Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7076, for Jasper Mead, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Conn. Mead, Jasper R. 7076
CONTENTS
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State of New York
County of Warren ⎬ SS General Sessions of the Peace at Caldwell this 10th day of Sept 1839

Jasper Mead a resident of Chester in the County of Warren and State aforesaid aged seventy nine 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the year 1776 in Capt Matthew Meads Compy. Col. John Meads Regiment of Militia Marched to New York was there at the time that General Washington retreated from Long Island to New York served there two months returned home sick and unable to do duty for three months, and as soon as he was able in the fall and Winter following went in Capt Matthew Meads company to Rye served there three months and returned home soon after in 1777 entered the service in Capt Isaac Howes Company of Malitia in Col Bradleys Regiment marched to Byron and there three months discharged, and same season was at Quaker Ridge on gard about 3 weeks and then down at General Meads on gard was out when General Barmoure marched through Horseneck one week and after that for the three following years was in the service in Small detached some times driving team some times on scouts some times on gard cannot tell the exact time if it was all put together but think that he was out those detached peares as much as 15 or 18 months as did nothing else of consequence during that time, he was a resident of Greenwich, Fairfield County State of Connecticut. he hereby relinquishes ever claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency of any State-

Here follows the answers to the Interrogatories as prescribed by the Department in Greenwich Fairfield County Ct in 1760

2nd have a Record on the Bible there is a record in Greenwich where I was Born

3rd I was living in Greenwich Fairfield County Ct and
lived there untill I moved to Chester where I now live

4th I volunteered sometimes the Malitia were [illegible]
mass then I was with them and mostly [illegible] towers, but where but a part was wanted I [illegible]

5th Major Talmage & Capt Sheldon of the light Horse [illegible] -gton Putnam

6th I received no written discharge the Malitia was [illegible] where and when they had done the service but more frequently the officers would march then Home and then dismiss them
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7th Jacob Ferriss Ira Smith Daniel Clark Solomon J. Perry Jabez Smith

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written
Jasper Mead
Thomas Archibald Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after puting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states

I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Court of Warren County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jasper Mead for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10th day of September AD. 1839
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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Jasper Mead
Act of July 7th 1832
Suspd N.Y
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State of New York }
County of Warren }
Be it Known that on this 14th day of January A. D. 1853, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared William Mead Shadrack Mead & Andrew Mead resident of Chestertown in said County, and made oath according to law that Jasper Mead (Deceased) who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of That they are directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Jasper Mead for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due; and thereby authorize my said Attorney examine all paper or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Wm T Mead
Shadrach Mead
Andrew Mead

Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and hereby certify that I believe the said William T. Mead Shadrach W Mead & Andrew Mead to be directly interested in said claim set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Signed in the [illegible] place
Levi Pasko Justice peace

State of New York }
County of Warren }
It is hereby Certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of this County of Warren that Wm J. Mead Shadrach Mead & Andrew Mead the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the Clerk and the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Levi Parks Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this  22d day of January 1858
Thomas Archibald Clerk

1. Claimant's name or names in full. -2. Post Office address.
3. "That he is the identical man," or "that she is the widow of the identical man." or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man, &c., &c.
4. Leave this line blank.- 5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."- 6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.- 7. Claimant's signature.- 8. Claimant's name.- 9. Magistrate's signature.
10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of" - 11. Magistrate's name." - 12, Clerk's signature.

N. B. -- Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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REJECTED
7076
P.O.
Jasper Mead
Service;
Enlisted: _ ,18
Discharged: _ ,18
Application filed: _ ,18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
_ Recognized. _ Contrac
_ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _ ,18
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N. York
Jasper Mead
lets to H. Mead 5 Dec 1839
to same 8 July 1840
to Jasper Mead, Sept. 2, 1840.
to Thomas A. Legget (enclosing
copy of [illegible) March 16, 1841.
to Hon. C. A. Floyd. Feby 12. 1842
let 21st Aprl to do
7076
Act June 1832
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Chestertown
N.Y. Aug 5th /27
Aug 31. 1840
NY
Jasper Mead
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D. Sir
Having applied for a pension to your office for revolutionary services and made proof of such service I am anxious to know whether I am to be rewarded or not Mr Hobby Mead who attempted to attend to the business for me having declined or neglected to do any thing further about it - I now wish to know the State of my case as it stands at present in your office & whether any further proof is wanting and what- I know of three men who I was with all the time they served, who now draw a pension & I think it very singular that I am not also entitled to one - if necessary for the further prosecution of my claim I wish you to return the proof already made so that a better understanding may be had of what is necessary to be done or if the additional
testimony is such that it can be plainly understood please inform me so that I may add to the proof already made your early attention is respectfully requested-
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Jasper Mead
Chestertown
Warren County New York
Augt 27. 1840
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Free
Chesterton
N.Y. 4th March
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pension
Washington D. C.
Mar 10 1841
NY
[illegible]
Jasper Mead
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D, Sir
Mr Jasper Mead has heretofore applied to your office for a pension this
Hobby Mead his attorney - Mr Hobby Mead
has left the application & now Mr Jasper
Mead wishes to know in what condition
his application stands at this time, and
what more testimony is required - he
is sanguine of success now that he has
applied having heretofore refused to do
so thro. pride - if any more testimony
is wanting he can procure it - he wants
to know all the particulars - or otherwise a
return of the papers so that his attorney may
know what to do - An answer is respectfully requested - Yours
Very Respectfully
Tho. A. Leggett
Chestertown
Warren Co. NY.
March 4, 1841
Hon J. L. Edwards
Com of Pension
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Comptrollers Office
Hanford July 20 1840
Dr Sir
your [illegible] of the 10 was duly Received I have examined all the Regt Rolls we have in this office relating to the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 81 in the name of Jasper Mead without success I find by our books that Capt Mathew Mead was attached to Col. Spences Regt in 1775  I find that Col. John Mead went to New York in 1776 but cannot find any evidence that Cap. Mathew Mead went with him - 

