Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 24321, William Gutterson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gutterson, William Mary
W 24321
CONTENTS

229 Portsmouth N Hamp.
Mary Gutterson widow of William Gutterson decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 13th April 1833, of Strafford Co. in the State of N. H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Whiteker of the M.H.S. by _____ in the _____ commanded line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Portsmouths at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Sept. 1838 and Lieut P. Captain Gemanlin M.H. Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $83 32 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar 39, 16.66
$99.98
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H.H. Addison Clerk Book A Vol. 15 Page 41

27347 New Hampshire William Gutterson N. 88 + Gilmanstown in the State of who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Whitcher of the _____ commanded by _____ in the N. H. line for _____ Mo. 10. private
Inscribed on the Roll of N o 6 at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence in the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of March 1834 and sent to Hono. J. M. Harper: H of Representatives
Arrears to the 14th of March 1834 $ 99.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep " 16.66 $116.65
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 88

Miss Gutterson
22/38

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. at a Court of Probate held County of Strafford - - } at Gilmanton in said Court
On this tenth day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Probate for said County, now sitting, William Gutterson a resident of Gilmanton in the County of Strafford and State of N. H. aged 77 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—
I lived in Methuen Massachusetts when the British came into Boston men were called for I enlisted as a private under Capt Whittier and Lieut Webster we went were stationed at Roxbury and served one month I then enlisted again at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill and served two months I again enlisted and served at New Hill two months I again enlisted & was stationed at Charlestown and served two months I again enlisted and was stationed at Dorchester and served two months I again enlisted and went up to the taking of Burgoyne and his Army and served one month my memory is so impaired I do not recollect the names of the General Officers under whom I served except Capt Whittier & Lieut Webster being the Officers in the town where I lived I also together with one Isaac Austin & Solomon Austin hired one John Shaw to go and serve for us three years & paid him 840 dollars a piece & he was to have all the wages allowed him besides none no documentary evidence of my service between where and in what year were you born at Methuen in 1755 Have you any record of your age I have none my Father told me I was put on the town when were you living when called into service; I believe when you live since I enlisted I never received my written discharge
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the 10th day of Sept 1832
in Court
William Gutterson
We, Charles Parker residing in Gilmanton and Pearson Cogswell
residing in Gilmanton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Gutterson, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Charles Parker
Sworn and subscribed the
Pearson Cogswell
in Court
And the said Court do hereby declare the opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting 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 Charles Parker who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the Gilmanton and that Pearson Cogswell, who has also signed the same is a resident in the Gilmanton, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel G. Athkinson Judge of Probate I James Bartlett Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of William Gutterson for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 10th day of September A.D.
James Bartlett

Personally appeared before me the under- -signed a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum throughout the State of New Hampshire William Gutherson of Gilmanton in the County of Strafford and said State who being duly sworn depose and saith that by the reason of Old age and Consequent loss of Memory I cannot swear positively as to the date of the Months & years I entered and left the service during my several terms of enlistments and services in the revolutionary war I distinctly recollect the Towns & places where we were stationed and served as I have set forth in my original declaration before the Court of Probate on the 10 th of Sept 1832 I do recollect when we went up to the taking of Burgoy- ne that it was in the fall of the year as the rivers we crossed was very cold and made my teeth chatter I served with an embodied Corps on field duty and for the time during the service I performed I was not employed in any Civil pursuit at my six several enlistments I served ten Months as I have stated in my original Declaration as a private soldier and for such service I claim a pension I was in the Massachusetts line of troops I have no documentary or other evidence other than my own declaration hereto annexed and this Affidavit -
Gilmanton Strafford County New Hampshire May 30 th 1833 -
William Gutherson

