Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 893, Joseph Bouttell, Continental N. H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental N.H.
Boutell, Joseph or Boutell,
W. 893 B.L.Wt. 36,609-160-55.
Molly
CONTENTS

1600
Massachusetts
Molly Boutell widow of Joseph Boutell
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Pirate Cour Sire
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars 00
Certs per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Aug 1833
and sent to
H. Woodman Boston Mass a
of Pensioners under act page 37 Vol. A
228960

Notf: sent to J. K. Smith Esq. Amherst. N.H. 25 July 1820.
16063R
New Hampshire transferred to Massachusetts
Joseph Boutell
of Amherst, in the state of N.H.
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dunbar of the Inf line, for the term of One year
scribed on the roll of N Hampshire , at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of July 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of Novr 1819 and sent to J. K. Smith Esq  Amherst, N.H.
  Arrears to 4th of  Apil 1819  112 80    Semi-annual all'ce ending  April 1820  481 00      593 80  
(Bills 30/31 4/30)
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued 410 80

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Joseph Boutwell
16063 Amherst
1808
Nov 181
2 March 1820
not entitled

TO the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at
Concord
within and for the County
of Hillsborough and State of New-Hampshire.
Joseph Boutell July 5 1820
aged Sixty Three
resident in Amherst
in said County, comes into Court, and, in pursuance of an Act of Congress, passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person, exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole estate, and income, (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) as follows:
  Real estate $ 240. Sumner Shephard's note for $100.   Seat Stock 71. He has also a Deed of a farm   Chairs 4. worth $1000 of which his father   Desk & trunk 5. Hendall Boutell has a life   2 looking glasses 1.25 lease, and it is the opinion of   Tables 2.50 the appraisers that it has required   Crockery & Pewter 3.50 more than the income of the   2 for Lndious & 1 pr flat irons 3.25 farm to support the old   Grindstone 1.50 Gentleman to the last two   Books 10. years -   2 Puttons & bundlestick 1.90   Waggon Cart & ploughs 37.   Sheep 10.   2 Chains & 3 axes 5.   Iron bar 1.   old ax .25   Sickles, scythe & snaths .75   Leather old iron & auger 8.55   Shoemaker tools, leather 7.   $ 411.65 
He also produced evidence to satisfy the Court that he is indebted to his Son Luther Boutell $600. for his services of years & 6 months after he was 21 years of age - He is also indebted to Col. Robert Means on note $176.95 and interest - He is also indebted to David M. G. Means on note and account $41.24 & room int. of all which he has satisfied the Court by evidence on the stand - He states that he is indebted to Jeremiah Briant $160 - to Mr Samuel Gibson $105. to Mr E. Bailey $110 - to Chickering $60 - and $75 to be paid at his father's decease. to Mr Ebenezer Casswell $50
And the said Joseph Boutell in pursuance as aforesaid, produceth to said Court the following oath, by him duly taken and subscribed, viz:
I Joseph Boutell do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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.
Joseph Boutell

And the said Joseph Boutell doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, viz. He enlisted at Cambridge Mass. in April 1775 for the term of eight months in Capt. Josiah Crosby's Company in Col. Read's Regiment in the troops of the New Hampshire line and was in the Battle at Bunker Hill. - and also in January 1776 he again enlisted for a year under Lt Samuel Brown and was afterwards transferred to Capt. Stephen Brown's Company in Col. Durkee's Regt. in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment, he was in the Battle at Preston and was regularly discharged on the 2 nd or 3 rd of January 1777 at Newtown Pennsylvania by Col. Durkee, which discharge was lost & destroyed when his house was burnt
That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is July 2 nd 1818 And the number of his pension certificate is 16063 That his occupation is That of a Farmer That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz. His wife Abigail Boutell 65 years of age and is a very feeble weak woman - His daughter Abigail aged 26 years is a healthy girl and has hitherto assisted her mother when she had nothing of her own to attend to - His Father Hendall Boutell lives with him he is 83 years of age, is very infirm & in consequence of a fall his hip joint is dislocated and so badly injured that he is constantly deranged and unable to move on his bed and requires constant attention night and day Joseph Boutell
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said Schedule and that the same together with a copy of the premises be duly certified, to the Secretary of War Sworn and declared before the Hon. J. Darling & J. K. Smith Justices of said Court the 6 th day of July 1820  W. Eastman Clerk
Hillsborough ss.] Court of Common Pleas. July 6.
The aforesaid Schedule and oath, and the above declaration, duly subscribed and sworn by the said 1820 Boutell having been by him exhibited in person and presented to the Court, and the same being seen and considered:
It is the opinion of said Court, that the value of the property, contained in said Schedule is 2411.65 and that said applicant is entitled to a pension - and that he has no income from the said estate valued at $1000 Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified, to the Secretary of War.
Attest, W. Eastman Clerk.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Hillsborough ss.] W. Eastman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Hillsborough being a Court of record, do certify, That the foregoing Schedule and oath and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the Court thereon, are truly copied from the records and files of said Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 6 th day of July 1820  W. Eastman Clerk.

Joseph Bonitell 62 f
Sworn to July 2 d 1810
Connecticut Line 2 d act one year since 1774
Alonzo Alonzo
112.88
1.46
104.74
8 13 mo.
4/30
30/31
(Faint mirrored handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page)

I Joseph Boutell a Resident Citizen of the United States in the Town of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire in the sixty second year of my age do solemnly swear that I served my country as a private soldier eight months in the year 1775 & was in Bunker Hill battle so called & then the year 1776 on or about the first day of January enlisted as a private soldier for the term of one year under the Continental establishment in Capt t Stephen Browns Company in the Regiment comman- ded by Col o Fungce in the Connecticut Line in which Regiment I faithfully served out my year & had an honorable discharge at a place called Newtown in the State of Pennsylvania in the month of January 1777 which discharge I have since lost by fire in the consumption of my house & chattels In this year's service I did duty in Cambridge Ms. in New York, in New Jersey & Pennsylvan- ia & lost my baggage & clothing on the re- treat from Fort Lee I was in the battle of Trenton N Jersey taking the Hessians. I am in reduced circumstances and stand in need of Assistance from my country for my sup- port & at this time have no further evidence in support of my service I am not on the

The pension List of Invalids —
Joseph Boutell
Sworn to this second day of July A D 1810 Before me J. C. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. On the second day of July A D 1810 Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire personally appeared Joseph Boutell a resident citi- zen of the Town of Newhurst in said County in the sixty second year of his age and being duly cautioned made solemn oath in order to obtain a pension under the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for cer- tain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the U.S. in the Revolutionary War," that he enlisted on or about the first day of June A D 1776 as a private soldier for the term one year in Capt. Stephen Brown's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Durgin in the Connecticut Line on the continental estab- -lishment in which Regiment or in the service of the U.S. he served out his year & until he received an honorable discharge at a place called Newtown

in the State of Pennsylvania in the month of January 1807 which discharge he has since lost by fire. That he is reduced in his circumstances & stands in need of the Assistance of his country for support & is not on the pension list of Invalids. From all which I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Bonnell did serve on the Continental establishment against the common Enemy more than nine months in the Revolutionary War, & that from my own know- ledge he is so far reduced in his circumstances that he stands in need of the Assistance of his country for his support. and I now transmit the proceedings & the testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the di- rections of the above mentioned Act of Congress J. H. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
This certifies that the signature of J. H. Smith on this paper is in his own hand writing and that he is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough aforesaid in testimony whereof I have here affixed the seal of said Court.
Wm Eastman Clerk

228.960.
Act. March 3 rd } 53 Dec. 21 st }
Molly Boutell
Widow of
Joseph Boutell
Prin.
Capt. J. M. Colo.
36611
Rev. War. Pension. Act. Feb. 3/53.
July 53-1600
AD: 1600, May 2 nd 1856
[Signature]
A. L. Richardson & Co.
Boston
Mass.
Vol 2-13.

