Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,556, Josiah Gustin, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Gustin, Josiah Margaret
N. 19,556
B.L.Wt 19772-160-55
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154060. act. 3 March Mys 31/55
Margaret Eastin widow Josiah Eastin  one  Sept Pensioner (338) Vermont
Private of Bedel 197th A Line
Revolutionary War.
Vt July 36-3376
AD. 16 Dec's Mar 8/56 Dodge
Vol. G. 172. -
H. E. Seymour St. Albans Vermont

Vermont 3376
Margaret Gustin widow of Josiah Gustin, decd. who died on the 10th day of Feby 1810 of Stanstead in the Prov of L. Canada who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Wait of the regt commanded by Col. Beebe in the N. Hamp- shire for 11 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Burlington at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of June 1840, sent to John Kimball Esq. of Barton Vt. Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840 $330.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep r 40 18.33
$348.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by D. M. Curdy, Clerk, Book C, Vol. 1, Page 40.

5706
Margaret Gustin
Declaration

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State of Vermont At a Special Court held Orleans County ss at Derby within and for said County on this 8 th day of January A. D. 1840 1840 before the Hon. Isaac Parker Judge personally ap- peared Margaret Gustin of Stansstead in the Province of Lower Canada 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 benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows. That she is the Widow of Josiah Gustin (late of said Stansstead deceased) who served in the War of the Revolution as follows —
That in the Month of March 1776 (or February 1776) her said Husband was living in Alstead in the State of New Hampshire. That he enlisted for one year as she always understood as Orderly Sergeant went to into a Company commanded by Capt. Jason Wait Marched to Canada. had the small-pox suffered much and returned home Sick and as she believes rather before his year had terminated — but she is unable to state the exact time of his enlistment or return home She further declares that she was married to the said Josiah Gustin at her Father's house in Alstead in said State of New Hampshire on the twenty fifth day of November Seventeen hundred and seventy three by Tho- Frank a Justice of the Peace — That she was married

to the said Josiah Gustin her said Husband on the prior to his services - viz at the time before written That the said Josiah Gustin was born in time in the State of Connecticut, and the said Margaret was born in the Town of Hattick in the State of Massachusetts. That before Marriage her name was Margaret Wendner and resided in Alstead and at the same time her husband resided in Marl, in said New Hampshire but after Marriage they resided in Alstead in Marl and New Hampshire and in Rockingham in the State.
of Vermont (as may be seen by the Records of the ages of her Children) until the year 180 1794 when they removed to Roxbury Vermont where they resided six years then they removed to Steubstead where she has since ever since resid and where her husband continued to reside until his death which was on the 10 th day of February 1810 since which she the said Margaret Gustin has ever continued a Widow her
Margaret Gustin mark
(after the subscribing the above the said Margaret Gustin makes the following declaration) That her said husband the said Josiah Gustin was, while in service taken prisoner (as she has often heard him say) at the Cedars and that he was under Maj. But- terfield that after his return from the War he never fully regained his health her
Margaret Gustin mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year and above written Before me Isaac Parker, Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the within named Margaret Gustin is the widow of the above named Josiah Gustin and that he did serve in the war of the Revolution and died on the tenth day of Feb. 1810 as set forth in her declaration.
Isaac Perker Judge
State of Vermont
Orleans County Clerk's office January 20 th 1840
I Henry M c Bats Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Margaret Gustin for a pension. In testimony whereof - I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Twentieth day of January A.D. one Thousand eight hundred and Forty
Henry M c Bats Clerk of C.C. Court

