Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12648, Joseph Cutter, N.H.

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butter, Joseph
S. 12648
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Dead.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1. April 1838 from 4 March to 25 June 1840. Aged 70 Notified 4 June 1841
21.496 New Hampshire Joseph Cutter of Chester in the State of New Hampshire who was a Sergeant in the Comp commanded by Captain Hall of the Regt commanded by Col. in the Mass line for 7 Mo 20 d
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Records corrected Dec 11/65
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 38 Dollars 20 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sep. 1833 and to A. Packer Jaffrey
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 95.50 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mo 24 19.10 $114.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. O. Stiles Clerk Book 6, Vol. 1, Page 27

Joseph Cutter N Hampshire
Supt 7 mo 20 days
5 11 12 13 06
Apr 15 1835
P. 338
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Asa Parker
Jaffrey
11/4

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Cutter  in the State of  NH  of  Cheshire  (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? 80  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.     In 17 1/2. nearly 1. 20 Sergeant, Gen. Capt. Hale   Sep 11 full 6 Lieut. Capt. Town.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? —  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
neither period or length of service are very distinctly given there are no witnesses of any kind given
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payson
Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 25 th 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The Executrix of Joseph Cutter, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord, N.H. Agency, at the rate of Thirty eight Dollars and 20 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March to the 25 th June 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Paitin Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, ss.
On this fifth day of September 1832 , personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Sharon Watson , Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire -
now sitting, Joseph Cutter a resident of Goffrey in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged 80 years last May 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 7th, 1832.
1 st . That he entered the service, and marched immediately on the alarm of the battle of Lexington, and was stationed at Myrick and Chelsea till a day or two before the battle of Bunker hill - That he served in the Company of Capt Hale of Windham , and served as a Serjeant; but just before the battle of Bunker hill, he had the offer of going out with Capt. Cummings of New Ipswich N.H. as a Lieut. and in consequence he hired a substitute and returned to his home at said Goffrey, to make the necessary preparation; but some circumstances occurred which prevented Capt Cummings going out as was intended, and that he (the said Cutter) remained at home till about the first of September following, when he again entered the service as a Lieut. in the Company, as he thinks, of Capt Towne of said New Ipswich , and did duty as a Lieutenant, and was promised a Commission but he never got it - That according to the best of his recollection he served till the British evacuated Boston, making the first time very nearly two months, and the last, as he thinks, full six months - That all the service he performed was in the New Hampshire Militia -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Joseph Cutter
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Sharon Watson Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Amos Merriam Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Cutter for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirteenth day of September A.D. 1832
Asa Parker { Register of said Court of Probate
We Laban Hinsworth a Clergyman residing in the town of Goffney N.H. and David Gillmore 2 d residing in the same Town, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Cutter Esquire of Goffney aforesaid, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reported and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Laban Hinsworth
David Gillmore 2 d
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss May 10. 1833
Then Laban Hinsworth a Clergyman and David Gillmore 2 d a Deacon of the Church, in Goffney aforesaid, appeared and made oath, that the foregoing certificate by them subscribed is true
Before me Asa Parker Justice of Peace & Reg. of Probate

Declaration of Joseph Cutter of Goffrey Cheshire Co. N.H. No. 264
The within named applicant was born in the year 1752 - at Lexington Mass - Has no record of his age but supposes there may be one in said Lexington - Was living in Goffrey N.H. when called into the service, has lived there since the revolutionary war, and now resides there - Was a volunteer each time - Recollects no officers or Regiments except as before stated - recollects very well going upon an Island & carrying off some horses and a no horned cow called the Governor's cow, being the first creature without horns he ever saw - They also burnt some stacks of hay - Never had any written discharge - The Rev. Saban Stinsonworth and Deacon David Gillmore 2 d both live near me in said Goffrey and can testify as to my character for veracity, and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution -

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Rev War
12.648 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 12,648
Joseph Cutter Sergt Rev War
Act: June 1 th 32
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
June 26/94 Phil. Hist. Soc. Dr. E. J. Cutter, 15 Pearl St. Cambridge, Mass.
Apl. 15-1903 Mrs. L. F. Rinkle. Boonville N.Y.
1906 Oct. 1- History to Miss Annetta Merrill

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EDWARD J. CUTTER, M. D.,
15 PEARL STREET,
LEOMINSTER, : MASS.
In regard to REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS.
May I ask for a statement in regard to one Joseph Cutter said to be a Revolutionary Pensioner ?
Said pensioner was born at Lexington Mass. May 13" 1752, and died in Jaffrey N.H. June 25" 1840.
He probably served in a Massachusetts Regiment but there are records of the name in various connections not well made out, so that we are forced to fall back on the statement on which the pension was granted, -that is, if there was any such pension granted at all.
And oblige
E. J. Cutter
Address as above.