Molly Boutell Son Reading

State of Massachusetts COUNTY OF Middlesex
} ss.
On this 8 th day of December , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mrs. Martha aged Eighty Seven years, a resident of South Reading in the State of Massachusetts who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Joseph Boutell deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War in the Company commanded by Captain _____ Regiment of _____ in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th of June, 1812,
that her said husband _____ at _____ on or about the _____ day of _____, A. D. 18_____, for the term of at least 14 days and continued in actual service in said war for the term of _____ and was honorably discharged at _____ on the _____ day of _____, A. D. 18_____; but that, to the best of her knowledge and belief, her husband never received any written or printed discharge,
She further states that she was married to the said Isaac B. Boutell in South Reading on the first day of April A. D. 1834, by one Rev Reuben Emerson a Clergyman, and that her name before her said marriage was Mrs. Mary Boutell ; that her said husband died at Reading , on the fourth day of July , A. D. 1840, proof of which will be found on file with her previous application, and that she is now a widow.
She further declares that she has heretofore made application for bounty land under the Act approved September 28, 1850, and obtained a Land Warrant for _____ acres, No. _____ which she has legally disposed of, and it cannot now be returned,
Reference being made to her previous application for Pension, recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3 d 1853 Pag. 37, Val.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855," and prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to A. L. RICHARDSON & Co, Boston, Mass.; and declares that she has never applied for nor received, under this or any other Act of Congress, any Bounty Land Warrant except the one above mentioned.
Not by Barré Edward Mansfield Justice of Peace

We Thomas Parker and Thos E Parker residents of South Reading in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Molly Boutell in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Thomas Parker
Thos E Parker
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Edward Mansfield
Justice of the Peace.
State of Massachusetts  Middlesex County.
We, Thomas Parker and Thomas E Parker having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Joseph Boutell who was a private in the war of the Revolution whose widow now applies for bounty land; that we knew him for more than twelve years before his death, which occurred at Reading about fifteen years ago; that we know that he died about that time, because of Commonwealth vs
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she is now unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Thomas Parker
Thos E Parker
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this tenth day of December A. D. 1855
Edward Mansfield Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Thomas Parker & Thomas E. Parker of the said County and State, whom I know to be credible persons, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the foregoing application; that Molly Boutelle the applicant for bounty land in the foregoing declaration is now unmarried, and that she is the widow of the late Joseph Boutelle who was a private in the war of the Revolution and that the said Joseph Boutelle died at the time above stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this tenth day of December 1855
Edward Mansfield Justice of the Peace.
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 28, p. 960

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Dec. 19 1855
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Edward Mansfield
Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
Levi Woodbury Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Revolutionary War, Widow's application for Pension.
Certificate of Service to Abner Woodman Boston Mass
as within requested

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 16 th 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Abel F. Hutchinson was a justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Mass County of Middlesex Town of So. Reading (a) Mr Joseph Bantell of Reading and Mrs Molly Parker of South Reading were joined in Marriage at South Reading April First Eighteen Hundred & thirty four by Rev Reuben Emerson off. Reading
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows: —(b) " April 1 " 1834
Edward Mansfield
I, Edward Mansfield above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state afore- said, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Edward Mansfield } Town Clerk } of So. Reading
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this Second day of June A.D. 18 53 .
Abel F. Hutchinson Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full. (b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.
insert in the record

State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex
On this twentyfifth day of May A. D. 1853, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace Court of the State of Massachusetts, Mary Boutell a resident of South Reading in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts aged eightysix 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 law of the United States, passed on the 3d of February, 1853: That she is the widow of Joseph Boutell, who was a soldier in the Company from Reading from April 19, 1845, commanded by Capt. Thomas Eaton. That the said Joseph Boutell was a Pensioner of the United States during his lifetime, and that further Evidence of his Service as may be found on the files of the Pension Office, and are not in her control, that she was married to the said Joseph Boutell on the first day of April in the year eighteen hundred and thirtyfour that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Boutell died on the fourth day of July A. D. 1840 at Reading in consequence of the infirmities of old age,
and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed. and she asks that her certificate may be made payable at Boston, and sent to Horatio W. Newman, Boston, Mass.
Mary Boutell
before me, who have no interest in the prosecution or result of the above claim. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before
A. F. Hutchinson
Middlesex ss.
Justice of the Peace.
This certifies that the above named Molly Boutell was unable, personally, to attend a Court of Record to make oath to the above declaration in consequence of the weakness of old age.
St. Reading, 25 of May 1853.
A. F. Hutchinson
Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex
We, John Steele and John Parker of Reading having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Joseph Bonnell and main a pension from the U.S. Government. Christopher whose widow now applies for a centurion of pension under the Act of 1853, R.S. 3a — that we knew him for more than twenty years before his death, which occurred at Reading in said county of Hiddlesex about thirteen years ago, — that we know that he died about that time because* we lived in the neighborhood at the time, were present in his dying moments, and attended his funeral,
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
John Steele
John Parker
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this twentyfifth day of May A. D. 1853
A. S. Hutchinson { Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of John Steele and John Parker of the said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Mary Bonnell is the widow, remaining unmarried of the late Joseph Bonnell who was a Revolutionary Soldier in Pensylvania and that the said Joseph Bonnell died at Reading on or about the fourth day of July A. D. 1826.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twentyfifth day of May 1853, and I do hereby certify that I have no interest in the result or presentation of this claim. A. S. Hutchinson , Justice of the Peace.
* "We attended his funeral," or "were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason.
Justice of the Peace

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. W. 893.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 3rd, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Joseph Boutell made an application for pension on July 2nd, 1818, at which time he was 62 years of age and residing at Amherst, N. H., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war. Place of his enlistment not stated. He served under Capt. Brown and Col. Durkee. His widow, Molly, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. M. A. Richardson,
55 Hastings Street,
West Roxbury, Mass.

I Luther Boutell of Dunstable NH, of lawful age testify and say that since the eighteenth day of March AD 1818 I have received from my father Joseph Boutell late of Anhurst NH, but now of Reading Mass. - in 1820 One pair of three year old Steers, worth at the time I received them thirty dollars. - a cow in 1821 worth fifteen dollars. - in 1822 he let me have fourteen dollars, and in 1825 I had a feather bed of his worth Twelve dollars, and a bedstead worth fifty cents. the above articles and money, were the only articles or money I have received from my father since 1818 March 18 th . - I further depose and say that my father being old and poor, and unable to pay me any more of my demand against him, without distressing himself and family, I have not pressed him to pay me & do not think he would be able to, if I did. - Luther Boutell
State of New Hampshire.
Hillsborough ss. Feb. 8. AD 1827. Anhurst. Then personally appeared Luther Boutell who signed the above affidavit, and made oath that it contains the truth and the whole truth. -
Before me Rob t Mearns Jus. Peace

I Andrew Wallace, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Robert Means is a Magistrate as within, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this ninth day of February in the year, 1827.
Andrew Wallace { Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County.

State of New Hampshire.
Hillsborough S. Anheust May 15. A.D. 1826 Then personally appeared Edmund Parker and made solemn oath that the annexed affidavit by him subscribed is true, before me. —
Robert Means Jus. Peace —
I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county, certify that Edmund Parker and Robert Means are Magistrates as above and beforementioned, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be theirs, are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this fifteenth day of May in the year 1826. —
Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county. —

I Ensign Bailey of Brookline in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire Do hereby certify & say that I have supplied Joseph Boutelle late of Antrim but now of Reading Massachusetts with leather from 1819 until 1822 in his line of business as a shoe maker & the demand I have against him was for leather and that I have received money of him from time to time for leather and River a suit for any other article and that he has received a fair compensation for all the demands that I now hold ever had against him.  Ensign Bailey
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss Brookline October 24 1826 Then the above named Ensign Bailey appeared & made oath that the foregoing certificate is just and true. Before me David T. Boynton Jus. Peace
I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, certify that Samuel T. Boynton is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this twenty fifth day of October in the year 1826.  Andrew Wallace } Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County.

