Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16676, Jesse Butterfield, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Butterfield, Jesse
S. 16676
CONTENTS
carded

21586 55.96 26982
 N. 84  Maine  Jesse Butterfield Kennebec. in the State of Maine. was a Sergt of Artillery in the Comp y commanded by Captain Pollard of the Regt. — commanded by Col. — " " in the Mass'ts — line for 8 Months Serg. of Artif. $62.64 6 21.96 6 " " Corporal 23.33 7 " " Private 107.93 1 
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 107 Dollars 93 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Nov: 1833 _____ and sent to Robt Vose Augusta
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $269.82 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th '34 53.96 $323.78
Recorded by Book
G { Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Vol. 1. Page 5. Clerk

Ms. 84
Moore
Jesse Butterfield
Kennebec. in the State of Maine. was a Regt of Inf y in the Corps - commanded by Captain Pollard of the Res t . - commanded by Col. " " in the Mass s - line for 8 Months Reg t of Inf y . $62.646 21.966 " " Captain 23.337 " " Private 107.937
21586 53.96  26982
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine — at the rate of 107 Dollars 93 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Nov: 1833 _____ and sent to R. Vose Augusta
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $269.82 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 M '34 53.96 $323.78
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. } Go C. Stiles Clerk.
Recorded by V. O. Stiles Clerk. Book E. Vol. 1. Page 5.

I Elizabeth Jennings by whom the annexed deposition was made & sworn to. As further on oath declare that I well knew that the within named Jesse Butterfield was a carpenter by trade when he entered the service as first within stated. As I always understood & believed in my fully believe that he served as an Artillerist Eight months in the year 1835 as he has not this stated. I have known the said Butterfield ever since he was a boy. I believe he is a man of truth.
Elizabeth Jennings State of Maine Kennebec Co. ss. Subscribed & sworn to this 13th day of September 1833. the deponent being a credible witness. Before me. M c Wart L. Mrs. Parris.
Jesse Butterfield
Mass s troops
Sergeant Artillerist
Pollard's Co. (Howells or Port's regt) 8 months.
Corporal (Hord's Co; Reed's regt) 6 months
Private same 3 "
Varnum's Co. 4 "
See additional Declaration & addl testimony Sept. 1833.
Sergeant Artillerist 8 months
Corporal — — 6 "
Private — — 7 "    7 "    21 months  
Proof John Clancy credible witness J. G. Jennings, same then in dit adma.
Declaration in open Court March 26, 1833.
R. C. Vose Augusta, Me.
State of Maine Kennebec Co. ss. The subscriber Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within & for the County of Kennebec hereby certifies that William Wraft D. is a true copy of the above & that the several signatures on this sheet purporting to be his are genuine. Witness my hand & the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State this 11th day of October 1833.
J. A. Churchill Clerk

