Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,154, for John Stewart, New Hampshire
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(3-1776) SERVICE NH New York Stewart, John Huldah NUMBER R.10.154 CONTENTS
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No 6791
Huldah Stewart
widow of John
Vermont
Act 4 July 1836
10154

Act 4 July 1836
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State of Vermont
District of Addison & Josiah Bushnell Register of
the Probate Court for the District of
Addison do hereby certify that the
following on the original proceding
matter of the application of Huldah Stewart for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
Middleton in said District on this 17th day
of July A.D. 1846
[Signature] J. T. Bushnell Register
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State of Vermont 
 District of Addison
On this 16th day of July A.D. 1846
 personally appeared before the
Probate Court for the District of Addison aforesaid, Huldah
Stewart resident of Middlebury in said District aged
ninety four years on the 18th day of May A.D. 1846. 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 of the act of Congress July 4th 1836.
That she is the widow of John Stewart deceased, who
was a part in the war of the revolution. That the said
Stewart enlisted in the latter part of May or the first of June
A.D. 1773, at Cambridge in the State of New York, as orderly Sergeant
in the company of Capt McCracken for six months. That as
orderly Sergeant he served for said Company in Salem
Cambridge and the vicinity, and that she verily believes
having heard her said husband of he converse with thou
who were in the army with him, on the subject, that he
the said John Stewart marched with the said Company, and
joined the then northern army on lake Champlain, and was
attached to Col Van Schaicks regiment of the New York line
That he the said John Stewart in the following August went
into Canada with said regiment; the army being under the
command of Gen. Richard Montgomery, and that he
was at the taking of St. John and Nair, St John, Montoral [Montreal] and
other places in the vicinity, during the term of his said
enlistment. That soon after his arrival in Canada he was to
served from his said office or part as orderly infantry in
Capt Mc Cacking Company to the Commissary department
and that he continued to serve in the said army in the
capacity of [illegible] Commissary until the full time of his
enlistment had expired, and was honorably discharged
and left cared for home about the first of December
following, after or about the time that Gen. Montgomery
went down the St Lawrence of Quebec, That he was
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strongly solicited to accompany the army in that expedition with the offer of a commission as Captain; he
that the unprotected situation of his family forbid his
remaining, and he returned home. And the the said
Huldah Stewart well recollects that her said husband
returned to her at Cambridge near Christmas and that
he had in his possession when he returned a [illegible]
wrought leather box filled with papers which related
to his service as Commissary as aforesaid, and that he
said the day was given for that work
That early in July A.D. 1777, the said John Stewart resided
with his family in Pawlet Vermont, then called
the New hampshire Grants, and that the neighborhood
where they lived was also by an express communicating
the intelligence of the capture of Ticonderoga, and the disastrous results of the battle of Hubbarton, and that the Indians attached to Bufrgoynes army were overrunning
the whole country. all the whigs who resided in that
part of the Country, were compelled to abandon the
settlement at the North, and more South to me
place of greater vicinity. That the said John Stewart
having a team but forward his family consisting of
the applicant, and three young children, and remains
behind himself a few honest endeavor to her for
his furniture, provision, and other valuables which
were all however found and stolen or destroyed by the
tories, and with the exception of one is Kettle, none
recovered by the said Stewart among the not, the
it be before mentioned, containing the commissary
and other papers relating to the military services of the
said Stewart was taken, and all the papers destroyed
payments of them having been found strewed upon the
ground for a considered a distance from the house
After suffering great hardship the applicant with
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her children was placed in the family of her fathers in
Bennington, when the remained until nov after the
surrender of Burgoyne
On the alarm occasioned by the approach of the enemy
under Col. Banne, the said John Stewart joined the American forces under Gen. Stark, as a volunteer, and was in
both the engagements of the 16th of August A.D. 1777. In
this action he personally disarmed and made prisoner
Hessian soldier, and the gun, sword, and accoutrements
taken from the Hessians were for many years preserved in
the family of said Stewart, and a knife made of the same