I know all men by these presents, That I Joseph Boutell of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire Gentleman in Consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars to me paid by Robert Means of said Amherst Esquire the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained sold and conveyed and do for myself and my Heirs by these presents give grant bargain sell and convey unto the said Robert Means his heirs and assigns forever, A Certain tract or parcel of land Situate in said Amherst and bounded as follows, to wit, beginning at the South east corner of the premises, at a stake and stones on the Bank of the river Souhegan, thence northerly about One hundred and forty rods to a pine stump, bounding land formerly owned by Mr. John Odell, thence westerly on W th am's Caldwell's and the said Boutell's other land about sixty rods to a stake and stones thence southerly on Caldwell's land about forty rods to a stake and stones, thence westerly about thirty rods to a white Oak Stump thence southerly about twenty rods by said Caldwell's land to a stake and stones on the west side of the brook thence easterly about twenty rods to a white oak Stump thence about twenty rods further easterly to a stake and stones thence southerly about ten rods to a white Oak stump, thence southerly about ten rods to another white Oak stump, thence about the same course about thirty rods to a stake and stones at the Causeway, thence Westerly on said Causeway or road about nine rods to a stake and stones on the South side of the bridge at the old west water course thence southerly about eighty rods to the river at a stake and stones near a Cherry tree by said Caldwell's land, thence on the river to the bounds first mentioned. Containing by estimation about eighty five acres being the same land the said Boutell now lives on Also another parcel of land Situate in said Amherst bounded as follows - Beginning at the Southwest corner at a Stake and Stones on the northerly bank of Souhegan River thence northerly across the road leading from said Boutell's to Henry Fields to a Stake and Stones at Mr. Caldwell's corner thence northeasterly by said road to said Fields land thence by Fields land Easterly until it comes to Fields old line thence Southerly by said Fields land to a Stake and Stones easterly of a moat near a large white pine Stump thence Still Southerly to a walnut tree on the bank of said River thence westerly by said river to the bounds first mentioned containing thirty acres more or less being the same land that said Boutell purchased of John Lovejoy. Also another parcel of land bounded as follows. Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Premises at a Stake and Stones thence north 5° west by Caldwell's land fifty nine rods to a Stake thence east

One degree north by said Means land nine rods to a white pine tree marked thence Southerly by Npham's land twenty eight rods to a Stake and Stones thence South about Seven degrees east forty two rods to a Stake by said Bonttells other land thence west one degree north by said Bonttells land thirty rods to the bounds first mentioned containing ten acres more or less - Also one other parcel of land Bounded as follows Beginning at a Stake and Stones on the South Side of the road leading from Amherst to Farwells in Morrimsac thence easterly the road about forty three rods to a Stake and Stones near a pitch pine tree thence Southerly about eighty rods to a Stake the corner of Summers Shepards land thence westerly on said Shepards land about forty two rods to a Stake thence northerly to the bounds first mentioned containing twenty acres more or less - Also another parcel of land bounded as follows Beginning at a large pitch pine stump on the north side of said road to Farwells - thence easterly about thirty rods by the road to a Stake and Stones thence northerly about twenty rods to a Stake and Stones at Ebenezer Weston's land thence easterly by said Westons land to a white pine tree marked thence northerly by the pond or bog about forty rods to a small pitch pine tree marked thence westerly about eight rods to a pine stump and a long stone in the ground by the side of it thence westerly about thirty rods to a Stake in the pond thence Southerly to the bounds first mentioned containing twelve acres more or less -
To Have and to Hold the aforescribed Premises with all the Privileges and Appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said Robert Means his Heirs and Assigns to his and their use and Behoof forever And I do hereby Covenant with the said Robert Means his heirs and Assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the afore- described premises that they are free of all incumbrances that I have good right to Sell and convey the same to the said Robert Means in manner aforesaid and that I and my heirs will warrant and defend the same Premises to the said Robert Means his heirs and

I sign forens against this lawfull Claims and demands of all persons. I Will nevertheles (that if the said Joseph Bontell his heirs executors or administra- tors pay to the said Robert Means his heirs executors administrators or assigns the sum of two hundred and fifty Dollars in one year from this date with interest annually until paid then this deed as also a certain promissory note bearing even date with these presents given by the said Joseph Bontell to the said Robert Means conditioned to pay the sum of two hundred & fifty dollars at the time aforesaid shall be void otherwise shall remain in full force and virtue — In Witness whereof I the said Joseph Bontell have hereunto set my hand and Seal this eight day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one — Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us, David Holmes Robert Means Jr. Joseph Bontell Seal State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. December 8 th A.D. 1821. Then the within named Joseph Bontell personally appeared and acknow- ledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and Deed — Before me, Robert Means Junior Justice Peace Rec. & recorded 8 Decr. 1821 & Exam d By Isaac Brooks Reg r
Hillsborough Is 30 March 1825 in consideration of the money secured by this Mortgage Deed being paid to us we hereby as Executors to the last will and testament of Robt. Means Esqr Deceas d do hereby release all claim to the within described premises Witness our hands David M c G. Means Robt. Means Attest Wm. C. Dodge
Second Volume 133 Page 493 — A True Copy Attest Isaac Brooks Reg r

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Isaac Brooks within named is Register of Deeds for said County of Hillsborough and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this ninth day of February in the year 1827.
Andrew Wallace { Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County,
Deed of Mortgage

I Ebenezer Converse of Antrim in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, depose and say that on the first day of April, One Thousand eight hundred and twenty five I held five notes against the Joseph Boutell of said Antrim. Said notes were given me for money I had lent him at sundry times, and for a pair of oxen I sold him. Some time in said April, I do not recollect the day, but it was after said Boutell sold his farm to Joseph Fletcher junr., said Boutell paid me the said Notes, which then amounted to Four hundred and fifty two Dollars and forty cents - Ebenezer Converse
State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough ss - Antrim March 20 th 1826
Then the above named Ebenezer Converse appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true - Before me -
Colman Parker Justice of the Peace -
I Joseph Fletcher junr. of Antrim in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say that I purchased of Joseph Boutell then of said Antrim his farm and lands in said Antrim as described in his deed to me which is dated March 30 th 1825. and I further say that the sum of fourteen hundred Dollars

mentioned in said deed as the consideration thereof, was the true consideration for the purchase, which sum I paid him when I took said deed - I further say that his House here in Amherst meeting, was included in said sale and consideration.
Joseph Fletcher Jr.
County of Hillsborough ss.
Amherst March 20 th 1826 Then the above named Joseph Fletcher Jr. appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Edmund Parker, justice of the Peace -
I David M c G. Means of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, testify and say that I am one of the Executors of the last will and testament of Robert Means late of said Amherst Esquire deceased. That at the time of said Robert's decease Joseph Boutelle late of said Amherst owed him two notes of hand one dated December 14 th 1820 for $400.00 - and the other dated December 8 th 1821 for $250.00 - both of which were secured by mortgage on said Boutelle's farm - On the first day of April A.D. 1825 there was due on said notes the sum of Seven hundred and two Dollars, which sum was paid to me at the time he sold his farm to Joseph Fletcher Jr. I further say that said Boutelle was then indebted to me in the sum of forty four Dollars, and eighteen cents on note and account which he paid to me not long afterwards -
David M c G. Means,

County of Hillsborough ss-
Anchurk March 22 nd 1826
Then the above named David M c Ally. Means appeared and acknowledged that made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true. -
Before me - Edmund Parker Justice of the Peace
I Isaac Spalding of Anchurk in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say - that I am one of the persons trading in said Anchurk under the firm of Read and Spalding - that on the twenty sixth day of February A.D. 1825 Joseph Boutell late of said Anchurk owed said firm a note of twenty six Dollars. and thirty eight cents which he paid, according to the best of my recollection in the month of May or June following - I think however in May - It was some weeks after he sold his farm to Joseph Fletcher firm.
Isaac Spalding
County of Hillsborough ss.
Anchurk March 22 nd 1826
Then the above named Isaac Spalding appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Edmund Parker Justice of the Peace -
I Samuel Gibson of Hillsborough in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say - that on the fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, Joseph Boutell late of