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this tenth day of July
A. D. 1832 personally appeared
before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Jesse Butterfield a resident of Farmington in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Eighty 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 7, 1832 That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Benjamin Pollard and served in Col. Flower or Post , regiment of artificers
of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Pollard Capt a sergeant and  Flower or Post Col. That in April 1775 he enlisted for eight months as an artificer - That he fully served out this period, and at the end thereof was dismissed at Cambridge, taking no written discharge. That in June 1776 he again enlisted as a corporal in the war of the revolution in Capt Lord's company and Col. Read's regiment of the Massachusetts troops for the period of six months - That he fully served out this period, and in December 1776 was discharged at Ticonderoga , but has lost his discharge, which was signed by Genl Gates . That in September 1777 he again enlisted as a private for three months in Capt Lord's company and Col. Read's regiment of the Massachusetts troops. That he served out this period, was at the taking of Burgoyne - marched with the Hessians to Winter Hill and was there dismissed, but without a written discharge in December 1777. That in June or July 1778 he again enlisted as a private in Capt Joseph B. Varnum's company - the name of the Col. not recollecting certainly, but believes it to have been Wade of the Massachusetts troops - That under this enlistment he served that he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that about  the sum of  one hundred and  forty dollars  was  paid  to  him  for  his  pension  and  that  he  has  since  resided  in  the  County  of  Waltham  and  State  of  Maine  and  now  resides  in  the  County  of  Waltham  and  State  of  Maine  and  now  resides  in  the  County  of  Waltham  and  State  of  Maine  and  now  resides  in  the  County  of  Waltham  and  State  of  Maine  and  now  resides  in  the  County  of  Waltham  and  State  of  Maine  and  now  resides  in  the  County  of  Waltham  and  State  of  Maine  and  now  resides  in  the  County  of  Waltham  and  State  of  Maine  and  now  resides  in  in  Sullivan  and  now  resides  in  Sullivan  was  defeated  and  retreated  from  the  Island  and  was  dismissed  but  without  a  written  discharge  at  Tiverton  in  October  1778 . To  the  interrogatories  propounded  under  the  instructions  of  the  war  department  he  answers , that  he  was  born  in  1752  in  Dunstable  in  Massachusetts  where  his  age  is  recorded , and  where  his  home  was  during  his  revolutionary  services - that  in  1783  he  removed  into  Farmington  Maine , where  he  has  since  resided . That  he  enlisted , was  not  drafted  or  received  as  a  substitute  for  another . That  the  Officers  He  hereby  relinquishes  every  claim  whatever  to  a  pension  or  an  annuity , except  the  present , with  whom  he  served  and  he  declares  that  his  name  is  not  on  the  Pension  Roll  of  any  agency  in  any  State , except  where  shown  of  the  as  aforesaid , regular  army . He  hereby  relinquishes  every  claim  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 .
Jesse Butterfield
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before
Nathan Weston Jun Asst S. J. Court
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jun

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Jesse Butterfield for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 15 th day of October
A. D. 1832.
J. A. Chandler
I Jesse Butterfield by whom the within declaration was made do further on oath declare that when I entered the service as first within stated I was by trade a carpenter I enlisted as an artificer in which capacity I served during the full period of eight months. I was employed in building barracks, platforms & in the general duty of an artificer. I know of no evidence by which I can prove this particular service, as I do not know of any body living who served with me.
Jesse Butterfield
State of Maine Kennebec ss. Subscribed & sworn to this 15 th day of September 1833. Before me Wm Mowatt Justice Peace.
I John Chaney of Chestersfield who testified as a peer by the annexed deposition do further testify that I know that said Butterfield was a Carpenter by trade when he entered the service as he has stated & always been at that time that he enlisted & served as an artificer as above stated at Cambridge.
John Chaney
State of Maine. Kennebec ss. Subscribed & sworn to this 15 th day of Sept r 1833. the deponent being a credible witness. Before me Wm Mowatt Justice Peace.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
AWJ Ans April 26, 1924.
Mrs. Sidney Palmer. 23 Wood St., Mansfield, Ohio.
Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16676, it appears that Jesse Butterfield was born in 1752 at Dunstable, Massachusetts.
While residing in said Dunstable he enlisted in April 1775 and served eight months as a Sergeant and an Artificer in Captain Benjamin Pollard's Company, Colonel Flower's or Post's Massachusetts Regiment of Artificers.
He enlisted in June 1776 and served six months as a Corporal in Captain Ford's Company, Colonel Reed's Massachusetts Regiment. He
He enlisted in September 1777 and served three months as a private in Captain Ford's Company, Colonel Reed's Mass-

achusetts Regiment and was at the surrender of Burgoyne.
He enlisted in June or July 1778 and served as a private in Captain Joseph B. Varnum's Company, Colonel Wade's Massachusetts Regiment and was at the battle of Rhode Island and in the retreat from the Island, and served until in October 1778.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 10, 1832, while a resident of Farmington, Kennebec County, Maine, aged 84.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

16676 INVALID.
File No. 16676
Jesse Butterfield Clergy Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]
June 27/94 Mil. Hist. E. H. Butterfield a. 600 yrs, May Piqua, Ohio. C
Jan'y 14-1903 Carrie B. Upton Piqua Ohio
Oct. 7-1903 - Wirtz to A. A. Butterfield - Dayton 1924 Apr. 26 - Hist to Mrs. Sidney Palmer awf.

