Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12644, Zebedee Cutting, Conn.

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10.882
New Hampshire
Zebedee Cutting
of Grafton in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col Haggoman the [blank] line for 21 days.
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Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 70 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of May 1833 and sent to Dow Hampshire N.H.
Arrears to the 14th of June 1833 $140- Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 35-
$175-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S.H. McBlain Clerk, Book 60 Vol. 1, Page 76

Seabreeze cutting N Hampshire
Packet 21 Mar
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$70-
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Mrs Dow En Haverhill N H

BRIEF in the case of  Hebudee Cutting  Co of Grafton  in the State of N.H.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Apr In 1776 enlisted 2 Private Col. Parson Col. Hazara   July 1777 enlisted 2 " Col. Taylor   May " " 9 6 " Col. Nathan Col. Sneyd   " 1778 volunteer " Col. Gilbert   1780 enlisted 2 " Col. Phelps  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hobson Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

by Nebudee Beeting Lyne N.H.
22154

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New Hampshire, County of Grafton ss.
On this twentieth day of December 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County now sitting Nehemiah Cushing a resident of Lyne in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire aged 73 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
At Hebron in the State of Connecticut in the month of September 1776 (thinks the last of the month) he with others composing the company of Capt David Farbox was drafted for two months service in the Reg t of Col. Obadiah Hosford he marched through Weathersfield New Haven Co. to New Rochelle in the State of New York where he was stationed until the British landed he then retreated to a place called Saw-pits where he continued until his term of service expired he was then dismissed and returned home to Hebron the last of the month of December in the same year having served two full months. He further states that in the month of January 1777 he enlisted under a recruiting officer by the name of Ephraim Taylor for two months service marched through Hartford New Haven Co. to a town in New York near New Rochelle, (the name of the town he does not recollect) where he was stationed the term of two months according to the term of his enlistment was dismissed and returned home to Hebron in the month of March the same year after being closed two full months.
He further states that in the month of May 1777 he enlisted into a company commanded by William Latham in the Regiment commanded by Col. Ledyard for a term of nine months was stationed at Fort Griswold in Grafton Connecticut where he continued the full term of nine months (with the exception of being at home by permission while sick) his term of service having expired in the month of February in the year 1778 he was dismissed and returned home to said Hebron.
He further states that in the month of May 1778 he re-enlisted and joined a company belonging to the Regiment commanded by Col. Gilbert for a term of six weeks marched through Colchester to New London where he was stationed the full term of six weeks was dismissed and returned home to Hebron in the month of July in the same year. He further states that in the month of January in the over

year 1780 he enlisted under a recruiting officer by the name of Bariah Phelps for two months service mounted mounted through Lebanon Woodstock &c. to Providence in the State of Rhod Island where he was stationed the full term of two months was then dismissed and returned home to said Helsen in the month of March in the same year, making in all the full term of one year four months and fifteen days in which he was engaged in the service of his country in the Revolutionary war as a private.
He further states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
He further states that he was born in the Town of Helsen in the State of Connecticut in the year 1759—
He has no record of his age.
He lived in Helsen Connecticut when called into service and continued to live there until the year 1784 when he removed to Lynn in the State of New Hampshire where he has since and now lives.
The first term of his service he was drafted the other terms he volunteered—
By reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot be more particular as to names of officers or circumstances of his service than before stated. He never received a written discharge but was dismissed when his term of service expired.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency of any State.
Sworn and Subscribed. He refers to the Rev. Eddix Tenny and the Honorable Jon a Franklin who can testify to his character as to veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn and subscribed } the day & year aforesaid }
Leb d Cutting
Before Mr. Edward Webber Judge of Probate
Rev. Eddix Tenny clergyman residing in Lynn and Jon a Franklin residing in the same Lynn hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lebediah Cutting who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 73 years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day } & year aforesaid }
Eddix Tenny Jon a Franklin
Before Mr. Edward Webber Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting settling the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court certifies, that it appears to them that Elisha Lenny who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Lynn and that the Rev. Jonathan Franklin who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town of Lynn and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edward Webbe Judge of Probate
I Moses Drow clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Deborah Cutting for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 20 th day of December A.D. 1832 -
Moses Drow

Rev. Mr.
12.644 INVALID.
File No. 12.644
Zebedee Cutting Dis. Rev. War.
Act: June 1 st 32
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]