Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20276, for Samuel Newton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Newton, Samuel Sarah
W 20276
CONTENTS

Vermont. 18.827
Samuel Newton
of Rutland co. in the State of Vermont who was a P. & Drummer in the Comp y . commanded by Captain Wheeler of the Reg t . commanded by Col. Wayne in the Mass. Mil. time for 3 mo. 21 days Drummer 20. " 9 " Private
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 81 Dollars 18 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Oct r 1833 and sent to R. Temple Rutland Vt.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept r 33 $202.95 Pension allowance ending 4 Mar. 34 40.59 $243.54
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Elis Brown Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 80
Let Pensioner 13 Feb y 1835 order to resume pay to agent and return to pensioner 3 Mar 1835
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 8 th April 1838 from 14 th Sept r 1833 to 26 th Oct r 1838 the day of her death - Agt notified 17 th June 1840
Sister to M rs Sarah Newton 20 July 1840

7.027.
Vermont. Burlington Agency
Sarah Newton widow of Samuel
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1839 and who died on the 26 th October 1838. of Rutland Co in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Albee of the Reg t commanded by Col. Wayne in the Mass. Mil d line for 3. Mo. 21. days drill 26. Mo. 9. days. private
scribed on the Roll of Burlington, V t the rate of $1. Dollars 18 per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of July 1840 and sent to Reuben Hall, Rutland, V t
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1841. Semi-annual allowance ending
$ 405 90
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. L. Evans Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 50.
Let 6. Alex. Newton Jan y 12 th 48 New York 19 Feb 1833.

Sam. Newton
3 years
No. 3440
A person who is now of the name on old bed over the Claim collected from

STATE OF VERMONT, } RUTLAND COUNTY, ss. }
On this 9 th day of July A. D. 1832 personally appear- ed in open Court before the Judge of the Prothonotary Court of the United States now sitting, Samuel Newton a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In 1776 he resided at Lanesboro, County of Berkshire, Commonwealth of Mass - & in Decem r . of that year Eleazer Sprague was drafted to serve 3 months & the deponent took his place as a substitute & served in Capt. Wheeler's Company Col. Hinard's Reg t & marched thro' Albany & Saratoga to Piccadilly, & remained there until the Reg t was dis- missed in March 1777 - There were a few Pennsylvania troops there at the time - Col. (afterwards Gen l .) Wayne commanded. In Sept r or Oct r 1777 he enlisted at Lanesboro' into Capt. Sprague's Co. Col. Vose's Reg t & served three years. He served under Col. Vose, Lt. Col. Elijah Vose, Maj r . Cosswell, Capt. Miller, & Lt. Williams - he was at the capture of Burgoyne & his Army at Saratoga - he marched to Pechskill from thence thro' Albany to Saratoga - & after the surrender of Burgoyne we marched back & from thence thro' P'keepsy & joined Washington's Army at White Plains, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, & passed the winter at Valley Forge - marched to Red Bank, after the battle returned to Pechskill upon thence to Rhode Island - was on Rhode Island under Gen l . Sullivan during the attempt to take the place & retreated across Narragansett Bay - wintered at Providence - in 1779 marched thro' Connecticut to Bedford, N. York, thence to Croton River - thence to the Highlands opposite West Point - he was wintered in Capt. Miller's near two years - He was born in Mendon, Massachusetts Dec. 20. 1759 - but has no record of his age - He has lived in Rutland County ever since the revolutionary war, except about 7 years in Schatshkill, N. York, & now lives in Clarendon - He is known to most of the inhabitants of Clarendon, some of whom

would appear to testify to their belief in his records
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
R. Mays Regt
Samuel Newton
We Philetus Clark a Clergyman residing in Clarendon and James Elddy residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Newton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid. }
R. Mays Regt
James Elddy Philetus Clark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Philetus Clark who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Clarendon and that James Elddy who has also signed the same, is a resident in Clarendon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Rodney C. Royce Regt.
Clerk of the Court of Pedekate
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Newton for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9 th day of July A. D. 1832
R. Mays Regt

Deposition of Jason Newton

I Jason Newton of Ira in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont aged seventy three years, being duly sworn do depose testify and say, that I am the brother of Samuel Newton Englin, who now resides and for many years past has resided in the town of Clarendon in said County of Rutland. That I well recollect that the said Samuel enlisted at Lancaster Mass. in the Spring of the year 1777 for three years, or during the war and that he soon after left that place to join the Revolutionary army. In the Spring of 1778 this deponent enlisted for nine months, and joined Col. Vose Regiment at Bedford New York, and the said Samuel was at that time a private soldier in said Regiment and acted as waiter to Capt. Miller of the same regiment and the said Samuel remained in said regiment as a private until this deponent was discharged, the latter part of the winter or forepart of the Spring 1780 at the "High Lands". Jason Newton
State of Vermont { Middletown 20 th Feby. 1835 Rutland County ss. } Then personally appeared the above named Jason Newton Englin, and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed — and I certify that the said Jason Newton Englin is a credible witness
Jonas Clark Just. Peace