You did not give the name or Christian name of Cap Howe to have Two by that name on our Books Cap Perly Howe Commanded a Company of Light Horse went North in 1777- since writing the above I have found in the Connecticut Line Col Philip B Bradleys Regiment the name of Jasper Mead who served as A Master Sergeant & as Luit 3 years from 1777 to 80. can this be the man -
yours Respectfully
Henry Hisbourn Comp
Hobby Mead Esq
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34,892
Jasper Mead
N.Y
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State of Connecticut } 
Fairfield County } SS. Greenwich June 18th 1839
Be it know that on this 18th day of June 1839. Zacheres Mead of said Greenwich Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said Fairfield County and being duly sworn according to law doth depose & say that he is seventy nine years of age and that he is well acquainted with Jasper Mead, that he knew him in the time of the revolutionary war & that he served with him in a company commanded by Capt Mathew Mercer & he says that he verily believes that he was called to & went to New York in the year 1776 for he belonged to same company & they was all ordered there, there was on duty at New York two month and three months at Rye in the State of New York, and at Byram Bridge in Connecticut about two months, but how long the said Jasper Mead served in the times above mentioned I cannot say; but believe he served out the times that the company was called out for
Zackeres Mead

Sworn & subscribed to this 18th day of June 1839. before me
Samuel Close
Justice of Peace

The [illegible] was made before execution
Samuel Close Justice of Peace

State Connecticut }
Fairfield County } ss. I  of the County Court within and for sd Fairfield County do hereby certify that Marcus Mead and Samuel Close Esquires are now and for more than thirty days last past have been Justices of the Peace within & for sd Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths and take
Deposition & and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Marcus Mead & Samuel Close Esq & verily believe that their respective signatures to the Certificate annexed to the foregoing Depositions are all genuine

Given under my hand the seal said County Court
Fairfield this 28th day of June AD. 1839
Thomas Robinson Clerk
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State of Connecticut } Ss.  Greenwich June 19 1839
Fairfield County }
Be it known that on this 19 day of June 1839 Calvin Mead of said Greenwich personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said Fairfield County and being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is Seventy eight years of age and that he is well acquainted with Jasper Mead that he knew him in the time of the revolutionary war & that he served with him in a company commanded by Capt Matthew Mead & he says he verily believes that he was called to & went to New York in the year 1776
and that he served three months in the same company at Rye in the State of New York and Byram Bridge in Connecticut but do not so distinctly remember the length of time he served in New York but believes it was the full time the company was called out for
Calvin Mead

Sworn & Subscribed to this 19th day of June 1839 before me
Marcus Mead
Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that the above deponent is a creditable witness
Marcus Mead
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State of New York }
Genesee County Ss }
Jotham Mead of Wethersfield County and State aforesaid and who is a Revolutionary Pensioner being duly sworn by me deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Jasper Mead in his youth and lived in the same town with and that this deponent while he was in the service  of the United States was also acquainted with the said Jasper Mead and knew the fact that the said Jasper was in the same Regiment in which this deponent was which Regiment was at one time commanded by Colonel John Mead and afterwards by Philip B. Bradley and also by Heman Swift and the Company to which the said Jasper belonged was commanded by Capt Isaac How and the first Sergt in Command of the said Company was Peter Mead, and this deponent further Saith that he was acquainted with Jasper Mead for the most of the time since the close of the Revolutionary war that he knew of no other person of that name that the said Jasper Mead was one or two years younger than this deponent was well favored and pleasant countinance about five feet six inches high and that according to the best of his recollection the said Jasper Mead was in the service at different times during the three years from about the year 1776 to 1779 and further this deponent saith not
Jotham Mead