State of Maine.
We Lemuel Thompson, a Clergyman, residing in the town of Farmington, Kennebec County, & John Ruff residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jesse Butterfield, who has subscribed & sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. Witness our hands this Twelfth — day of July — A.D. 1832.
Lemuel Thompson
John Ruff
State of Maine } ss. Kennebec County }
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Before me
Daniel Gordon Justice Peace.
Daniel Gordon Esq. is a justice of the Peace. And the Rev. Lemuel Thompson is a Clergyman residing in Farmington. And John Ruff of the same town is a credible person, & their statement is entitled to be believed. — Nathan Weston Jr.

STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
AT the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment on the 26 th day of March A. D. 1833.
PERSONALLY appears in open Court Jesse Butterfield by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jr. on the 10 th day of July A. D. 1832, and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Just. S. J. C.
I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Butterfield for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this 26 th day of March A. D. 1833.
J. A. Chandler

Robert C Vose Esq is a justice of the Peace Salem, Washington
I John Chaney of Chesterville in the County of Kennebec State of Maine, aged sixty eight years & upwards, a pensioner on the Maine Roll, do on oath testify & declare that during the Revolutionary War from the year 1775 & afterwards I resided in Dunstable in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts & well knew Jesse Butterfield then an inhabitant of that town, now living in Farmington in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine, an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832. That I well recollect that at the time I lived in Dunstable as aforesaid said Butterfield enlisted into the army of the United States in the year 1775 with Capt Pollard in Col. Flower's or Post's Regiment of Artificers of the Massachusetts line or troops; that I fully believe I always understood that said Butterfield served the full term of eight months as an Artificer in said Company & was discharged. That I always understood & believed I have no doubt that said Butterfield then in June 1776 again enlisted as a corporal in the War of the Revolution in Capt. Ford's company & Col. Read's Regiment of the Massachusetts troops & was discharged after serving for the term of his enlistment viz. six months, in December 1776. That I likewise understood & verily believe that said Butterfield afterwards served as a private for three months in Capt. Ford's company & Col. Reed's Regiment of the Massachusetts troops. That I also understood & do now fully believe that in June or July 1778 said Butterfield again enlisted as a private in Joseph B. Varnum's company, & as I think in Col. Wade's Regiment of the Massachusetts troops & served in Rhode Island under Genl. Sullivan & was present when Genl. Sullivan was defeated & retreated from the Island. & I believe that said Butterfield was discharged from said latter service at Newport in October 1778. And the said Chaney further on oath declares that he has been personally & intimately acquainted with the said Butterfield ever since he left the Army as well as before & believe him to have been a Soldier as I have stated, he is now Eighty years old & lives within five miles of my house in an adjoining town & has lived there for the last thirty seven years. John Chaney
State of Maine Kennebec County ss. I sworn to & subscribed this tenth day of July A.D. 1832. the deponent being in my opinion a credible witness. Before me, Robert C. Vose Justice of the Peace

I Elphatet Jennings of Farmington in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine, a pensioner on the Maine Roll, do upon oath testify & declare, that I well know Jese Butterfield of said Farmington within mentioned & have known him ever since the Revolutionary War & during all the War, & from my own personal knowledge of the facts and circumstances within mentioned fully concur in the belief that Jese Butterfield served in the Revolutionary War as within stated. Said Butterfield is now eighty years old. Lives in the same town with myself.
Elphatet Jennings
State of Maine
Kennebec ss: Sworn to & subscribed this 12 day of July A. D. 1832. the deponent being well known as a credible witness.
Before me,
Charles Savage Justice Peace.
Charles Savage Esq. is a Justice of the Peace, and I am satisfied the deponent is a credible witness.
Nathan Write Jr
Jese Butterfield

Mansfield Ohio Mar. 24 th - 1924
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir Will you
kindly send me an abstract of Jesse Buttsfield Original application for a Pension - He was placed on the pension roll Nov. 4 1833 for service in Mass. Continental line as Corporal & Sergeant - He was a resident of Kennebec Co. Me. at the time of application I am trying to prove my eligibility to D. A. R. Can

you tell me who Jussie - Butterfield's wife was. & what his Father name was.
Sincerely Yours
Ms Sidney Palmer 23 Wood St Mansfield Ohio.

