Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1146, Levi Clark, Conn.
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Service   Conn.     
Clark, Levi    
          Anna
Number   W 1146
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Connecticut Reported
Anna Clark
widow of Levi Clark
who served Conn. in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 70 dollars
11 cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
19th day of June, 1849
and sent to
N.T. Leonard
Springfield
Mass.

Recorded on Roll of pensioners under act
9th July, 1848, page 79 Vol. 1
[illegible]
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Connecticut 31512
Levi Clark decd late
Hartford Co in the State of Ct
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Phelps of the Regt commanded
by --- in the Ct
line for 21 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Ct
at the rate of 70  Dollars ___ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Augt
1838 and sent L. T.
Pease Hartford Ct
Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $
Semi-anl allowance ending 8 Sept 1832
the day of his death
$105.66
$105.66
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk
Book C2 Vol. 3. Page 8
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Levi Clark dec'd
Conn
Adn a pn. 21 no
$70 per ann. from
March 4 1831 to
8 Sept 1832  cent.
to Anne Clark his
Widow
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Connecticut

Court of probate District of Hartford
On this 27th day of January 1838 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford now sitting Anna Clark widow of Levi Clark late of Windsor in S District County & state.  Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That according to her best knowledge & belief her late husband the S Levi Clark deceased entered the service of the United States with the following named officers and served as herein stated vis that in the year 1779 he served two months in a Company of drafted militia commanded by Capt David Phelps at Stratford in the State of Connecticut.
And that in the years 1780 and 1781 he served eighteen months vis thru successive terms of six months each in the guard at New Gate Prison in S State of Connecticut under the command of Lieutenant Elijah Owen.
that she knows of no person now living who served with S Levi Clark at S prison that the evidence herewith submitted is the best evidence in her power to produce in proof of S service.
That she was lawfully married to S Levi Clark on the 3d day of March
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1795 and continued to live with him until his
death which happened on the 8th day of Sept
1832. That Richard Niles and Lorrain T Pease
are persons living in my present neighborhood
who know my Character for veracity. the same persons were also well acquainted with S 
Levi Clark for many years preceding his 
death and will testify to their belief
arising from general reputation that S Levi Clark performed the several tours of service
as herein stated. Anna Clark 
Sworn & subscribed the day & year afore

We Richard Niles of Windsor in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut & Lorraine T Pease of Hartford in the S County S State do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Anna Clark who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that she is a highly respected woman of unquestioned veracity.
We further certify that we were well acquainted with her late husband Levi Clark dec'd for more than twenty years preceding his death. that he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood when he said to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and further that he was reputed to have served several tours as one of the guard at New Gate prison during the Revolutionary War. and from our own knowledge that
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he was reported & believed to have performed that service while many individuals were yet living who had served with him we entertain no doubt that he performed the specific service claimed by his widow in the foregoing declaration--
Richard Niles
Lorrain T Pease

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the appropriate interrogatories, that said Levi Clark named in the foregoing declaration was a Revolutionary soldier and served as is stated by the above applicant Anna Clark--that said Levi Clark died in the 8th day of September 1832 and that Anna Clark is the lawful widow of the deceased and was married to him as stated in the foregoing declaration; And the Court further certify that Lorrain T Pease of Hartford in the County of Hartford & State of Conn. and Richard Niles of Windsor in said County and State are credible persons who have signed the preceding certificate, that they are well known to this Court and that their statements are entitled to credit. 
I Henry Seymour Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Hartford in the County to Hartford & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the widow Anna Clark for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and seal of office this 27th day of January A.D. 1838
Henry Seymour Clk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Connecticut Probate
District of Granby Hartford
County
On this 3d day of August
1832 personally appeared in open Court
before the Judge of the Court of Probate
for this District Now Siting
Levi Clarke
a resident of Windsor in said
County and State aged 70 years Doth in
this oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of an act
of Congress passed June 7th 1832
that he was drafted into the service of
the United States under the following
named Militia Officers and served as herein
stated Capt Jonathan Pettibone and was
employed in one month in Said Service
{conducting} the British Troops Captured
with General Burgoyne from Springfield
Massachusetts to Sharon in Connecticut
which as the Deponent believes was in
the fall of the year 1778 - that
afterwards on the 13th day of November
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{life} 1779
he was again drafted into said service
for the term of three months under the
command of Captain David Phelps
Lieut John Clarke and Ensign Avon
Moses as the Commissioned officers of
the Company that he was drafted to
join the army at Horse neck but
was stationed at Stratford in this
State where he remained in said
Service until discharged at the end
of said Term that afterwards in the year
1780 he enlisted into said service under the
command of Lieut Elijah Owens
and was stationed at Newgate prison
where he remained for the term of
Eighteen months under the command
of said Lieut Owens Capt Oliver {Evensciler} and Sergeant Samuel Clarke who succeeded
said Owens in the command at said prison
which was then used as a place of confinement
for tories reffugees under the authority of
this State and of the United States and that
he has no documentary evidence of the
aforesaid facts he hereby relinquishes every
claim whatever to a pension except the present
and Declares his name is not on the pension
roll of the agency of any State Sworn and
Subscribed the 3d day of August 1832
Levi
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and this Court does hereby {believe} it to be this opinion after the Investigator of this matter after {getting} the Interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states.