Amherst in said County gave me a note for One hundred and Twenty six Dollars, on interest. he had made me three payments on it - but there remained due on it: in the spring of 1825 Sixty three Dollars. and thirty nine cents. This man said Boutell paid me soon after he sold his farm in Amherst, in the spring of 1825, but I do not recollect the precise time. Samuel Gibson
County of Hillsborough ss Amherst April 18 th 1826-
Then the above named Samuel Gibson appeared and made oaths that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Edmund Parker justice of the Peace
I Ensign Bailey of Brookline in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say that some time in the month of December A.D. 1824 according to the best of my recollection, Joseph Boutell of Amherst in said county gave me a note for a sum which I think was between one hundred and forty and one hundred and fifty Dollars. The reason why I cannot state the date and sum is that I am now nine miles from home and the note is not with me. Said note was given for leather I had previously sold him, a considerable part of which had been due to me several years. On or about the 30 th of May A.D. 1825 I

received from said Boutell by the hand of William Melendy One hundred Dollars which I endorsed on said note - the rest is still due to me - Ensign Bailey
County of Hillsborough ss
Anchurk May 15 th 1826 -
Then the above named Ensign Bailey appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him sub- scribed is true.
Before me Edmund Parker Justice of the Peace
I Josiah French of Milford in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say, that on the 10 th of July 1824 Joseph Boutell of Anchurk in said county gave me a note for forty two Dollars and thirty four cents - for leather I had sold him. He had paid me all of said note but eleven Dollars & seventy eight. previous to May 1825 according to the best of my recollection - some time in that month he paid me the said balance of Dll. 78 and I then sold him leather to the amount of about twenty Dollars for which he has since paid me, excepting about one Dollar - Josiah French
County of Hillsborough ss
Anchurk May 15 th 1826 -
Then the above named Josiah French appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true. -
Before me Edmund Parker Justice of the Peace -

I Ebenezer Taylor of Antrim in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say. that on the 17 th day of June A.D. 1822 Joseph Boutell of the same Antrim gave me a note for Eight Dollars and sixty three cents. said note was given for a balance due from an settlement of accounts, as I had done work for him in dressing cloth. After he sold his farm in Antrim I received two Dollars in full of said note. Ebnr. Taylor
County of Hillsborough ss Antrim May 15 th 1826 -
Then the above named Ebenezer Taylor appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me Colman Parker Jus. Peace -
I Colman Parker of Antrim in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire testify and say that some time in the year 1824 I had a note against Joseph Boutell of Antrim for collection. I think it was given to Cousin Israel. I paid her the debt. and took a note of Mr. Boutell for the amount which note was Nineteen Dollars and fifty eight cents. Some time after said Boutell sold his farm to Fletcher he paid me twenty Dollars. and forty six cents in full of said note. - The note to Cousin Israel had been given some years. if I recollect rightly. and I know not for what it was given. Colman Parker -

I David M c G. Means of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire Trader, testify and say, that I am one of the Executor of the last will & testament of Robert Means late of said Amherst, Trader deceased. That at the time of said Robert deceased Joseph Boutwell late of said Amherst, but now of Reading, Massachusetts owed him two notes of hand, one dated Dec. 16, 1820 for $400. - and the other dated Dec. 8, 1821 for $250. - both of which notes were secured by mortgage on said Boutwell's farm. On the first day of April 1823 there was due on said notes the sum of Seven hundred & two dollars, when him was paid to me at the time he sold his farm to Joseph Fletcher Esq. I further say that said Boutwell was then indebted to me in the sum of Forty four dollars & eighteen cents on note and Shop account for articles for his & his family's use, which he paid me not long after he sold his farm. -
I further say that from the year 1796 to the year 1816 when my father sold his goods & gave up his Shop business to me, I was a clerk in his store & intimately

acquainted with his business, notes, & accounts, & for ten years I had the charge of his books, & notes & business. — During all the time I was clerk as aforesaid said Boutwell was indebted to my father for shop goods & on old notes given on settlement of store accounts & when they occasionally settled the store accounts the balance due was put to the amount of old note or notes & a new note was given for the balance due on account, or for the balance of account & the amount of former notes & int. —
I further state that said Boutwell was always indebted to said Rob t Mearns on notes or accounts to a considerable amount, and never had it in his power to pay said Mearns & his other creditors without selling his farm or mortgaging it & by that means raising money, as old notes were often given up and new notes given within the last forty years & the interest added & carried into the new notes. I am unable to say what exact sum said Boutwell owed said Mearns at any particular time, until

the decease of said R Means, when as an Executor I took a schedule of the notes accounts & estate of said means, and by that schedule I am able to fix the dates & sums of said notes. — I further certify that the notes due from said Boutwell to the estate of said Means were without any doubt honest debts and not given for any improper purpose but with any intention to defraud indivi- -uals or the public, but were for real bona fide considerations. —
David M c G Means,
State of Newhampshire Hillsborough ss. Subscribed Oct 24. 1826 Then the above named David M c G Means appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Rob t Means Jm. Peace
I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, certify that Robert Means is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this twenty fifth day of October, in the year, 1826.
Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County.

Jeremiah Bryant's Affidavit.

I Jeremiah Bryant of South Reading in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, gentleman do testify and say that in the year 1805 or near as I can recollect Rebecca Bryant my mother owned a piece of land situate in Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire which she was desirous to sell and that she employed me as her agent to sell the same and that I sold the same to one Ebenezer Bonner of said Amherst, and  for not for from four hundred dollars and took his note returning to my mother for the same on which there was due on February 18 th 1809 one hundred and seventy five dollars and said Bonner then came to me and requested me to take Mr Joseph Boutell's note for the same and give him up his as he said Mr Boutell was then owing him that amount; which I declined to do unless he would also sign with him as his surety, which he consented to do, on which said Boutell paid me on said note for my mother at several times small sums and on the nineteenth day of April 1823 there was about two hundred and seventeen dollars principal and interest then due and said Boutell then paid me two hundred dollars which I then endorsed on my mother's note, and the remainder is still due and unpaid, Jeremiah Bryant
State of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. Reading October 30 th 1826. Then the above named Jeremiah Bryant personally appeared and made oath the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true before me Joshua Prescott Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex: ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Middlesex, do certify that Joshua Prescott is a Justice of the Peace, acting under the authority of said Commonwealth. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this sixth day of De- cember 1826.
Abraham Biglow

Letter of Joshua Pusett Esq. of Reading illustra- ting the claim of J. Boult. —

Reading December 25. A. 1826.
Dear Sir your kind letter of Nov: 30 th has been gratefully received and its information immediately communicated to Mr Jos. Emerson, who is making an examination to see if he can fairly bring himself within the Rules laid down by the Secretary at War. If he should not be able to do this I can assure you that we shall notwithstanding ever feel very grateful to you for your services. But if he can honestly bring himself within those rules, I shall forward you the papers as soon as they can be prepared, trusting to your goodness and attention in aid of their success.
I now take the further liberty to send you herewith the affidavits as well the original as some additional ones relating to Mr Joseph Boutell's Pension. The originals were returned on account of their not being sufficiently particular. In consequence of which I have now additional ones from David M c G. Means and Ensign Baily, and one one original one from Jeremiah Bryant. Whether these are sufficiently particular, the Secretary will judge. They in my apprehension carry with them much intrinsic evidence that the man has been long laboring under embarrassment, and unfortunately unable to extricate himself. Mr Boutell's own affidavit I also herewith send you which if you should think will be of any service you may also transmit with the other papers. Mr Boutell sustains a very respectable character and ever has been considered as an honest industrious and upright man. He has generally been in health but unable to perform so much manual labor as many. He has also  very had to hire most of his labor done on his farm; his wife has been feeble, he has had his house burnt, and an aged and very

very inform father to support, interest many to and there  to  one  one The most efficient cause of his indigence, Mr Edwards states his removal from Amherst to Reading unexplain- ed is unfavorable to his case. Mr Boutell has in his aforementioned affidavit stated the causes of his removal And I have no doubt of their truth, I know that he has two daughters living near where I now live and his sisters two in number live also here.
On the whole the evidence he has adduced he hopes will be sufficient on no other ground than the great difficulty and expense he must necessarily be at in tracing all his as transactions to so remote seasons, and in some instances to the almost impossibility of proving them. I can assure you that he is very poor and unable to pay small debts contracted since he came here. I know also that his labor as well as that of his wife is nearly done and that public or private charity must immediately support him if he is denied this application. And I fully believe the statements by him as made are all true, and that much more might also be stated and proved at but at much expense. I wish you to take these papers and make such use of any or all of them as in your opinion will be favorable to the cause of a so poor a man. If any thing further is wanted as evidence I wish you would ascertain for him early as you can what the nature of it is and and write particularly on the subject. I regret the necessity of thus troubling you troubling you with this business knowing that you have enough

2 of a more important nature to require your attention; but well knowing the importance of your aid we solicit it, and shall ever feel grateful for it.
I remain Hon. Edward Everett. Dear Sir yours, with much respect and esteem Joshua Pease
M. B. you are at liberty to show this to Mr. Edwards if in your opinion it will be of any use.

