Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23898, William Cutter, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cutter, William Rebecca
W 23898
CONTENTS
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884, Massachusetts. Rebecca Cutter widow of William Cutter who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1848. and sent to
G. L. Bulfinch Boston Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 26, Vol. 2
Reported

Certificate of Marriage

William Catten Junr & Rebecca Catten both of Medford new married by Rev. David Osgood June twenty first Seventeen hundred & Eighty nine
A true copy of record with exception of Date which is expressed on the record in full legible figures as follows viz June 21 st 1789
Attest Oliver Blake Clerk of the Town of Medford I Oliver Blake above named do hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Medford, County of Middle- sex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me
Oliver Blake Clerk of the Town of Medford
Middlesex ss. Aug 15. 1838
Sworn before me
Abner Bartlett Justice of the Peace

Rebecca Lutter's Declaration on oaths.
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. It appears to be a formal declaration or oath.]
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. It appears to be a formal declaration or oath.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex fs.
On this twenty first day of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Samuel P. P. Fay Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate now holden at Charlestown within & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid Rebecca Cutter, a resident of the Town of Medford in the County of Middlesex aforesaid aged seventy three 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 act of Congress passed July the seventh 1838 entitled, "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows", that she is the widow of William Cutter late of the said Town of Medford deceased, who was a private in the army of the United States in the revolutionary war, that according to her best knowledge and belief the said Cutter enlisted for three years & served that period in the eighth Regiment of the Massachusetts Troops commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson & then enlisted for & during the war & served during the same, as she believes.

She further declares that she was mar- ried to the said William Cutter on the twenty first day of June in the year seventeen hun- -dred and eighty nine at said Medford by the Rev. David Osgood, Pastor of the Congre- gational Church in that Town, that her maiden name was Rebecca Cutter, the daughter of John Cutter of said Medford, that her said husband was then called and known by the name of William Cutter Ju- -nior there being another person then living in said Town by the name of William Cut- ter, older than her said husband - That her hus- -band the said William Cutter Junior died on the twenty seventh day of July in the year eigh- -teen hundred at Boston in the town of Dorchester - as aforesaid when he then resided with his said wife and family; that soon after the death of her said husband as aforesaid, she removed to said Town of Medford where she has resided for the last thirty six years - That she was not married to said William Cutter Junior prior to his leaving the army but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety. viz at the time above stated - That she was never married after the death of her said husband

She said William Cutter deceased as aforesaid, but that she has remained a widow ever since that event.
Rebecca Cutter Subscribed & sworn to in open court by said Rebecca Cutter, on the day & year first above written
J. P. P. Fay judge pro tem
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wadsworth
I, Isaac Dike, President of the Court of Probate and for the County of Wadsworth, hereby certify that Israel D. Fay Esquire is the judge of said Court of Probate & that his signature above written is his genuine signature; —
I also certify that Ebenezer D. Dike is a justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature written on the papers hereto annexed are his genuine signatures.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty eight — Isaac Dike By

Massachusetts - 636
Rebecca Batten, widow of William Batten, dec d ,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 27 th July 1800 of Middlesex in the State of Mass ts who was a P er in the Com ty commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by  in the Mass ts line for 2 yrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Oct r 1838 and sent to and Abner Batchelder, Mass ts Sp.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r $ 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00 $ 240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk Book A Vol. 15 Page 79

Massachusetts 3410
Reported
Rebecca Cutler widow of William Cutler who was a Private in the Massachusetts line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Eight Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of December 1843 and sent to
Thos. Bulfinch Boston Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 38

Long  WIDOW, &c.  Ann
File No. 23898
Rebecca Cutter Wid of William Cutter Brn Rev War
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 23 98 J H Fuller Jamaica Plains Mass
Dec 3 34271 Nov 24-1902 Helen T. Wild—medf
and mass

She further declares that she is still a widow.
hand aforesaid, at the rate of
cooks per annum.
dollars and
under the Act of 17th June, 1814, on account of the Revolutionary services of her late husband
the
Ad 3610
commenced by
who was a
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 24 February, 1815, granting pensions to
aged
a resident of
A. Cutter
admitted
in the county of
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid.
in the
personally appeared
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COOKS.
ss.
in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 24 February, 1815, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution."
DECLARATION
G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Suffolk COUNTY, }
On this fourth day of May 1848 personally appeared
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Rebecca Cutter
a resident of Medford in the county of Middlesex
aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn, according to
law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the
provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
William Cutter who was a private
in the regiment commanded by Col Jackson, as she thinks,
and in other service in the Army and is the identical person who drew a pension
under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late hus-
band aforesaid, at the rate of eighty dollars and
cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Rebecca Cutter
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me,
and year above written, }
In presence of
G. S. Palfinch Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a
Pensioner as she declares above.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
COUNTY, }
G. S. Palfinch Justice of the Peace
4 May 1848.
I, Clerk of the
Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly
commissioned and qualified ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this
day of 18
CLERK.

