Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16809, Jonathan Allen, Continental (Vt.) Green Mt. Boys
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Continental (Vt.)  |  Allen, Jonathan  |  W.16809
Green Mt. Boys.   |            Margaret  |
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Sec letter to Hon. S Wright 20,38[illegible]
Oct. 5. 1837 - I[illegible]
Dec. 24th 1837 Albany
Letter to Hon. S. Wright 
3rd Jany 1840 Jonathan Allen
of St Lawrence Co. in the State of N. York
who was a private in the company command by Captain Bronson of the Regiment command
by Colonel Warren in the N. Hampshire
line, for the term of three years,
from May 1775 to November 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of eight Dollars a month to
commence on the 7 day of January 1832
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of January
1832 and sent to William
Ogden Esq, Waddington N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $15.48
Semi-anl. all'ce ending STAMP $15.48
{Revolutionary Claim,
Acts March 18,1818,
and May 1,1820.}
Rec Book D
Vol: 5 [illegible] 59
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21.663
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house in the spring of 1830. This Declarant
further states that he is by occupation a farmer
that in the year 1819 he became totally blind
but afterwards partially recovered - but not so
much as to enable him to perform any labor
That his family consists of his wife aged Seventy
Seven years, who is in poor health, and a grand
child about seven years old - who assists in
the duties of the family - [signed] Jonathan Allen X his mark
Sworn to x declared on the 8th day 
of February 1831 before me 
[signed] J G Hopkins Clerk

I James G Hopkins Clerk of the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York and Clerk of the Circuit Court and the Court of Oyer + Terminer in + for said County do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the said Court that the said Jonathan Allen the above named Declarant  did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy for more than the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment - I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court - And do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifteen dollars. And I further certify that the said Jonathan Allen being unable to write made his mark to the said Declaration in my presence.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of the
said Court this 9th day of February 1831
J G  Hopkins Clerk of
the said Courts of S Lawrence County
[Stamp impression]
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Original Claim
Declaration in order to be placed upon the
Pension List under the act of the 18th of March 1818
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State of New York
St Lawrence County ss: 
On the Eighth day of February 1831 personally appeared in open court being the Circuit Court
and Court of Oyer and Terminer for the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York & being also a court of Record, Jonathan Allen of the town of Madrid in the said County and State aged Seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820. That he the said Jonathan Allen enlisted for the term of three years {overwrite] in the month of May in the year One thousand Seven Hundred and
Seventy five in the now State of Vermont in the
Company commanded by Capt Gideon Bronson
in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Seth
Warner in the line of the State of New Hampshire
on the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in said Corps until the month of November in the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Seven when he was discharged from the Service at Fort Edwards in the State of New York; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the roll of any State and that the following are the reasons for not making an earlier application for a pension.
That Shortly after the passage of the Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 he applied to
Russell Attwater Esquire then one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid to assist him in procuring the provisions of the Act That a Declaration was prepared which this
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Deponent signed and left with the said Attwater
to be forwarded to the proper office - that he was afterwards informed that his application was denied for the want of Sufficient proof of his services - that it was not until about a year since that he was informed that Nathan Berman with
whom he had served during the Revolutionary
War was still alive - and that it was not until
a journey had been undertaken to procure the
affidavit of the said Nathan Berman that he
heard that Samuel Burton was also still alive.
And in pursuance of the Act of first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property
or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" paper on the 18th day
of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any
person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Schedule of property now owned by Jonathan
Allen the above Declarant.
One cow now 6 years old raised by this Declarant from a cow owned by this Declarant on the 18th March 1818 which was killed + consumed in the family of Declarant in the year 1825 That he has not since the 18th March 1818 owned any property other than this cow except his
necessary wearing apparel for himself and wife
which was consumed by the burning of Declarants
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3203 New York 3203
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Margaret Allen
widow of Johnathan Allen [illegible]
a pensioner Act 1818,--
who died on the 17 March 1836
of Lt Lawrence in the State of NY.
who was a private in the company com
by Captain Bronson of the [illegible]
by Col Warner in the N.H. [illegible]
line for 12 months
====
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 17th day of March 1836.
====
Certificates of Pension issued the 30 day of Jany
1840, & sent to Hon Silas
Wright, Jr. and S.U.S.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $138.5
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 40 20.
(Stamp) ====
$158.
====
{Revolutionary [illegible]}
Act July 4, 183
Section the [illegible]
Recorded by D. McCurdy
Book A. Vol. 2. Page
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836
State of New York
Lawrence County

On this twenty seventh day of February 1837 [ illegible] personally appeared before Phineas Attwater a Justice of the Peace in the town of Norfolk in said County of Lawrence.  Margaret Allen, a widow of the Town of Madrid County and State aforesaid, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration to obtain the benefit of the provision by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836: that she is the widow of Jonathan Allen who was a private soldier in the army of the Revolution and served in Colonel Seth Warner's regiment in the spring of 1776 and served until the fall of 1779 in the battle of Bennington and some other battles, be resided in the town of Manchester now State of Vermont at the time he enlisted, this deponent has no documentary evidence in her possession in support of her claim to a pensioner husband the late Jonathan Allen and inscribed on the Pension list roll of the Albany Agency the seventh day of January 1832. and drew his pension until the fourth of March last.  She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Allen in the month of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy in the town of Dover County of Dutchess State of New York by Justice of the Peace at which time no record was kept or required by law, she removed to the town of Manchester State of Vermont in about one year after her marriage that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Allen died on the seventeenth of March 1836, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, and will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written behalf

Phineas Attwater Justice
Margaret  X [her mark] Allen
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State of New York
St. Lawrence County ss.

Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in the county aforesaid  Samuel Allen of Madrid in said County and being duly sworn according to law saith that he is the son of Jonathan and Margeret Allen, that he is sixty four years of age and has lived in the family of his Father & mother and their immediate neighbourhood from his earliest recollection that it was ever understood in the family that they were married in the town of Dover State of New York, and have ever since this deponant and can recollect been together as husband and wife until the time of said Jonathan Allen's death on the 17th day of March 1836 and since that period said Margeret has lived in the family of this deponant and remained a widow.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 8th day of March 1837 and I further certify that sd Samuel Allen is a man of truth and credibility.
Samuel Allen [signature to the right of this certification by]

[signed] Phineas Attwater Justice

State of New York
St Lawrence County ss.

I do hereby certify that Phineas Attwater Eq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purport to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected + sworn and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit purporting to be his are genuine.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 13th day of March 1837
Z.V. Ellis Dep Clk
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June 19, 1940

BA-J/AWF
Jonathan Allen
W. 16809 [initialed]

Rettie A. Fifield
Rockland
Idaho

Dear Madam

Reference is made to your letter in which you
request the Revolutionary War record of Jonathan Allen, whose widow, Margaret, received a pension.

The data furnished herein were obtained from
claim for pension, W. 16809, based upon service of Jonathan Allen in the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of Jonathan Allen,
and names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Manchester, Vermont,
Jonathan Allen enlisted sometime in May, 1775, served as private in Captain Gideon Brownson's company, Colonel Seth Warner's regiment, was in the expedition to Canada, was wounded in the battle of St. John, was in the battles of Hubbardton, Bennington, Saratoga, and was discharged in the fall
of 1777.

He was allowed pension on his application
executed February 8, 1931, at which time he was a resident of Madrid, Saint Lawrence County, New York, aged seventy-eight years.