Recd Sept 25, 1826
Free Joseph Bonnet N. Hamp March 1826
Joshua Bennett Esq. Ready. m c at W m King City of Wash g
Reading Ms Sept. 23
Hon. James Barbour
Secretary at War

Reading September. 1820
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the paper application for a pension of an old and worthy revolutionary soldier, who originally applied and obtained a pension, and was after words struck from the pension list on account of property, or rather on account of not  get then settling his debts, for he was truly poor and come within, as I apprehend, the spirit and meaning of the law. He has however barely subsisted till this time, and has been obliged to dispose of all his property for the payment of his just debts and is now very old poor and unable to support himself by his labor. The manner in which he has disposed of his property to pay his debts with and the little he now has will be seen from the enclosed papers. When he first applied for his pension he lived in Amherst County of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire , but has since removed and now lives in Reading, County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts. If you will have the goodness to look over his papers and see if he comes within the provisions of the last act on this subject, and if so, transmit his pension papers to me, in Reading aforesaid or if not by letter inform me of the result, as soon as may be you will much oblige oblige him and confer a favor on your most obedient servant Hon James Barbour Esq. Secretary at War. Joshua Prescott.

1 st March 1823
Joseph Boutell, Esq. N.H. Off
Hon. E. Everett A.B. ss
Recd 23 Feb. 1827

Washington 22 Feb. 1827
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir,
I beg leave to enclose additional papers in the Case of Boutell, with a letter to me from his Council.
I am, Dear Sir, very Respectfully Yours, E. Everett.

Hon. Edward Everett Esqr
Member of the house of Representatives in Congress of the U. States.
City of Washington.

Boston February 17 th 1827
Dear Sir your letter of the 23 d of January last, enclosing papers relating to Mr. Boutells Pension, has been gratefully received. And I herewith send you some additional papers, which were required by the Secretary in his case; - as authenticated copies of the Mortgage Deeds given by him to Mr. Mearns, and also the affidavit of his son; whereby you will find that the affidavit is somewhat deficient; the cause or origin, as well as the amount, of his claim not being distinctly stated. This however, if indispensable, can and shall be obtained, as also any other evidence sufficient to show or prove his indigence, if the Secretary will point out what is wanted. Mr Boutell however though scrupulously honest is not a man very capable of transacting business of this nature, and his inability to pay, was the principal inducement to do it himself. He told me when he returned, and I have not the least doubt of the truth of his statement, that he intended and really supposed he had obtained all the Secretary required. But this is not sufficient to satisfy his mind will you have the goodness to let me know what additional evidence is wanted and it shall, as I know it can, be obtained
I remain, Dear Sir yours, with much regard, respect & esteem. Joshua Prescott Hon Edward Everett

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Official record of the marriage of Joseph...
Official record

Pension Office August 25/53
Sir
Please report time of last payment to on death of within named pensioner
Respectfully & F. Burt Esq. S. Cole 3 Aud for Comm ee
Present
Joseph Bontell, Act 18 th March 1818 #8. p. m. — Died 4 th July 1840, Paris to his death.
F. Burt Annotator

June 18. 1853
No 2106 Appel of Molly
Bontell widow of Joseph.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Joseph Boutelle, removed to Massachusetts.
Your letter to Joshua Pursell Esq. 29 th Sept 1826 and to Hon.
E. Everett.
22 nd Jany. 1827.
March 1820.

Restored, the 28 th of February 1827, and transf d to Massachusetts, pension to commence on the 9 th of February 1827, and Notification sent to Hon E. Everett, H. R.
March 1820

DEED Boutell to Fletcher office copy - from Volume 145 page 5 -
Franklin

Know All Men By These Presents, That I Joseph Bowtel of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough State of New Hampshire Yeoman, in Consideration of fourteen hundred Dollars to me paid by Joseph Fletcher Esq. of Chelmsford in the County of Middlesex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have given, granted, bargained, sold and conveyed, and do, for myself and my Heirs, by these Presents, give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Joseph Fletcher In his Heirs and Assigns forever. The Homestead farm on which I now live, together with certain other pieces of out lands herein after to be described, all and the whole situated in Amherst aforesaid, bounded as follows (viz) Beginning at the South West corner of the homestead farm at the bank of the Souhegan River by Caldwell's farm; thence North 34 1/2 degs. West 78 rods to a stake and stones on the north side of the road by said Caldwell's farm; South 87 1/2 degs. East 12 1/4 rods by said Caldwell's farm to a stake and stones; thence North 4 1/2. East 33 1/2 rods by said farm to stake and stones; thence North 28 1/2 degs. West 25 rods 15 links to a stake and stones; thence North 43 1/2 degs. West 15 1/2 rods to a stump. thence North 60 1/2 degs. West 10 rods to a stake and stones; thence North 7 1/2 degs. East 18 rods 20 links to a stake and stones, thence South 86 degs. East 28 1/2 rods to a stake and stones; thence North 3 1/2 East 37 rods 19 links to a stake and stones; thence East 15 rods to a stake and stones; thence North 4 1/2 degs. West 58 1/2 rods to a stake and stones standing on the south line of the Means Lot (so called) thus far it adjoins the said Caldwell's farm, thence South 88 1/2 degs. East 10 rods by the said Means Lot to a white pine tree marked near a dry pine, thence South 64 1/2 degs. East 26 1/2 rods to a pine knot, thence South 5 1/2 degs. East 42 rods 18 links to a pine knot thence South 80 1/2 East 20 rods to a corner of rail fence; thence South 7 1/2 West 88 rods 1 links to said road, thence North 44 1/2 East 15 1/2 rods to stake and stones thence North 27 1/2 degs. East 10 rods fourteen links to stake and stones North 41 1/2 degs. East 5 1/3 rods to a stake and stones; thence North 51 1/2 degs. East 20 rods to a stake and stones, thence South 88 1/2 East 4 rods to a stake and stones by the old road - thence North 72 1/2 degs. East 10 rods to a stake - stones thence North 87 1/2 East 30 rods 6 links to a stake and stones by Henry Fields land, thence South 20 rods, 20 links to a heap of stones by said Fields land; thence South 23 1/2 West 26 rods 20 links to the mouth of the brook at Souhegan River thence South 62 1/2 degs. 30 rods to a stake and stones on the south bank of said river

as follows (viz) Beginning at the South West corner of the homestead farm at the bank of the Souhegan River by Caldwell's farm; thence North 37\frac{1}{2} degs. West 78 rods to a stake and stones on the north side of the road by said Caldwell's farm; South 37\frac{1}{2} degs. East 12 \frac{1}{2} rods by said Caldwell's farm to a stake and stones; thence North 4\frac{1}{2} East 33\frac{1}{2} rods by said farm to stake and stones; thence North 28\frac{1}{2} degs. West 25 rods 15 links to a stake and stones; thence North 43\frac{1}{2} degs. West 15 \frac{1}{2} rods to a stump, thence North 60\frac{1}{2} degs. West 10 rods to a stake and stones; thence North 7\frac{1}{2} degs. East 18 rods 20 links to a stake and stones, thence South 86 degs. East 28\frac{1}{2} rods to a stake and stones; thence South 3\frac{1}{2} East 37 rods 19 links to a stake and stones; thence East 15 rods to a stake and stones; thence North 4\frac{1}{2} degs. West 58\frac{1}{2} rods to a stake and stones standing on the south line of the Means Lot (so called) thus far it adjoins the said Caldwell's farm, thence South 88\frac{1}{2} degs. East 10 rods by the said Means Lot to a white pine tree mark near a dry pine, thence South 64\frac{1}{2} degs. East 26\frac{1}{2} rods to a pine knot, thence South 5\frac{1}{2} degs. East 42 rods 18 links to a pine knot, thence South 80\frac{1}{2} East 20 rods to a corner of rail fence; thence South 7\frac{1}{2} West 88 rods 5 links to said road, thence North 44\frac{1}{2} East 15 \frac{1}{2} rods to stake and stones thence North 27\frac{1}{2} degs. East 10 rods fourteen links to stake and stones North 41\frac{1}{2} degs. East 5\frac{1}{3} rods to a stake and stones; thence North 51\frac{1}{2} degs. East 20 rods to a stake and stones, thence South 88\frac{1}{2} East \frac{1}{2} rods to a stake and stones by the old road - thence North 72\frac{1}{2} degs. East 10 rods to a stake and stones; thence North 87\frac{1}{2} East 30 rods 6 links to a stake and stones by Henry Fields land, thence South 20 rods, 20 links to a heap of stones by said Fields land; thence South 23\frac{1}{2} West 20 rods 20 links to the mouth of the brook at Souhegan River thence South 62\frac{1}{2} degs. 30 rods across the said river to a stake and stones on the south bank of said river by Gillmore's land, thence South 72\frac{1}{2} West 5 rods 16 links by said Gillmore's land to a stake and stones; thence South 56\frac{1}{2} West 6 rods to stake and stones, thence South 65\frac{1}{2} West 9 rods to a stake and stones; thence South 50\frac{1}{2} West 2 rods to a stake and stones; thence South 27\frac{1}{2} West 11\frac{1}{2} rods to a stake and stones; thence South 50\frac{1}{2} West 7 rods to a stake and stones; thence 45\frac{1}{2} West 11 rods to a stake and stones South 27\frac{1}{2} W. 12 rods to the west bank of said river; thence 46\frac{1}{2} East 13 rods to a bend in said River; thence S. 7\frac{1}{2} West up said river 28 rods by said River, thence