is now in the possession of the applicant. The said John
Stewart on this occasion was in the service of the United States
as the applicant verily believes during all the time that the
prisoners were taken was at Bennington. She further declares
that she was legally married to the said John Stewart at
the house of her father Elnathan Hubbell in Bennington
aforesaid on the 12th day of March A.D. 1772 by the Rev
Jedediah Dewey the first settled minister of said town
That the resided in said town until 1774. when they removed to Cambridge, New York. That in 1776 or 7 they removed to Pawlet, Vermont - That in 1783, they removed to
Ticonderoga, New York in 1795 to Orwell, Vermont in 1775
to Burlington, New York in 1804 to New Haven, Vermont, in
1842, to Middlebury, Vermont, when she has since
resided:- That her eldest child Cynthia was born in
Bennington, Anne in 1775 in Cambridge, Noble in 1777 and
Ian in 1777 in Pawlett-
That her husband the aforesaid
John Stewart died at Middlebury aforesaid on the
30th day of July A.D. 1827 and that she has remained
a widow ever since that period, as will more fully
appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed
That she has no documentary proof, and now
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of no person living by whom she can prove the
revolutionary service of her husband
Sworn and subscribed
on the day and year
first before written
Before Mr S.H. Jenison, Judge

Huldah her x mark Stewart

I certify that the above named Huldah Stewart
is personally known to me and that she is a
credible witness
S. H. Jenison, Judge
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I Ira Stewart of Middlebury in the County of
Addison and State of Vermont, aged sixty six years being duly
sworn depose and say, that I am the third Son of John Stewart to
of said Middlebury deceased and Huldah Stewart his wife, and
I further say that the said John Stewart my father deceased on the
thirtieth day of July A D 1829 and that my mother, the said Huldah,
is yet living and has ever remained the widow of the said John Stewart
and is now ninety four years of age and in the full possession of all her
faculties. I have frequently heard my father in his life time spent of
his first campaign in the American Army, during the year 1775 under the
command of General Montgomery in the Invasion of Canada
The said John my father stated that he entered the American Service
on or about the first of June AD 1775 for the term of six months, at
Cambridge in the County of Washington and State of New York as orderly
Sergeant in Captain McCrickens Company and Colonel Van
Schaicks Regiment of the New York line: That he was reciting
of the Company to which he belonged, and that he recruited in Cambridge
aforesaid, and in Salem in the said County of Washington and previous
General Montgomery, Marched to Canada, he joined his company
with his receipts and was present in the American Army at the taking
of the Isle AuxNoix, St. Johns and Montreal, and that when the army
reached Canada, he was appointed [illegible] Commissary and continued to
occupy the office and fulfill its duties until the expiration of his term of
enlistment, at which time he returned to his family, then residing at Cambridge
aforesaid. And he further stated, that when the fort at Ticonderoga
was taken by the British under the command of General Burgoyne in
1777 he resided in the Town of Paulet in Vermont, and information having been
recieved that a large force of British Indians were ravaging the County
and advancing on that town, he together with the other inhabitants [illegible]
left their habitations and retreated to the Town of Bennington  leaving behind
them all their effects, and that at that time he lost his discharge and
other vouchers of the service he performed in the American Army together with
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all the rest of his papers. That while at Bennington he joined
General Starks command as a volunteer, and was present and
fought in the battles of Bennington when Cols. Baum and
Breymann commanding the British for go were defeated and
that in that conflict, he personally took a Hessian soldier
prisoner: The accouterments given and sword belonging to that prisoner
have been until a few years since, in the possession of the said
John Stewart family; and a knife made from the blade of the same
sword is now in the possession of this deponent.
And this deponent further says and verily believes that the said
Captain McCracken to whose company his father belonged, was
present and took part in the battle of Monmouth and last in
and in the said battle. My father, was on intimate personal friend
of the said Captain McCracken and on or about the year 1809 in the most
of January or February I accompanied my said father on a visit to the Capt
then Colonel McCracken and heard them among other things recount their
early adventures in the American Service during the campaign of 1775
but from the long lapse of time and from not particularly storing his memory
with it, this deponent is unable to relate there conversation.
