Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 22,028, for Caleb Raymond, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Raymond, Caleb Deborah
W 22,028
CONTENTS

Reported
536.
Massachusetts. Deborah Raymond widow of Caleb Raymond who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 56 Dollars 67.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of June 1848 and sent to
M rs Thomas Plymouth Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 128 Vol. 2

10960 Massachusetts
Colet Raymond
Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Mate in the Company commanded by Captain Brigham of the Regt commanded by Col Cotton in the Mass line for 17 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 56 - Dollars - 67 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of May 1833 and sent John G. D. Adams Quincy Massachusetts
Arrears to the 14th of March 1831 $113.34 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. " 28.33 $141.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ad. Adson Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 a Page 71

State of Massachusetts ss.
On this Thirteenth day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas held at Plymouth in said County Deborah Raymond, resident of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth aged seventy three years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the ben- efit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". - That she is the widow of Caleb Raymond, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution - and that he was a Pension- er under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 - and she refers to his statement and evidence on file in the Pension Department for proof of his service. That she has no documentary proof She further declares, that she was

married to the said Caleb Raymond on the twenty- eighth day of November in the year in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two - That her hus- band, the aforesaid Caleb Raymond, died on the fourth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty five - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seven- teen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
I swore to and subscribed on the day and year above written - before the said Court of Common Pleas
Deborah X Raymond marker
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas on the day & year aforesaid
Walter M. Russell Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas

486
Silva Raymond
Wid of Caleb
Mess
A.C. 7 July 1838
Mamma 1/82
Wid 1835
Allan J. St. by ju- veny.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Plymouth.
Clerks Office July 18 th 1838.
I John D. Thomas, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Plymouth aforesaid hereby certify, that it appears of record in this office, that on the twenty eighth day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, Caleb Raynes and Deborah Starbuck both of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth, were married at Plymouth in the County of Plymouth by Rev. Isaac Hovey.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior Judicial Court for the said County of Plymouth on the day and year aforesaid.
John D. Thomas

I William King of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts, of the age of sixty years testify and say. That I have always known Debora Raymond, the Widow of Caleb Ray- mond, who is now an applicant for a Pen- sion on account of her husband's services in the War of the Revolution. That she is the same person that was married to said Caleb Raymond in sixteen hundred and eighty two. That her said husband died on the fourth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five. That she has not since been married, but continues the Widow of said Caleb Raymond. Her maiden name was Debora Harlow. William King

County of Plymouth S.S.
On this eleventh day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, per- sonally appeared the within named Wil- iam King, and made oath, that this deposition by him subscribed is true.
And I further certify, that said Wil- iam King is well known to me, and that he is a credible witness.
Wm. Thomas, J. P.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth ss
I William Black of the parish of Dartmouth in the county of Plymouth do hereby certify that William Thomas Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is a justice of the Peace for the said county of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature subscribed to the joint of said deposition is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court of Assizes held on the thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight
William Black

White Bay, N.S.W.
24/11/19
24/11/19

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this Eleventh day of April 183 3 , personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Plymouth within and for said County of Plymouth, Caleb Raymond a resident of Plymouth in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy Three 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. He hereby relinquish- es 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five on the breaking out of the War he enlisted in the company under command of Capt. John Bridgman Edward Sparrow, Lieutenant, and John Bridgman his Ensign, for the term of eight months; and that said company belonged to the Regiment under command of Col. Theophilus Cotton, and was stationed at Roxbury and Dorchester in the vicinity of Boston and that he served out his full term of enlistment in said Company.
That in the summer of seventeen hundred and seventy five in August or the early part of July of that year he

enlisted for six months in the company under command of Capt. Hamlin; Malachi Ellis Lieutenant - That said company was raised partly to guard the military works in and about Boston - That he enlisted in Sandwich in the County of Barnstable in this State, where the company was nearly all enlisted - That said company was stationed at Long Island in Boston Harbour, at Dorchester Heights and in the Town of Boston - and that he served out the full term of his enlistment, which was six months in said company. There were two companies of Infantry beside the Artillery on the same duty.
That in April seventeen hundred and seventy seven he enlisted for three months in the company under command of Capt. Shurcliff for Rhode Island - That said company was stationed at Bristol in that State - That he recollects that General Spencer had the command of the troops and the Major of his Regiment was named Cushing - and that he served out the full term of his enlistment in said company - and that no one living who belonged to said company or who can testify to his service in it.
That in the several enlistments above specified he served seventeen months as a Private, and never had a written discharge - That he was born in Middleboro' in the County of Plymouth in the year 1760 - and that the record of his birth is on the books of that Town - That he has lived within the bounds of Plymouth since he was thirteen years old - That he is known generally to the inhabitants of Plymouth.
Caleb Raymond
[Faint, illegible text at the bottom of the page]