He died in Madrid, New York, March 17, 1836 (pencil overwrite 36)

Jonathan Allen married in the month of May,
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1770, in Dover, Dutchess County, New York, Margaret Huffout. The date and place of her birth, and names of parents were not given.

The widow, Margaret Allen, was allowed pension on her application executed February 27, 1837, at which time she was living in Madrid, New York, aged eighty-three years.

Their eldest son, Samuel Allen, was sixty-five
years old, in 1837, then living in Madrid, New York. Reference was made to a grandchild aged in 1831, seven years, name not shown.

The papers on file in this claim contain no
further discernable data in regard to family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of
this pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Margaret Allen, you should apply to Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and
furnish the following data:

Margaret Allen, widow of Jonathan Allen
Certificate #3203
Issued January 30, 1840
Rate $40.00 per annum
Commenced March 17, 1836
Act of July 4, 1836
New York Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[far right]
Hon. J.A.
M.B.H
Mrs. Louise M.
L.M.

[center]

Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 16809
Margaret Allen
widow of
Jonathan Allen
Pri Rev War

Act: July 4th 36
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 10
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[left side of page]

1905, Dec. 18, history to Knowland
1907 Oct. 12 Hist. to Dixon. v
1914. Sept. 26: History to Mrs. Flora B Aldrich.  MBH

1916 Jay 22 Hist. to Viola R. Cameron 
[initials V.L.W.]

1917 Photostat copies of 2 pages paid for [illegible] reed. in person at the Bureau by Viola Root Cameron. Feb. 28, 1917.  
[initials aw]

1938. Nov. 2 History to Mrs. W. Ludwig 
[initials wy]

1940 -  March 22 - hist. to Mrs. Amorett A. Fairfield
[initials wy]

1940 - April 20 - Hist to Dorothey Hadlock 
[initials wy]

1940 - June 19 - hist to Rettie A. Firlield 
[initials wy]
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1633

Margaret Allen wid. of Jon 
NYork

Act July 4 1836
Married 1770
died 17 March 1836

Allen 12m serv.
Cap Bronson  [Le?}
Warner [illegible]
$40 per anm

Hon Silas Wright
U.S.S
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Revolutionary Claims
The Hon,le Lewis Cass
Secy of War
Washington
Waddington, NY.
1 Oct
Feb with Troops c[illegible]s
Sept Cor[illegible] 11 Oct, 1831
Letter of recom: recd
from Hon. W.
Hogan H.R.
Jan. 7. 1832
(Enter this letter)
pen: to com. Jan. 7. 1832
Send Cert: to Mr. Ogden
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2 New York
 Margaret Allen 
Susp?
Let. to Phineas Att 
18 Aug 1837 - do. id
Hon. S. Wright,  Oct. 
5. 1837 - same, Dec. 2, '3
also Dec. 5. 1837-
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Suspended
Lec lęt to Phineas Attwater.
July 23, 1838
do to Hon. S Wright Sen. U.S.
Jan, 2. 1839

4 July '36
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Letters to Hon. Silas Wright
12 Sep 1840
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Ph at.

Hon. Silas Wright Jun
Report to 
Phineas Attwater
Norfolk,
St. Lawrence Co.
New York
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Hon. Silas Wright Jun
Dear Sir
I recvd from you, Mr Edwards letter in Dec last requiring further evidence in the case of Mrs Allen of the service rendered by her husband as
a revolutionary soldier, her son Samuel Allen has since that time been making inquiries to obtain the evidence required, sickness in his family & loss of his wife has occasioned delay, he has recently been into lower Canada and procured Amos McIntire whose affdt is in [illegible] of Bemus, Allen thinks Mr Spencer our member of Congress is acquainted with Beman and will sustain his character for truth and veracity. - he has been unable to find any other witnesses & desired me to forward these papers & request you to submit them to Mr Edwards that his mothers application might be further examined - 
very respectfully your
obt serv
Phineas Attwater
Norfolk 
St Lawrence County
New York
Norfolk July 3d 1838 -
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State of New York
County of Franklin 
Nathan Beman of the Town of Chateaugay County and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law testifyeth and saith that he is of the age of eighty three years, that he served seven years in the war of the revolution that he draws a pension from the government of the United States under the Act of 1818 - that in the spring of the year 1775 he resided with his Father in the Town of Shoreham now in the State of Vermont, that in May of that year Col Ethan Allen called at his Fathers house and wished to obtain a guide to conduct him & his troops with the fort of Ticonderoga that this deponent was then about nineteen years of age that with the consent of his Father he agreed to become the guide to Col Allen, as he had been in the habit of visiting that fortress almost daily he knew of a part of the wall in which the troops could pass without
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difficulty. Col. Allen was successful in his expedition - Immediately after this transaction the Father of this deponant removed his family to Manchester now Sate of Vermont, at which plan Jonathan Allen formerly the husband of Margeret Allen resided this deponant had previously to this time been acquainted with the sd Allen and his family - The same season or the spring following and this deponant confidently believes it was the same season and soon after their arrival at Manchester Gideon Bronson acting in the capacity of a Captain enlisted a part of a company in sd town to serve in the war with Great Brittain whither sd Bronson was acting under the authority of the State or United States this deponant does not know, that this deponant and the aforesaid Jonathan Allen did then enlist with the company of Capt Bronson, that soon after said enlistment said company was ordered to repair to Bennington now State of Vermont. This deponant & the said Jonathan Allen did repair to Bennington, where Seth Warner was in command in capacity of Colonel, but had no personal knowledge that either had at that time a commission from Congress, but believed that Col Warner had -
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authority to raise a Regiment This Deponant has a clear recollection of having served a  commission to Capt Gideon Bronson from Congress shown to him by the waiter of Capt Bronson at a subsequent period, while he was in service and under the command of sd Bronson - This deponant recollects that himself and the sd Jonathan Allen were transferred and served under several Captains while in service together - that they both marched into Canada under the command of Col Seth Warner but does not recollect the name of the Captain which commanded their company. They were both in the battle at Longueil, the season being advanced Col Warners Regt was ordered back - In the latter part of the winter 1776 this deponant and the said Allen were ordered into Canada to join the army of Montgomery under the command of Col Seth Warner, starting from Bennington they proceeded as far as Three Rivers in Lower Canada, the company to which they belonged returned before the main body of the Regt which proceeded farther down the river, this deponant became separated from sd Allen, and the next time he saw him was him was at Skenesborough he thinks in the fall where this deponant was
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stationed, the said Jonathan Allen arrived there acting as Corporal with two or three batteau having prisioners, which he delivered over to Capt Allen who commanded that post - The sd Jonathan Allen wished to obtain a furlow to visit his family. this deponant with one Robert went with him to the Capt to solict the furlow which was obtained, the Capt was called old strait hair by the men - In the summer of 1777 this deponant and Jonathan Allen were at Ticonderoga in Capt Gideon Bronsons company Col Seth Warner their Colonel, and when the Fort was evacuated they retreated through Orwell to Hubberton when they were overtaken by the enemy and had severe engagement. This deponant knows that the sd Allen participated in said engagement after which they proceeded to Manchester In August following their Regt was ordered to Bennington, immediately on their arrival at that plan a battle was fought in which Gen Stark commanded the sd Allen was in this battle - soon after this our Regt was ordered to join the army of Gen Gates
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the said Allen and this deponant was both present at the capture of Gen Burgoyne & his army, and participated in the fighting previous to his surrender - This deponant knows that the sd Allen was in service after this period, but does not know that with sufficient clearness at this time to state definitely what service he performed. This deponant from the infirmities of age has his faculties impaired and cannot relate many incidents that transpired in the service with the sd Jonathan Allen but has a clear recollection of the prominent events heretofore dated - This deponant has no hesitation in saying that the said Jonathan Allen served in the army of the revolution at least two years with him and believes a much longer period -  This deponant does not at this time know of any living witness except Amos McIntire that could testify to
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the service of Jonathan Allen - - 
Sworn and subscribed before
me this twentieth day of December 1838 and I certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Beman and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity - - [signed] Henry B. Smith Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Franklin County ss.
I Uriah D Meeker Clerk of Franklin County do hereby certify that Henry B. Smith Esquire whose name is subscribed to the above Jurat ,was on the day of the date then of a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and a resident of the town of Chateaugay that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that the signature is genuine and I further certify that I have been acquainted with the said Nathan Beman for several years, and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity. Given under my hand and the seal of said County the 21st day of Decb 1838 [signed] U. D. Meeker Clerk
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I certify that I am acquainted with
Nathan Beman revolutionary sould-
ier and do believe him to be a
man of truth and veracity-
Malone December 21st 1838 -
Guy Meys
Sheriff of
Franklin County
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The Hon l Lewis Cass
Sec.y at War
Washington
Sir
I have the honor to enclose to you the papers in the case of Jonathan Allen with the addition of Amos McIntyre Afft as to his enlistment
in service, which I trust will be satisfactory.