I, Rebecca Wardner of Reading in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged eighty eight years, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I was born in Mansfield in the state of Connecticut in March, in the year seventeen hundred and fifty two, where I resided until I was eighteen years of age, when I removed with my Parents, to Alstead in the state of New Hampshire, where my Father whose name was Shobal Waldo, kept a public house; that about one year after my Father's removal to said Alstead, Philip Wardner removed with his family from Natick, Mass ts into the same town of Alstead, and settled within about one mile of my father's house; that the said Philip Wardner, when he came to said Alstead, had a Daughter of about thirteen years of age, with whom I soon became intimately acquainted, and whose name was Margaret Wardner; that soon after this time, I also became acquainted with Josiah Gustin of Marlow, in the same state of N. H. who also formed an intimate acquaintance with the said Margaret Wardner, and they the said Josiah Gustin and Margaret Wardner were married, as I always understood, at Alstead aforesaid, when the said Margaret was about fifteen years of age; that I was not present at their wedding, but I never doubted, nor do I now doubt, nor did I ever hear a doubt expressed by any one, but that they were legally married; that in about two years after the marriage of the said Josiah and Margaret, I was myself married to Frederick Wardner, a Brother of the said Margaret; that soon after their marriage, they commenced housekeeping in said Marlow, where they continued to reside for a number of years, how many years I cannot now say, after which they removed to Rockingham, Vermont, and after a few years returned to said Marlow, where they continued to reside until after I removed with my said husband and family to Reading, Vermont, in 1797, where I have lived ever since that period; that during the time I lived in said Alstead, I frequently visited the said Josiah and Margaret at said Marlow and said Rockingham, and ever found them residing together in the relation of Husband and Wife; that they reared up a large family of Children; that soon after my removal to Reading aforesaid, and probably about forty years ago, the said Josiah and Margaret removed with their family from said Marlow to Roxbury, Vermont, where they continued to reside several years, during which time the said Margaret once visited me at said Reading, and my husband and I once visited the said Josiah and Margaret at said Roxbury; and that the said Josiah and Margaret, as I have always understood, removed from said Roxbury, to Stanstead, Lower Canada, something more than thirty years ago, where he the said Josiah Gustin died, and where, as I have also understood, the said Margaret has ever since resided, and now resides. And I further say, that in relation to the Revolutionary services of the said Josiah Gustin, I know but little, but I distinctly recollect, that at some time after the commencement, and during the War of the Revolution, the said Margaret came home from said Marlow, to her Father's house in said Alstead, where

she continued for considerable time, and as I should think, one year or more, but cannot say with certainty; and that I recollect also, that the said Margaret had one child with her at that time, whose name was Samuel, and was, at that time, as I now think, her only child; and that it was said, that her Husband, the said Josiah Gustin, was in the Army.
Reading, Vermont, May 4 th 1840.
Rebekah Wardner
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Rebekah Wardner on this 4 th day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and forty. — before me.
Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the said Rebekah or Rebekah Wardner, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, is a person of truth and veracity, and that the statements by her made, are entitled to full credit and belief.
Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace.
I, Calvin Wardner of Reading in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged fifty seven years, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I was, when young, well acquainted with Josiah Gustin and Margaret, his wife; that I am a son of the within named Rebekah Wardner, and was born in Alstead N.H. where I resided until the year, 1797; that at said Alstead, when I was about ten or twelve years of age, I remember to have heard the said Josiah Gustin speak of being in the Army of the Revolution, and of his exploits with the Indians and British, but I cannot now remember at what particular times or places those exploits were performed. Reading Vt. May 4 th 1840.
Calvin Wardner
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Calvin Wardner on this 4 th day of May, A.D. 1840, before me, Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the said Calvin Wardner, who has sworn to and subscribed the above affidavit, is a person of truth and veracity, and that the statements by him made are entitled to full credit and belief.
Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace.
I Allen Wardner of Windsor in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged fifty three years, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am the son of the above named Rebekah Wardner and was born in Alstead N.H. where I resided until 1797, when with my father's family, I removed to Reading Vermont; that in the year 1800, at the age of thirteen, I came to this place to live, and never thereafter resided in my father's family; that I recollect distinctly once to have seen my aunt Margaret Gustin when on a visit from her residence in Marlow N.H. to my father's in said Alstead; that said Margaret Gustin is the sister of my deceased father Frederick Wardner; that from