I Joshua R. Jewett Clerk of the Court of Probate
for the District of Granby do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of Court in the matter of the application of Levi Clark for a Pension ---In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand thus affixed this 3d day of August 1832
Joshua R. Jewett Clerk
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I hereby certify that Joab Griffin is Judge of Probate for the District of Granby & that the signature above is his Genuine Signature
Joshua N. Jewett Clerk
---


Levi Clark
Declaration
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I Russell Clark of Windsor in the County of Hartford and state of Connecticut aged sixty seven years testify & say that my Brother Levi Clark late of S Windsor dec'd went from home to perform a tour of service in the Revolutionary War it was then said he was going to Horn Neck near New York I was then a young lad & cannot recollect how long he was absent that afterwards during S War he enlisted & served as one of the guard at Newgate Prison. my residence was then within a mile & a half of the Prison and I often visited him while there. I cannot recollect the precise time that he served there but I well recollect that he engaged to serve & did serve several different terms, and I always understood & have no doubt of the fact that he served there in the whole Eighteen months. said Prison was then used for the Confinement of Tories & Refugees. and I well recollect that while S Levi Clark was serving there as one of the Guard the Prisoners rose upon the Guard & that one Person was killed & several others wounded before the were subdued. S Levi Clark died in the neighborhood of my residence in S Windsor on the 8th day of September 1832. a few weeks before his death he visited the Probate officer at Granby for the purpose of making application for a Pension. he appointed a day to go there again to have the business finished & requested me to go with him & testify in his behalf. but he was immediately afterwards
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taken sick from which sickness he never recovered
Windsor August 20th 1835 Russel Clark

Sworn & subscribed to the day & year above mentioned before me
Lorrain T Pease Justice of Peace

I certify that Russell Clark who has subscribed & sworn to foregoing disposition is a credible person
Lorrain T Pease Justice of Peace
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Anna Clark
Declaration
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FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Levi Clark was Married to Jane Marshall
March the 3 Day 1795
Lydia Clark was married to Moses Carey
March 25th 1818
Ansel Clark was married To Amanda {Stilbs} May 27 1819
.Annis T Clark was married to Asa B Whitman Sept. 28 1819
Mary Clark was
To Joshua Premes Dec the 18 1824
Almond Clark was married
to Sarah T Griswold Dec 3d 1838
Cornelia Clark was married
to Isaac Roberts April 3rd 1834
Persis A Clark was married
to W.O. Fletcher May 4th 1841-
Almond Clark was married
to Sarah A Loomis. June 16th 1841
[V V]
MARRIAGES.
Lorrain Pease was married to Sarah Marshall May 29th 1809
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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Levi Clark was Born January the 6 Day 1762
Anne Carter was Born Apr the 27 Day 1771
Sarah Marshall was Born December 12th Day 1791
Angel Clark was Born December 6th Day 1795
Lydia Clark was Born April 27th Day 1798
Anne Clark was Born May the 28 day 1800
Persis Clark was Born July the 25th Day 1802
Persis Ann Clark was Born Sept the 15th Day 1802
Eliza G. Clark was born Dec the 30 1805
BIRTHS.
Mary Clark was Born May the 7 day 1809
Cornelia Clark was Born October the 29th Day
1810
Almond Clark was born June the 7 1814
{xxxxx}
William Warren White Born {at} 1820 Oct 17th
Cynthia M. Whitman was born 20th May 1827
Annis T. Clark was Born Aug 30, 1839
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I Persis Ann Fletcher wife of William O. Fletcher of Westfield in the count of Hampden do testify depose & say that I am the daughter of Levi Clark & Anne his wife. That I was present at the decease of said Levi & that he died at Windsor in the county of Hartford & State of Connecticut on the eighth day of September in the year eighteen hundred & thirty two & that the said Anne has ever since that time remained his widow. And I do further testify & say that the annexed paper is a leaf cut from the family Bible of my fathers, that the record of his marriage therein contained is in his hand writing & that I knew of its existence as far back as my memory extends in regard to a fact of that kind, that the Bible in which the record in which the record was contained was kept in the family up to the time of his decease since which time it has been in the possession of my mother the said Anne.