Allan having made an application in 1818 as appears by his Declaration. I respectfully suggest to you whether he will not entitled to back pay. It appears to me it is a fair claim against the Government and I am informed has been allowed in several instances.
With great respect
Yr Obt Srvt
[signed] Willm Ogden
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The Hon l Lewis Cass
Sec.y at War
Washington
Sir
I have the honor to
enclose to you the papers in the case of Jonathan Allen with
the addition of Amos McIntyre Afft as to his enlistment
in service, which I trust will be satisfactory.

Allan having made an application in
1818 as appears by his Declaration. I respectfully suggest to you
whether he will not entitled to back pay. It appears to me
it is a fair claim against the Government and I am informed
has been allowed in sworn instances.
With great respect
[illegible]
[illegible]
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Waddington St Lawrence County New York
December 21st 1831
The Honble Lewis Cass
Sir
I have the Honor to acknowledge the Receipt of a Letter from the Pension Office under date of the 11th Oct last apprizing me that by a Regulation of the Department no Papers in relation to Business with the Office sent by an Agent would be attended to [illegible] the Agent was known at the Office or recommended by some Person who was Known to the Department.
Fully sensible of the propriety of such a Regulation, and having every wish to assist the Department in the prevention and detection of frauds I beg lean to remark that I would not have addressed the Department on behalf of another Person had I been aware of the exertion of such a Regulation and at the same time my regret that not having seen it in the papers I should have caused the trouble of a Special Communication.
Secretary of War
Washington
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I do not know of any Person in my immediate vicinity who is known to the Deponent, but have written to my Friend William Hogan Esq of the House of Representatives who will call and file the necessary Voucher - I would also refer the Department to my [illegible] David B + Thomas G Ogden who will be in Washington this Winter
Craving reference to any [illegible]
I have this Honor
to be
[signed] [illegible]
Yr obt srvnt
[signed] Willm Ogden.
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Washington 29 Dec. 1838
J. L. Edwards Edq.
Commr of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
I send you enclosed here with some additional evidence in relation to the application of Margaret Allen for a pension. The case has been several times previously before you, and as it was for a time, confounded with some other application of a widow whose husband has the same names. I will request you to refer to your last letter written to me in relation to this case, which will bring the subject again fresh to your recollection. I have not the letter, but I think it must have been written as late as March last, and perhaps later. I send you also, with the papers, the letters of Mr. Attwater, the attorney of Mrs. Allen, or rather of her son Samuel Allen, to me, as he reasons the case some what and states some facts in relation to one of the witnesses. If it would be useful I would get and send to you the Certificate of Judge Spencer of the House of Representatives, as to the Character of Beman for truth; that is if he will certify it, which part I do not know, as I have not seen him.
To one of your objections, I remember, was that the testimony showed that Mr. Allen belonged to Col. Warners regiment in 1775 while your records show that he was not commissioned as a Col. till 1776. I will take the liberty to mention that, while reading the late life of the celebrated Indian Chief, Joseph Brant, written and published by Col. Stone of New York, during one late vacation, I noticed that he states that "Col. Warner" was at the taking of Ticonderoga under Genl Allen in 1775 and as a Col of Vermont Troops.  I think he mentions the Christian name of Col. Warner, and if my memory serves me he calls it 'Seth". In any event it struck me as being the same man of whom you spoke in your letter to me in this case. So it not true that the same Col. Warner of whom you speak was in service acting as a Col. before he was commissioned in the line of the Army? My impression is that history will prove this to bear
Most Truly Yours
Silas Wright Jr.
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V 1633
Margaret Allen
widow of Jonathan
N. York
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Norfolk Sept 1 1837
Hon. Silas Wright
Sirs
As you allowed me to call your attention to the application of Mrs Margeret Allen for a pension, I have taken the liberty to enclose her first declaration which Mr Edward has required to be forwarded, before they enter into an examination of her papers, will you be kind enough to present this declaration in the Pension Office and give such information as you profess in the premier, The second declaration taken before Judge Jenison is considered supplemental to the first, it was not so intended but made without reference to the first. You concluded that there must have been two pensioners of the name of Jonathan Allen and that this case examined was not the husband of Margeret Allen. The only defect in the evidence regards the celebration of marriage which cannot be remedied as we know of living witnesses, and you are aware that there has not until within few years in this State been any record required by law.
very respectfully
your obt servt
Phineas Attwater
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Washington 30 Sept. 1837
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
I send you a paper in relation to the case of Margaret Allen who claims a pension as the husband of Jonathan Allen. I send also the letter of Mr. Attwater to use, as it may serve to explain a mistake in a former examination of this case. You wrote to Mr. Attwater upon the subject and your letter to him was shown to me by a son of Mr. Allen, a most respectable citizen of the Town of Madrid. He assures us that your letter referred to services wholly different from those performed by his father, and in entirely different Regiments and Companies of the Army of the Revolution. He also says the female witness named in your letter is not the name of any witness who has given testimony in relation to the claim of his mother. My conclusion therefore was that there must be two pensioners by the name of Jonathan Allen, that applications on behalf of widows must be before the department in both, and that they have, in some way been confounded. Mr. Attwater ought to have sent me your letter that your reference to it might have been made easy, but he has not done so. Still I suppose your letter Book will enable you to refer to it, and that a comparison of it with the papers in this case, as with the original declaration of this Jonathan Allen will show the mistake.
Will you have this case examined, if consistent with your other arduous duties, so as to let me hear from you
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before the adjournment of our present session?
I am very respectfully
Your obdt servt
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Hon Silas Wright Jr
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Norfolk. Dec 22 1838
Hon Silas Wright Jr=
December
Mr Samuel Allen during the past summer has been diligent in search of more witnesses to prove his Fathers services as a Revolutionary Soldier, but has not been able to discover any, and can conclude there is none living but Beman & McIntire. I think that if credit is to be given to Beman there is sufficient proof to establish Allens claim to a pension - I  went to take the Affdt of Beman and found him a more intelligent man that is usually found among that class of our citizens, in Franklin County he is highly respected - The Commissioner of Pensions objected to him as stating facts inconsistent with history, that is, that Allen enlisted in 1775 under Bronson as Capt & Warner as Col. when neither were commissioned as such until July 1776, that he had full coll of Bronsons Company for 1777 & that neither Allen's nor Bermans name were on those rolls This I think is susecptable of an explanation, as there is no doubt that Warner raised a Regt in 1775 and rendered important service to the Country, that our revolutionary army was not fully organized for several years after the commencement of hostilities, and more were transferred from our command to annother, there not being sufficient members to keep up a regular organization of Companies
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I am informed that our member of Congress Judge Spencer is personally acquainted with Beman - and testimony can be furnished if required that Allen had at some time, end a wound in his leg that never became perfectly sound - Mr. Allen is constrained to trouble you again with his papers and wishes you to deliver them to Mr Edwards, and if you can and him in this application he will save himself undo great obligations - 
very respectfully your  Obt Servt [signed] Phineas Attwater
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State of New York
St Lawrence County ss