State of New Hampshire Strafford 15 May 30 th 1833
I then personally appeared William Gutteron and made solemn oath that the within Affidavit by him subscribed is just and true
Before me
Pearson Loyswell Justice of the Peace of the Province throughout said State
I Pearson Loyswell the Justice of the Peace do hereby certify that the said William Gutteron has lived a neighbor to me within the distance of half a mile for upwards of thirteen years and that he is a man of truth and veracity and I do verily believe he served as he has stated in his declaration before the Court of Probate on the 10 th of Sept 1832 & also this Affidavit as I had frequ- ently heard him state about his services in the revolutionary war long before the law of the 7 th of June 1832 which brings him into the pension list if at all -
Gilmanton May 30 th 1833
Pearson Loyswell
I Charles Safford of Gilmanton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire do hereby say that I am a settled Minister of the Gospel over the Congregational Church and Society in Gilmanton in said County called the "Gilmanton Free Works Society" in said town do hereby certify that I am acquainted with William Gutteron of said Gilmanton and reside within about a mile from him who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration before the Court of Probate on the 10 th of Sept 1832 in order to obtain

his pension that I believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion -
Gilmerston June 3 rd 1833
Chas. G. Safford
State of New Hampshire Shefford ss. June 3 rd 1833
Then personally appeared Charles G. Safford and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed is just and true
Before me Pearson Loys will Justice of the Peace of the Inverness Township and said State
I Pearson Loys will the Justicial Officer do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Charles G. Safford that I reside within one mile of him and attend his meeting that he is a man of unquestionable truth and sincerity
Gilmerston June 3 rd 1833
Pearson Loys will
State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office June 5. 1833
This certifies that Pearson Loys will whose name is hereunto affixed is a Justice of the Peace and Inverness throughout said State duly constituted and sworn and that the above signature is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set the seal of the State
Joseph Robinson Dep. Secy. of State.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
STRAFFORD SS.—On this Seventeenth day of August 1838 personally appeared before the  me Ezekiel Hovey one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas  Mary Gutterson , a resident of Gilmanton in the County of Strafford, 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 July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of William Gutterson who was a Soldier in Revolution in the Massachusetts continental line he was placed on the pension roll New Hampshire agency April 24th 1834. Reference being had to his papers on file in pension office
She further declares that she was married to the said William Gutterson on the tenth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two that her husband, the aforesaid William Gutterson died on the thirteenth day of April eighteen hundred thirty three that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz : at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Mary Gutterson Ezekiel Hovey judge of the Court of Common Pleas
I hereby certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the court.
Ezekiel Hovey judge of the Court of Common Pleas

I John Hunt of Gilmanton State of New Hampshire Depose and say that I have lived a Neighbor to the late William Gutterson within twenty years Mary his widow upwards of ten years last past and the said William died the 13 th of April 1833 and the said Mary has not since Married and still remains his Widow Gilmanton August 20 th 1838 John Hunt
State of New Hampshire Stafford ss. August 20 th 1838 Sworn and subscribed to this day Before me Pearson Coyes well for Pearl I hereby certify that the said John Hunt is a credible witness Pearson Coyes well for Pearl
Mary Gutterson Gilmanton

As soldier's Application was executed May 30, 1833 - he could not have died Apr. 13, 1833 as the witness John Hunt states - and the widow on next page says his certificate issued Apr 24, 1834 which it did, see jacket aw

655
Certificate of Marriage

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT , Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth
To all whom it may concern:
Edward Everett
Know Ye, That John Semney Esq. is a Justice of the Peace (and was at the date of his attestation) for the County of Essex,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestation is in due form, and by the proper Officer.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this tenth day of August A. D. 1838, and in the sixty third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Methuen July 28 th 1838
Dear Sir
I send you the certificate you requested the expense of the same one dollar Respectfully yours Deacon Goss well Esq Gilmanton ME
By the Book of Records for the Town of Methuen the following Persons were Married by Rev. Christopher Sargent according to the rites & ceremonies (Viz)
" William Gutterson Jr. and Mary Morse both of Methuen April 10 1783,,
A true copy Attest Moses Merrill B. Clerk, Methuen July 27 1838.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex County ss. July 28 th 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Moses Merrill and made solemn oath that the above is a true copy from the Records of the Town of Methuen John Terry Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Moses Merrill is Town Clerk of Methuen July 28 th 1838 John Terry, Jus. Peace

Deacon Cogswell Esq. P.M. Gilmanton Ironworks N.S.C.