South 52° West 18 rods, thence South 76 1/2° West 21 rods to bounds first described, containing one hundred twenty seven acres forty five rods more or less, all roads and road lands excepted through the same Also a piece of Meadow Land known by the spong; situate in said Amherst aforesaid bounded as follows (viz) Beginning at a pine knot by Maverick Smith's land; thence North 88° West 55 rods to a stake and stones; thence South 59° East 4 rods to a stake and stones; South 18° East 24 rods to a tree marked; thence South 30° East 6 rods to a maple tree marked; thence South 66 1/2° East 59 rods to the bounds first mentioned. Containing five acres more or less. Also a piece of pine land situate in Amherst aforesaid South of the road leading from Amherst Village to Nashua Village bounded as follows (viz) Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Land at a stake and stones thence South 81° West 44 rods to a pine tree marked in the line of Leonard Stearnes land thence north 4° West 122 rods to a stake and stones by said road, thence South 58° East 20 rods by said road to a stake and stones; thence South 67 1/2° East 23 rods to a stake and stones thence southerly about ninety five rods to the bounds first mentioned. Containing twenty six acres ninety five rods more or less. Also one other piece of pine land situate in Amherst aforesaid on the north side of the road above mentioned, bounded as follows (viz) Beginning at a pitch pine stump by said road and by Ebenezer Weston's land, thence North 8° degs West 29 1/2 rods to a pine stub by the pond; thence same course to the corner in said pond; thence beginning at the pine stump by the above road South 62° degs East 24 rods by said road to a stake and stones; thence South 43° degs East 19 rods by said road to a stake and stones; thence North 8° degs West 24 rods to a stake and stones; thence South 68° East 14 rods to pine tree marked by Oliver Spaulding's land; thence Northerly by said Spaulding's land about 40 rods to a pitch pine marked; thence westerly by land of Sterns to a dry pine marked, with stones about it; thence west about 30 rods to the corner in said pond. Containing twelve acres, eight rods more or less. in all the above described premises, public roads and road lands are excepted To Have and To Hold the aforesaid premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said Joseph Fletcher junr his Heirs and assigns to his and their use and behoof forever. and I do covenant with the said Joseph Fletcher junr his heirs and assigns that

thence north 4° West 122 rods to a stake and stones by said road, thence South 58° East 20 rods by said road to a stake and stones; thence South 67 1/2° East 23 rods to a stake and stones thence southerly about ninety five rods to the bounds first mentioned. Containing twenty six acres ninety five rods more or less. — Also one other piece of pine land situate in Amherst afore-said on the north side of the road above mentioned, bounded as follows (viz) Beginning at a pitch pine stump by said road and by Ebenezer Weston's land, thence North 8° degs West 20 1/2 rods to a pine stub by the pond; thence same course to the Corner in said pond; thence beginning at the pine stump by the above road South 62° degs East 24 rods by said road to a stake and stones; thence South 43° degs East 19 rods by said road to a stake and stones; thence North 8° degs West 24 rods to a stake and stones; thence South 68° East 14 rods to pine tree mark & by Oliver Spaulding's land; thence Northerly by said Spaulding's land about 40 rods to a pitch pine mark & thence westerly by land of Sterns to a dry pine marked, with stones about it; thence west about 30 rods to the Corner in said pond. Containing twelve acres, eight rods more or less, in all the above described premises, public roads and road lands are excepted — To Have and To Hold the aforesaid premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said Joseph Fletcher junr his heirs and assigns to his and their use and behoof forever, and I do covenant with the said Joseph Fletcher junr his heirs and assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the aforesaid premises; that they are free of all encumbrances that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Joseph Fletcher in manner aforesaid; and that I and my Joseph Fletcher junr his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons, In witness whereof I the said Joseph Boutell have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of March in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and twenty five. & I, Sarah Boutell, wife of the said Joseph Boutell

do hereby relinquish all my rite of dower in the above described premises Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us
Ebenezer Weston } Sarah Shattuck }
Joseph Boutell (Seal) Abigail his Boutell (Seal)
Hillsborough ss. March 31 st 1825 Then the above named Joseph Boutell acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and Deed Before me Isaac Brooks justice of the Peace
Recd & recorded 30 th March 1825 & Exam d by Isaac Brooks Reg r
Recorded Volume 165 Page 5
A true Copy Attest
Isaac Brooks { Register of Deeds for the County of Hillsborough - S. of N.H.
I Andrew Wallace clerk of the court of common Pleas for said county, certify that Isaac Brooks is Register of Deeds as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this twentieth day of March in the year 1826
Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Court of common Pleas for said county

I William French of Dunstable in the county of Middlesex & born near Waltham of Massachusetts Cordwainer & I Thomas Farwell of Tyngsborough in said County Yeoman do Solemnly swear that we are both of us well acquainted with Joseph Boutell of Amherst in said the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire who who has applied to be plac- ed on the Pension list of the U States and know him to be the same person who served served with us in the Company commanded by Capt Stephen Stephen Brown in Col. Durgin's Regiment in the Connecticut Line for the term of one year commencing the fore part of the year A 1776 and ending the fore part of the year A 1777 when he was honorably discharged with us at a place called Newtown in the State of Pennsylvania & that the aforesaid service was under the continental establishment in the late Revolutionary War & further that we are in no way interested in s d Boutell's claim- ing a pension
Test to that Farwell mark John Hook
William French his Tho s Farwell mark
At Hillsborough Feb y 3 rd March 10 th A 1819 Then W m French & Tho s Farwell made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed Before me J. Smith Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

This further certifies that William French & Thomas Larnell are both creditable witnesses in Courts of Pleas
J. W. Smith } Associate Justice } of the Court of Common Pleas
This certifies that the signature of J. W. Smith on this paper is in his own hand writing & that he is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hamp- shire. In testimony whereof I have here to affixed the seal of said Court
Moses Eastman Clerk
Addl. Evidence

Brief in the case of Molly Boutell widow of Joseph (Middlesex) County and State of Mass act of Feb 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner act of 1818 at $96 per annum
Pri
(If for increase.) Marriage proved pub. rec.
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death Aud. rep.
Identity cr witts.
Name and residence of Agent
H Woodman Boston Mass
Examining Clerk.
J L Gray