And this deponent further states that sometime since, at the request
of his mother, the said Huldah Stewart he examined the Records in
the office of the Secretary of State for the State of New York, at Albany
for the purpose of finding the proof of his further the said John Stewart
served in the American Army, and in the book of Records this deponent
found the Role of the Commissioned officers of the said Capt. McCrackens
Company. Van Schaack's Regiment, but no Role of the non commissioned
officers and privates of the said Capt. McCrackins Company and
further this deponent saith not.
[Signature] Ian Stewart

State of Vermont
District of Addiison
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at a Probate Court, held at Middlebury on the
16th day of July 1846, personally appeared Ian Stewart and subscribed the foregoing affidavit
and made solemn oath to the truth of the sesrvice
Before me S. H. Jenison Judge
I certify that Ira Stewart above
named, is personally known to me
and that he is a credible witness
[Signature] G. H. Harrison Judge
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I Wm Haswell of Bennington, in the
County of Bennington and State of
Vermont, depose and say, that I
have held the office of Town Clerk
in the Town County and State aforesaid
for more than twenty five years last past
and by virtue of said office have the
custody of the Records of said Town
And I further say that I have made
diligent search for a record of the
marriage of John Stewart and Hulldah Hubbell, but can find none
And I further say that the record
of marriages from the year 1763
to the year 1800 is very imperfect.
I further say that I find in Book A. page 57.
in the record of the annual Town Meeting
holden on the 25th of March AD. 1772.
John Stewart was appointed a Hayward,
and that it has been the practice of the
Town to appoint as haywards, such and
such only as had been married during the year immediately preceding
the annual Town Meeting
Bennington, June 25, 1846 Wm Haswell Town Clerk
Sworn and subscribed before me
[Signature] Saml H. Blackmer Justice Peace
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Bennington County.
I, Samuel H Blackmer
Clerk of the Court of Bennington
County, certify that Saml H. Blackmer
is a Magistrate as within, and that the
within signature purporting to
be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof
I have hereunto subscribed 
name, and affixed my
seal of office this 25th
day of June, A.D. 1846
[Signature] Saml H. Blackmer Clerk
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I Daniel Chinman of Kingston in the County of
Addison and State of Vermont aged eighty years
hereby certify that in the year 1753 became
acquainted with John Stewart then of [illegible]
in the County of Rutland late of Middleberry
County of Addison decd
From conversation with said Stewart
and from conversation with him and the
that time consider it as and called past.
that said Stewart Served in the revolutionary army
I further certify that in the year 1783 aforesaid I 
became acquainted with Mrs H. Stewart, the thereof
now widow of the sd John Stewart, that the
now reside in Middlebury afored, and although
it is said their next General
[illegible]
Hinton June 26 1842
[signature] Danl Chinman
I certify that Daniel Chipman who signed
the foregoing certificate was formerly number
of Congress from the State of Vermont probably known to the department
[Signature] S. H. Jennison Judge.
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Middlebury, Vt. June 24, 1846
This may certify to whom it may concern that
I have, say for 35 years, been well acquainted with
Mrs Huldah Stewart the widow of John
Stewart - that she has been one of my nearest
neighbors & a member of my church for most
of that time. There never has to my knowledge or belief been any question but that
she was the lawful wife of John Stewart
with whom she lived and who died, according to the Register of deaths which I kept
for this town July 30, 1827, Aged 83." The a
foresaid Mrs. Stewart is reputed to be 94 years
old. But her mind is uncommonly vigorous
for a lady of that age, and I think we are
by find a person of her age so capable as she
is of giving reliable testimony to facts that
have come within the scope of her knowledge, either
rent or of distant occurrence. The character
I have always considered unblemished, & have supposed
that all her acquaintance concurred in
the same sentiment. I should place, as I
presume all her neighbors would, implicit
confidence in any statements she might make
in regard to the part her husband took in the
revolutionary war. She is reputed to have
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to have been his wife at the time of
war of the revolution. Both these facts,
suppose no one questions, who is conversant
with the subject
I might add that the children of the afore
said Mrs Stewart, viz J Stewart, Esq. his wife
& Sister Cynthia, with whom their mother
resides, possess a character so untarnished, as to for
is the idea of encouraging their mother
to apply for assistance from her country any
further than they honestly supposed she was
entitled under the statute
[Signature] Thos A. Merrill
Senior Pastor
of the Congregation

Church in Middlebury, Vt.