4409 Rev. Cutter
$80 per an
3610
38
Thos. Bulfinch Boston Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Suffolk County } 55
Be it known that on this Twentieth day of September 1843, personally appeared before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth, Mrs. Rebecca Cutter a resident of Medford — in the County of Middlesex aged Seventy Eight 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 Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of March 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Mr. Cutter who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the law of the 4 th July 1838 to which declaration and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department, she would refer for a more particular statement of his services. For the proof of her marriage identity, and the time of her husband's death.
She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum which amount she received from the 4 th of March 1836, to the 4 th March 1841: at the agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband and is now and ever since has been the widow of said Mr. Cutter deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed.
And further she saith not. Rebecca Cutter

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described.
Before me (17 words first erased)
Lowell M c Stone
Justice of the Peace
I M c G. Cutter of Boston in the County of Suffolk of lawful age on oath testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Rebecca Cutter the applicant named in the within declaration for many years last past. I know that she was the wife and is now the widow of M c Cutter deceased who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that she is as a pensioner under the law of the 7 th July 1838 as stated by her
W m Cutter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County } 5 th Sept. 20 th 1843.
Then came M c G. Cutter who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true
Before me (5 words first erased)
Lowell M c Stone
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 26. 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Lowell M. Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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.
Wm. H. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

William Cutters Affidavit
802
Rebecca Cutter Mass.
at 7. July 38
5 years
Married in 1789
Died in 1800
on Rolls 3 years
admd
2 years pri
80 $
No deduction
Abner Bartlett Medford Mass
82.00

I William Cutter of West Cambridge in the County of Middlesex do hereby make my will & bequeath all my Massachusetts deposit and say that I am eighty years old; that I enlisted in to the com- pany commanded by Billy Porter in the tenth Regiment in the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Frazar in the revolutionary army & served three years
I was acquainted with William Cutter of Medford who served as a private and regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson General Patterson's Brigade
after the war I hired a farm in said Town of Medford and removed to & lived thereon several years including the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine, when the said William Cutter above named as a private in Colonel Jackson's regiment was married to Rebecca Cutter of said Medford whom I then knew and who now resides there a widow. I being older than the said William Cutter mentioned aforesaid, he was known & called by the name of Wil- iam Cutter Junior while we both resided in said Town. I further say that I am a Pensioner of the United

States & have been ever since the 1818 The Number of my Pension Certificate is 7792. W m Cutler
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss - In West Cambridge in the County of Middlesex this twentieth day of August in the year eighteen hundred & thirty eight per sonally appeared William Cutler, subscriber to the above affidavit, known to me to be a man of truth and made solemn oath to the truth of the same Before me, Abner Bartlett Justice of Peace

Application of
Rebecca Cutter.

Medford Aug. 23. 1838
James L. Edwards Esq r
Sir. I enclose herewith certain papers in support of the claim of Rebecca Cutter, widow of William Cutter deceased. Who was a private in the Regiment of Connecticut - led by Col. Michael Jackson in the Massachusetts line & served she thinks three years therein, & afterwards enlisted & served during the war.
The deposition of William Cutter another soldier of the revolution, will explain the circumstance of the applicant's husband her being styled "Junior" in the Marriage Certificate. If any further evidence should be required, it shall be furnished on the shortest notice.
Very respectfully. I am Sir. yours &c Abner Burtlett for the Applicant.

Over Hall Park, Medford, Mass. Medford Oct. 17. 1902-
Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir:-
William Cutter of Medford born Feb. 24, 1759, married Rebecca Cutter June 21, 1789. Died in Boston July 27, 1800. In 1840 Rebecca, his widow drew a pension. She then lived in Medford. She was then about seventy-five years old.
In the printed book of Massachusetts soldiers two Williams are given. One served 1777- 1780 in Jackson's regiment, the other 1780- 1783 in Greaton's regiment. I wish to know whether the above William is credited with the whole six years service, as I think he ought to be, on the pension rolls, also what battles he was in.
Just a pencil memorandum on the back of this will do just as well as a certificate.
Yours Respectfully, Helen T. Wild-