We, James Kendall a clergyman, residing in the town of Weymouth and Joseph Thomas residing in the same Town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Caleb Playmouth who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy Three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. James Kendall Joseph Thomas
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that James Kendall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Weymouth and that Joseph Thomas who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, William Lloyd of the Court of Weymouth do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Caleb Playmouth for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 10th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three .
William Lloyd

I Samuel Maynard of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts of the age of sixty nine years testify and say - That I am the Brother of Caleb Maynard of Plymouth, now an applicant for a Pension, and that we were brought up together. We lived in the same family in the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and I well recollect his enlistment for eight months under Capt. John Bridgman, at the first breaking out of the war - and he served his time out in the neighborhood of Boston. In the summer of the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, my Brother Caleb and myself enlisted together at Sandwich in Capt. Hamlin's company for six months - the object of raising the company was to guard the military works at Boston, and in that vicinity, and said company was stationed, and did duty in Boston and on Long Island in the Harbour of Boston, on Dorchester Heights six months, and we were in it doing duty the whole term. I well recollect my said Brother Caleb, going on a three months campaign to Rhode Island in Capt. Sturtevant's company. And I have always understood and believe that he served out his time faithfully - but the year of that service I cannot recollect. Our family lived within

the bounds of Plymouth, but nine miles from the village and our intercourse was as much with Sandwich in the County of Barnstable, as in the village of Plymouth. I have always lived in the same town with my said Brother, and we have always known each other's business proceedings.
Lemuel Raymond
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss.
15 th September 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Lemuel Raymond before me the Subscriber, Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and made oath, that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true. And I further certify that said Lemuel Raymond is a credible witness.
William Thomas, Justice of the Peace

I David Shurtleff of Middleboro in the County of Ply- mouth and State of Massachusetts of the age of seventy seven years testify and say, that I was a soldier of the Revolu- tion, and that in April Seventeen hundred and twenty five I enlisted for eight months in the Company under command of Capt John Bridgman belonging to the Reg- iment of Col. Theophilus Cotton - That said company was stationed at Dorchester and Roxbury in the Vicin- ity of Boston, and that I did duty in the same for eight months, and expect a Pension for the same. I further testify and say, that Caleb Raymond of Plymouth, and now an applicant for a Pension was a member of said company, and did duty therein the whole of said term.
David Shurtleff

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. 25 th March 1833. Then personally appeared the within named David Shurtleff before me the subscriber, Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and made oath, that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true and I further certify, that said David Shurtleff is a credible witness.
William Thomas, Justice of the Peace

Correspondence of Maps, etc.
There is a trap of Mr. Nelson as clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Plymouth, only last by that William Thomas signed before whom the foregoing deposition was sworn to on this last day of March for the County of Plymouth. True that this was a true copy of the original as now here attached signature. [Signature] whereof the said [illegible] and officers the same of the Superior Court is here shown the same of April 1st 1893

Ms 817 Caleb Raymond Plymouth, Mass a
Rev. 17 March
Rev J. L. Adams
Luney Mass
J. B. Thomas Plymouth Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Caleb Raymond Plymouth County State of Mass.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist. 1775 1 8 20 priv. Capt. Bridgham Col. Cotton 73 years State of Living Witness for the service 17 months   " 1776 1 6 20 " Capt. Hamlin Mass.   " 1777 1 3 20 " Capt. Starkweather Genl. Spencer Col. Cushing  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[l] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

