 1777 to legislation for Redundancy to increase their pay. Deborah Dobbets says that when entering the company, he found by the rolls in his possession as clerk that Wm Dobbets name had been  was on the Roll, which said statement is corroborated by the testimony of Richard who says he frequently saw him there in service in 1776 altho not a member of the company himself.
You say Wm Dobbets name is not borne on the Master Roll of Feb 17 1776 & therefore if he served all must have served as a sub s white (meaning probably if he served at that time or from that time.) We contend that he served in 1776 & claim for what time he served. If we have declared or asserted that he enlisted & served the qualification of enlisted or of the term enlisted is mere parlance & not gist for it is his service and not his enlistment that constitutes the foundation of our claim.
We now ask you without delay to forward us a certificate of pension for the service of William Dobbets in Captain Dobbets company for the six months in 1777 & for such further term of time as by the evidence in your

possession of such as has been from time to time forwarded to you shall warrant you in granting or else to negative our claim absolutely.
I am very respectfully Your Obedt Servt.
Arthur McArthur
JAMES L. EDWARDS Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.
vine ark sh Sta

Paul Roberts, in his declar n declared that he join'd Saller 6 th m ch 1777, and serv'd 3 m th s! at the expiration of that term, he enlist'd for, and serv'd one year. In all under Saller 14 m th s; and com d this is doubtful See his a c papers n o 21763 the June 7.

Dover D r . Dec r . 18 1845.
Sir, I herewith forward you the deposition of Reuben Richer who testifies to the service of William Tebbets late husband of Alice Tebbets in Captain Titus Salter's company at Fort Washington from Aug 5 1776 to last November of that year, which goes to corroborate in part the testimony of Simeon Tebbets and taken in connection with his testimony, is I think conclusive to prove some service of William Tebbets in Capt. Salter's company in 1776 & if he served in that year from August 5 to latter part of November & even then the inference is sufficiently strong that he served from Aug 5 1776 to the time of date of his petition to legislature of D r . 26 th May 1777.
Your letter of 13 th Feb. says "The name of William "is not found on Capt. Salter's roll dated Feb. 1776 "and consequently the claim of his widow Alice "Tebbets has been suspended." Why suspended? An indefinite suspension of a claim which has already been in your possession six years is nearly tantamount to a rejection and so I don't understand you. I infer by your letter that you have rolls of Capt. Salter's company & you can explain all ambiguities & dark points in our evidence and presume you will readily give us the benefit of evidence exclusively in your possession when you have

for what ends & the circumstances that put it in your possession. Of the deposi- tion of Simeon Riden who says that by the rolls coming into his possession as such when he first entered Catit S's company in February 1777 he found that William Seblets had been there a year which would have carried it to February & March. February 1776, does carry the time too far back & his name is not on the roll in February 1776 but is on it in March or April or May or even June it does not go to impugning the motion of Simeon Riden in so testifying if he approximated near to the time - he might have been in mistake in giving the precise time but was right in the main & so it appears by the testimony of Riden Riden who says he was there in August - but if the commencement of his service is indefinite by our testimony we have it in our power to make it so by documents and by such and our proof taken in connexion we again take the

liberty to urge a speedy decision of our case -
Hon James L. Edwards Commr. of Pensions.
Yours very respectfully Yours O O T sent
A. Matthews
Will you file this letter in the case of Alice Tebbets & let your communications be addressed to me at Farmington Maine
A.M. at safe

Washington Mr Dec 5.
Recd U.S.
Rev James L. Edwards Commonwealth
Washington D.C. Dec 9. 1885.
Recd Dec 9. 1885.

Simington Dec r 5 1845
Sir,
In one of your corresponding letters to Thomas Bradford Esq m under date March 29 1845 which in the course of our negotiations it became necessary I should examine you re g y "the rolls of Captain Salter for 1776 do not shew "the names of the three Regiments of the "company." Shall I understand by that, that the rolls of that year of Captain Salter's company are in your office? 28 Also the proof of the service of Wm Sebbets late Husband of Ellen Sebbets may be found if he served that year — Simon Sebbets the defendant in that case I now understand is deceased. although from when I wrote you last had not heard of his death —
I am very respectfully Your O b d Serv t Arthur M c Arthur
Hon. James L. Edwards Com r of Pensions.