State of Vermont 
Addison County Middlebury July 4th 1846
Personally appeared before me
the above named Thomas A. Merrill, & made oath that the
facts set forth in the above certificate by him out
scribed are true. And I certify that the said Merritt has
been for many years pastor of the
Congregational Church in this place.
[Signature] Geo. S. Swift Justice peace
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I David Whitney of Bridport in the County
of Addison and State of Vermont depose and say
that in the year of 1784 or 1785 I became acquainted with
John Stewart now dead and husband of Huldah
Stewart now living in Middlebury in said Addison
County and in various conversation with the said
John Stewart in 1785 and at other times since
that time. I learn from him that he was in
the services of the United States during the revolutionary war, that he was in the battle of Bennington
and that he was in the commissory department
some time and I have no hesitation in stating
that it is my belief that the said John Stewart
was in the service of the United States a part of
the time of the distance of said revolutionary
[Signature] David Whitney

Bridport May 30th 1846
Then David Whitney the
subscribed to the forgoing declaration and made
oath that the same is true according to his best
before me
[Signature] Calvin Solan Justice of the Peace
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Horatio Seymour of Middlebury in the County of
Addison and State of Vermont on oath says that he came to
reside in Middlebury in the year 1799 and has resided there
ever since that Mr John Stewart removed to Middlebury with
his family about the year 1812 and resided in said town to the
time of his death which was about the year 1829 that
his widow Mrs Huldah Stewart and the family have continued to reside in this place to the present time since the
year 1812 I have resided within a short distance of Mr
Stewart and have been well acquainted with him and
his family Mrs Stewart is very age is reputed to be ninety
four years old she retains her mental faculties remarkedly and so far as I have observed I should say perfectly
Mr Stewart to the time of his death sustained the character of an intelligent correct and very honest man and Mrs
Stewart has been and now is a very intelligent women
she has sustained and now sustains a reputation for truth
and veracity and in all other resuit equal to that of any
person in this community. Middlebury June 29th 1846
Horatio Seymour
State of Vermont
Addison County Middlebury 29th June 1846.
Then personally appeared Horatio Seymon the Signer
of the foregoing statement, & made oath that the same true
Before one Emerson R. Wright J Peace
I have been long acquainted with Mrs Stewart
above mentioned, and was well acquainted with John Stewart
&
for many years previous to his death & have to say that I
fully concur in the above statement, & especially in regard
to the remarkable retention of the full power of the
[illegible] families of Mrs Stewart and her high
character for truth
William State
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I certify that William Slade the signer of the foregoing certificate was formerly a member of Congress from and now Governor of the State of Vermont and probably known to the department
[Signature] S H Jenison Judge
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inty Sunny of Middlebury in
the County of Addison & State of Vermont
depose and say that I was well acquainted with John Stewart in his life
time & with HuldahStewart his wife
that I have been acquainted with
them since 1817 that John Stewart
along maintained a high character
for honesty and integrity, and that
in my opinion the
and confirmed
[illegible] at all time be placed on
his word whether oath on earth and
oath, and that during all the time
of his reside in Middlebury in
was entered and of a most
[illegible] and worthy citizens and
I further say that Huldah Stewart the
now widow of said John Stewart then ninety years of age
has always sustained an irreproachable
character and that her testimony
is in my judgment entitled the
highest confidence
[Signature] Chs Lundy

State of Vermont 
Addison County.  At Middlebury in said County
this 3d day of July AD 1846
Then personally appeared Charles Sinsley
made oath that the statements at forth in the above affidavit by him subscribed an true to the best of his information [illegible]
 Before me [Signature] Julius A Beckwith
Justice of the Peace
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Samuel Swift of Middlebury in the County
of Addison and State of Vermont, on the sixty fourth
year of my age, depose and say that I became
acquainted with John Stewart late of said Middlebury deceased, early as the year 1804.
