Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 49467-160-55, for Stephen Sutton, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
914
Sutton, Stephen Betsey
B.Y.Wt. 49467-160-55
CONTENTS

Mar 3 1950 & 2 July 2/56
End 9 Lt S. D. Stevens Aug 6/56
Ruby Sutton Sister of Stephen Sutton Riv
Capt Benj Lewis Col David Schuman M. H. Mil
Aug 11 1776 Dec 5, 1776 " 1777
Revolution
Private M. H. Mil
N.H. No Papers
ad. 160 a do Dec 9/56
Dodge
L. D. Stevens Concord M. H.
Vol I = 2 = 146

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord,
July 24 th 1855.
I hereby certify, That Joseph M. Barker, Samuel Hill and Joseph Clough are Justices of the Peace for the County of Rockingham and were such at the date of the annexed attestation in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written.
Samuel L. Patten
Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire County of M c Kinack ss On this nineteenth day of May in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty five personally ap- peared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid Betsey Sutton aged Eighty seven years a resident of Canterbury in the State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Stephen Sutton who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution; that he enlisted at said Canterbury on or about the fifth day of December 1776 and continued in actual service in said war for the space of three months and over: that during said term he served as Private in the Company of New Hampshire Militia under Capt. Benjamin Sias in the Regt under Col David Gilman; that he again enlisted in 1777 under Capt Sias and served for a time but how long she is unable to state. She further states that she was married to the said Stephen Sutton in the town of Canterbury on the tenth day of

October in the year eighteen hundred and Winthrop Young: that her said husband died on the fourth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight and that she still remains a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be found entitled under the Act approved March 3d 1855
Witness Betsey her Sutton + Mark David Morrill Alfred S. Abbott
We David Morrill and Alfred S. Abbott residents of Canterbury in said State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Betsey Sutton in our presence and that from the appearance & statements of the applicant we believe her to be the identical person she represents herself to be David Morrill. Alfred S. Abbott.

The foregoing declaration and affi- davit were signed and acknowledged on the day and year first before written before me: and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons: that the claim- ant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim
J. M. Harper Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss
On this 26 th day of June A.D. 1855 J M Harper of Canterbury county and State aforesaid who being duly sworn says, that he attended Stephen Sutton of Canterbury in his last sickness as his physician, that he died on or about the 4 th day of October 1828, that he attended his funeral on the 5 th or 6 th day of October 1828, that he has known Betsy Sutton as the widow of said Stephen Sutton from that day to the present time, that she has never intermarried and is the identical Betsy Sutton applying for bounty land as the widow of said Stephen Sutton in the accompanying paper.
J M Harper
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written before me Joseph Clough Justice of the Peace

State of N. H. Merrimack p 3
On this 26 th day of June A. D 1855 Abiel H. H. Cogswell of Canterbury 1855 County and State aforesaid being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with the late Stephen Sutton of Canterbury de- ceased, that he was present at his decease in or about the 4 th day of Oc- tober 1828, that he knows Betsy Sut- ton applying for county land as the widow of said Stephen Sutton, that she is the identical Betsy Sutton who was and still remains the widow of the said Stephen Sutton, that she has never intermarried, that she has no interest in this claim. Abiel Cogswell
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written before me J. M. Harper Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack ss Town Clerks Office Canterbury April 19 th 1858
"Stephen Lutton was Married to Betsey Holson October the tenth eighteen hundred. by "Winthrop Young"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record of said Town except the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible characters as follows— "October the 10 th 1860"
Leuther Sargent, Town Clerk of Canterbury I Leuther Sargent depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of said Canterbury and that the records are in my possession and that the above is a true extract from said records with the exception as above certified by me
Leuther Sargent, Town Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written before me
Samuel Hill Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire.
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of Stephen Sutton is borne upon the Pay Roll of Capt.
Benja Dias Company, as a Private in said Company, in Col. David Gilman's Regiment from the State of New Hampshire from the 5 th day of Decr 1776 to 15 th March both of said days included Time in service 3 months 11 days.
And upon a Pay Roll of Capt Benjamin Dias's Company Col. Thomas Stickney's Regiment in Genl Stark's Brigade which Company marched from Concord and Towns adjacent in the State of New Hampshire and joined the Northern Continental Army July 20 th 1777 is borne the name of Stephen Sutton as Private Time of discharge Sept. 26 th Time in service 2 months & 6 days
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, this twenty fourth day of July 1855.
Emuel N. Putnam Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord,
November 21. 1856
I hereby certify. That at the date of the annexed attestation, David Merrill Jr was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Merrimack
in the said State duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written.
James Peverly
Deputy Secretary of State.