State of Vermont, Rutland County
Robert Peipoint, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland do certify that Simon Clark is a Justice of the peace for said County duly Commissioned, and that his signature to the within Certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Rutland this 20 th day of February A.D. 1835 R. Peipoint
Signature of Simon Clark

8583
Sarah Newton Vermont
Act 7 th July 1835
Admitted
3 mo. 21 d s @ 20.00 20.00 9.00 private  Must be 24.00
$ 81.18 per Annum
No 7.027.
Reuben Thrall. Rutland

State of Vermont, Rutland County Ys }
On this 25 th day of January, 1839, personally appeared before the Probate Court of the District of Rutland in said County, Sarah Newton, a resident of Clarendon  Ira in said County, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1835, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:"
That she is the widow of Samuel Newton, late of Ira aforesaid, deceased, who was a private and drummer in the Massachusetts Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution; for proof whereof, she hereby refers to the original declaration and accompanying proofs of the said Samuel, now remaining, in the War Office of the United States, by reason whereof, his name was inscribed on the pension roll of the United States on the 5 th day of October, 1833, at the rate of eighty one dollars and eighteen cents per annum.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Samuel Newton on the eighteenth day of March, in the year nineteen hundred and eighty four; that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Newton died on the twenty fifth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, nineteen hundred and thirty four, to wit, at the time above stated. The word "Clarendon" being interlined in the fourth line, & "Ira" struck out, before signing. Sworn to and subscribed in open Court, on the day and year above written, before me
A. D. Brown Judge
her Sarah Newton mark

State of Vermont, Rutland County, ss.
I, Frederic W. Hopkins, Clerk of the Probate Court of the District of Rutland in said County, do hereby certify, that the Hon. Ambrose D. Brown is Judge of said Court; and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, in Court here, at Rutland in said District, this 25 th day of January 1839. —
F. W. Hopkins, Clerk

I, Alexander Newton, of Clarendon, in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 34 - years and upwards, do depose, testify and say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Newton Esq. whose name is inserted in the declaration hereto annexed, of Mrs. Sarah Newton, his widow; and that he died at said Clarendon on the twenty fifth day of October in the year 1838. And I further depose and say that I am well acquainted with the said Sarah Newton; that she was the reputed lawful wife of the said Samuel Newton, deceased; and that she hath not intermarried since his said decease.
Alexander Newton
Subscribed and sworn to by the said Alexander Newton, in open Court, this 25 th day of January, 1839. And I do hereby certify that the said affix that the said affiant is a credible witness.
Before me,
A. L. Brown Judge of Probate
State of Vermont, Rutland County ss }
I, Frederic W. Hopkins, Clerk of the Probate Court of the District of Rutland in said County, do hereby certify, that the Hon. Ambrose L. Brown is Judge of said Court; that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine; and that he is authorised by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements of affidavits in matters depending in said Court, in manner as above written.
In testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, in Court here, at Rutland in said District, this 25 th day of January, 1839. F. W. Hopkins, Clerk

Sarah Newton's application for a pension - John Mason affidavits

In Ira, March the twenty first, one thousand seven hundred and eighty four. Then recorded the marriage of Samuel Newton who was married to Sarah Sherman, who was married March the eighteenth, anno Domine, one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, and was married by Elder Thomas Skeel in Ira, and put upon record by John Baker, Town Clerk.
I, John Mason, of Ira in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in said town of Ira; and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Ira, with the exception of the several dates therein contained, which are expressed in fair, legible figures - the first date, as follows, "March 21. 1784", - and the second date in this manner, "March the 18, A. D. 1784."
Sworn before me this 9 th day of March, 1839 R. Peabody Justice Peace
John Mason

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20276  Sarah Newton  Widow of  Samuel Newton  Prin. Rev. Wm.
Act July 7 th 1938
Index: Vol. M , Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Decem 18 47 Asking that the balance of same. Account may be returned See copy of Sarah Newton
J. H. Edwards Esq. Pension office Washington

Mr J L Edwards Sir
I want you should send me the will of Samuel Newton to Alexander Newton which is in your hands it has become necessary that I should have the Original will & I wish you to send it as quick as you can otherwise I wish to know if Reuben L. Trull has applied for a pension for Sarah Newton the wife of Samuel Newton deceased & if so how much he has obtained if any
Respectfully Yr Alexander Newton
Clarendon Dec 13 1847

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 12 th , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Samuel Norton, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of Eighty one Dollars and eighteen Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th  June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1838, to the 26 th Oct. 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Adm
Brig 2105 Inmt.
20 11 9 11 Pm
24

Butland 11. Sep. 1833
Sir I return the papers in the case of S th Egan & Sam l Newton.
M r . Egan does not find full proof in M r . Bangs' office, but has found ample proof of his services, which accompanies this.
M r . Newton cannot recollect the precise time of his discharge - he says he was unable to tell the part of his time, & may have been discharged a short time before his time was out, but is not certain. There is no doubt of his identity, as both he & his brother who speaks to his identity, are very respectable men, & have been long known to me.
I am Sir, respectfully Yours Attached R. Temple
J. L. Edward Esq Comm r . Purser

Elizabethton Tn July 6 th 1874
Hen ry S. L. Edwards Esq r
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C. -
N. C.

