Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,207 1/2, for Ichabod Swain, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. H.
Swain, Ichabod
R. 3,207 1/2
Eaton, Betsy
(Former Widow)
CONTENTS

✓ 3999
Betsy Eaton, who was widow of Ichabod Swain - act 4 July 1836
3207 1/2 N.H.
On Aug 6 - 1836 - 520 - 100 - 50 3m. 100 a Cop. 40 - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100
3. 10 1. 25 5. 5

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the 3 rd section of the Act of 4 th July, 1836, and of the 1 st section of the Act of 3 rd of March 1837. —
State of New Hampshire } ss. Stratham County }
On this tenth day of August A. D. 1857, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas held at Gilford in the County of Stratham aforesaid Betsey Eaton, a resident of Gilmerston in the County of Stratham and State of New Hampshire, aged eighty three years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836, and the act explanatory of said Act, passed March 3, 1837, — That she was married to Ichabod Sussain by the Rev. Mr. Trask of Brentwood in said State I think in September 1774, (and moved to Sanbornton the winter before the Revolutionary war began in the spring and have ever since that time lived in Sanbornton until the last ten months) According to the best of my knowledge, that in the latter part of the fall season the said Ichabod Sussain went from Sanbornton and visited us.

a private and was stationed near Chester Hill and he returned home in March following 1776. I have no remembrance of the name of any his officers, nor the exact time he was out but I think three or four months. He again went into the service for three or four months in the fall of 1776, and went to New York, the Captain's name I do not remember, but the Lieutenant was I think John Kimball of Marlinton. He enlisted again in July 1777, in Captain Chase Taylor's Company in Col. Stickney's Reg't for three months and marched to Bennington and was in the Battle at Bennington, and he returned home in October or November following. She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Suzain I think September 1774, that her husband died Oct. 2 nd 1826. That she was afterwards married to Samuel Ely who died in 1829, she afterwards married William Eaton who died on the third day of September A. D. 1835, and that she was a widow on the fourth July 1836, and still remains a widow, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Attest S. Gaynell
Betsy her X Eaton mark

State of New Hampshire Stafford ss. Court of Common Pleas August Term A.D. 1837.
On the tenth day of August A.D. 1837 the above named Betsy Eaton personally appeared and in open Court subscribed by her mark to aforesaid declaration and made oath that the same was just and true
Attest Francis Cagnell Clerk
Betsy Eaton Declaration
I Francis Cagnell Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Betsy Eaton for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of August A.D. 1837.
Attest Francis Cagnell, Clerk

V Betsey Eaton, who was widow of Schuchard Swain act. 1836
Let to Dan Gale 20 Ap r 1839 to do 37 May '39 to do 15 Jany 1840.
3207 3207 1836

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
3207 1/2 P. O.
Ally Caton Service: formerly widow of
Ichabod Swain

Santander Ich Swan a 1826 Betsy Edm. m 1774
75 L Mar 74
76. St. M. Kentall Mendl 77. Char. Taylor History
Vol 3. from Oct 5. 1. March 15. Jan 10. 4 1. Char Taylor 1.25
5.00 not on Elkins roll for 1775
# It is not alleged that he was on Elkins Rolls —

Dant Gale
Jan'y 15 1840
OB

Dept of War Pioneer Office Jan 15 1840
195
Sir
The claim of Betsey Eaton, widow, family, of Ichabod Swan has again been examined. No trace of her husband, the said Swan can be found upon the M H rolls, except in the year 1776 & 1777, under Chas Taylor & Lieut. M H Kenball of Capt. Hias' Co, amounting in all to less than 6 m d . nor of the same in 1775, that fact may be ascertained at once, where it is believed all the rolls of the 8 m Pioneers in that year can  may be found. I am
Sincerely de ly Giles D. P.O. W.H.
G.E. July 4 1836 3999