Knowall Men by these Presents That I Joseph Boutwell of Amherst in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire Gentleman In consideration of four hundred Dollars to me paid by Robert Means of Amherst aforesaid Esquire the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby give grant Sell and convey unto the said Robert Means his heirs and assigns forever a certain parcel of land situated in said Amherst and Bounded as follows, to wit, Beginning at the Southeast Corner of the premises at a Stake and Stones on the bank of the river thence northerly about one hundred and forty rods to a pine Stump bounding. Land formerly owned by Mr. Odell thence westerly on Uphams, Caldwells and my other lands about sixty rods to a Stake and Stones thence Southerly on Caldwells land about forty rods to a Stake and Stones thence westerly about thirty rods to a white oak Stump thence Southerly about twenty rods by said Caldwells land to a Stake and Stones the west side of the brook thence easterly about twenty rods to a white oak Stump thence about twenty rods further easterly to a Stake and Stones thence Southerly about ten rods to a white oak Stump thence Southerly about ten rods to another white Oak Stump thence about the same course about thirty rods to a Stake and Stones at the causeway thence westerly on said causeway or road about nine rods to a Stake and Stones on the South Side of the bridge at the old west water

course thence Southerly about eighty rods to the river at a stake and stones near a cherry tree by Said Baldwells land thence on the river to the bounds first mentioned con- taining by estimation about eighty five acres, being the same land on which I now live
To Have and to Hold the aforesaid Premises with all the privileges and appurte- nances thereunto belonging to the said Robert Means his heirs and Assigns to his and their Use and behoof forever, And I do cove- nant with the said Robert Means his heirs and Assigns that I am lawfully seized in fee of the aforesaid premises that they are free of all incumbrances that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Robert Means And that I and my heirs will war- rant and defend the same premises to the said Robert Means his heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons — PROVIDED nevertheless that if the said Joseph Boutwell his heirs executors or administrators pay to the said Robert Means his heirs Executors administrators or assigns the sum of four hundred Dollars in one year with interest Annually until paid — Then this Deed as also a certain promissory note bearing even date with these presents given by the said Joseph Boutwell to the said Robert Means conditioned to pay the same sum of four hundred dollars at the time aforesaid shall both be void otherwise shall remain in full force — In Witness Whereof I the said Joseph Boutwell have hereunto set my hand and seal this Sixteenth day of December in the

Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty — Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of us. The words "with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging" being interlined Also the words "and my heirs"
Robert Means Jr. Joseph Boutwell Seal
Sam d Curtis
Hillsborough ss. December 16 th 1820 Then the above named Joseph Boutwell appeared and acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and Deed Before me.
Sam d Curtis Just. of Peace Rec d recorded 16 December 1820 & Exam d by Isaac Brooks Reg r
Hillsboro ss. 30 March 1825 in consideration of the money secured by this mortgage Deed being Paid to us we hereby as Executors to the last will & testament of Col. Robt. Means deceas d . do hereby release all claim to the described Premises. In this mortgage Deed & hereby fully discharge the same in full —
Witness our hands — David M c G. Means Attest Isaac Brooks — Robt. Means
Recorded Volume 129 Page 491 True Copy Attest Isaac Brooks Reg r

I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, certify that Isaac Brooks within named is Register of Deeds for said County of Hillsborough and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this ninth day of February in the year 1827.
Andrew Wallace { Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsboro' N.H.
Seal of Andrew Wallace Boutwell for Mearns

District of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex: ss.
On this twelfth day of June A. D. 1826, personally appeared in open court, it being the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Middlesex and a court of record - Joseph Boutell late of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire, but now resident in and belonging to the town of Reading in said County of Middlesex, yeoman, and aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of March 18 th . A. 1818 and May 1. 1820, viz, "I Joseph Boutell enlisted as a private soldier for the term of eight months at Cambridge in said County of Middlesex in April 1775, in Capt. Josiah Crosby's Company in Col. Read's Regiment in the troops of New Hampshire line and was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and also in January 1776, I again enlisted as a private for a year under Lieut. Samuel Brown and afterward transferred to Capt. Stephen Brown's Company in Col. Durkee's Regiment in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment and I was in the battle of Trenton and was regularly discharged on the second or third day of January 1777 at Newton Pennsylvania, by Col. Durkee which discharge was lost and destroyed when my house was burnt, and I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that my name is not on the Roll of any State except that I was placed on the pension list Roll of the New Hampshire agency at the rate of eight dollars per month which commenced on the second day of July 1818, which certificate bears date the thirtieth day of Nov. 1819 and is numbered 16063, and on my -

my second application for a pension under the law of May 1. 1820, my name was by the Secretary's direction on account of property stricken from the pension list, which direction communicated to me bears date July 25. 1820, and the reason why I have not sooner applied for a pension is because that with the little property I then had and the labour I could perform I have been able to live to the present time without any assistance, but now the property is all spent except what is named in the annexed schedule and my beds, bedding and wearing apparel; and by reason of age my labour nearly done, my wife who is all my family is seventy one years old and so infirm as to be unable to do much work so that I cannot support myself and wife without assistance by reason of age and poverty, I am therefore in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support myself without the assistance of my Country. ~ And in pursuance of the act of May 1. 1820 I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth 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 18. day of March 1818, and that I have not now 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 ~ That since the 18. of March 1818, the following charges have been made -

made in my property, viz. - On the 30 th day of March 1825, I sold and conveyed by Deed (a copy of which is here-with transmitted) all my real estate to Joseph Fletcher Jr. of Chelmsford in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts for fourteen hundred dollars and with the proceeds thereof I made the following payments as the affidavits of several persons, to whom payments were made, accompanying this will fully show viz). -
I paid Ebenezer Converse five notes which I had given him at sundry times for money lent, and for a pair of oxen amounting in whole to $ 452.12 which payments were made in April 1825.
I also on the first day of April 1825 paid David M. G. Mears one of the Executors of the last will of Robert Mears Esq. (late of Amherst aforesaid dec d ) two notes of hand one date December 16. 1820 for 400 dollars and the other date December 8. 1821 for 250 dollars both of which had been secured by mortgage on my real estate and the amount due when I paid them was. 702.00
Which said notes were given for goods I had from time to time at his store and also for money lent me at different times. - I also paid David M. G. Mears soon after on account a note I owed him. 44.18
I also paid Isaac Spaulding of Amherst trader some time in May 1825 a note I had given him before for goods out of his store. 26.38
I also paid Samuel Gibson of Hillsborough after I sold my farm the balance due him on note date December 4. 1820 - which balance was. 63.39

In May 1825 I paid Ensign Bailey of Hillsboro' 100 dollars on account of a note he held against me date in December 1824 for from 140 to 150 dollars which had been given him for leather long before had of him. ~ 100.00
In May 1825 I paid Josiah French of Milford the balance of a note I had given him for leather 11.78
I also paid after I sold my farm Ebenezer Saylor of said Amherst a note date June 17. 1822 for 8.63 which was given him on our settlement for what I then owed him. 10.00
I also paid Edmund Parker of Amherst Esqr. a note I had given him for a demand against me left with him for collection by Ensign French and which he paid her and took my note. 20.46
1430.61
These several debts all justly and honestly due amounting to the sum of fourteen hundred, thirty dollars and sixty one cents, I paid from the proceeds of the sale of my real estate and some personal estate which I disposed of and I have now no other property than what is mentioned in the schedule annexed and my bedding, beds and wearing apparel and after having disposed of my property and paid my debts as aforementioned I removed from Amherst to Reading aforementioned where I now live. ~
Sworn to, and declared on the twelfth day of June 1826 before Solomon Strong an associate justice of said court
Attest. Abner Biglow Clk.
[Handwritten flourish]

I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Joseph Butell did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment. ~ I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court. ~ And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is ninety one dollars and ninety six Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twelfth day of June 1826
Abraham Biglow
3

District of Massachusetts
Middlesex: ss. Personally appeared David Weston and Lachens Gerry two discreet and judicious freeholders of Reading in said County of Middlesex, and made oath that in appraising the goods and estate of Joseph Boutell late of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, Yeoman, but now an inhabitant of Reading in said County of Middlesex they would act faithfully and impartially according to their best skill and judgment. ~
Before me Joshua Prescott Jus. Peace Reading June 12. 1826.
Reading June 12. 1826. We the above named David Weston and Lachens Gerry having been requested by the above named Joseph Boutell to take an inventory of his goods and estate and to appraise the same according to our best skill & judgment and having been duly sworn as above mentioned do on oath as aforesaid make a return of the following inventory of said Boutell's estate including all his property except his beds, bedding and wearing apparel. ~ viz.
   One Cow  15 Dols.  One horse  25 Dols.  one Swine  6.50  46.50    two old waggon harnesses  12 Dols.  One desk  3.    15.00    2 tables  2.25  9 Old Chairs  2.25  Crockery Ware.  75 Ct.  5.25    glass Ware.  79 ct  tin Ware  1.10    1.89    lot of Old iron  1.50  Shoes & Shoe stock  5.00    6.50    Shoe last and tools  1.50  dry Cask  30 Ct    1.80    Meal & tubs  2.50  wash tub and buckets.  75 Ct    3.00    Scythe and snath.  40 Ct.  pitch fork.  20 Ct    .60    axe  42 Ct.  Books  9.00  Saddle & bridle  2.00  11.42     $91.96   
The above described property of said Boutell we have ap-

appraised as therein mentioned, and it amounts to the sum of ninety one dollars and ninety six Cents. —
David Weston
Zachew Perry
I hereby certify that the foregoing schedule contains a perfect list or inventory of all my property which I now own or possess except my beds bedding and wearing apparel.
June 12. 1826. —
Joseph Boutell
Murphy
Chas
Adm. B. B. B.