To. J. L. Edwards Esq. Comr &
Brattleboro' County. Vt Glarendon 4 th July 1840
Sir, I wish to be informed whether there has been any application, to the war office, for a pension for me as the widow, of the late Samuel Newton Esq. who died (a pensioner) in this town, on the 26 th Oct r 1838 - and also whether I am intitled to a pension, agreeable to any law of the United States, on making the proper proof, of being his widow. I was married to him in March 1838 a few months after peace was declared. An answer to this will much oblige a widow, of a soldier of the Revolution. -
Yours Respectfully
Sarah Newton.

Feb 11
Gloucester Mt Litch
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington District of Columbia

Charleston February 4. 1835
Dear Sir
Having noticed a communication from the Pension Office under your hand addressed to the Hon: William Wade suggesting the proper course for those individuals, who have obtained Pensions here before who reside in the county of Rutland to pursue to obtain a continuance of their Pensions. I take the earliest opportunity of answering the queries detailed in your communication to him as follows - I Samuel Egleston enlisted into the Company commanded by Jeremiah Miller. Williams & Frisbee were lieutenants and Egleston was Ensign in said company, our company was attached to the regiment commanded by Col: Joseph Vose, in the Massachusetts line. I lived in the state of Massachusetts when I entered into the service of my country. I first joined the regiment at Pekskeel in the state of New York in the year 1777, soon after joining the regiment I served as a drummer for about two months from Pekskeel we were marched to Albany where I was required to take the Musket and carried the same ever after until I was discharged a Private Soldier. I was with General Gates at the capture of Burgoyne at Saratoga. The winter of 1778 I was with the Army that encamped at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia, subsequently I was at the Battle of Monmouth. After that Battle we were marched back to Pekskeel from thence through Connecticut to Rhode Island and was there at the time of Genl Sullivan's Expedition and wintered with the Army at Providence 1779.

From Providence we were marched Back to the state of New York in the Winter year 1780 our Brigade lay at what was called the high lands, and was with the army in the state of New Jersey in the same year. In the Winter of 1781 was with the army at West Point.
And was all the time in the regular service commonly called the Continental Army.
I am now 75 years old and some what inform and do not recollect precisely the length of time I was in the service doubtless, the returns of the army in your possession will enable you to determine that fact, better than my feeble memory will enable me to recollect.
I resided in the town of Clarendon Rutland County Vermont when I first made application for a pension before the Hon. Probate Court for the district of Rutland Robert Pierpont Esq at that time Judge of said court
My pension Certificate gave me $81.18 per Annum and I have regularly Rec d my pay up to Sept 4. 1834
Yours with respect and Esteem
J L Edwards Esq
Samuel Nuelan

State of Vermont
Rutland p — 3
I Jason Newton of here in the County of Rutland State of Vermont, aged 71 years, being duly sworn do before say, that Samuel Newton of Clarendon in said County is my brother, & about two years older than I am - & that he is the same Samuel Newton who served in Col. Vose's Regt. three years during the revolutionary war - I served in the same Regt. nine months during the time he was in service, as ap= =pears by my declaration at the Pension office Jason Newton
Subscribed & sworn before me This 7 th Sept. 1833 - and I certify } that said Jason Newton is a credible witness R. D. Root for Pensions
And on the 9 th day of Sept. 1833, personally came Samuel Newton Esq. who being duly sworn doth on his oath before say, in addition to & explanation of his declaration of the 9 th of July 1832 - That by reason of old age, & the consequent loss of memory, & having no writings to refer to, he cannot know positively as to

The precise time he was discharged from the service of the U. States - but from the best of his recollection he thinks it was in February or March 1780 - he knows he served three years. He further says that he joined Col Dorr's Regt. at Petherskill in 1779, & a short time after he was prevailed on to learn to be a drummer and acted as such about two months; but not succeeding very well, & being required to carry both a musket & a drum on the march to take Burgoyne, he gave up the drum & returned to the ranks, & served as private during the remainder of his term.
He described Oliver before me the day before yesterday? - And I further certify that the defendant is well known to me, & that he is a respect- able man, & has been a justice of the peace.
A Temple per. Pease
I Robert Rootford Clerk of Rensselaer County Court do certify, that Robert Rootford, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, is a justice of the peace for said County & that his signatures thereto are genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court this 9. Sept. 1833
R Rootford

✓ 8583
Dec 19. 1842.
att. July 7. 1838, Sarah Newton
32
REC'D PROV
Incl.
J. L. Edwards Esq Coun. of Pension. Washington City.

