Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,864, Robert Clark, Conn.
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Service - Comm
Clark Robert
Number - S37864
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2411

Connecticut Roll

Robert Clark
Capt Tyler  private Connecticut line in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of September 1818 and forwarded to Stephen Titus Hosmer Esqr.  Middletown Connecticut

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818   $31.51
Semi-anl. all'ce ending   4 Mar. 1819  $48.00
Arrs 3 most and 29 days            $79.51

{Revolutionary Claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

76 One Year
 Abraham Middlesex Co

Date of death Nov. [illegible] 93-
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Connecticut

Robt. Clark
7th May 1818

for Stephen Titus Hosmer
Middletown
Admitted
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State of Connecticut, Ss. Middletown.
A.
On this 7th day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Robert Clark aged 72 years, resident in [illegible], in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war;"  That he the said Robert Clark on the 20th day of July 1775, enlisted in Chatham in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Abraham Tyler, of and in the Regiment commanded by Col Jedidiah Huntington in the brigade commanded by Genl Joseph Spencer, that he continued to serve in the Land Company, five months until the 1st of January 1776 when he was discharged from Service at Roxberry in the State of Massachusetts, that by the said Robert Clark again in the 10th of January 1776 enlisted at Chatham aforesaid in the  [illegible] company commanded by Capt. Tyler, in the Regiment aforesaid-and, and that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 1st January 1777, when he was discharged from service in Stamford state of Connecticut, that he was in the battle and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in this power of his said services. That his discharge[illegible]
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. S.Titus Hosmer

B.  1, Stephen Titus Hosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Robert Clark did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy and that he is in reduced circumstances, and [illegible] in need of the assistance of his county for support; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.

Connecticut, Ss. Middletown May 7, 1818. S Titus Hosmer
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155 Fifth Avenue
Yuma, Arizona
Nov. 12, 1927

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
In establishing my eligibility to the
National Society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, I am trying to get
all available information concerning
my Revolutionary ancestor, Robert Clark, of
Haddam, Conn. He was a pensioner. May
I obtain his pension record from you?
Sincerely yours
(Mrs.) Beatrice Ingham