Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14932, Zarah Houghton, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER _____
Houghton, Sarah Eleanor
W 14932 B.L.Wt 19720-160-55
CONTENTS

151969 A cr maid
Reg 288 { 58
Eleanor Houghton wid Sarah Houghton, Brn Zarah
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19720 Rev' wan
Rev' pens wine
Maf July 48-1630
N: 1601a, Mch: 25 1852
[Signature]
[Signature]
Samuel Taylor Petersham House
Vol. No. 57

7093
Eleanor Houghton Mass.
On 83. a 29
Vol 15 p 23. on Shofri 13-197 - - 12 days.
act 7 July 38
Abm
Shm 12 days pri
28 p
No deduction
Jared Weed Petersham Mass-

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify that J. M. B. Birtwell is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature to the paper hereto annexed is genuine.
I further certify, that J. M. Birtwell is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his several signatures to the papers hereto annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court this twenty third day of May one thousand, eight hundred and forty.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register
I further certify that Aaron Brooks is a Justice of the Peace in Franklin County, duly commissioned and qualified - and that his signature to one of the papers hereto annexed is genuine.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register

Declaration -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } County of Worcester } ss.
On this twenty second day of May in the year one thousand, eight hundred and forty, personally appeared before the Court of Probate, now held at Barre, in said County of Worcester, Eleanor Houghton, a resident in Petersham in said County of Worcester, aged seventy four 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 th 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows":
That she is the widow of Zarah Houghton, late of said Petersham, deceased, who was a private in Captain Jonathan Holman's Company of Infantry in Col: Ephraim Doolittle's regiment, during the revolutionary war. That he voluntarily enlisted as a private in said Company, for the term of eight months, soon after the battle at Lexington, and near the close of April 1775, and continued in the service as a faithful soldier for the term of his enlistment.

When he was regularly discharged; and at the time of his enlistment he was a resident of said Peterham. During his service he was stationed on Winter Hill and at other places in the vicinity of Boston.
She further declares that she was lawfully married to the said Zerach Houghton at Mansfield in the State of Connecticut on the eleventh day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three, by Joseph Storrs Esq. then a Justice of the Peace in the County of Windham; that the said Justice has been dead many years, that she has made diligent enquiries but has been unable to find a record of her marriage; that her husband, the aforesaid Zerach Houghton, died on the sixth day of October in the year one thousand, eight hundred and twenty nine; that she was not married to him, prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four: viz at the time above stated. In proof of the truth of this declaration, she refers to the annexed documentary evidence.
Eleanor
By X Houghton mark
Witness Jared Weed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before -
Mr. M c Hatten Judge of Probate for said County

The said Eleanor Houghton says that she has good reason to believe that the said Zarah Houghton performed other militia services during the war of the revolution - and particularly that he was a private in a company of minutemen, under the command of Lieutenant or Capt. John Wheeler, and that he marched to Lexington, and from thence to Cambridge in the Spring of 1775. She has so heard her husband state - but she is unable to state the term of said service. If the evidence of such service should be found on the muster rolls in the War Office she prays that she may be allowed for such service. Witnesses I Jared Weed. Eleanor Houghton
I have heard of Peterboro in the County of Linnunlaulusta & Commonwealth of Massachusetts as above and say that I was well acquainted with Zarah Houghton late of Peterboro, who deceased about ten years ago, leaving Eleanor Houghton his widow, who has now been married since his death. The said Zarah has always reputed to be a soldier of the revolution. Jared Weed -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of ... May 22. 1840. Sworn to by said deponent who is known to me as a magistrate and man of truth.
Before me
Isaac Hallam Judge of Probate for said County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, January 4 th 1840.
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 name of Sarah Houghton is borne on a Roll, the Caption of which is as follows. "A Return of Captain Jonathan Holman's Company in Colonel Ephraim Doolittle, Regiment, mentioning the names of the towns to which they respectively belonged, when they enlisted, who belong to the 25 th Regiment of foot. Camp on Winter Hill October 6 th 1775". It also appears that the said Houghton enlisted from Petersham.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Thomas D. Houghton, of Peterham in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose and say that Zarah Houghton, late of said Peterham, was my father, and that Eleanor Houghton is my mother - and that the said Zarah Houghton died on the sixth day of October A. D. 1829, leav- ing the said Eleanor his widow. I further depose and say that I am of the age of fifty years - Tho. D. Houghton
Worcester ss, May 21. 1840 Then Thomas D. Houghton personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. And I certify that the said Thomas D. Houghton is a person of truth and veracity -
Jared Weed Jus: Brace -