Rutland Vt. 14. Dec 1842.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send your Sarah Newton's Declaration for a pension - If any thing more is required you will notify me and it shall be attended to
Yours Truly
Abner A. Thrall,

Clarendon St 23 Febry free
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions War Office - Washington
10/10/10

State of Vermont Rutland county Clarendon 28 th Feby 1835
Dear Sir,
I rec d a line from you dated "War Department Pension Office Feby 13 th 1835," stating that my letter to the department, is not sufficiently explicit to warrant my name to be restored on the Pension list. I now proceed to be more particular in my statement; My first service was in Col d David Wheeler's company of drafted militia. I went from Linnborough in Mass s to Albany N.Y. in the month of December 1776, from thence to Saratoga - from thence to Ticonderoga - where I served in Col d Simons Regiment until the month of March 1777. when the regiment was discharged Col d Warner commanded at Ticonderoga - This service I performed as a substitute for one Eleazer Sprague - After I was discharged I returned to Linnborough aforesaid - On the last of April or first part of May 1777. I was enlisted by Lieut d Friesby, in to the Regular service during the War, at Linnborough aforesaid. County of Berkshire. Mass s was directed by Lt. Friesby, to go to Great Barrington, at that place I was put under the solemnity of an oath by an elderly man, with a grey woollen cap on his head, (I rec d a bounty of 100 dollars) my oath was to serve during the war, under such Officers as should be put over me from time to time. This was my only enlistment that I ever made during the revolutionary war. Soon after this at Great Barrington I drew a Musket & Blanket - from this place I went to Claverack on the Hudson River. State of N.Y. from thence by water down the river to P'keepsie, there I joined Col d Vose's Regiment of the Mass s line. & soon after joining the regiment, served as a drummer. according to my recollection about two months, on the news that Burgoyne had taken Ticonderoga. Glover's Brigade, to which Col d Vose's regiment belonged went to Albany, when there I was required to carry a Musket & ever after carried a Musket & served as a private soldier, until I was discharged. The Company that I served in had the following officers. Capt d J. Miller Lieuts d Friesby & Williams, Ensign - Eggleston & Seargants - Herrick, Steel, Dun & Miller. Col d Vose's Regiment belonged to the Mass s line of Regulars - From Albany we went to Saratoga & joined the Northern Army. Was at the capture of Burgoyne at Saratoga. The next day after his surrender, we marched in hast to Albany, & in a few days down the River to Cadyons

Overlaugh, from thence by land to Kings Ferry below Peeks kill & crossing the Hudson, went to Mount Holly, in the Jerseys from thence to White Marsh in Pennsylvania, where we encamped the Army commanded by Washington, from thence to Valley Forge, where the Army built huts for winter Quar- ters. 12 or 13 Miles from Philadelphia. Where we wintered in 1777-8. In the Spring or summer of 1778 followed the British Army from Philad a & was at Monmouth Battle 28 th of June. After the Battle went to Peeks kill in N.Y. & in a few days we marched - went through Connecticut to Pro- vidence in Rhode Island & there in Sullivan's expedition to the Island. Then back to Providence. Where we wintered in 1778-9. In the next campaign 1779 went through Conn t to the State of N.Y. at Bedford, North castle, Pound ridge & other places in the State & in the fol- lowing fall to the Highlands, built huts for winter Quar- ters & wintered 1779 & 80 at the Highlands, In the Spring of 1780 I was discharged by Col n Vase, in con- sequence of inability, from a fever sore which had troubled me some years before & now broke out anew. My whole time of service was a little more than 3 years - I did not apply for a Pension under the act of 1818 because I owned a little property. I applied under the act of 1832. I then & now reside in the Town of Claren- don. Rutland County, State of Vermont. My application was made to Rutland district, Probate Court. Hon ble Robert Pierpoint Judge. The amount per annum of my Pen- sion is eighty one dollars & eighteen cents. I have rec d my pay up to Sep r 4 th 1834. - I hereby state that the above declaration is made agreeable to truth, according to my best recollection. It being about 55 years since I left the service & am now in the 76 year of my age.
J. L. Edwards Esq r
General Newton
Clarendon Feb y 21 st 1835 - I hereby certify that I have ex- amined Sam l Newton Esq r & on the left hip & groin there is extensive scars - the effect of much loss of bone & from the appearance, is the effect of severe necrosis - or what was formerly call d Fester sore
Silas Bowden M.D. Practicing Surgeon