Dept of War Pension Office Apr 20 1839
358
Sir
I have examined the claim of Mrs. Pelsey Eaton, formerly the wife of Ichabod Swain, and have placed her papers upon our files. The widow alleges that her husband the said Ichabod Swain performed certain services during the revolutionary war as a private soldier, to wit: 8 mo in the year 1775, then living in the town of Sanbornton; 3 mo or 4 mo in the fall of 1776, and 3 mo in the summer of 1777.
Jeremiah Clough commanded the company from Sanbornton in 1775; His roll does not bear the name of Ichabod Swain.
Zebulon Smith, a witness states that Swain went to Exeter and enlisted. Isaac Sherman commanded a company of men from Exeter, but Swain's name is not on his roll.
Mr Swain as appears by the rolls served 3 mo and 10 days in Capt Sias' Co. in 1775 - 6 and 1 mo 28 days in Capt. Taylor's

company in 1777. in all 5 mo. & 8 days.
The claim remains suspended for further proof.
D. M. [initials]
in vac
20 Apr 1839
OE
Daniel Gale Esq Gulfra 11 H
OC July 4 1836 3999

Dept of War Penna Office May 17 1839
Sir
In reply to your letter on the subject of the services of the late Ichabod Swain I have to state, that it appears from the roll of Capt Henry Elkins Co that Saml Sibley a witness on behalf of the widow, is mistaken. He says that the said Swain joined said Co early in Nov 1775. Capt Elkins roll bears the name of Jerome but not that of Ichabod Swain. Hence Mr Sibley mistaken.
Yours ob
Danville Pa Gulfand P.O. N.H.
3999 July 4 1836

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Wm Eaton which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [Blank] IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of 1832 VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

State of New-Hampshire Strafford County Gilmanton Jan'y 6. 1820
Sir I rec d yours of the 23 rd of Nov last. at the same time I was attacked with a fever and have been confined to my room ever since. You request me to inform you what name the Widow of Ichabod Swain assumes. she is the Widow Betsy Eaton which you will find by her Declaration I have not rec d any answer in the claim of Anna Whitcher widow of Andrew Whitcher and that of Abigail Smith widow of Edward Smith. I wish for an answer in three above mentioned cases as soon as may be. at Gilford P.O. N.H.
I am Respectfully Yours Napoleon B. Gale for Daniel Gale
George Wm Crump Esq. Acting Commr of Pensions Washington City.

I Zebulon Smith of Sanbornton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire formerly of Effingham in said State aged Twenty one years- depose and say, that in the fall of the 1774, I well recollect that Deborah Swain had my father's horse to ride into the town he was married to Betsy Gally. Swain then living near my father in Effingham aforesaid, and understood Swain went to Britstown to be married, and the winter following my father and Swain moved to Sanbornton aforesaid and lived near neighbors to each other until their deaths. And well recollect that Swain in the Summer of 1775, was in the Army of the Revolution and as I understood was stationed near Boston Massachusetts three or four months but do not recollect the name of any Officer he was under, as he went to Exeter and enlisted. And I very well recollect of Swain's enlisting in said service with John Johnson and Moses Gibson all of said Sanbornton in 1776, and went to New York I think three months, and again he enlisted in Capt. Chase Fergus Co. in 1777, and went to Bannington for two or three months.
Zebulon Smith (State of New Hampshire)
Strafford County ss July 21 st 1838
Swain to and subscribed on the day and year above mentioned. The above deponent is well known to me a credible witness.
Before me, Daniel Gile Jas. Pierce

I Samuel Sibley of Meredith in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire age eighty six years, depose and say, that I and Ichabod Swain of Sandown in said County, enlisted in the Company of Captain Ebenezer Dyer, as privates in Colonel Stickney's Regiment New Hampshire line for three months and marched to Basington and there were in that vicinity, station until our terms of enlistment expired and returned home I think the first of October 1777. And further say we were in General Stark's Battle with the British at Basington. And further say that I enlisted in said war the first of November 1775, for two months in Capt. Henry Elkins Company in Col. Barstow's Regt. and marched to Winter Hill and station until expiration of enlistment expired, and will remember of seeing the above named Ichabod Swain as he was well known to me in the service of the United States but I do not recollect any of the Officers he was under, nor how long he remained in the service after I had left.
his Samuel D Sibley
State of New Hampshire Strafford County ss
June 21 st 1889
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me, Daniel Gull Jas. Pease
Thereby certify that the above statement is a credible witness
Daniel Gull
Before me