Sworn and subscribed this 17th day of April 1839 before me Eli Rood, Justice
I am acquainted with the said Jotham Mead and believe him a man of truth and versity
Eli Rood Justice
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State of New York }
Genesee County } SS: I Horace N. Soper Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Eli Rood Esq before whom the within affidavit was taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified according to law

And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that the signature to the [illegible] of said affidavit is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of Common Pleas of said County at Batavia this 11th day of May AD. 1839
H. N. Soper Clerk
By J. S. Brown Deputy Clerk
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State of New York }
Genesee County SS }
Jared Knapp of Warsane in the County and State aforesaid and who is a Revolutionary Pensioner being duly sworn by me deposeth and saith that during the time that he this deponent was in the service of the United States he was acquainted with a person by the name of Jasper Mead and who served in the same Regiment with this deponent which Regiment was first under the command of Philip B. Bradley the Command of which was afterwards transfered to Heman Swift Col. that the said Jasper Mead was a short built person well favored and pleasant countenance and about five feet six inches high, that it was about the years 1777 and 1778 when he was acquainted with him, and that he the said deponent is now in his Eighty seventh year and that he the said Jasper Mead was as he this deponent believes some years younger than himself when they were in the service together - and that he according to the best of his recollection he the said Jasper had served two years in the service of the United States - and further this deponent saith not
Jared Knapp

Sworn & subscribed this 19th day of November 1838 before me by Jared Knapp who is known to be a person of truth and veracity
William Raymond a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County
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State of New York } ss:
Genesee County } I Horace H. Toper Clerk of said County certify that William Raymond was a Comr of Deeds of said County at the time of taking the within affidavit and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and do believe that his signature within subscribed is his hand writing

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 3d Jany 1839
W. N. Soper Clerk
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State of New York }
Warren County } Ss
Reuben Green of Chester in the said County of Warren being duly sworn before Thos A. Leggett one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County deposeth and saith that he was personally acquainted with Jasper Mead before and during the Revolutionary War and that he has been well acquainted with him ever since that time and that Jasper Mead lived in Connecticut during the war and went to New York in 1776 as one of the Connecticut Militia under Col. John Mead and does not know how long he served there, he come home sick - and the same fall he went to Rye, Westchester County under Capt Mathew Mead and served there some time, does not recollect how long he served at that time and in 1777 he went in the militia under Capt. Isaac Howe to Byron Fairfield County Connecticut and served there some time does not recollect how long he served there - and that Jasper Mead was born in Greenwich. Fairfield County Connecticut
and lived there until about 1799 when he removed to Chester Washington County (now Warren) New York where he has resided ever since, and that he has always maintained a good character and is a man of truth and veracity and further this deponent saith not 
Reuben Green

subscribed and sworn before me in our form of Law this 27th day of July 1839
Tho. A. Leggett Judge

I certify that I have been well acquainted with Reuben Green for twenty years last part and that he is a man of truth and veracity and his statements are undoubtedly correct & the utmost reliance should be placed on them
Tho. A. Leggett Judge
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Reuben Green
affidavit
on roll Cop
Matthers Madison
rcd 20 bundle 5, for
8 Sept 1776. Served 27 days
not on roll Copt
M. Meads co in fall of
1776 at Rye, see over rolls
bundle 6,
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State of New york }
Warren County ss }
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said County do certify that Thomas A Leggett before whom whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges in and for said County and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the same is genuine

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 10th day of September 1839
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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Free
Chestertown
NY. 9th April
Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Apl. 14. 1840
Addl. proofs
Jasper Mead
N. Y.
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Chester 7th Apr 1840
To the Commr of Pensions
Sir having Written to the Comptroller of Connecticut in behalf of Jasper Mead who has made application for a pension and have received answer which I enclose to you wishing you to write me if any thing more is wanting he can send by a person that is going to Hartford and have the records examined more particular I wish you would address a letter to the Comp. of Connecticut yourself that you may be fully satisfied and let me know
Your Respectfully
Hobby Mead
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Free
Chestertown
N. Y. 12th Sept
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
34.892
N. Y. Sept 17
Jasper Mead
Act 1832
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Chester Warren Co New York Sept 11th 1839
Dr Sir
I here enclose the declaration of Jasper Mead made before our Court with the accompanying affidavits now sir if there should be any thing lacking be so good as to inform me at this place, as the old soldier is not able to do for himself Just as he deserves
Respectfully yours
Hobby Mead
To. J. L. Edwards Esqr