I, Sarah Wheeler of Petersham in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of the age of eighty years, depose and say, that I have been well acquainted with Zarah Floughton and Eleanor Darbee of this Town: I recollect very well that they went into the State of Connecticut to be married: that they returned and lived together as husband and wife, and that it was then understood that they had been lawfully married; but I cannot recollect the time - They lived together about one year when their first child, William, was born. Their second child, Eleanor, is now fifty four years old, so that they must have been married about fifty seven years ago, but I am unable to fix the time with any greater degree of certainty. My father resided with his family very near Mr. Floughton's, and I was intimately acquainted with them -
Sarah Wheeler.
Worcester ss. May 20. 184 Then personally appeared Sarah Wheeler and made oath to the truth of the above affi- davit by her subscribed - And I certify that she is personally known to me and that she is a person of truth and veracity -
Jared Weed Jus: Peace.

I Jared Weed, of Petersham, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of said Town of Petersham, and that I have the care and keeping of the books, papers and records of said Town.
I further depose and say that I find upon the record of marriages and of the intention of marriages the following entry, to wit - "Zarah Houghton entered his intention of marriage with Eleanor Darbee, both of Petersham, October 9 th 1783": to wit, on the ninth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three.
I further depose and say that I have carefully examined the record of marriages, but have not been able to find the record of the marriage of the said Zarah Houghton and Eleanor Darbee. Thereon.
I further depose and say that I was personally acquainted with the said Zarah Houghton from the year eighteen hundred and twelve to the time of his decease: that I have the care and keeping of his account book, with entries thereon from 1772 to the time or about the time of his decease: one page of which contains his family record of his marriages and of the birth and death of his children: among which and in regular order I find the following entry - "Married to my second wife December 11 1783": to wit on the eleventh day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three; and that I know that said entry is in the hand writing of the said Zarah Houghton.
Jared Weed -
Petersham May 20, 1840 -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. May 20 1840. Then personally appeared Jared Weed, and made oath to the truth of the within affidavit, by him subscribed. And I certify that he is a person of veracity.
Simon Brooks Justiciarius

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14632 Eleanor Houghton Widow of Zarah Houghton Priv Res. War
Act: Feb. 2 nd 1848
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 19720
A J New Ans

Massachusetts - 5607
Eleanor Houghton, wid- widow of Sarah Houghton, deceased -
who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the 6 th of October, 1829. of Worcester Co. in the State of Massachusetts. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan H. H. of the Regt commanded by Col. Doolittle in the Mass. Mts line for 8 months 12 days service.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts - at the rate of 28 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of July, 1840 and sent to Jared Wed, Petersham, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840 - $126.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mo. 41 14 :00
$140.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 1 Page 96.

3759.
Massachusetts
Reported
Eleanor Weymouth widow of Barah Weymouth who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 28  Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th  day of Dec 1843 and sent to Jared bleed Petersham Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book  at Vol.  1.  Page  43/p.

Ph. 1004 2 d Feb: 48, Mass:
- P. M. R.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Artemas Bryant on the seventeenth day of May A.D. 1855 was and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the certificate of oath upon the declaration, affidavit, and his own certificate hereunto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County , this twenty fourth day of May , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five . Jo. Mason Clerk.

State of Massachusetts } County of Worcester } ss
On this seventeenth day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Eleanor Houghton aged eighty eight years a resident of Pettsburgh in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow Sarah Houghton, deceased who was a private in the war of the Revolution; and that her said husband served in the said war for a period of more than fourteen days, and that he was honorably discharged; and she further declares that she is the identical with Eleanor Houghton who is now in the receipt of an annual pension as the widow of Sarah Houghton, and in confirmation of her declaration she has produced before me her certificate for the same of which the following is a copy viz.
War Department Widow's pension
I certify that in conformity with the Act of February 2 d 1848 Eleanor Houghton, Widow of Sarah Houghton, who was a private in the

in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of twenty eight dollars per annum commencing on the 4 th of March 1848 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of The United States this 31 st day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty eight W. L. Marcy Secretary of War
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Examined and countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
By F. L. Evans
And she now declares that the representations upon which the above certificate was issued were made in good faith and that they are true;
And she further declares that the certificate or proof of her marriage to her late said husband Sarah Keoughton, — the time of his decease; and the necessary details of her late said husband's services were filed in the Pension Office at Washington by her, when