conversation which I have had in the course of the last forty years with different members of my father's family, particularly with my mother, it is perfectly fresh upon my mind, that my aunt Margaret Gustin resided with her husband Josiah Gustin for many years at said Marlow, and also resided with her said husband for a number of years at Roxbury, Vt. and that she s d Margaret ultimately removed to some part of Lower Canada; and that my recollection of the reported residence of the Gustin family at Rockingham, Vt. is not so clear as that of their having lived at the other places above named. Windsor, Vermont May 18. 1840
Allen Wardner
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Allen Wardner, on this eighteenth day of May, 1840, before me Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace.
I certify, that the above named Allen Wardner is a person of truth and veracity, and that the statements by him made, are entitled to full credit and belief.
Thomas F. Hammond, Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont.
Secretary of State's Office,
Montpelier, May 28 1840.
I certify that Thomas F. Hammond Esquire, whose name is subscribed, in his own proper hand-writing to the foregoing certificate, is, and was at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Windsor, in said State, duly elected and qualified, and that to his official acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit ought to be given.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at Montpelier, this twenty-eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Chauncy L. Knapp,
Secretary of State.

154.060
J. 146
Claim to Bounty Land of Margaret Gustin
widow of John Gustin
Act of 3 d March 1835.
Revolutionary War.
H. E. Seymour H. Alvah, H. Attorney

Province of Canada } District of St. Francis }
There are to certify that Joseph Smith whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument is a Justice of the Peace for the District of Saint Francis in the Province of Canada, and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given unto all his acts and doings in his aforesaid capacity
Witness the Seal of Her Majesty's court of Queen's Bench for Lower Canada, affixed at the town of Sherbrooke in said District this eighth day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five
Short Morris Clerk of the Crown

Province of Canada District of St. Francis State of Vermont County of Franklin } ss.
On this Seventh day of April  May 1855,
District
before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the State of  Province aforesaid, personally appeared Margaret Gustin aged 97 years, a resident of Compton County of Compton in the State of  Province of  Canada who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Margaret Gustin to whom, under the provisions of the Act of July 4th 1836 a pension of 36 2/3 dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Josiah Gustin an Ordinary sergeant of the Revolutionary war, and late of Stansstead County, State of  Province of Canada  July 4th 1836 . She further states that her Pension Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of July 4th 1836 is numbered 2376 bears date the thirtieth day of June 18 40 and is made payable at the Burlington Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3d March, 1855 never having received or known herself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted.
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Josiah Gustin
Attest A Stinson Levi H Gustin
Margaret X Gustin mark
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Margaret Gustin to be the identical person she alleges herself to be—a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
Joseph Smith Justice of the Peace.
We Arba Stinson and Levi Gustin residents of Compton County upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Margaret Gustin in our presence, and that we know from the appearance & the applicant statements, and our personal acquaintance with the applicant to be the identical person she represents herself to be and we are desirous in this claim of that the applicant aforesaid is now a widow and we have known her forty years, and know her to be a pensioner of the United States. A Stinson Levi H Gustin
subscribed and sworn to before me, the day and year first above written and I certify the affiants to be credible persons.
Joseph Smith Justice of the Peace