Persis Ann Fletcher
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Hampden ss Jan. 27 1849

Then personally appeared Persis Ann Fletcher to me personally known & whom I certify to be a credible witness made oath in due form of law that the foregoing affidavit by her submission is true.

Before me

N. T. Leonard
Justice of the Peace
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1 Sep 10  $10
8 men       53.33
(total)       $63.33

Monthly Expenses of Guard $63.13
Paid June 11 1781. $1273.33 Where in equal in abt 20 monthly (illegible)
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Levi Clark, Con. act of 7 June 1832 $70.00
To what time was he last paid
GCA

Pension Office
June 16 1849} died 8 Sept 1832 p'd in full
W Tyson
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Springfield Feb 21. 1849-
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
Please forward the certificate in the accompanying case directed
to me at Westfield Mass-
Respectfully yours
N. T. Leonard
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss County Court
August terns 1835

On this 24th day of August 1835 it was duly proved before this court that Joab Griffin Jr before whom the annexed depositions of Luke Viets & David Phelps were taken & sworn ad subscribed and that Lorrain T Pease before whom the annexed deposition of Russell Clark was taken subscribed and sworn were at the time said depositions were respectively taken subscribed & sworn Justice of the Peace for said county of Hartford duly commissioned qualified and empowered to administer oaths in like cases, and it was further proved before said Court that Anna Clark now living in Windsor in the county Hartford and state of Connecticut was at the time of his death the lawful wife and is now the widow of Levi Clark the identical person refered to in the said annexed deposition of Luke Viets, David Phelps and Russell Clark and that said Levi Clark died at said Windsor on the 8th day of September 1832.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 24th day of August 1835.

Philo A Goodwin Clerk of County Court, Hartford Co
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Luke Viets for
Levi Clark
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I Luke Viets of Granby in Hartford County of lawfull age depose and say that in the year AD 1780 Levi Clark was an enlisted soldier in the service of the State of Connecticut under the command of Lieut Elijah Owen and Stationed as a guard at Newgate prison then used as a place of confinement for tares and prisoners committed by authority of the State of Connecticut and of the United States that said Clark was in said service the term of six months and as the deponent verily believes for a longer period Granby  3d of August 1832  Luke Viets

Sworn and Subscribed to this day and year aforesaid before me
              Joab Griffin Justice of Peace

I certify that Luke Viets is a credible witness
Joab Griffin Just. of Peace
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David Phelps for
Levi Clark
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I David Phelps of Simsbury Hartford County and State of Connecticut depose and say that in the month of November 1779 I was drafted into the service of the United States under the command of Capt. Lewis Phelps (my father) Lieut. John Clark and Ensign Aaron Moses the term of service was either two or three months. That Levi Clark was a soldier in said company and served that period. The company was raised to join the army at Horse Neck but were stationed at Stratford and remained there until discharged
Granby August 3d 1832
                                     his
                          David   X   Phelps
                                     mark

Sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid before me Joab Griffin Jus Peace

I certify that David Phelps is a credible witness and (illegible)
Joab Griffin Justice of peace
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State of Connecticut
Comptroller Office
Hartford 18 Aug 1835

I certify that it appears from the "Journals of the Council of Safety" for this State, that sundry votes & resolves were passed by the board, relating to New Gate Prison. The following are some of them viz, under date of July 15th 1776 is the following: "on representation of the Committee of Inspection for Simsbury and others of the dangerous situation of New Gate Prison, and especially since a number of Tory Prisoners are committed there & the great [consensus?] of the people concerning them & that the Keeper is unsafe with his situation &c and requesting liberty for a guard &c considered voted that the overseers of New Gate Prison be advised & directed & are hereby advised & directed to procure & place a guard of two faithful men every night, or more if they shall judge necessary carefully to watch and guard said prisoners, & all the [illegible] thereof" &c,

Also under date of April 14th 1781 "Resolved that B.G. Newbury be & is desired & directed to give necessary orders for drafting a suitable guard at New Gate Prison out of the Militia of his brigade & to continue the same till the rising of the General Assembly in May with or until he has other orders."