State of New Hampshire
Shofford County ss. I Francis Cogswell Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County hereby certify that David Gale is a Magistrate as within and that the within signatures purporting to be his are in my belief genuine -
Testimony whereof I have here to set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this twelfth day of November 1838 -
F Cogswell Clerk
James E. Pillsbury Atty

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Garnick Gale is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Strabane duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the twentieth day of May 1839 and will expire on the twentieth day of May 1844 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 24 th day of
October 1839
Josiah Stevens Secretary of State.

I Simon Johnson of Sanbornton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire - Shire aged Seventy two years May 1889. depose and say, that John Johnson my father and Deborah Suen in both of Sanbornton enlisted in the war of the rebellion I think in the fall or the of the winter 1776, John Kimball of Meredith was Lieutenant of the Co. the the other Officers I do not recollect, and they marched to New York and both returned home after they had served three months as I have often heard my father state — And further say that my father moved from Effingham to Sanbornton in the month of March before the war began in April 1775, and lived about eighty rods of Deborah Suen and his wife who lived as room and wife until said Suen's death, and always lived as near neigh to them ever since my father lived or came to Sanbornton as before stated — I was nearly eighty years of age when my father moved as above stated the above statements is all perfectly fresh in my memory
State of New Hampshire Simon Johnson Strafford County ss October 22 nd 1889. Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written before me, Daniel Gale Jus. Peace

I hereby certify that the within named deposants is well known to me to be a credible witness
Daniel Gale J. Peace
J. Johnson

William Lord

I William Ford of Sandwich in the County of Stratford and State of New Hampshire aged fifty nine years, do hereby say, that I have been well acquainted with Betsy Eaton Widow of William Eaton deceased, formerly the Widow of Richard Sumner late of Sandwich aforesaid and a Revolutionary Soldier as I have often heard him state. I do further say, that the said Betsy Eaton now remains the Widow of the said William Eaton and has not been married since his death.
William Ford
State of New Hampshire
Stratford County ss October 13 th 1838
Personally appeared the above named William Ford, and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the above declaration before signed.
Before me, Daniel Gale Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that the above named deponent is a credible witness.
Daniel Gale Jus. Peace
State of New Hampshire
Stratford County ss. I Francis Cagwell clerk of
the Superior Court of Judica- ture for said County hereby certify that Daniel Gale is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is in my belief genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this twelfth day of October 1838.
Francis Cagwell, Clerk

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Gerrit Gale is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of  State of N.H. duly Commissioned and qualified: that his Commission was dated on the twentieth day of May 1839 and will expire on the twentieth day of May 1842 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 24 th day of October 1839
Josiah Stevens Jr. Secretary of State.

I Edmund Pearson of Exeter in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged eighty one years, depose and say that in the Winter  fall of 1775, or 1776 the subscriber with Ichabod Swinerton, Ebenezer Gove and others, enlisted as privates in Captain Mark Wiggins Co. and in Colonel Gilley's Regiment, I think for three months, and marched near Boston and there stationed until we were discharged but prior to the above I enlisted or volunteered in the Company commanded by Captain John Taylor of Stratham and think Ichabod Swinerton listed in said Company and we marched to Portsmouth N.H. and assisted in building a fort on the side of the River Piscataqua the term of service I think was three months as I do not recollect the month that I enlisted in either of the last enlistments nor the month they expired — Edm. Pearson
State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss } September 26 th 1859.
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year last above written — I hereby certify that the above named deponent is well known to me to be a credible witness
Before me,
Daniel Gale Jus. Peace Through said State