Joseph Boutell Affidavit

I Joseph Boutell of Reading in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts boardwainer and late of Amherst in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire do testify and say, that the notes given to Robert Mearns of said Amherst, mention ed in said David M c G. Mearns affidavits herewith transmitted were for goods, and occasionally when embarrassed, for money loaned me; that I have been more or less buying goods at his store in said Amherst for more than forty years, and used generally to settle with him yearly and when we so settled our practice was to take up the old notes or note and give him a new one for the principal and interest then due including the balance due him on the account, if any which was generally the case; And so on from year to year, until the year 1820, In December I settled with him and then owed him four hundred dollars. Which I was unable to pay and gave him as collateral security a mortgage on my farm in said Amherst. and in the years following in December 1821 being still embarrassed I with what little I then owed in store on account procured money enough to make up two hundred and fifty dollars to pay debts which I was then called on for, and with the money I paid some I believe to Baileys and some to bonuers and many other small debts but to whom it is impossible for me to recollect. and to secure the same I gave him a further Mortgage on my said farm. Said Mearns being rich and having no need of the money he agreed to let it remain unpaid; he having good security. And I further state that from the length of time elapsed since my debts have been gradually accumulating that it would be difficult for me to make out a bill of all our account from their extreme prolixity and in some instances utterly impossible, said Robert Mearns being now dead, and also to tell how much money was borrowed or still in all cases how the money was appropriated, it being paid to a variety of persons whom I was owing small debts and in some cases they have since deceased, And as I never charged my money with such small debts until

I paid with the same. But I can truly say without any evasion or mental reservation, that or equivocation that all the money I obtained in any way was faithfully appropriated to the discharge of my just debts. Nor did it once occur to me that I was wasting my estate with a view of obtaining a pension; but most gladly should I have been, could I have avoided the painful task which necessity occasioned by my present indigent circumstances, has imposed on me. Having had my house burnt, an aged and infirm father to assist in supporting, my wife feeble and unable to do much, and my gradually increasing inability to labor are the principal causes of my present situation.
As to Baileys note, which was  was given to Wendal, & Ensign Baile, copartners in trade, and Wendal Baile lived in Charlestown, Middlesex County and State of Massachusetts and as I bought the leather of Ensign Baile his affidavits were procured, its consideration was for leather, I bought of him to make shoes and for no other purpose and whenever I bought of him I used to give him my note for the same, and no account of any consequence was ever existed between us and when I lost had leather of him I then gave him the note mentioned in his affidavit, for leather and what was due on old notes, and after I sold my farm I paid him by the bond of William Melendy to whom I gave the money for that purpose, $100.00 at some time in May 1825, and the remainder is still due.
As to the consideration of Conners notes, it was for money I borrowed of him to pay my just debts. Two hundred dollars of which I borrowed and paid to Jeremiah Bryant of South Reading in the County of Middlesex aforesaid, on the 19th day of April, A.D. 1825, to satisfy a note where said Conners was bound for me as surety and on which there is still due not far from 18 dollars. As to the appropriation of the remainder it was borrowed at sundry times to pay for labor on my farm and one to pay debts and some to persons whose affidavits are herewith transmitted, and in such a manner as it is impossible for said Conners to tell where it was paid and also for those to whom it was paid now to tell where I received it.

As where old notes were given up or old notes first paid and new ones given or where endorsements were made on old notes. Nor can I tell at this distance of time to whom I paid it having paid some it in many places in small sums, as I had many debts of long standing, and have for twenty years or more been gradually increasing in debt, and when I could find money that was not wanted I borrowed to pay creditors who were daily calling for their dues; till finally I was obliged to ask my form to pay my debts, which has just done or near about done it and left me destitute of any property of consequence. Samuel Gibson note of 105 dol was originally for money borrowed of his father Samuel Gibson for which I gave him my note date in December 1817, and in May 1820, I paid him the interest at the rate of twelve percent, for which reason he made me give him a new note of that date refusing to have the interest endorsed thereon. And in December 1820 after the decease of said Samuel Gibson, I settled with Samuel Gibson the com admor on his father's estate and gave him a note of one hundred and twenty six dollars.
All I can further say is that I am poor and entirely destitute of any property except what was named in the schedule and part of that also I have spent to live on and and I and my wife are old and unable to support ourselves without some assistance, I myself being in my seventieth and my wife in her seventy second year of her age, and both feeble and infirm and daily growing more so; and if I fail for want evidence to prove what is true and what I do not hesitate to say under oath many much more able than myself now enjoy, I must remain contented and consider myself among the number of those unfortunate soldiers who lost much and by assisting in acquiring the liberty and independence which as a nation I am proud to say we enjoy and which is my greatest con- solation for the sufferings I have endured.
And I the said Joseph Baughman further state that the demands I have against the state

If I fail for want evidence to prove what is true and what I do not hesitate to say under oath many much more able than myself now enjoy, I must remain contented and consider myself among the number of those unfortunate soldiers who lost much and by arresting in acquiring the liberty and independence which as a nation I am proud to say we enjoy and which is my greatest consolation for the sufferings I have endured.
And I the said Joseph Borthwick further state that the demand I owed my son was not in my settlement taken account of, although it has never been paid only in part, my son not choosing to dislet me, and I supposed it needless state debts I owed when I had nothing to pay them with. As to my removal from Amherst to Reading, it was owing to the following circumstances viz, After I sold my farm then I had no house nor land there, I had lived in Reading when young and served my time there as an apprentice with a shoemaker. My wife though born in Ducksbury was brought up in Reading and there lived till I married her, she had many old friends acquaintance, there two sisters the only ones she had and two daughters also settled in said Reading and a son in Charlestown. She was also much out of health at that time and her Physicians recommended her removal to Reading for the benefit of her health, it being much nearer the salt water than Amherst. These considerations made her very desirous to remove to Reading, Besides the place was more favorable to my trade, as there were large numbers of shoes manufactured there for foreign markets; and of course I should be more likely to find employ them to my advantage than in Amherst. These were the inducement why I removed to Reading.
And I further say that any views to pension by so removing form no part of my motives for my removal. I removed solely because I thought on the whole it was best for me to do.
Reading November 20 th 1826.
Joseph Borthwick

County of Reading Middlesex ss. November 21 st . 1826. Then the within named Joseph Bantell personally appeared and made oath that the within affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me Joshua Prescott Jus. Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Witnesseth: ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Middlesex do certify that Joshua Prescott Esq. is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of said Commonwealth, & his name set to the above certificate, is his own proper signature. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, & affixed the seal of said Court, this sixth day of December 1826.
Abraham Biglow Clerk

99 Richardson Roxbury, Mass.
Fran  WIDOW, &c.
apr 3' Ma West
File No. 893
Molly Boutell,
Widow.
Joseph Boutell,
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853.
Index: — Vol. A , Page 71
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Capitol Hill. 3 Jan'y 1827.
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Dear Sir,
I beg leave to enclose You sundry papers supporting the claim of J. Boukell of Reading (Mass.) to a pension. A portion of these papers has I believe been already presented at Your Office; a part of them are new. — Not finding the Declaration Among them I suppose it is on file in Your Office. A letter from Mr Prescott, a respec- table lawyer & magistrate accompanies the papers.
I am, Dear Sir, very Respectfully Yours
Edward Everett.

10 To the Hon. Commission of Pensions:
I am very desirous of obtaining the Revolutionary War Record of one Joseph Boutelle, Lieutenant (?), born March 6, 1757 and who probably enlisted in the Revolutionary Army from Amherst N. H. He after- wards rec'd a pension which was paid to him in Boston Mass. If you can help me in this matter I should greatly appreciate it.

Please Address
M. A. Richardson
55 Hastings St
West Roxbury
Mass.