Limington Dec. 4 1843
Sir, After the reception of yours of July 1842 in which you say the claim of Allen Tabbets is still pending that further evidence of the service is required & that the records at Concord may afford important information respecting the alleged service in this case
I first took the deposition of Simon Tabbets which is herewith enclosed who states that he served in Captain Titus Salton's company during seven months commencing from Feb. 1 1777
2 Enclosed is letter of Hon. Samuel Cushing of Portsmouth who married the daughter of Capt. Titus Salton, who alleges that no documents of his can be found indicating the service of William Tabbets —
3 Enclosed is the letter of Secretary of State of New Hampshire stating that but one of the rolls of Continental troops Titus Salton's were in the encampment at Concord & that during the war in fall of 1775 which is not the time embraced in the period of William Tabbets Service
4 th I recently took an additional deposition of Simon Tabbets wherein

he says, in his official capacity of clerk he had charge of all the books & records of the company & that it was apparent on said records that William Yeats had since so been previously to his release of the com- pany that he said during the said months, he as clerk, & that he left him there when he shipped on board the Raleigh as a successor to himself in the office of clerk - That one one month after, while the said being at anchor in Lehigh came on board as a soldier in said com- pany bearing the invariable inference that he had since some month beyond the time of his shipping making seven months -
With respect to the years prior to Simon Yeats entering company he says he was familiar with the books rolls & records of the company that William Yeats name was born for them that they said he had since a year - These records now have no existence or ex- ist, to our knowledge, claimable as

as is shown by the enclosed wills of Samuel Cutler & his wife of State of N.H. There are no persons to my knowledge living who know the fact of his death - We offer this last deposition as the next best evidence - lapse of time & in- evitable circumstances have de- prived of the better evidence.
The testimony of George Roberts is better from the point that it was his duty to refer to rolls & records every day & as the number of company was small & a frequent inspection of the names on the old books as well as more recent rolls it is to be presumed the best of the existence of the name of William Roberts was very strongly impressed upon his recollection thereby - otherwise perhaps his testimony would be entitled to much less credit.
As this claim is of long standing I hope you will be inclined to give us as speedy a decision as possible as you may think the document entitled to, as circumstances will admit.
I am very respectfully Hon James L. Edwards, Your Ob. Serv. Commr of Pensions Arthur M'Arthur

July 11 1842
Linn Jun July 8 th
Free
one Alice Scituate
on James L. Edwards, Commission Merchant Washington city (D.C.)

Lewington July 7 1842
Sir,
Enclosed is the deposition of Dr. Edward Peabody to be used in the application of Israel Wakefield for pension as an invalid. I am attorney for Mr. Wakefield. This will complete all the evidence you have required of us in your letter on the subject -
Taken at
In the application of Abner Tabbets your letter of July 15 1840 says "The proof of the alleged service of her deceased husband is not sufficient to justify the admission of her claim." Not knowing at that time what additional evidence was required I attended no further to the subject but have been recently applied to prosecute the claim further & now would wish to ascertain from you whether either from the information which you gave me at the time or from lapse of time the applicant is precluded from prosecuting the same application in the production of additional proof and wherein the proof already produced is defective -
I am respectfully Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. Your obedt Servt A. M. Arthur

me July 7. 1838
Hon James L. Edwards, Commission of Pensions Washington (D.C.)
FREE

Lunington Oct. 2 d 1839
Sir,
Inclosed is the application & documents of Alice Tebbets for a pension. I am the attorney to Alice Tebbets for this purpose & please direct all communications relative to it to me — I am respectfully Your Ob t Serv t
Hon James S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Arthur M c Arthur

Simington Nov. 21 1845.
Sir, Will you permit me to call your attention again to the case of widow Mrs. Alice Tabbets widow of William Tabbets deceased which you say in your of July 12 1842 is still pending & that the records at Concord may afford important information respecting the alleged service in this case.
I herewith profer the annexed copy of a document the only evidence in Secretary of New Hampshire's office to prove the service of William Tabbets. This document bearing on it the name of William Tabbets I presume is plenary evidence, although not of the duration of his service, yet that he did serve & was in service in Capt. Peter Salter's company at Fort Washington on the 26 th of March 1777. The certificate herewith shows a destruction of the Rolls in Capt. Peter Salter's company from the fact they were delivered to J. Haskell Esq d Commission for four Eastern States, from the nature of whose commission it may be fairly inferred the documents were locked up in the War Department or in the office of 3 d Auditor of the Treasury, in either case accessible by Com te of Pensions, unless, if in the former, they were  were among those