resided in New Haven in the same County adjoining
said town of Middlebury; and having been previously
acquainted with some of the family, and with
to one of the relatives of the family. I became intimate with him and all the member of the family
and have ever since been intimate with them
Since the year 1812, they have resided in the same
neighborhood in Middlebury. Mr. John Stewart
in his life time, was regarded as a very respectable
and most upright man; and his widow
Huldah Stewart who is still living, sustains
the same reputation; and entire confidence may
be placed in the statements or reputations of
either In familiar conventions with the
said Steward, I have frequently heard
him speak of his going into Canada in the year
1775, in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, connected with the American any
which invaded that Province; and have heard
him relate incidents connected with his services
but my recollection is not to indistinct to State
the incidents mentioned. It was always my
understanding, and I think the general belief of
that, who were acquainted with him in the neighbourhood, that he was in the service of the United States
in that expedition.
[Signature] Saml Swift
Subscribed and sworn  
this 11th day of July 1846
Refore Geo. S. Swift Just. peace
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State of Vermont
Addison County, Samuel Swift Clerk of the County
Court for the said County of Addison, do
hereby certify, that George S. Swift before
whom the foregoing affidavit of Thomas
A. Merrill and Samuel Swift, were
Sworn, Calvin Solan, before whom
the affidavit of David Whitney was sworn,
Emerson K. Wight, before whom the affidavit of Horatio Seymour was Sworn,
and Julius A. Beckwith before whom
the affidavit of Charles Sinsley was
sworn, were at the times of their
respective dates, parties of the peace, and
their several names subscribed to the
certificates attached to said affidavits
are their own signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court this 4th day of
July 1846.
[Signature] Saml Swift Clerk
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Senate Chamber
Jany 4.47
Jas. L. Edwards Esq
I have been requested
to make enquiry relation to the application of Huldah Stewart
widow of John Stewart who is reputed
to have served as a Sergeant in Capt
McCrackens Compy Van Schaick's Regt
N.Y. Line during the Rev War
the application I am informed was made
at the Pension Office and the papers
forwarded in July or Augt last
Will you do me the favor to inform
me whether the case has been acted upon
and if so with what result- If not will
you permit me to solicit your early
attention to it. Respectfully
Yours [signature] Saml Phelps
A.B. Mrs. Stewart resides in Middlebury Vert
and her papers were forwarded as I am informed on
Ex ogov Jennison
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Washington May 7. 1830
Sir
The Hon Mr Stewart, of Middlebury, Vermont.
gave me a memorandum, stating that his father, John
Stewart in the spring of 1775, entered the army in
Van Schacks Regt under Capt McCracken, and went
to Canada with Genl Montgomery - served six months
as Issuing Commissary. Served out his time, and
afterwards served at various times in the Vermont troops
to the close of the war. That he married Huldah
Hubbell at Bennington in March 1772
He desired me to ascertain what further proof
was necessary to establish the claim. Her declaration
is on file. Please inform me of the State of the
case, either by permitting an examination of the declaration
and proof, or by seeing the correspondence on the subject
I am very respectfully
Yours
Wm Weston

Hon Jas L Edwards
Court of Pensions
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Pension office
Sept 1. 1846
Sir
In the case of Huldah Stewart widow
of John Stewart an applicant for a pension
under the act of July 1836, thence of
her husband under Capt McCracken of Col
Van Schaicks Regiment in 1775-76 must be
established by the certificate of the Comptroller
of New York, and the date of her marriage
by satisfactory record or documentary ended before
her claim can be admitted
the proof now produced are not deemed
at all sufficient to justify the department in
granting his Stewart a pension
There as in the computers office
at Albany a return of all the Trips from
New York in Canada in January 1776. of
Mrs stewarts husband was in that company
he should be found upon that return
Swift Esq
Ruttland Vt
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1791
Huldah Stewart
Vermont
Letter S.Swift Sep 1 46
do to war S S Phelps Jan 6 '47
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10154
Huldah Stewart
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
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Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
[Stamp] REJECTED
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