Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43069, for Jonah Newton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Newton, Jonah
S 43069
CONTENTS

7945 New York.
Leach Newton
of Chautauqua in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Rigdon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years - 1777-
inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of March 1819 and sent to Asa Hascall Esq. Pittsfield N. York -
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 17 3/4 55 56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sept. 1819 - 48.00
A: 133.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Sent to Asa Hascall Esq (M alone) Franklin Co Franklin County N.Y.

1917 Apr. 23 Hist. 45 Benjamin Q. Bush.
43069 INVALID. Rev
File No. 43.069
Joseph Newton Rev Ben. Q. Bush.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 5 , Page 863
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Bush

Rev 1-11-16 Walter H. Hodges PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
The New Burdick FIRE PROOF CONSTRUCTION
Kalamazoo, Mich.,
Apr 16 th 1907
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Was a pension granted for service in Revolutionary War to Jonah Newton who served in Captain Brigham's Co, Col Ezekiel Howe's 4 th Middlesex County Regt. (Massachusetts) also in Capt Daniel Darr's Co. Colonel Leviathan Bigelow's Regiment also in Capt Dorr's Co Col Bigelow's Regt Continental Army Respectfully Yours
Benj. O. French

Application & proof of Sarah Newton for a pension
Col. Bigelow's Massachusetts Regt.
1777 - 3 years -
14 th April 1810
Admitted,

State of New York } Be it known that on the fourteenth day of June Franklin County } in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Cone Andrews Esquire one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Franklin in the State of New York personally appeared Jonah Newton of the Town of Chateaugay in the said County and then and there before me took and subscribed the following oath or affidavit to wit — Jonah Newton being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is a native of Marlborough in the State of Massachusetts now aged sixty six years And this Deponent further saith that he now is a resident Citizen of the United States residing in the Town of Chateaugay in the County of Franklin in the State of New York and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his Country for support. And this Deponent further saith that in the month of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he this Deponent regularly enlisted at Marlborough aforesaid as a private soldier into the army of the United States on the Conti- nental establishment for the term of three years into the Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Pierce in the Regiment Commanded by Col. Timothy Dugelow in Gen. Glover's Brigade in the Massachusetts line of Continental Troops and this De- ponent saith that it was on the fourteenth or fifteenth day of June 1777 according to the best of his recollection that he so enlisted and that Deponent further saith that he did serve as a private soldier in the Company and Regiment above mentioned in the war of mentioned in the war of the Revolution against the Common Enemy during the said term of three years and was regularly and honorably discharged at Red Bank in the State of New York near West Point on the fifteenth day of May according to his present recollection which in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty having served out the said term of three years. And this Deponent further saith that he at that time obtained a regular

regular written discharge which discharge he has since lost so that he cannot now produce it - And this Deponent further saith that there is no person now residing in his vicinity by whom he can prove any of the above mentioned facts relative to his services and that the above is the best and only evidence now in his power.
Sworn and Subscribed before me the fourteenth Day of April 1815
Jonah Newton
Coner Andrew Judge
And I the said Coner Andrew Judge do certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Jonah Newton. That the above is the only evidence which has been exhibited to me in this case. That it appears to my satisfaction that the above named Jonah Newton served in the revolutionary war as is set forth in the above affidavit against the Common Enemy - And further that it appears to my satisfaction that the above affidavit is in all respects true -
Coner Andrew Judge
State of New York Franklin County ss 3
I Asa Wheeler Clerk said County do hereby certify that Coner Andrew Judge before whom the above affidavit was made, & who made the above certificate at the time the same were made, was one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas for the said County duly commissioned & sworn, and acts in that capacity, and that his signatures are his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & Seal of said County this 2 nd day of May 1818 at Malone in said County
Asa Wheeler Clerk

Copy of Louisa Newton Schedule of Oath —
7945 )
Sept 1849

At a Court of Common Pleas  Franklin holden at the Court-House in Plattsburgh , in and for the County of Clinton and State of New-York, on the fourteenth day of June 1820. Present: Albion Mow, Comr Andrew D. Gale,  Abot Esquires Judges of the said Court.
COUNTY OF CLINTON ss: On this fourteenth day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, it being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the common law, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeping record of their proceedings in and for the County of Clinton , Franklin  Isaac Newton aged Sixty eight years resident in the town of Chateaugay in the said County of Clinton , who being first duly sworn according to law; doth on his oath de- clare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that he enlisted in the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Barnes in the Regiment commanded by Capt. Col Timothy Bigelow in the Massachusetts line of Continental troops for the term of three years & that he served as a private in the Company  Regiment  disbanded from the time of his enlistment till the Spring of the year 1780, where he was honorably discharged
that his original declaration to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 was made the fourteenth day of April 1818 that he has received a pension certificate Numbered 7945 and dated the twenty second day of March 1819 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule, hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Real Estate I have none
  personal estate except 3  wardrobe apparel & bedding } one shoe hammer — $ " 31     } a few other articles of shoe } — " 73     } makers tools not worth more than —  4. 50    1 fine pail iron kettle —  2. 13    1 iron pot $1.50. spider " 63 —   
that I have no family which I support that I reside with with my son John Newton on whom and the government I am dependent for support that the said John Newton has not received any pecuniary compensation for my support and is himself in low circum- stances, that I am a Shoe-worshiper but that by reason of my age I am not able to support myself by that or any other business
Sworn and declared on the 14th day of June 1820. before the Court { (signed) Isaac Newton  Isaac Newton Clerk
Personal estate excepting necessary bedding and clothing.

State of New York } ss. I, Asa Wheeler Clerk of the Court of Franklin County } Common Pleas within and for the County of Franklin do Certify that the foregoing oath & declaration and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court, and I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Seven dollars and Sixty nine cents ~
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed hereto the Seal of the said Court on this 29. day June A.D. 1828 ~
Asa Wheeler Clerk by Thos. A. Toulminson D. p. Clerk
Copy of Oath & Newton Schedule & oath
194.3
Sept 1847

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
No. 43069
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jonah Newton a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 14 1777 3 years Pvt. Daniel Baras Timothy Bigelow Mass.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Marlborough Mass.  Date of application for pension, Apr. 14 1818. He el. was at  Residence at date of application, Chastleton Franklin Co. N.Y.  Age at date of application, born in 1752 at Marlborough, Mass.
Remarks: In 1818 Widow was living with her son John at Chastleton N.Y. There is no other data on file as to biography.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.