The family Records of Josiah & Margaret Gustin their offspring
Samuel Gustin Born in Alstead New Hampshire on Thursday March 2 nd Anno domini 1775
Caleb Gustin Born in Marlow N. H. January 26 th 1778 and died the 19 th of April
Caroline Gustin Born in Marlow April 12 th 1779
Phillip Gustin Born in Rockingham in Vermont August 18 th A.D. 1781
Lydia Gustin Born in the same place December 8 th 1783
Peggy Gustin Born in Marlow N. H. December 18 th 1785
Josiah Gustin jun r Born in Marlow April 25 th 1788
Polly Gustin Born in Marlow October 23 rd 1790
Aaron Gustin Born in Marlow April 5 th 1793
Sally Gustin Born in Marlow July 3 rd 1795
Levy H. Gustin Born in Marlow March 17 th 1798
I certify the above to be a true record as stands recorded in the town Clerks office in Roxbury, Washington County and State of Vermont
Zehiel Allen Town Clerk
Roxbury December 26 th 1839
State of Vermont } Roxbury Nov r 26 th Washington County Sept 14 39 persons appeared the above named Zehiel Allen Town Clerk of the town Roxbury and made solemn oath to the above Records as by him subscribed before me
Chas. Sumner Sen Justice
I am acquainted with the above named Charles Sumner. He is now a justice of the peace, has acted as such many years, and I have no doubt was such in the year above stated. Sam l Prentiss.

The Family Records of Josiah & Margaret Gustin, Their Offspring
Samuel Gustin Born in Alsted New Hampshire on Thursday March the second Anno domini one thousand seven hundred and seventy five — Caleb Gustin Born in Marlow Vt. H. January twenty six one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight —
— And died the nineteenth of April —
Caroline Gustin Born in Marlow, April the twelfth one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine
Phillip Gustin Born in Hackingham in Vermont, August the eighteenth A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty one —
Lydia Gustin Born in the same place November the eighth one thousand seven hundred and eighty three
Peggy Gustin Born in Marlow Vt. H. December the eighteenth one thousand seven hundred and eighty five —
Josiah Gustin Junr. Born in Marlow April the twenty fifth one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight —
Polly Gustin Born in Marlow October the twenty third one thousand seven hundred and ninety —
Aaron Gustin Born in Marlow April the fifth one thousand seven hundred and ninety three —
Sally Gustin Born in S d Marlow July the third one thousand seven hundred and ninety five —
Levy H. Gustin Born in S d Marlow March the seventeenth one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight —
I certify the foregoing to be a true copy from the records, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legable figures as follows.
Jehiel Allen Town Clerk
Warbury November 28 th 1839

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To the Hon. Commission of Pensions Washington, D.C.

Copy of Births of Children Ages of Josiah & Margaret Gustin

5706 Margaret Gustin Wid of Jonas Varnum Act July 4. 1836 Mand 1773 deed. 1810
Allaw. 11 m s p m in cap s W th C. Col Biddle R y St h troop - on roll $ 36.66 per ann
M c Kenbach Esq Present

(82) Isaac Gusher a 1810. Mayant - m 1773 '76 12 m Jara Wat. Suf- proof since writing

John Hinibace 30 June 1840
Margaret Gustin M da of Jonah. L. Canada On all 60 Wah C. B. d. S. R 7. 07 1776 Clean 11 mo.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19556
Margaret Gustin Widow of Josiah Gustin Prv. Rev. Pa.
Act: July 7 th 1886
Index:—Vol. 68 , Page 298
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Paper Mill Village N.H. 10 Feb 22
John Kimball Esq.
Darton Orleans County V.S.

I Samuel Cragin of Alstead in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, do certify that I have faithfully examined the records of the Town of Alstead and likewise the Church record in said Alstead and find no record of the marriage of Josiah Gustin of Marlton and Margaret Wardner of Alstead on either of the records -
Alstead Jan'y 30. 1840 Samuel Cragin Town Clerk State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. } I Samuel Cragin above named do depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Alstead County and State aforesaid at the date hereof by me certified Samuel Cragin T. Clerk State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. } Sworn and subscribed to before me and known to me to be Town Clerk as aforesaid
Ansel Glover Justice Peace

State of New Hampshire Cheshire County - ss.
I Henry Coolidge, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Israel Flover is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Cheshire, duly commissioned and qualified - that his commission was dated on the 27 day of June 1835 - and will expire on the 26 day of June 1840. - and that his signature written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Hanover this twentieth day of February A.D. 1840.
H. Coolidge Clerk