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24321
Mary Patterson
Widow of
William Patterson
Dis. Rev. War.
Act: July 7 th 38
Index:—Vol. A , Page 298
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New Hampshire Strafford County at Gilmanton August 20 th 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq r Sir
Enclosed you have the Declaration of Mary Gutterson Widow of William Gutterson Who was a Pensioner Whose services and facts of his De th are upon your Records - The Certif- icate of the Town Clerk of her Marriage is not agreeable to your form but is correct in Substance - I wrote to the Post Master of Nashua to call upon the Town Clerk and get his Certificate of the Marriage and have it Made in due form and they sent it to me in the form it is, prenumery as it is correct in Substance it would be satisfactory to you without troubling her with an addition all Expense of having of it taken over again I send it as it is.
Yours very Respectfully Pearson Logsdon

656 N.H. 7 July 1838 CONCORD N.H. Aug 25
Free
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Hon Joseph M Harper Member of Congress Washington

Boston City April 19 th 1834
Hon Joseph M Harper Sir
Enclosed you have the original Declaration of Mr Gutterton of Gilmen- ton N H & the accompanying Documents I have been to Mathews where he lived when he entered the service & made diligent search for evidence & found one man whose affidavit is enclosed John Rich- ardson who states he was with him 6 weeks & that he Richardson says there is no other person living who saw of his being out I have also been in this City several days examining their records but they are so imperfect and many of them lost or never returned to the State Department it is impossible to find any. But Gutterton served as he states there can be no doubt and as he has done every thing he can to obtain evidence & has supported his declaration in part and in whole by the Certificate of a Clergyman & see that I think they must put him on I wish you to do the best you can for him as could the testimony of obtain half of Gilmen-ton to his family & believe that he was out as he states if were missing Please let me know the result as soon as convenient
Your friend
Pearson Coyswell Gilmen-ton Newton pike now in Boston City

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 18 th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the roll of Capt. Whitcher's Company, as described by William Gutterson, who claims for services under the same, is not found in this Office.
William Gutterson claims for services in the Revolutionary War; but he not recollecting his Officers, no evidence of his services, is found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

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N. H. William Gutterson Gilmanton N. H.
Adm. 15 Mon Pri Capt. Whittaker
Hono Joseph M. Houser H. of Representatives

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency John Davis , Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern:
Know Ye, That John Tenney Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Essex,
John Davis
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, 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 caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this eighteenth day of April, A. D. 1834 and in the Fifty eighth Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I John Richardson of Mathewen in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts aged 82 declare and say that I was well acquainted with William Gutterson in the time of the revolutionary war who resided at said Mathewen at that time and who gave his declaration before the Court of Probate at Gilmanton in the County of Stafford and State of New Hampshire on the 10 th of Sept 1832 that in the year 1776 I went to Haverbury as a Serjeant of the Company Com- manded by Capt Timothy Eaton Lieut Stephen Webster & Ensign Crowel and served in that Campaign six weeks and the said William Gutterson served with me the same time in said Company there was a request of the Officers for Men to stay a for taight longer and I have no doubt that the said Gutterson tarried the said fortnight longer in all probability John Richardson April 11 th 1834
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex County April 11 th 1834 When the above named John Richardson personally appeared & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed in my presence is true.
Before me John Tenney Jus. Peace I John Tenney, the aforesaid magistrate do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Richardson and that his character for truth is good.
April 11 th 1834 John Tenney Jus. Peace

655 Mary Gutterson Wife of Ephraim N.H. Ad 7 July 1835 Married 1783 Died 1833 Allow $33 33 1/3 Ann.
Pearl Cogswell Esq Gilmanton N.H.

State of New Hampshire Secretary of State's office
I hereby certify that Ezekiel Heald within named is a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Strafford and Pearson Cogswell is a Justice of the Peace & Quorum throughout = out the State of New Hampshire their signatures are genuine
In testimony whereof I have this twentieth day of Aug. Anno domini 1838 hereunto cause the seal of the State to be affixed.
M c Whorter Deputy Secy