destroyed by the conflagration of that office. We have therefore produced all the documentary evidence the nature of the case will admit, which (I mean the annexed document) in connection with the deposition heretofore forwarded of Simon Seblets should be amply sufficient to remove any reasonable doubt of his service & its duration. Simon Seblets, who testifies he was Clerk & sergeant in Capt. Peter Salter's company & for which service & according to which rank he has been pensioned, & testifies further that he entered said company first of February 1777 & was appointed sergeant & Clerk of said company that he continued to serve as such until first of August when he was detached to go on board U. S. Ship Raleigh that William Seblets was a private in said company when he entered & continued to serve as such until he left the company first of August & again to go on board U. S. S. Raleigh when the said William was appointed sergeant as his successor; that in the fall of that year when the Raleigh came into Portsmouth William Seblets & some other men belonging to Capt. Salter's company came on board,

knowing as he supposed certain to occur in said company from the time he (Simon Tebbetts) left company till that time; that when he entered the company in February 1777 he came into possession of all the rolls & records of the company he found, by examination of them that William Tebbets had been paying in said company as a servant for the year next preceding.
I think I have cited his testimony accurately at least substantially so - if I have not you have the means of correcting. The character of defendant for truth has been testi- fied to & I can say from my own knowledge he is remarkably intelligent to this day. His testimony is corroborated by the fact that Wm Tebbets was in that region May 26 1777 as proved by annexed certificate. I contend that his deposition proves over six months service absolutely & that the proof of the previous years service by in- ference is as strongly proved - the docu- ments found and in the custody of the def- endant while acting as clerk of said company would if produced be the highest order of evidence of a years service - if not to be found, parol evidence would be admissible in a Common Law Court to prove it once had an existence and such evidence uncontradicted would be equivalent to the document - and I have never yet supposed that you have ever intended to establish rules of evidence more astringent than the Courts of Law,

and that to carry into effect the terms and provisions of the Pension law it was not in the contemplation of the Statute that severe technical rules of evidence should be resorted to as to facts shrouded in the veil of antiquity but such proof only as is calculated to remove any reasonable doubt of the claim - If occasional inaccuracies occur, which I believe would rarely happen under the mildest rules of evidence it is no more to be feared than that a hundred times more is lost by just documents from a total want of evidence of their claim -
Alice Sebbets claims as follows.
12 months as a private according testimony of Simon Sebbets that documents on his horses were now lost shows such service
6 months as a private from 1 st of Feb 1777 to 1 st of Aug 1777 shown by testimony of Simon Sebbets who was clerk & had the best opportunity of knowing his service.
2 months"> 2 months or about that time - being an indefinite time as a sergeant from 1 st of Aug 1777 to the time the Raleigh Continental Regiment was on plan near where Wm Sebbets came on board & was then a Sgt. in Capt Satter's Co.
20 months or thereabouts
I believe that if the parties (the claimant & Government) were in the attitude of 1 st & 2 nd litigant in a court of law, the court would so instruct the jury as to the law of evidence that a verdict would in this case be rendered for plaintiff Alice Sebbets.
Hon. James L. Edwards Commission of Pensions
I am very respectfully Yours Ob. Servt.
Arthur M'Arthur

To the Honourable Council and House of Represent- atives, at Exeter in General Court Assembled. we the Subscribers the Non Commission officer and Soldiers under the command of Cap! Titus Salter at Fort Washington in the State of New Hampshire. Humbly present this Petition to your Honours Shewing that your Honours at the time of our enlisting was Pleased Give us forty one Shillings pr month we cheerfully all as one Entered in to the service & though the wages sufficient pay for our service knowing that your Honours had Passed an act for the Regulating the Prices of Goods and Provisions and we humbly shew your Honours How far that act is Complied with your Honours stated Return by the Quart at 2/ and is sold current at 4 and 5/ Pr Quart Corn at 3/6 pr Bushel and it sold at 5 and 6 shilling a Bushel Coffe at 1/3 Pound and it sold for 4 and 5 shilling pr Pound Sider at 12/ p Barrell and it is sold at 33/ Pr Barrell and Seven Pence p Quart and all and all Sortes of of Goods and Provisions at as Dear a Rate and we Humbly pray your Honours to take the Suffering Condition of your Humble Petitioners under your consideration Consideration and make an addition To our Wages for the time of our Being in the service according to the Price of all Sortes of Goods & Provisions or we must as the most of us have families if you Do Not Give us wages so that we can support them Be under the Hard Necessity though Contrary to our Desires Beg a Discharge from the Service which is very Disagreeable To us we Being in Defence of so Glorious a Cause of Liberty which is Dearer than to our