Thomas Kingsbury aged eighty four years, of Norfolk County and State aforesaid being duly sworn according to law - saith that he resided in the Town of Dorset State of Vermont in the year 1775 that he was well acquainted with Capt Gideon Bronson who had command of a company in the Town of Manchester in the Spring of 1775 when this deponant became acquainted with Jonathan Allen who was then a soldier under sd Bronsons command, and resided in sd town - this deponant recollects of seeing said Jonathan Allen the next time in the face of same year at Bennington State of Vermont in service as a soldier he next met with sd Jonathan Allen in the town of Manchester aforesaid in the face of the the year 1776 he understood Allen was then a soldier of the revolutionary army - after this period this deponant was attached to the army on Long Island and in the State of Connecticut and has no recollection of meeting with sd Allen - [signed] X Thomas Kingsbury his mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this 28th day of January 1839 and I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Thomas Kingsbury and believe him to be a man of truth & veracity and at this time to infirm to write his name but in profession of his mental faculties.
[signed] Roswell Hutchins Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
St Lawrence County ss.
I Alvin C Low Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Roswell Hutchins Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly elected and qualified: And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 2nd April 1839
[signed] A C Low Clk
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Jan 27, 1840
Free
Silas Wright Jr.
Hon. Silas Wright Jr.
Senate US.
Col. H. H. Sylvester
Pension Office
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Washington 24 Jany. 1840
My Dear Sir,
It is an old saying that one good turn deserves another, and you will think I act upon it. Yet as you saved me so much labour and produced so good a result in the case of Mrs. Low, I am constrained to ask you to look up the papers named in the enclosed letter and to give these such an examination as will enable me to reply to my correspondent. There has been a singular confusion at the office about this case, and I believe the reason is that there have been two or more widows, claiming, and I suppose correctly to be the widows of soldiers of the same name. I mention this that you may not be mislead, and also because you may fall upon some of the correspondence which will involve the difficulties thus encountered.
Do not let me trespass upon your official duties, or urge you to do what is improper, but if you can enlighten me about the case without too much inconvenience and properly with your other duties, you will greatly oblige
Your Very Respectful
And obedt. Servt.
Silas Wright Jr.
Col. H.H. Sylvester
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Jon. Allen-- Dec - A. 17 Mar 36  [illegible] '70
May 1775 - 3 yr Gd Bronson. Seth Warner
dischd fall 1777
Nathan Beaman __  wit ___ name or Bronson [illegible] Jun '77 fa 3 ys.
Sp '75 March'd [illegible] Canada ---
Sum 77 Allen Beaman war [illegible]
Amo McIntire. wit. doe not [illegible] that he wa in [illegible] at all
Sam Burton _ not a soldier
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Canton 5 Sept 1840
My Dear Sir,
I find among my papers the enclosed affidavits connected with the pension application of a Mrs. Allen with which I have had something to do for a year or two past. I do not know how I came to retain these papers, but suspect they must have been returned to me by my request and that I have, by mistake, neglected to re-deliver them at the office.
A certificate was issued in her favor last winter, and my only object now is to place these papers upon your files with the others in her case, as they may possibly be of use hereafter
In Great Haste
I am Truly Yours
Silas Wright Jr.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Comd. of Pensions
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836
State of New York
St Lawrence County ss
On this twenty eight day of July 1837 personally appeared before Minet Jenison one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of St Lawrence aforesaid, Margeret Allen, a resident of the Town of Madrid County and State aforesaid, aged eighty three 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Jonathan Allen Deceased, who was a private soldier in the army of the Revolution, that he enlisted in Capt Bronsons Company, Col. Seth Warners regiment at Manchester State of Vermont in the spring of 1775 and served more that three years, was in the battle of Bennington, and several other battles during the war this deponant went with her husband from Manchester to Bennington supposing the enemy would pass through Manchester but took a different rout. her husband was with the army at St Johns Lower Canada. This deponant has no documentary evidence in support of her claim except the pension certificate of her late husband, who was inscribed on the Pension list coll of the Albany Agency on the 7th day of January 1832. and recorded in book D. Vol 5 page 59.
She further declares that her name was Margeret Huffcut before her marriage, that she was married to the said Jonathan Allen in the month of May 1770. by Conrad Vinegar a Justice of the Peace, in the Town of Dover County of Dutchess State of New York. and that her husband, the aforesaid Jonathan Allen died on the 17th day of March 1836. and that she has remained a
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widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, this deponant has heard that sd Conrad Vineger Esqr was dead which she believes as he was much older than this deponant. and she knows of no living witness to the marriage and no record was kept or required by law at the time in the State. The parts in relation to the enlistment and service of the sd Jonathan Allen as above stated this deponant obtained from him, at the time or about the time they transpired. [signed] X her mark Margeret Allen
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before [signed] Minet Jenison Judge of the St Lawrence Co Courts
I hereby certify that from the advanced age and infirmity of Margeret Allen assertained by a personal examination, and the oath of a witness, that I consider her unable to attend at Canton the place where all the Courts of record in the County of St Lawrence convene for business.
[signed] Minet Jenison Judge of St Lawrence Co Courts
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State of New York
St Lawrence County ss.
Thomas Kingsbury being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he was acquainted personally with Jonathan Allen and Margeret Allen in the Town of Manchester State of Vermont in the year 1780 that they then lived together as husband and wife and this deponant has known them from that period until the death of Jonathan Allen who died in the Town of Madrid Co of St Lawrence, that during the whole time of his acquaintance they lived as husband & wife.
This deponant became acquainted with Samuel Allen son of Jonathan & Margeret Allen in the County of St Lawrence in the year 1801 and has known him until the present time, and believes that he is more than sixty years of age - and knows that he is considered by his neighbours as a man of at best sixty years of age [signed] Tho. Kingsbury
Sworn and subscribed before me the eighth day of November 1837 -
[signed] Phineas Attwater Justice of the Peace
State of New York
St Lawrence County
Russell Attwater being duly sworn saith that he became acquainted with Samuel Allen who resided in the Town of Madrid Co St Lawrence New York about thirty years ago and has had personal acquaintance with him from that time to this, that he is the reported son of Jonathan Allen whom he knew from about 1807 until the period of his death 1836 this deponant believes, and has no doubt that Samuel Allen son of Jonathan Allen is more that sixty years of age and he is generally reported to be of that age with his neighbours - - [signed] Russell Attwater
Sworn and subscribed before me this 11th November 1837 [signed] Phineas Attwater Justice
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State of New York
St Lawrence County ss.
I Alvin C Low Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Phineas Attwater Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits of Thomas Kingsbury and Russell Attwater purports to have been made was at the time of taking the said affidavits a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly elected and sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signatures to the said affidavits purporting to be his and genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 17th day of November 1837
[signed] A C Low Clk
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Declaration 1633
Margaret Allen
widow of Jonathan Allen - -
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State of New York
St Lawrence County ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Coun. that of the County of State aforesaid Samuel Allen of Madrid in sd County, and being duly sworn according to law saith that he is the son of Jonathan and Margeret Allen. that his is sixty four years of age, and has lived in the family of his Father and Mother and their immediate neighbourhood from his earliest  recollection, and that if was understood in the family that they were married in the Town of Dover State of New York, and have ever since this deponant can recollect can recollect have lived together as husband and wife, until the time of said Jonathan Allens death, which took place on the 17th day of March 1836. and since that period said Margeret has lived in the family of this deponant, and remains a widow [signed] Samuel Allen