When she made the application on which the foregoing certificate was issued; to which facts she now refers in proof of her claim.
She further declares that she was married to the said Sarah Haughton in the town of Mansfield in the State of Connecticut on the eleventh day of December A.D. 1783 by one Moses C. Welch a minister of the gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Eleanor Darbee; that her said husband died at Petersham in the State of Massachusetts on the sixth day of October A.D. 1829; and that she is now a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855; and she prays that her certificate or warrant for the same may be sent for her to Dr. Samuel Taylor of Petersham. in the State of Massachusetts
Eleanor Haughton mark
We Theron Temple and Elisha A. Grosvenor residents of Petersham in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing

declaration was signed and acknowledged by Eleanor Houghton in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; And we are familiar with the fact that she is in the receipt of an annual pension as the widow of the late M Isaac Houghton; and she has produced before us her certificate for the same of which an exact copy is embodied in her declaration; and we know from living in the same neighborhood that she still remains a widow; and we have no interest in this claim.
Theron Temple
Eliz. A. Grosvenor.
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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year written in this declaration; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Thomas Bryant Justice Peace

Eleanor Houghton.
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Hammer
Jared Mead Petersham Mass

Declaration of Eleanor Houghton.
State of Massachusetts County of Worcester } ss.
On this eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before Jared Weed Esq. a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Worcester Eleanor Houghton , a resident of Petersham in said County of Worcester, aged eighty one years, who being 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 second of February A.D. 1848. - granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Sarah Houghton, late of said Petersham, deceased, who was a private in the army of the Revolution, but that she is unable to state the company or regiment, in which his services were performed.
And that she has heretofore received an annual pension of twenty eight

dollars, under the act of Congress, passed on the seventeenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witnesses
Warren Houghton
Jared Weed.
Eleanor her Houghton mark.
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written, before me. - And I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual, who drew a pension, as stated by her in the foregoing declaration..
Jared Weed, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss.
I, Charles W. Hartshorn, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County and State aforesaid, do certify, that Jared Weed 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 eleventh day of August A.D. 1848.
Chas. W. Hartshorn Clerk

41 1/4 Eleanor Houghton
Declaration
$28 per an
Jared Weed Peterham Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss.
On this twenty fourth day of August in the year one thousand, eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me Jared Weed, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County of Worcester. Eleanor Houghton, a resident of Petersham in said County of Worcester, aged seventy seven 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 provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the third of March A.D. 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Sarah Houghton, who died on the sixth day of October A.D. 1829, and who was a private in the army of the Revolution; that she is unable to state the names of any of his Officers, or the regiment or corps to which he belonged, but she understood his service was something more than eight months - that the annual amount of the pension, which she received under the act of July 7, 1838 was twenty eight dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Witnesses Jared Weed. Lydia Houghton.
Eleanor her Houghton mark.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County ss - I sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year within written, before
James Ward, Justice of the Peace. And I certify that the said Eleanor Houghton is and for many years has been personally known to me and that I have no doubt of the truth of her declaration as made and Subscribed by her -
James Ward, Justice of the Peace. My Office Certif: 5607.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. - I, Joseph G. Kendall, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for the County of Worcester do certify that Jared Weed, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County of Worcester, Duly Commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to the within cer- tificate is in his own proper handwriting.
In testimony whereof, I hereto set my name, and affix the County Seal, at Worcester, this fifth day of September, in the year 1843.
Joseph Kendall Clerk
Joseph Kendall Clerk

Petersham Mass, May 26 1840.
Sir, I enclose the declaration of Eleanor Floughton, and the annexed documentary evidence. When the case shall have been examined, and disposed of I shall be pleased to have the return made to me.
I am Sir, very Respectfully
Your Obedt. Servant.
Jared Weed.
Hon. Jas L. Edwards Comm. Pensions }