Lives if could have wages to support it and humbly Pray your honour to Give us Discharge if you Do Not Rise our wages To Give us A Discharge from the Service that we may take some other way To Support our families we Do Not want to make Estates By Being in the Defence of so Glorious A Cause we only Beg Wages The we can live By and we Humbly Pray your Honours To Give us an answer as soon as you have Time To Consider of it for we cannot live By the wages you have given us and your Humble Petitioners will ever Pray &c Fort Washington in the State New Hampshire The 26 of May 1777
N: B When the War Begun forty Shillings was Better then Six Pounds is now
Joseph Day Simeon Tabbets Richard Jenkins Solomon Stevens John Williams Sam l Ordorne Mark Londe Rich d L Nelson Josiah Gunnison Dan l Garry Rich d Ingerson Patrick Gunnison Adament Yeaton John Shortunide Benj r Wood Simon Haines Daniel Hodsdon Sam l Shaw
Samuel Garry Andrew Rankin James Garry Isaac Worthen Thomas Dorn William Harrison Jon a Brown Josiah Berry Samuel Glay W m Babb Rich d Perry Joseph Pelee Theophilus Clough Thomas Perkins John Morrison Wiggins Evans William Carlisle + William Tabbets

James Philpot James Philpot jun Setham Barker Tobias MacIntosh Ebenezer Whitehouse Wm Chadwick Theodore Lovejoy Richard Hoagston Henry Simpson Simeon Whittom jun Daniel Bone Abraham Bone Jonathan Vincent John Tina David Tina Henry Clarke Simeon Whittom
David Brewster Stephen Clark Paul Roberts James Healey Joshua Healey Eliab Littlefield N: Furber Samuel Jones Geo Tucker Obediah Marshall Benj: Yeaton Joseph Brown James Height Aaron Abbot Gershon Dummer James Healey
State of New Hampshire.
Secretary of State's Office.
I do hereby certify, That the foregoing is a true copy of the original and the whole of said original now in this Office.
I further certify, That from an examination of the Revolutionary Documents
which remain in this Office it appears, that various Rolls of Capt. Titus Saltus Comp y were old d to E. Haskell Com r . for the four Eastern States as appears by his Rec t . Dated July 11 th 1788. Given under my hand & the Seal of said State, this 14 th Day of Nov r : 1825.
Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State

(N o 3) Letter from Jonah Stevens Jr country of Harts Mt. to A Washington Vermont Jethro Dutton Co. Recd Aug st 29 1842
Arthur McArthur Esq r
Lewington
Maine

Library of the Office
Concord N.H. August 25/62
Sir
In answer to your inquiry I would inform you that a few books in this office of last Fall's were which were an settling too.
one for a period of about six weeks in the fall of 1875-
two others of short periods from April to Feb 16-1876. The name of Wm Elliott is not known on these books.
I expect that last Fall was at Fort Washington during most of the War. The records of this office were kept at different places during the Revolution some of which no doubt have been lost. All of the Public Records are now in this office which are known to date.
I am Sir your affec
Jonathan Stevens Jr

Letter from Samuel Cushman to Am. Cushman On Aug 30 1842
W. H. Chapman Esquire Allen at Law Springfield Mass
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single Arthur W. M.  W. M.  W. M. Engine Cannellon at Saw Via Portland. Limington Maine
Bill from Benuel C. Farnsworth to J. M. C. to  to Oct 30 1842

Portsmouth, New Hampshire 27th August 1842
Dear Sir,
Your favor of the 23 rd instant was received in due course of mail & should have received an answer an earlier would I have found the Gentleman of whom I wished to make enquiries relative to the subject matter of your letter. I could not obtain an interview with this Gentleman until this afternoon, when I was informed that the Boston or Roll of Captain Titus Sutton's Company was in the Secretary of State's Office, at Concord. That some few years since it had been filed in the Pension Office at Washington, but that it had been returned to Secretary's Office by the order and directions of the Executive of New Hampshire.