Sworn and subscribed before the subscriber this 20th day of July 1837. And I certify that I am acquainted with Samuel Allen and consider him a man of truth and credibility.
[signed] Minet Jenison Judge of of St Lawrence Co Courts
State of New York
St Lawrence County ss.
I Alvin C Low Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Minet Jenison Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been made and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of taking the said affidavits a Judge of the County Courts in  + for the said County duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge + verily believe that the signatures to the said affidavits + certificates purporting to be his are genuine Given under my hand and seal of Office this 29. July 1837 [signed] A C Low Clk
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State of New York
County of Franklin
Amos Mcintire being duly sworn before Henry B. Smith Esqr One of the Justices of the peace in the said county of Franklin makes oath and says that he was acquainted with Jonathan Allen the husband of Margret Allen who was a revolutionary souldier that this deponent was a boy fourteen years of age at the time the said Jonathan Allen entered the service, that he often saw Jonathan Allen during the war of the revolution that he was near neighbor to the family of the said Jonathan Allen and often saw him during the war when he occasionally visited his family, this deponent was within hearing of the guns at the battle of Bennington and saw some days after the said Jonathan Allen who related to him the particulars of that action this deponent knows that in 1776 and 1777 the said Jonathan Allen belonged to the United States service and he thinks also in 1775, that in seventeen hundred and seventy six the said Jonathan Allen came home to his residence in Manchester and stade some weeks from indisposition from an injury accidentaly received in his groins and that this deponent accompanied him back to the Army which then lay at Saratoga for the purpose of taking his horse back to his
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family that he then belonged to Col. Warners regiment Gideon Bronsons company this deponent further says he was acquainted with the said Allen during the war of the revolution and since that time until his dicease and has often heard him relate many of the particulars of the war this deponent says he has heard the said Allen say he was discharged at Saratoga
[signed] Amos McIntire
Taken and sworn before me this 29th day of June A.D. 1838 - Henry B. Smith Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that Amos McIntire the person who made the above affidavit is a man of truth and veracity - 
Chateaugay June 29th 1838 [signed] Henry B. Smith Justice of the peace
State of New York
Franklin County ss.
I Uriah D. Meeker Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Henry B. Smith Esqr. whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate and before whom the written affidavit was made as a Justice of the peace is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and that the signature "Henry B. Smith Justice of the Peace" above written I verily believe to be his hand writing
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 29. day of June 1838
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State of New York
Clinton County ss.
John Roberts, now a resident of the Town of Plattsburgh, N.Y. being duly sworn, deposeth + saith that he the Deponent will be eighty years of age on the fourth day of October next  (if he should live) 
At the breaking out of the Revolution he lived in Manchester, Vermont + there he became acquainted with Jonathan Allen, the same man whose widow is now applying for a pension.
The said Allen's family lived about three miles from Deponent's father, + very well remembers that the said Allen was engaged in the Revolutionary service. That the said Allen served to the best of his knowledge memory, at least a year + a half or two years. Knows that the said Allen was at Ticonderoga + saw him there several times under arms. Deponent remembers Capt Gideon Brunson of Col Warner's Regiment + was at the taking of Burgoyne. Deponent belonged to Brunson's Company enlisted after the taking of Burgoyne. He thinks in the winger of 78 or it might have been in 79, Deponent cannot remember whether Jonathan Allen was in the company of Brunson after he joined it or not does not remember that he was Seth Warner was always called a Colonel
Deponent has no doubt from information derived from various sources that the said Allen was in Warner's Regiment during the revolution but thinks it must have been before the Deponent joined the Regiment.
He Roberts alluded to in the affidavit of Nathan Beman as having been at Whitehall must have been Deponents brother Peter
Deponent very well remembers that Nathan Beman served under Warner =
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OFFICIAL SIGNATURE OF THE MAGISTRATE,
03
STATE OF NEW YORK
County of Clinton, ss.
I Smith Mead, Clerk of the County of Clinton, do hereby certify that George Moore is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission is dated on the Eighth day of March 1837 and that his signature to the annexed Instrument is genuine. Given under my hand and official seal of said County, the 27th day of February 1839. [signed] Smith Mead CLERK.
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Further this Deponent saith not [signed] John Roberts
Sworn & Subscribed this 11th day of February 1839 before me + I certify the deponent to be a credible witness [signed] George Moore Justice of the Peace
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A Roberts
Affidavit
20 July 1837
Marrige
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State of New York
St Lawrence County ss.
On this Twentyth day of July 1837 personally Appeared before me Alfred Colburn a Justice of the Peace in the Town of Massena in the County of St Lawrence Aforesaid Abraham Roberts a Resident of the Town of Massena Aforesaid Who being first Duly Sworn according to Law doth Depose and say that he knew Jonathan Allen and Margaret his wife in the year 1773 or in the year 1774 and knew they then lived together as husband and wife and has since been Well Acquainted with them the whole time Since until the said Jonathan Allen Died [signed] Abm Roberts
Sworn & Subscribed this 20th day of July 1837 before me [signed] A Colburn Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well Acquainted with the Deponent Abm Roberts that for truth & veracity he may be Relied on 
Massena 20 July 1837 [signed] A Colburn J.P.
State of New York
St Lawrence County ss.
I Alvin C Low Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Alfred Colburn before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been made and whose name is subscribed to the above certificate in as at the time of taking the said affidavit and on the day of the date of said certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly elected and sworn And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signatures to the said affidavit and certificate purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 17th day of November 1837 [signed] A C Low Clk
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In the matter of Jonathan Allen
Amos McIntyres Afft
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State of New York
Franklin County ss.
I Abel Willson Clerk of the county of Franklin aforesaid do hereby certify that Alanson Carpenter Esquire before whom the within affidavit purpose to have been taken was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Franklin duly declare + sworn and according in the county aforesaid - And further state I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name [illegible] subscribed is his proper hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand and seal of affix this 29th day of September 1831 [signed] A. Willson Clerk
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State of New York
Franklin County ss.
Amos Mcintire of the Town of Chateaugay in the county afforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been well acquainted with Jonathan Allen now of Madrid in the County of St Lawrence and State of afforesaid from his earlist youth having resided in the same Town with him in Vermont previous to the revolutionary war. that he was present at the Enlistment of the said Jonathan Allen at Manchester in the now State of Vermont now - in or about the month of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five that he enlisted in Captain Gideon Bronsons Company in Colonel Seth Warners regiment in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment that said Allen was at the battle of St Johns on Lake Champlain and was wounded in that or some other engagement that season and this deponent further saith that the said Jonathan Allen remained in the same company until the fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven when he was discharged with the greater part of Warners regiment at fort Edward