PRUDENCE WRIGHT CHAPTER
Pepperell. Mass.
The U.S. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly tell me if the following were Pensioners of the Revolutionary War?
Joseph Cutter, of Jeffrey, N.H. Nathan, or Nathaniel, Corey, or Cory, of Groton Mass.
and, if so, what steps are necessary to secure a copy of their pensions to verify their services, for admission into the Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. V

enclose a stamp for reply, and thank you in advance.
Yours truly (Miss) Annetta Herrill Chapter Registrar.
September 17-1906.

Σ 1496
Barnesville, N. Y. Apr. 3. 1903.
Dear Sir,
Will you tell me what the pension records show about an ancestor of mine, Joseph Cutter of Jaffrey N. H. ? He was a captain in the N. H. militia, and a lieutenant too, I think and had a pension from the government. Have you any records in regard to Rehariah Hobart , a private in the Mass. Militia? He was of Pepperell Mass, also an ancestor of mine, and both served

in the Revolutionary War.
Very Truly Yours.
(Mrs. L. F.)
Lucie A. Rinkle
Rinkle

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace and Register of Probate in and for the County aforesaid, Joseph Cutter of Goffney, in said County, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the pre- cise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades —
For one month and twenty days, I served as a Serjeant — For six months I served as a Lieutenant, and for such service I claim a pension —
And this deponent further saith, that he has no documentary evidence, and knows of no other testimony by which he can prove his service, except what is furnished herewith —
Asa Parker Justice of the Peace

10264 Might better
Dear Pardon I suffer N H

10264 Sept 6th
Dear Parker Gaffey N.H.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Cutter which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? NO
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? NO
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? NO
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

I Suppley Wilson of New Ipswich in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire, depose and say that I have reason to believe, and do believe that Joseph Cutter of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire and State aforesaid, was in the army of the revolution, before Boston, some time before the battle of Bunker Hill, but do not know how long — I was told by some of the company to which said Cutter belonged that he had hired a substitute and gone home — I was told this after the battle of Bunker Hill — I also have reason to believe that said Cutter served in the winter campaign after the battle of Bunker Hill, but I did not see him there and do not know how long he served — I served the first eight months of the war, and was stationed a considerable portion of the time at winter Hill — I also served two months in New York the next year — Suppley Wilson
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss - New Ipswich April 27. 1833 Then Suppley Wilson above named personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is the truth and nothing but the truth, and I certify that I am acquainted with said Wilson and that he is a credible witness. John Preston Justice of the Peace

Suply Wilson Officiant
I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that John Preston within named is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough, and that the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this twenty second day of May in the year of our Lord, 1833.
A. Wallace Clerk

I Elizabeth Heald of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty-- years, depose and say, that in the year 1775. Joseph Cutter of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, enlisted into the revolutionary army as a Serjeant, and joined the troops in the vicinity of Boston immediately on the alarm of the battle of Lexington and continued in the service about two months, and then returned home and stayed there till the next September, when he took, as I understood, a Lieutenants Commission, and and again entered the service, and continued with the army till the next spring - I understood these facts from said Cutter as he was then paying attention to one of my sisters, and always called at my fathers house, where I then resided, on going to and returning from the army, and from others at the time, and perfectly recollect the circumstances —
Elizabeth Heald
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss — On this ninth day of May A.D. 1833, personally appeared the above named Elizabeth Heald, and made oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is the truth and nothing but the truth — and I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness — Sworn, subscribed and certified by and Before me Abt Sewell Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. I Elias Thumey Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of records in said County of Middlesex, do certify that Abel Jewett Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, and that his name is set to the foregoing Certificate, I believe to be his own proper signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & af- fixed the seal of said Court the twentieth day of May 1833.
E. Thumey Clerk
Elizabeth Head. Applicant