If this be not the case, it is still at the Pension Office at Washington. You will not be able to obtain a copy of that paper from the Com- missioner of Pensions, because it is against the Rules of that Office to fur- nish such copies, but you can draw up the papers for Mrs. Tibbetts, and if her husband's name is found upon the Roll of Captain Satter's Company, she will obtain a Pension. The son of Captain Satter who was a member of the same Company is dead, otherwise, I think you might have procured the services of William Tibbetts by him.
I very much regret that it is not in my power to furnish you with the evidence which is desired. Any assist- ance I can render you in the case you mention or any other, shall be done with great pleasure. With Great Respect
I am Sir Arthur Tappan Chancellor of Law Somerset Me Your obedt Servt, Samuel Cushman

Simone Tebets' depo see Allin Tebets

I Simeon Tabbets of Newfield in the county of York & State of Maine of the age of eighty lastly say nine years on the 14 th day of December, that I enlisted in Captain Titus Salter's company of Artillery on first of February A.D. 1777 as a private & was immediately appointed sergeant of said company & continued to serve in said company as such till the first of August following when I was discharged for the purpose of my entering with eight or nine of same company on board Continental Frigate Raleigh When I first entered in said company in February 1777 William Tabbets was a private in said company & I was informed he had been in said company a year - he continued to serve in said company until the time of my discharge as a private & when I was dis- charged he was appointed a sergeant in my place. Captain Titus Salter's company was stationed at Fort Washington near Portsmouth N.H. during the time I served & before & after I served in it
Simeon Tabbets
State of Maine York county ss: On this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & sixty two personally appeared Simeon Tabbets, who is to me personally known & who sustains

a good character for truth & veracity & made solemn oaths to the truth of the foregoing dep- osition by him subscribed
Before me Arthur M. Arthur Justice of the Peace
Nov 20th
1871
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(Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace)
State of Maine } scil. York County. }
I, William) Drayton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the said county of York, do hereby certify that Arthur M c Arthur is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified and qualified; that his commission was dated on the third day of February 1842 and will expire on the third day of February 1849, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State this fifteenth day of November A.D. 1843.
William Drayton, Clerk.

I Simeon Tabbets of Newfield in the county of York State of Maine of the age of ninety years on the 14 th day of December last past depose testify & say that I was sergeant & orderly officer in Captain Elias Dutton's company of Artillery in the Revolutionary War from first of January for six months in the year 1777. When I first entered the company William Tabbets was a private & when I left he was appointed a sergeant in my place - I had charge of the books & rolls & so perfect is my recollection of the names of the men then on my roll that I can name them all without reference to any papers or any suggestions - they were as follows viz
  Daniel Bean  Andrew Rankins    Samuel Shaw  Petariah Gullison    Richard Jenkins  William Stackpole    Solomon Stevens  Joseph Hubbard    Roberts  Elias Grant    James Phelps  Simeon Willicams    William Tabbets  Richard Tinea    Abraham Bean  John Tinea    William Babb  Richard Ingersol    Carlisle  Littlefield & others    James Geerey     Samuel Gary     William Harrison     Isaac Worthen     Samuel Cley     Joshua Hasty     James Hasty   
That I had charge of all the papers & books belonging to the company appertaining to my office as clerk of the company & the old rolls; that I frequently

looked over said rolls & books I knew I was familiar with many names of men whom I have never seen that there was the name of William Tabbets on them. I have no doubt William Tabbets served in said company for one year for rolls said so - that William Tabbets often told me the whole routine of his service for years previous to my entering as aforesaid & tells his proceedings from step to step - after I shipped on first of August our vessel laid at Pepperall Cove two or three miles below the fort - she laid there more than one month before sailed & while laying there and a month after I shipped, William Tabbets & some others of the company came down & came on board & they were there in uniform & it was

said & understood that they were stationed at the aforesaid Fort. That William Tobbets was my successor as Sergeant & Clerk - said William told me he was detailed to carry a number of Americans to Albany - he told me (I have) of hearing the small 炮 was carried to a fort house kept at Popham's Cove after we sailed - I further solemnly swear that from the inspection of the rolls, from having served with him while I was Sergeant & Clerk, & from my seeing him monthly after I shipped on board our vessel, that I have no doubt that William Tobbets served in Captain Miles Salton Company of Artillery nineteen months in the whole, one month of which time was as Sergeant & Clerk.  his  Witness Arthur M'Arthur Simon D. Tobbets Gollubaf Tobbets mark
State of Maine York ss: Nov. 24 th 1843 Then the above named Simon Tobbets to me personally known & who sustains a good character for truth & veracity personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of above deposition by him subscribed before me Arthur M'Arthur Justice of the Peace.

(Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace)
State of Maine } ss. York County, }
I, William Drafton, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, within and for said county of York, do hereby certify, that Arthur M c Arthur is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the third day of February, 1842, and will expire on the third day of February, 1849, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, this twenty eighth day of November, 1843.
William Drafton, Clerk.

I Reuben Ricker of Dover in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire of the age of eighty eight years do hereby testify & say that I served as a soldier in Captain John Brewster's company in Col Pierce's 1st Regiment that we were stationed at a fort in New castle near Portsmouth N.H. & near Fort Washington near Portsmouth which said Fort Washington was occupied by Capt. Niter Satter's company; that I was acquainted with many of the company of Capt. Niter Satter's company receiving occasion almost every day to pass Fort Washington in going to town and that I was well acquainted with William Tabbet who served in Captain Niter Satter's company. The time of my service there which I was acquainted with William Tabbet as a private in Capt. Satter's company was from first of August 1776 to last of November of that year & I am sure that between these two periods he and William served as a private in said Satter's company. Witness Geo. T. Wentworth Reuben Ricker mark
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss. Dover Dec 18th 1845 Then personally appeared the above named Reuben Ricker and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is in his belief true.
Before me Geo. T. Wentworth Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Deponent and that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity. Geo. T. Wentworth Jus. of the Peace

State of New Hampshire County of Strafford ss.
I, John H. Smith, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county, hereby certify that George S. Wentworth is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified that his commission is dated December 23 rd A. D. 1844 and will expire December 22 nd A. D. 1849 and that the signatures within purporting to be his, are true and genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this eighteenth day of December A. D. 1845.
John H. Smith Clerk

I Margaret Smith of Keall's in the County of York & State of Maine, aged ninety five years, do hereby testify & say that my maiden name was Margaret Tibbetts, and I am a sister of William Tibbetts late of Water- borough in said County, deceased, who was a revolutionary soldier. That my fathers family resided in Sunnemsworth, State of New Hampshire and moved to Waterborough, aforesaid about a year before the revolutionary war commenced, that my brother William Tibbetts was desirous of going into the Army at the commence- ment of the war but his parents were not willing. I think he went into the army in the latter part of the second year of said war, and served at Great Island under Captain Sal- ter, I have heard my brother say that it was Capt Salter he served under in said war, have heard him

Say so a great many times. He did not return home during the time he belonged to the army. He was there some length of time, perhaps a year or year & a half, or two years, cannot recall to state more precisely. My brother William was an officer of some kind, I believe it was a sergeant When he returned from the army he brought a bundle of clothes, which he obtained when he went to Boston to exchange prisoners, as he informed me. He brought them to me to wash & I washed them. He said he was a young officer, & afraid of losing his prisoners, & so stuck along by them. & caught some lice from them. So that said clothing was lousy. It was matter publickly known & not disputed that my brother served as an officer under Capt Salter at Great Island. in the revolutionary war.
Witnesses Aly. J. Chisholm      Margaret her X Smith Mark Helen Smith
State of Maine York ss. February 6. 1857. Personally

affirmed the above named Margaret Smith I read oath that the foregoing statement sub- scribed by her is true to the best of her belief & knowledge before me
A. F. Chisholm Justice of the Peace Watkins
York p. February 6. 1850. I certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs Margaret Smith the above named affiant, and that she sustains a good character for truth & veracity
A. F. Chisholm Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
York. ss.
I J. M. Lintire Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the county of York hereby certify that Alexander P. Blissholm is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county as appears within. that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such. that his commission is dated March 2. 1843 and will expire March 2 1850. and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this twelfth day of February A.D. 1850.
J. M. Lintire Clerk