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in the State of New York this deponent thinks the said Allen was discharged in the month of November of the year last mentioned [signed] X Amos Mcintire his mark
Subscribed and sworn before me the 29th day of September 1831 and I do further certify the deponent is a man of truth and veracity - [signed Alanson Carpenter Justice Peace
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State of New York
County of Franklin ss.
On this twenty second day of July one thousand eight-hundred and thirty seven personly came before me Henry B. Smith Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Franklin Nathan Beman revolutionary souldier who being sworn according to Law makes oath and says that he has been for many years proper acquainted with Jonathan Allen a revolutionary souldier who is now deceased - that the said Jonathan Allen inlisted in Capt. Gideon Bronsons Company Colonel Seth Warners regiment that this deponent inlisted in the same company and regiment with the said Jonathan Allen in Manchester now called Vt. State - that the said Jonathan Allen inlisted as afforsaid in seventeen hundred and seventy five and served in the same company and regiment for three years and more, that this deponent was acquainted with the said Jonathan Allen previous to his inlistment and also previous to his marriage and further this deponent says that the said Jonathan Allen was married to Margaret Huffcut in the town of Dover in the County of Dutchess State of New York in the year seventeen hundred and seventy that from the time of his said marriage this deponents acquaintence has unseasing by continued with the said Jonathan Allen and Margeret  - his wife until the death of
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the said Jonathan Allen which [illegible] at Madrid in the County of St Lawrence State of New York in March one thousand Eight-hundred and thirty six this deponent further says that from the time of the marriage of the said Jonathan Allen until his diceas he constantly resided with Margaret his present widow, that this deponent was living within a very short distence of the said Jonathan Allen at the time of the birth of their edest-son Samuel in the Town of Manchester Vt afforsaid. that the widow of the said Jonathan Allen resides with her afforsaid son Samuel at his residence in Madrid Co. of St Lawrence and that the deponent knowes her to be the genuine and real relict of the said Jonathan deceased -
1837 [signed] Henry B. Smith Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Beman who has subscribed to the above affidavit and so believe him to be a man of truth, and whoes veracity may be relied on -
[signed] Henry B Smith Justice of the Peace
[side]Nathan Bemans Affidavit
State of New York
Franklin County ss.
I Uriah D. Meeken of said county do hereby certify that Henry B. Smith Esquire whose name is above written is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and sworn that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and that I verily believe his signature above written is the genuine handwriting of the said Justice given under my hand and the seal of said County this 22d day of July 1837 [signed] U. D. Meeken Clerk
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State of New York
Franklin County ss.
Samuel Burton of the town of Malone in the County of Franklin being duly sworn doth depose + say That he has been and acquainted with Jonathan Allen formerly of the town of Manchester in the State of Vermont, now of the town of Madrid in the County of St Lawrence + State of New York that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred + seventy five + seventy six, + several years previous he lived near neighbor to the said Jonathan, that according to the best knowledge of this deponent. the said Jonathan as listed in the army of the United States in one of those years that, he was also well acquainted with Capt. Gideon Bronson, that Capt. Brownson raised a Company in the said town of Manchester, that from the best recollection of this Deponent the said Jonathan enlisted in Capt. Brownsons Company, which was attached to Col. Seth Warners Regt in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment - [signed] Samuel Burton
Subscribed + sworn before me the 5th Day of Feby. A.D. 1831, "I do further certify that the words in one of those years" [illegible] contained before signed, + that the Deponent is a man of truth + veracity -
[signed] John D. Miles Justice of the Peace
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State of New York I do hereby certify
Clerks Certificate
State of New York
Franklin County ss.
I do hereby certify that John D. Miles before whom the foregoing affidavit was take and subscribed thereto was on the day of the date of said appearance a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin duly appointed and sworn and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature of John D Miles subscribed thereto is genuine
In testamony whereof I have henceunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this 28th day of September 1831
[signed] R Hawley Dept Clerk
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State of New York
Franklin County ss.
Nathan Beman of the Town of Chateaugay in the County aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been well acquainted with Jonathan Allen now of Madrid in the County of St Lawrence and State aforesaid from his Earlier Youth having resided in the same Town with him in Vermont previous to the Revolutionary War - That he was present at the Enlistment of the said Jonathan Allen at Manchester in the now State of Vermont in or about the month of May in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Five - That he Enlisted in Captain Gideon Bronsons Company in Colonel Seth Warners Regiment in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment  - That the said Allen was at the Battle of St Johns on Lake Champlain and was wounded in that or some other Engagement that Season.
And this Deponent further saith that the said Jonathan Allen remained in the same Company - until the fall of the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven  when he was discharged with the greater part of Warners Regiment at Fort Edward - in the State of New York - this deponent thinks the said Allen was discharged in the Month of November of the Year last mentioned [signed] Nathan Beman
Subscribed + sworn before me John D. Miles, Justice of the Peace this 5th day of February 1831 - and I do further certify that the Deponent is a man of Truth + veracity - 
[signed] John D. Miles Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Franklin County ss.
I do hereby certify that John D. Miles before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken and subscribed thereto was on the day of the date of the said affidavits a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Franklin duly appointed swore and according in the said county and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of this said Justice and verily believe that the signature of John D. Miles subscribed thereto is genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this fifth day of February 1831 -
[signed] A. Willson Clerk of the County of Franklin
[side] In the matter of Jonathan Allen
Nathan Beman Afft. -
Samuelo Bartons Afft.
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State of New York
County of Franklin ss.
Amos McIntire of the town of Chateaugay County and State aforsaid, being duly sworn according to law testifieth and saith, that he was well acquainted with Jonathan Allen Decesd the husband of Margaret Allen in 1775 and has been acquainted with him from that time until a few years past, that this deponent resided in the Town of Manchester in the now State of Vt near the residence of the said Allen and knows that Allen enlisted in the company of Capt Gideon Bronson in the summer of 1775 or 1778, that sd Allen was from home most of the time for three years in the service of his cuntry - this deponent during the period of three years or more, resided in the family of the sd Allen in the capasity of hired help, that during that time Allen several times came home, or as he said, a period of a temporary absence - that he is knowing on several occasions of his purforming duty as a souldier of the revolution that he was him while the regiment of Col. Warner quaterd at Manchester Vt, and that he performed the duties of a souldier while there, that when the Troops was ordered from Manchester to join Col. Starkes or Gen Starkes at Bennington this deponent saw him march off with them. This deponent knows that the said Allen came from Canada with a wound upon his leg which he says he received at Longueil or St Johns and after staying some days returned to the duties of camp as this deponent was
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informed and does himself believe the father of this deponent Benjamin McIntire served as a minute man, so called at the time and in discharging his duties as such said he was frequently associated with the regular service. That his father was a sergent, and that he has both before and since the war of the revolution frequently heard his father mention the service of the sd Allen and that it was a matter of public notariety among the neighbors and acquaintances of the said Allen that he was a revolutionary souldier - 
