Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34271, William Cutter, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cutter, William
S. 34271
CONTENTS

7792 4
Massachusetts.
William Cutler of West Cambridge the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tappan of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three Years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts. at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of March 1819 and sent to William Wetmore Esq. Salem Mass.
Arrears to 4 th of March 1819 $ 89.03 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819 48. 137.03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notation on back of document: Notation on back of document re: William Cutler, Private, 1st Regiment, Massachusetts Line, for the term of three Years.

10 th Letter
2.
Massachusetts Lin.
1777 — 3 Years
Ad.

State of Massachusetts
I William Cutter a Citizen of the United States, now resident at West Cambridge in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the month of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the tenth regiment of the Massachusetts line of the Revolutionary army, at first commanded by Col. Ebenezer Francis, after his death by Col. Benjamin Tupper, and to the company of Capt. Billy Porter, and that I left the service on the said month of February, A.D. 1780 being then honorably discharged
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty nine years, upwards, & dependent on my friends, for daily labour for my maintenance & support, not having any property to live on.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
William Cutter
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, within the said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, & presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed W m Cutter and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
W m Wetmore

56.
William Cutton Cutter 7792
Ponder 17 Mar 1819
William Cutton Cutter 7792 Ponder 17 Mar 1819

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice , and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, William Cutter resident in West Cambridge in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7792 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, William Cutter , late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventh day of March , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
“Real Estate none
Personal Estate as follows to wit
 1 desk valued at . . . . . $10.00  1 dining table . . . . . 5 -  1 tea table . . . . . 3 -  1 looking glass cracked . . . . . 1 -  1 light stand . . . . . 0 50  Hard ware & crockery . . . . . 5 00  15 chairs . . . . . 5 -  1 fire set . . . . . 2 -  Ruiver & forks . . . . . 1 25  Tubs pail & water cask . . . . . 1 25  1 large silver spoon . . . . . 2 00  And carried over $ 36 00 

  Amount brought over  $36 00    1/2 dozen silver tea spoons  5 00    1 tin ketchup  1 50    Tin ware  1 25    1 1/2 dozen glass bottles  1 00    Sundry other small articles  3 00    Whole amount  $47 75  
Income move
William Cutter
I the said William Cutter was born at Charlestown Massachusetts on the fifteenth day of July A D 1758 I have in my family a wife named Lydia Cutter aged fifty five I have no children living with me my occupation a labourer but through age & infirmity I am not able to do a days work in a day.
William Cutter
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore Judge etc
I the said William Cutter enlisted in the company commanded Billy Porter, Israel Hutchinson, Reg and served in said company as a private one year in the Massachusetts line, Feb 11 th 1777 I enlisted in Col Porters company Col Eleazer Francis Regiment until Col Francis was killed in the battle at Hubbardston afterward Col Sappen took the command of said Reg t and I served in said company & Reg t three full years when I was honorably discharged.
William Cutter "

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
“ I, William Cutter do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD. William Cutter
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Wm Cutter took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court. “
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
forty seven dollars & twenty five cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

34 271 Rev INVALID.
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William Cutter
Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 23 98
F H Fuller
Jamaica Plain Mass