Under date July 23rd 1781 is the following viz, "On representation of the overseers of the Prison at New Gate, that they are in necessity of provisions of
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"the meat kind & of salt for the support of the guard & prisoners at said New Gate, Resolved that the committee of Pay Table draw an order" &c

Under date 3d August 1787 "Resolved that Brigadier General Newbury be empowered & directed to detach peremptorily, a sufficient number of men to serve as a guard to the Prison of New Gate from the militia companies of the town of Simsbury provided they cannot be obtained by voluntary enlistment to serve for the time of two months."

Under date September 14th 1781, "Resolved that Brigadier Roger Newbury be & he is hereby requested to reduce the guard at New Gate Prison to the number of eight privates to be under the command of a sergeant until further orders."

Also under date of 31st July 1782, "On application of B.G. Newbury resolved that Mr Ebenezer Barnard deliver to Gen Newbury as overseer of New Gate, such provisions as he shall require as necessary for the support of the guards & prisoners there, taking his receipt to be accountable."

On the journal of the Pay Table, under date June 16th 1781 there is charged to "war" viz "To order on the Treasurer said Lieut Elijah Owen pay roll of guards at New Gate £382.1.2"

Also on the same journal under date Nov 16th 1781 there is charged to war viz "To order on the Treasury pd St John Thrall Pay roll guard at New Gate £91.19.6"
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Also under date July 4th 1783 there is charged to war, viz. "To order on Treasurer Pd Sergt Jonah Moses Pay roll, New Gate guard 1/- of last £37.11.9 and under date July 12th 1783 there is charged to war" To order on Treasurer Pd Sergt Samuel Blodget Pay roll New Gate guard 1/- tax £16.4.8."

There is also a letter from Gov Trumbull to the committee of Pay Table of which the following is a copy:

"Gentle    In a letter from Genl Washington dated 23d March 1777 is this passage - "I am honored with yours of the 8th & 10th inst. the first covering an account of the committee of Simsbury against prisoners who were sent there by my order- there is no part of the charge to be objected against but that of £9.6.0 Said to be for the expense & trouble of the committee themselves. I cannot see how either could have been incurred in so trivial a matter, or if any, that it could have been so large a proportion. However I think the State had better pay what is reasonable & right and make a continental charge of it." Enclosed is the same account, which, first sending the committee of Simsbury for information please to adjust what is reasonable & right and order payment thereof out of the Treasury and charged the same to the continent. I am &c.

Jona'th Trumbull

"The Hon Comm of Pay Table Hartford"

Enclosed in this letter is an account commencing as follows "The following account allowed by the Committee of Safety for the Town of Simsbury to John Viets keeper of New Gate Prison in said Town & others for provisions & other necessary articles of expense to support the prisoners sent
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"From the Continental Army at Roxbury by order of his excellency Gen'l Washington"

The bill exclusive of the charge of the committee
is £18.13.

Gideon Welles Comp. [comptroller]
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                                  Hartford 12 March 1838
Sir
 I enclose once more the papers
in the case of Mrs Anna Clark widow
of Levi Clark dec[illegible]. I believe all the 
requisite forms have now been complied
with agreeable to your instructions and
your early attention is earnestly solicited
to the case as the widow is poor and very
much needs the pitta[illegible] which is fully
due and has been long withheld.  The
certificate can be enclosed to the undersigned
at Hartford Court
                            Respectfully your
                            most obedt Servat [obedient servant]                LT Pease
                             
       

Hon "JL Edwards
Co{illegible] Pensions
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Levi Clark du
Connt
Sus. let S F Pease
June 28 1831
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1146
Anna Clark
Widow
Levi Clark
Priv. Rev. War.
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Hartford July 28 1838

Sir I herewith enclose the unfinished declaration of Levi Clark, the paper spoken of in a conversation I has with you a few days in relation to the application of Anna Clark widow of Levi, for the arrears, which was due to him at his death  It should be recollected that after proceeding thus for in this case it was adjourned for a few days to procure the attendance of a witness there about and that within many times the applicant fell dangerously sick from which suffering the near occasion  I have procured the paper from the person who drew it up I trust it will satisfy you that the whole declaration should be allowed.  The declaration under the circumstances I think you must regard as no less evidence than if he has completed with every formality - I remain with respect upon master obedient servant
L T Pearson