Taken and sworn before me this twentieth day of December 1838 and I do certify that Amos McIntyre who has subscribed the above affidavit is a man of Truth and veracity [signed] Henry B. Smith Justice of the Peace
[signed] Amos McIntyre his mark X
State of New York
Franklin County ss.
I Uriah D. Meeker Clerk of Franklin County do hereby certify that Henry B. Smith Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the above affidavit was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and Sworn, and a resident of the town of Chateaugay that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Said Justice, and verily believe his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County this 21st day of December 1838
[signed] U. D. Meeker Clerk
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State of New York
County of Franklin ss.
Nathan Beman of the Town of Chateaugay in the County of Franklin and State of New York, being duly sworn before Henry B. Smith Esqr one of the Justices of the Peace in the said county of Franklin makes oath and says that he was acquainted personly and intitmatly with Jonathan Allen revolutionary souldier, the husband of Ms Margret Allen the widow for whose relief and benefit application is made to the war department. That the said Jonathan Allen enlisted in a regiment raised by directions of Congress for the reduction of Canada under the Command of Seth Warner, Samuel Safford of Bennington VT being Lieutenant Colonel, and joined the Army under the command of General Montgomery in 1775 this deponent says the said Jonathan Allen after his return from Canada, which campain he is quite confident ended in the last part of November or the first of December the same year, this deponent says that the said Jonathan Allen narated to him the particulars of an action fought at Longueil in which the troops commanded by the afforsaid Warner bore a principle part as this deponent at the time was informed by the said Allen. This deponent says that in 1776 (this deponent is confident,) either in July or August of the same year that the revolutionary service under the command of Col. Seth Warner Safford being Lieutenant Col. of this regiment
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which was raised by a special act of Congress as this deponent understood at the time. This deponent further says that he is eaquelly confident that Gideon Bronson was commodent of the Company in the regiment affoersaid to which the said Allen was attached. This deponent says further that in 1777 he saw the said Jonathan Allen as Skenesborough now known as White Hall on the avacuation of Ticonderoga by the American Army. -This deponent saw and conversed with this said Jonathan Allen after the battle of Bennington, this deponent being a private in the said regiment and company and knowes of the service rendered by the said Allen in the afforsaid Battle - This deponent further saith that while the regiment lay at Manchester Vt orders came from General Stark for Col. Warners regiment to come to his assitence at Bennington by which movement they, this deponent and the said Allen participated in the second part of that action. This deponent further says that in 1777 as he is quite certain, he in company with the said Allen with their respective regiment joined the army of General Gaates and participated in the battle of Saratoga. This deponent saw but little of the said Jonathan Allen after this until the close of the war and cannot say where he was discharged. that from this time afforsaid until the death of the said Allen he has been intimatly acquainted with
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him by occasionally seeing him and he does know that the said Allen was a revolutionary souldier and served in the United States army as afforsaid taken and sworn before me this 29th day of June A.D. 1838 [signed] Henry B. Smith Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Berman a revolutionary Souldier and that he is a man of Truth and veracity. Chateaugay June 2-1838  [signed] Henry B. Smith Justice of the Peace
State of New York
County of Franklin ss.
I Uriah D. Meeker Clerk of the County of Franklin do hereby certify that Henry B Smith Esquire whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn. That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and that I verily believe the signature "Henry B. Smith" to the said Certificate is the genuine Hand writing of said Justice Given under my hand and the seal of said County the 29th day of June 1838. [signed] U. D. Meeker Clerk
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State of New York
Franklin County ss.
On this fourteenth day of February 1839, personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace of said County Jesse Chipman and being duly sworn by me says that he is of the age of nearly Eighty four years, that he served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution. That he knew Jonathan Allen in the year 1777, that he was then a soldier in the Company under command of Capt. Gideon Bronson, in the Regiment under the command of Colonel Seth Warner. That the said Jonathan Allen in company with this deponent Nathan Berman and others went as a scouting party from Bennington to Granville, that he saw him just before the battle at Bennington and soon after the battle. That he the said Jonathan was then a soldier in actual service. That he was with him in several Campaigns during the year 1777. That he served during the said year as a soldier that the regiment to which the said Jonathan Allen belonged was raised for then wars service in the year 1775 the thinking that the said Jonathan was an Enlisted soldier in the said Regiment and this deponant always understood and verily believes that he enlisted when the said Regiment was formed  [signed] Jesse Chipman
Subscribed and sworn before me February 14, 1839 and I further certify that I have known the said Jesse Chipman for several years and that I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity [signed] U. D. Meeker Justice Peace
State of New York
Franklin County ss.
I Uriah D. Meeker, Clerk of the County of Franklin and also the Justice of the Peace before whom the above affidavit was taken
over
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do certify that I am duly qualified to act as such. And that the signature to the said Qurat of the said affidavit is my own proper signature. Given under my hand and the seal of said County the 14th day of February 1839. [signed] M. D. Meeker Clerk
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
War Department
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
The Papers of Margeret Allen which were returned July 7th from your department on account of not being taken before a Judge of Court of record and want of widower to have been amended and are herewith enclosed. - In your letter you refer to witness Ann Lee which was not examined in this case and to service of Jonathan Allen of which we have no knowledge 
I have learnt that another person of the name of Jonathan Allen show a pension under Act of 1832 from which has arrisen the mistake, the late husband of Margaret Allen show under Act of 1818. The laws of New York required no word of marriage to be kept until recently to that documenting widow cannot be produced, and it is believed that there is no living witness to the celebration of marriage of Jonathan and Margeret Allen
Very respectfully
[signed] John [illegible] Just
[signed] Phineas Attwater
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[seal] CONGRESSIONAL
DEC 16 1905
U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON.
December 15, 1905.
Hon. Vespasian Warner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Sirs:
I shall be obliged if you will kindly furnish me with the Revolutionary War record of Jonathan Allen of Vermont. Mr Allen died in St. Lawrence County, New York, and I am informed that he received a pension while living in that county. Mr. Allen was a great-grandfather of Mrs. Knowland, and any information as to his war record will be greatly appreciated.
Very truly yours,
[signed] J. A. Knowland M. C.
Per B. Secy.
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[seal] O W. & N. Div.
SEP 21 1907
[illegible]
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Tacoma Washington
Department of the Interior Bureau of
Pensions, Washington
Please send to the undersigned a certified copy of the enclosed history of Jonathan Allen, at your earliest convenience and greatly oblige yours very truly
[signed] Mrs Louise M. Dixon
1111 South Ninth Street
Tacoma Washington
September 14 - 1907
[seal]
PENSION OFFICE
A
U. SEP 20 1907 S.
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Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Please send me a copy of the Pension Record of Jonathan Allen who served from Manchester Vt. in Captain Gideon Brownson's Company of Col. Seth Warner's Regt. May 1775 and served until Nov. 1777. He died in Madrid N.Y. Mch 17th
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1836
I believe he drew a pension.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
Your Respectfully
(Mrs.) Flora B. Aldrich