I Joseph M. Horner of Canterbury in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire on oath testify and say that I have resided in said Canterbury for the last forty six years and was well acquainted Stephen Sutton who formerly lived in said town: that I was the family physician of the said Sutton for about twenty years before his death and knew him intimately during all that time: that I have heard the said Stephen Sutton speak of his services in the war of the Revolution: that I procured a pension for his brother John Sutton and have heard John often speak of his brother's service: that said Stephen was reputed to be a Revolutionary Soldier and that I have no doubt whatever that said Stephen Sutton did serve in said war: that I talked with said Sutton with a view of procuring for him a pension: that I heard said Stephen Sutton speak of serving under Capt. Dins who went from the town of Sandown adjoining said town of Canterbury.

in said war; that I am also acquainted with Betsey Sutton, widow of the said Stephen Sutton who is now making application for Bounty Land under the Act of March 3, 1855. That I know from personal knowledge that the said Betsey Sutton is the widow of the said Stephen Sutton who served as aforesaid in the war of the Revolution: that I have no interest in the claim of the said Betsey. J. M. Harper
State of New Hampshire County of Merrimack ss On this eighteenth day of November 1856 personally appeared before me the above named Joseph M. Harper and made oath that the above affidavit by him signed is true: and I further certify that said Officer is well known to me and is a credible witness and that I have no interest in this claim.
David Morrill, Justice of the Peace.

I Joseph Kimball of Canterbury in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify and say that I have resided in said Canterbury sixty six years and was well acquainted with Stephen Sutton who formerly lived in said Canterbury from the year seventeen hundred and ninety untill his death and knew him during all that time; That I have often heard the said Stephen Sutton speak of his services in the war of the Revolution; That he stated to me that he was in the Battle at Bennington - and one or more other Battles; That in one Battle they fought the enemy across the River; and that I have no doubt whatever that Stephen Sutton did serve in said war; and that I am acquainted with Betsey Sutton widow of the said Stephen Sutton who is making application for Bounty Land under the act of March 3rd 1852 - and know that the said Betsey Sutton is the widow of the late Stephen who served in the war of the Revolution; and that I have no interest in the claim of the said Betsey Sutton
Joseph Kimball

State of New Hampshire County of of Merrimack ss On this twentieth day of November 1856 personally appeared before me the above named Joseph Humball and made oath that the afore- going affidavit by him signed is true, and I further certify that the said affirmer is well known to me and is a credible witness and that I have no interest in this claim
David Morrill Justice of the Peace

I Asa Foster of Canterbury in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify and make the following declaration: That I am nearly ninety two years of age and have been acquainted with Stephen Sutton of said Canterbury from my childhood up to the time of his death; That said Stephen Sutton was reputed to be a Revolutionary Soldier and that I have no doubt whatever that he did serve in said war under Capt. Sikes who went from the town of Concord adjoining said Canterbury. That I have heard my Uncle Jonathan Foster who was a Soldier of the Revolution and was in the Battle at Bennington in the year 1777, speak of the services of Stephen Sutton in said Battle and that he was one of the first who leaped over the breastwork of the Enemy. And that it would have been as absurd in the days of the Revolution to deny that said Stephen Sutton was in said war as it would be to deny that Franklin Pierce occupied the White House at this time. Asa Foster
State of New Hampshire Merrimack ss. On this twenty first day of December 1856, the above named said Asa Foster signed the above declaration in my presence but conscientiously is opposed to affirming or making oath in any case whatever; and further certify that his mental faculties and memory are better than most men at the age of seventy five and is a reliable and disinterested witness.
David Morrill Jr. Justice of the Peace.

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Hon L. P. Waldo Committee of Pensions Washington D.C.
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Additional Evidence
F.R.R.
George C. Whitney Committee of Pensions Washington D.C.
Keating Boyleton
Betsy Linton
195082

Concord N.H. Nov. 21. 1856
Sir.
I herewith forward additional evidence in support of the claim of Betsey Sutton N o 195,082 for homestead land under the Act of March 3 d 1855 which is suspended for further proof.
I am respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t
L D Stevens