Hon J. L. Edward 
Comm Pension
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To the Hon " JL Edwards Commissioner of Pensions The Petition of Anna Clark of Windsor in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut 
Humbly I herewith that her late husband Levi Clark late of Windsor deceased was a soldier in the Revolutionary War that he served as a private 
and that the whole time of his service was twenty one months [illegible] three months at Stratford in the year 1779 and eighteen months at NewGate Prison during the years 1780 and 1781 as appears by the Depositions of Luke Viets David Phelps & Rupell Clark herewith presented that Levi Clark died on the 8th day of Sept 1832 That your Petitioner was at this time of his death his lawful wife and is now the widow of Levi that in consideration of said service of said Levi she is entitled under the act of Congress dated June 7th 1832 to a pension at the Rate of seventy dollars a year from the 4th of March 1831 to the 8th day of September 1832 the day of the death of said Levi. Your Petitioner therefore prays your honor to enquire into the facts stated in her Petition have finding them true and her a certificate for said Pension & she as in duly bound wife can pray. Dated at Windsor the 20th day of August 1835
         her
Anna x Clark
         mark
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ed to said affidavit is his true and proper and signature
In his testimony whereof I have now unto set my hand and seal of office this day of February in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine
[illegible]

No 321
Anna Clark
wid of Levi Clk

Act 29 July 1848
Married 1795
husband died 1837
[illegible] $70.00
from 4 March 1848

N. T. Leonard
Spring fried
Justice of peace
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State of Massachusetts  )
County of Hampden     )  Ss.
     On this sixth day of February in the year eighteen hundred & forty nine personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the County of Hampden aforesaid Anna Clark now a resident of West Springfield in the County of Hampden aforesaid aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed on the 29th of July 1848 entitled "an act for the relief of certain widows of officers & soldiers of the revolutionary army" granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Levi Clark formerly of Granby in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut & last an inhabitant of Windsor in said County of Hartford who was a soldier of the [illegible] & for the proof of whose services.  The rank he held & the Regiment or Corps in
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in which he served she refers to his declaration & the accompanying proof on file in the War Department Pension office upon which he was pensioned under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, at the rate of seventy dollars per annum, the arrearage of whose pension she drew up to the time of his death being the eighth day of September 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the said Levi Clark at said Granby by Hezekiah Holcomb Esq., a justice of the peace within & for said county of Hartford before the first day of January in the year one thousand & eight hundred [illegible] on the third day of March seventeen hundred & ninety five.  That the said Levi Clark died on the eighth day of September in the year eighteen hundred & thirty two leaving the declarant his widow &
she further declares that she is still a widow&
she further declares that the record hereto appended is her family record & has been in her possession since the decease of her said husband.
       Anne Clark
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Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
       WB Morris Judge of said Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter that the above named applicant is the widow of Levi Clark last a resident of Windsor in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut.  That she intermarried with said Levi on the third day of March in the year seventeen hundred & ninety five & that the said Levi Clark died on the eighth day of September in the year eighteen hundred thirty thus leaving the declarant his widow & that she still remains his widow.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Persis Ann Fletcher who has made the accompanying affidavit is a resident of Westfield in the county of Hampden is a credible person & her statement is entitled to credit.
     I Justice Willard Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Hampden do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
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of Anna Clark for a pension.
And I do also certify that Norman T. Leonard before whom the accompanying affidavit appears to have been taken is a justice of the peace with in & for said County of Hampden duly commissioned & qualified & that the signature to the certificate appended to said affidavit is his true & proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twentieth day of February in the year eighteen hundred & forty nine.
[signature obscured]
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Be it known that I Rhoda Olmstead of Granby in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, aged Seventy three years, hereby depose and say.  That I was born in said Granby (formerly Simsbury) and was married in said town to Timothy Olmstead (now deceased) on the Third day of March AD 1795 by Hezekiah Holcomb, Esq. a Justice of the Peace.  And at the same time, and place, and by the same Hezekiah Holcomb, Esq., Levi Clark of said Granby & Anna Marshall of Windsor in said County, were duly married in my presence.
     Dated at Granby this 3d day of November AD 1848
                     Rhoda Olmstead

State of Connecticut,
     Hartford County Ss. Granby November 3d AD 1848

      Personally appeared Rhoda Olmstead, a very respectable lady, & made oath and in due form of law to the truth of the above certificate subscribed by her before me.
       Charles T. Hillyer Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut.

     I, JOHN B. ROBERTSON, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern:  That Charles T. Hillyer is, and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgement of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
     And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Charles T. Hillyer to be genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 13th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
      John B. Robertson
      Secretary of State.