Dayton O Sept 28. 1903. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
OWT
The enclosed papers explain themselves. My original request was for the military record of my grandfather Jesse Butterfield, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He resided in Dunstable Mass. When the war commenced I must say that I have found the right office this time I am Yours Truly. A H Butterfield

RPO 742859 Sept 24  03

Dayton O Sept 21-1903.
F. B. Anisworth
Record and Pension Office,
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir.- yours of Sept. 16 th , saying that the name of Jesse Butterfield has not been found on the rolls of any massachusetts troops that served in the war of the Revolution. I have seen a copy of his military record, that was sent to a relation of mine in Piqua O. I do not remember to what regiment he belonged, but, of my own knowledge, I know that my grandfather received a pension for many years, for service in the Revolutionary war.
Truly yours
A. H. Butterfield

RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
SEP 15
742859
1903
WAR DEPARTMENT
Dayton Ohio Sept. 11, 03
Jessa Butterfield Mass. Rev War
A. A. Butterfield requests record of service.
Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, September 24, 1903.
Respectfully returned to
Mr. A. A. Butterfield, Dayton, Ohio.
In view of your statement to the effect that the soldier in question received a pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary war, it is suggested that a full statement of his service can probably be obtained by applying to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C., who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars in which the United States has been engaged, and whose office is separate and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the War Department.
One inclosure.
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
F. C. Answorth
Chief, Record and Pension Office.
Per 2
(300a)
(300a)

RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
SEP 15
742859
1903
WAR DEPARTMENT
Dayton Ohio Sept. 11. 03
Jesse Butterfield Mass. Rev War
A. A. Butterfield requests record of service.
Respectfully returned to
Mr. A. A. Butterfield, Dayton, Ohio.
The name Jesse Butterfield has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office of any organization of Massachusetts or Continental troops in service during the war of the Revolution.
It is proper to add, however, that the collection of Revolutionary war records in this office is far from complete, and that the absence therefrom of any name is by no means conclusive evidence that the person who bore the name did not serve in the Revolutionary army.
It is suggested as a possibility that the desired information may be obtained from the Secretary of State of Massachusetts.
Recd. Back R. & P. O. SEP 24 1903 1/100
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
F. P. Ainsworth
Chief, Record and Pension Office.
Per 7

Dayton O Sept 11-1903. Lt. Col. Corbin Adjutant Genl U.S.A. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir- My grandfather Jesse Butterfield was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
When the war commenced he resided in Dunstable Mass, and belonged to a colonial organization called "Minute Men". I should like to have a copy of his military record.
Yours Truly
A. A. Butterfield
My request was for my grandfather's military record in the Revolutionary War.
Yours Truly
A. A. Butterfield
Sept 21-1903.

O. M. N.
719 W. Greene St.
Piqua, Ohio
Jan 4-1903
Chief of Pension Bureau.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir.
It is my wish to establish my right to membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, and I hope to do so through an ancestor, Jesse Butterfield whom we as a family believe to have enlisted in one of the first companies formed at Dunstable, Mass., to have served through the war, and drawn a pension afterward.
Can you tell me whether or not this is so, his rank, company and regiment - if a private - & c

I shall esteem it a favor if you will convey to me what information the bureau may have with reference to him -
Very respectfully -
Carrie B. Lupton -

B
Piqua. O June. 4/94
Commissioner of Pensions U.S. Pension Office Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
Will you kindly furnish me with such information as your office files may afford of Jesse Butterfield. Residence Farmington Maine - who was a pensioner of the Revolutionary war & died Feby 6 th 1842
According to information we have he was a member of the first Company raised at Dunstable Mass & commanded by a Capt Cummings of that place.
He was at the Battle of Lexington & Bunker Hill & served through the war of the Revolution & for years be-

fore his death received a pension from The United States Government
Being a candidate for admission to the order of the "Sons of the Revo- -lution" you will confer a favor by furnishing me under the seal of your office such data as your records may show.
Yrs. reply
E. H. Butterfield
600 N. Wayne St.
Puyallup, W.
Information desired of.
Jesse Butterfield member of Continental Army
Enlisted at. Dunstable Mass
Company Commander. Capt. Cummings
Pensioner
Died at Farmington Me Feb'y 6 th 1842