Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,325, William Deputron, Continental R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental R.I.
Deputon William
S 34,325
CONTENTS

16.500 R
MASSACHUSETTS
William Depulton Lancaster in the state of Mass ts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock of the R. Island line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of March 1821 and sent to the Hon: Jonas Wendell Q. House of Representatives
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 $ 181.83
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 18 th Dec r 1820, 48.
32 mo: 18/30, 2/30
$ 227.83
d. Feb. 15: 18 37
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
William Depulton Lancaster, Mass. Private in the Regiment of Colonel Hitchcock of the R. Island line

William D. Hudson.
of Lancaster  Wm D Hudson
con: 16. Apr 1878. 11 Apr
Witchcraft
Regt. R. M. B. one year
James

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts
holden within and for said County of Worcester , certify, that Isaac Fisher , Esquire before whom the annexed affidavits have been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this twentieth day of October ,
A. D. 1810.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
Application of Wm. D. Putnam.

I Ephraim Pike of lawful Age do testify and say that in the month of February in the year 1776 I enlisted into the service of the United States in the Company commanded by Captain Ephraim Bawen in Colonel Daniel Hethcock's Regiment. I also testify and say that William Dufresne enlisted in the same Company under the Continental establishment in the Massachusetts line about the same time. The troops were discharged the year following in the month of January. said Dufresne was wounded in the Battle on Long Island and taken Prisoner, carried to Canada and according to the best of my knowledge did not return until after the troops for the year service were Discharged.
Ephraim Pike
State of Massachusetts Worcester ss. October 16. 1819 Personally appeared Ephraim Pike who is a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me Jacob Fisher Justice of the Peace
I John Hopkin of Lawful Age do testify and say that in the month of February in the year 1776 William Dufresne enlisted into the Continental service in Capt Ephraim Bawen's Company in the same Regiment to which I belonged and that Company was commanded by Colonel Daniel Hethcock said Dufresne was wounded and taken prisoner by the British at Long Island in York State, carried to Canada as I have understood and did not return until after the troops for the year service were Discharged & then enlisted and continued in service during the war - John Hopkin
State of Massachusetts Worcester ss. October 18 th 1819 Personally appeared John Hopkin who is a credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed before me Jacob Fisher Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts
I William Deputron, a citizen of the United States, now resident at Lancaster in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on Oath testify & declare, that in the War of the Revolution, I believe in the month of February 1776 I entered & was engag'd in the Land service of the United States, on the continental establishment for the term of one year, in Capt. Bowers Company & Col. Hitchcocks Regiment, march'd to New York, was wounded on Long-Island 27 th of August and taken Prisoner by the British, carried to Quebec, that after my escape from Canada I was placed in the Snooked Corps commanded by Col. Lewis Nicola where I serv'd to the end of the War, & was discharged and I believe in June 1783.
That previous to the above service I serv'd eight months in the year 1775 - and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life & poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of about sixty three years - And I hereby relinquish all claim to every Pension heretofore allow'd me by the laws of the United States if any may be or hath been is allow'd.
William Deputron
Be it Remembered, that on this 12 th 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 & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, made & passed on the 18 th of March A.D. 1818, personally appeared before me Edward Bangs Judge of the C.C. of Lowell for the western District in the said District comprising the County of Worcester the above named William Deputron, and after due examination and caution to testify & declare the whole truth, he made oath to the declaration aforesaid, & subscribed 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 & he hath been entitled to an affected share of said Pension Edward Bangs

I Saul Ramsdel of Mendon in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts declare on oath that when I was a Soldier in the revolutionary war in Mass- -setts as I have already testified in my own ap- -plication for a pension to this day, I well knew the within William Dapton, saw him many times & well know that the party to which he belonged were taken prisoners at the battle of Flatbush on Long Island, & have no doubt that he served more more than six months
Saul Ramsdel
Worcester 1st Ap l 14. 1818
Saul Ramsdel swore to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before Edward Bangs Judge as his friend

I Saul Burns del of Mendon in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts declare on oath that when I was a Soldier in the revolutionary war in Man- ner as I have already testified in my own ap- plication sworn to this day, I well knew the within William Daphson, saw him many times & well know that the party to which he belonged were taken prisoners at the battle of Flatbush on Long Island, & have no doubt that he served more more than nine months
Saul Burns
Worcester Ap l 14. 1818
Saul Burns swear to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before Edw d Bangs Judge as within

113.
William Doughton
16.600
27 mar '20
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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 Depution resident in Groton - in said Circuit , who is named in Pension Certificate No. 16.600 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 late a "18th March, 1818, William Depution in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the "Private Private Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight "dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of "April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this 27th "day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty
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 viz.
  2 iron pots of the value of  $ 1.33    2 chairs .40 2 casks .65 meat tub .25  1.10    2 bottles .22 1 hoe .17 1 axe .50 2 wheels .50  1.39    1 pewter platter .25 5 plates .30 2 basins .30  .85     $ 4.67  
William Depution
And the said William Depution being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war nearly the whole of the time, in 1776 in capt. Ephraim Bowers's company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Hitchcock and in other corps as is more

particularly set forth in his original declaration on file in the war office dated 14 th of April 1818 was in the battles of Bunker hill & Platt-bush on Long Island wounded and taken Prisoner in the latter - that he is sixty five years old by occupation a husbandman but unable to perform much labour - that his family consists only of my wife Prudence 58 years old and of a weakly constitution unable to labour.
William Deputon
Sworn & declared to before me
S. Dana Judge

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
7 I, William Deputon 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 Deputon
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed William Deputon took and subscribed the forewritten Oath before me,
Samuel Dana — 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 four dollars & sixty seven 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

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Daputrin a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb 1775 Feb 1776 8 mos. Aug. 27 1776 Pvt. " no officers stated Ephraim Barron Daniel Hutscheck R.I.   was wounded in battle of Flatbush, taken prisoner and carried to Quebec, and after his escape from Canada was placed in the Invalid Corps under Col. Lewis Nicola and was discharged in 1783.  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill and Flat Bush L.I.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apr. 14. 1818 His el. was alive
Residence at date of application, Lancaster, Worcester Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 63 years Died Feb 15. 1837. {from A. B.}
Remarks: In 1820 his wife Prudence was 58 years old. There is no other data on file as to his family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

34325 INVALID.
1919 Dec. 26 Hist. to Mrs. H. F. Spencer See claim H. 19844 John S. Huntington
File No. 34,325 William Deputron* Deputron Deputron
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 107
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* W.W. H. June 24. 07.