Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,500, for Abial Lee, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lee, Abial or Abiel
S. 44,500
CONTENTS

Let to Hon. C. H. S. as rec. 2 March 52
14,608 D
New Hampshire
Abiel Lee
of Stratford 6 th in the state of New Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin - of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month, to commence the 5 th of July 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of Sept. 1819 and sent to W. M. Richardson Esq. Portsmouth New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 - $ 15. 02
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1820 48.
1820 7/31/30 $ 63. 02
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Ariel Lee Maps line Col o Leammi Baldwin 1761 Yr
Admitted upon the evidence produced

I Abel Lee of Manchesterborough in the County of Strafford and state of New Hampshire, on Oath do testify and say that I served in the revolutionary war eighteen months in Capt Richard Dodge's Company in Col. Loammi Baldwin's Regiment was in the Battle at Forest Hills as called also at the Battle at White Plains I was also at the Battle at Trenton & the taking of the Hessians. I on Oath declare that I am poor & stand in need of relief to support me in the decline of life as I am not able to support myself by labour at this time of life being in my Seventy second year. I have no discharge as there was none given in that year I served in said Company with Robert Annabel & John Annabel & others — Abel Lee

Abiel Lee of Northborough in the County of Wor State of Massachusetts upon oath do testify or in the revolutionary war I served at Chelsea near Boston under Capt Richard Dodge in Col Loammi Baldwin's regi- ment in the Massachusetts line, where I served six months in 1775 the latter end of said year or the beginning of the year of 1776 I enlisted under said Richard Dodge in said regiment then marched to New York, after some stay at the City of New York we went to Long Island and there fought a battle. Thence back to the City of New York, thence retreated out of the City to Fort Washington, thence across the river, into the State of New Jersey to the English Neighborhood so called, thence back to New York to Gray Point, and there fought a battle. Thence to White Plains, and there fought a battle. Thence to the State of New Jersey, thence from place to place, on to Morristown, thence to Trenton, where was one an engagement, and the Americans captured, as there was no discharge given that year I did not receive one. I served in said company with Robert Annable and John Annable and others.
Abiel Lee
At Hamilton July 5th 1819 Then the above Lee made oath to the truth of the above statement before me Matthew Whipple Justice of the Peace
We Robert Annable and John Annable both of Hamilton in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts yeomen do testify and on oath do say, that we were soldiers in Capt Richard Dodge's company, in Col. Loammi Baldwin's Continental regiment in the Massachusetts line and we well remember that Abiel Lee of Northboro- rough in the State of Massachusetts who is here present, enlisted at the beginning of the year of 1776 in said Dodge's company for one year, having served six months at Chelsea near Boston, previous to said time in 1775 as a private in said company. That he marched with us from Chelsea aforesaid to New York and we know the said Lee continued to serve all the year of 1776, till the regiment was disbanded before we went into the service we all lived within a few miles of each other.
Robert in Annable John Annable
Then the above named Robert Annable and John Annable credible and respectable witnesses subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit before me Matthew Whipple Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Witnesseth: I hereby certify that Matthew Whipple Esq r within named is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly qualified to administer Oaths and the within is his signature: and the Seal affixed is the Seal of the Sup d : Ind d : Court.
In the absence and in behalf of Rich d Tucker Clerk Benj. R. Nichols

State of New Hampshire
Memorandum that on the eighth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen personally appeared before me the subscriber Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire Abel Lee & made solemn oath to the truth of the annexed affidavit by him subscribed and I am well satisfied that the statement made by him in said affidavit is true. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year aforesaid W m M. Richardson
By order of the Chief Justice Nath l . Adams Clerk

44 500 Lee  INVALID.
File No. 44, 500
Abiel Lee
Pris, Rev, War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 292
[Arrangement of 1870.]

There are no papers on file - of Alice Lee
The within papers are all I have rec d . as to the within case Please inform me what can be & should be done - perhaps other papers are on file - Return the within letter & give me the names of my correspondents in the answers
Yrs respectf
C. H. Peabody

Card of Abiel Lee 4385
W. M. Richardson George
Portsmouth N. Hamp. recd July 20 1819.
City of Washington
Scratch N. War
Hon. John C. Calhoun
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