I John B. Thomas, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Plymouth, hereby certify, that there is exhibited in open Court, the Records of Nathaniel Goodwin, late of said Plymouth, Esquire, in said County who was appointed, by the Government of Massachusetts, Military Superintendent for the County of Plymouth, during the war of the Revolution - And that said Records contain a "List of men enlisted for order from Major S. Gray 22 d Ap! 1777, with all possible dispatch to reinforce the Army, in the State of Rhode Island under the command of Gen! Spencer agreeable to an order of Council 11 th Ap! 1777" and that the name of Caleb Raymond is in said list as of Plymouth in the handwriting of said Goodwin, which is well known to me; and that there is a memorandum, also in the handwriting of said Goodwin, by said list, and referring to it in these words "Stay 3 m s " and there can be no doubt, that the present Applicant is the same person there mentioned.
Given under my hand and seal this 10 th day of March 1840 John B. Thomas

Mass. Dorchester
admitted
Mr Thomas Plymouth Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County S.S.
On this thirty first day of May 1848, personally appeared before the subscri- ber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Deborah Raymond, a resident of Plymouth in said County, 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 benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 nd February 1848, granting pensions to wid- ows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Caleb Raymond, who was a resident of said Plymouth, and who was a private in the Army of the Rev-

olution, and is the identical person, who drew a pension under the act of 17 th June 1844, on account of the Revolu- tionary service of her late husband afore- said at the rate of Fifty six Dollars and sixty seven cents per annum. She further declares, that she is still a Widow.
Sworn To and Sub-
scribed on the day Deborah the + Raymond and year above written, mark
In presence of before me
Parah W. Thomas Anne S. Whitman.
Wm. Thomas, Justice of the Peace
I certify that the Declarant is personally known to me, a Widow and a pension- er, as she declares -
Wm. Thomas, Justice of the Peace -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss.
I John B. Thaxter Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William Thaxter is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature to the paper hereto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
William Black

1977
Deborah Raymond
$56.67 per am
Wm. Thomas Plymouth Mass

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth S.S.
On this twenty eighth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty three, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, personally appeared Deborah Raymond, a resident of Plymouth, in said County aged seventy five 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 on the third day of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Caleb Raymond, deceased, who was a Private

in the War of the Revolution. and for particulars of his said Service she refers to her application on file in the Department. for which Service she received a pension of Fifty Six Dollars and Sixty Seven cents per annum under the act of July 7 th 1838.
She further declares, that she is still a Widow -
Attest -
Deborah has + Raymond mark
Mary H Thomas
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written by Deborah Raymond, who is personally well known to me to be the wid- ow of Caleb Raymond of Plymouth in said Coun- ty, deceased, and is personally well known to me to be the same person, who received a Pension, under the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838. before me
Wm. Thomas, Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss.
I John B. Thomas, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that William Thomas Brewer when taken the foregoing declaration was sworn, was, on the day of the Jurat of the same a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth to administer oaths & take depositions. And that his signature subscribed to the Jurat of the same declaration is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this seventh day of June, eighteen hundred & forty three.
William Thomas Clerk.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22128
Deborah Staggman Widow of Caleb Staggman Pr. Rev. Mass.
Act Feb 22. 48
Index: Vol 16 , Page 150
[Arrangement of 1870.]

July 16-14 meet him at h do B. C. Howland. New Miss Bedford Mass.

Com. of Pensions,
Dear Sir;
Will you please send me, Certificate of Service, of Caleb Raymond, of Plymouth Mass. who died July fourth, eighteen thirty five. His Wife Deborah, received pension after his death, and died January nineteenth

eighteen forty nine, You will greatly oblige me by so doing.
Mrs B. C. Howland 31 Eighth St. New Bedford Mass.

Massachusetts 328 Deborah Raymond widow of Caleb Raymond decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 4th July 1835 of Plymouth in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Brigham of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cotton in the Mass. line for 14 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 10 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Sept. 1838 and sent Wm Thomas Plymouth Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1838 $136.67 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 39, 28.33
$165.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. Addison Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1 st Page 126

Massachusetts 1768.
Deborah Raymond widow of Caleb Raymond who was a Private in the Mass line for 17 months.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 56 Dollars & 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Sept, 1843 and sent to
Wm Thomas Plymouth Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book e Vol. 1. Page 32