149 W. 74th St.
New York City.
Sept. 24th '14.
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PHONE BRYANT 6563   CABLEGRAM VIROCAM
Rec [illegible]
Viola Root Cameron
GENEALOGIST
ARTISTIC STATIONER
ANTIQUES
MEMBER NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL
AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
BRYANT BUILDING
47 WEST 42ND STREET
NEW YORK CITY
Jan 17, 1916.
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me what data you can on the pension record of 16809, Jonathan Allen?
I have a copy of his pension record, u but I would like to have the final data you have in regard to this.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy in this matter, I am,
Cordially,
[signed] Viola Root Cameron
[seal] PENSION OFFICE
D
U. JAN 18 1916 S.
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Great Falls Mont
Oct 22 - 28
Beareau of Pensions.
Washington DC.
Dear Sirs:
Sometime ago I wrote you for all information you could give me concerning Jonathan Allen to prove my DAR lineage. You sent me information concerning J. Allen born July 16 - 1761
The Jonathan Allen I want was born June 28 - 1753. died 1836
He was born in Hew Haven and died in Smithboro NY.
Will you kindly give this your earliest attention.
Very Truly
Mae W Ludwig
Great Falls Mont.
Box 1275
[seal] CHIEF'S DESK
WIDOW
OCT 30 1928
DIVISION
U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
[seal] PENSION OFFICE
L
U. OCT 27 1928 S.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Feb. 27 - 1940
Commissioner of Pensions
Wash. D. D.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me a copy of the War Record of the husband of Margaret Allen she received a pension 1840, was 86 years old, she resided with Samuel Allen Madrid St. Lawrence County New York.
Thanking you in advance.
Yours very truly
Mrs. Amorett A. Fifield
121 No. West Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah
[seal] MAR 2 1940
MAIL SUB-DIV
Reader No. 23
VETS ADM
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Mar. 22 - 1940
Veterans Admin.
Wash. D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please send me the genealogical data of Margaret Allen Age 86 in 1840, (census of pensioners), she received a pension at Madrid, St. Lawrence Co. N.Y. in 1840. What was her husband's name?, and would like data you have of him for genealogical purposes.
Thank you kindly
Dorothy Hadlock, 259 W. 3rd North S.L.C. Utah
[seal] MAR 25 1940
MAIL SUB[illegible]
Reader [illegible]
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[seal] RECEIVED
JUN 8 1940
MAIL SUB - DIV
VETS. ADM.
READER 10
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Rockland Idaho
June 4 - 1940
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Ref:
BA-J/AWF
Jonathan Allen
W. 16809
Gentlemen:
Would you please furnish from your files complete information regarding the family of the soldier Jona. Allen, with the names of his children by his widow, Margaret Huffent Allen, pension file W.16809? Thanks
Very truly yours
Rettie A. Fifield
Rockland, Idaho
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[seal] LAW DIVISION
MAR 1 1917
RECEIVED
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BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
FEB 28 1917, 191.
Chief of Law Division
Sir:
I have this day received from Miss Viola Root Cameron Cash 30/100 requesting copy as per slip
Very respectfully,
W.N. Campbell JJC
Chief of Division
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[seal] LAW DIVI [illegible]
MAR 1 1917
RECEIVED
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Received of Miss Viola Root Cameron 47 West 42nd St New York, N.Y. 30 cents for copy of papers in case of Jonathan Allen Vermont Troops Wid File 16809
PW/Yaw
Feb 27, 1917
[seal] U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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February 27, 1917
Viola Root Cameron of 47 W. 42" St. New York City paid Mr Burroughs, in Law Div. 30 cents of copy of Nathan Beman aff. dated July 22, 1837 in Rev. War pension claim of Jonathan Allen. W. 16809 - Cont. VT. 
Photostat copies given to V.R. Cameron Feb 28, 1917
Received - the above - Feb 28/17
Viola Root Cameron
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Q. W. and N. Division   3---525
V. L. M.
Wid. File 16809
Rev. War
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,  _______, 190___
In reply to your request of Sept. 14, received Sept. 20th for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Allen a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
May 1775
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Nov. 1777
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN. Gideon Brownson
COLONEL. Seth Warner
STATE.
Green Mt Boys
Battles engaged in, St Johns (or Longueuil) in which he was wounded in the leg, Hubbardton, Bennington, and Saratoga
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Manchester, Vt.
Date of application for pension, Feby 8, 1831. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Madrid St Lawrence Co. N. Y.
Age at date of application, 78 yrs. Died March 17, 1836 at Madrid N. Y.
Remarks: Soldier mar. at Dover, Dutchess Co. N. Y. May 1770, Margaret Huffent. [note at bottom] (Viola Root Cameron while at the Bureau on Feb 27, 1917 said this name was Huffcut) she was allowed pension on application executed Feby 27, 1837 while a resident of Madrid N. Y. and 83 yrs old. Their Eldest son Samuel was 65 in 1838 names of other children not stated. A Grand child 7 yrs old in 1831 name not given. Vs further family data.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Louise M. Dixon
1111 So. 9th St. Tacoma,
Washington
27225b3m1-07
Commissioner.
[note on side] res Madrid
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and had photostat copies made of the affidavit of Nathan Beman dated July 22, 1837 m whoch paid name appears.
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BA-J/AWF
Jonathan Allen
W. 16809
Dorothy Hadlock
259 West 3rd, North
Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Margaret Allen, who was receiving a pension in 1840, at which time she was eighty-six years old, and a resident of Madrid, Saint Lawrence County, New York.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W.16809, based upon the military service of Jonathan Allen in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Jonathan Allen, and names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Manchester, Vermont, Jonathan Allen enlisted sometime in May, 1775, served as private in Captain Gideon Brownson's company, Colonel Seth Warner's regiment, was in the expedition to Canada, was wounded in the battle of St.John, was in the battles of Hubbardton, Bennington, and Saratoga, and was discharged in the fall of 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 8, 1831, at which time he was a resident of Madrid, Saint Lawrence County, New York, aged seventy-eight years. He died in Madrid, New York, March 17, 1836.
Jonathan Allen married in the month of May,
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1770, in Dover, Dutchess County, New York, Margaret Huffcut. The date and place of her birth, and names of parents were not stated.
The widow, Margaret Allen, was allowed pension on her application executed February 27, 1837, at which time she was living in Madrid, New York, aged eighty-three years.
Their eldest son, Samuel Allen, was sixty-five years old in 1837, and then a resident of Madrid, New York. Reference was made to a grandchild aged in 1831 seven years, name not given.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date and death of the widow, Margaret Allen, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Margaret Allen, widow of Jonathan Allen
Certificate #3203
Issued January 30, 1840
Rate $40.00 per annum
Commenced March 17, 1836
Act of July 4, 1836
New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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BA-J/AWF
Jonathan Allen
W. 16809
Mrs. Amorett A Fifield
121 North West Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Margaret Allen, who was receiving a pension in 1840, at which time she was eighty-six years old, and living in Madrid, Saint Lawrence County, New York, with Samuel Allen.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, W. 16809, based upon military service of Jonathan Allen, in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Jonathan Allen, and names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Manchester, Vermont, Jonathan Allen enlisted sometime in May, 1775, served as private in Captain Gideon Brownson's company, Colonel Seth Warner's regiment, was in the expedition to Canada, wounded in the battle of St. John, was in the battles of Hubbardton, Bennington, and Saratoga, and was discharged in the fall of 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 8, 1831, at which time he was a resident of Madrid, Saint Lawrence County, New York, aged seventy-eight years. He died in Madrid, New York,
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March 17, 1836.
The soldier, Jonathan Allen, married in the month of May, 1770, in Dover, Dutchess County, New York, Margaret Huffcut. The date and place of her birth, and names of parents were not given.
The widow, Margaret Allen was allowed pension on her application executed February 17, 1837, at which time she was living in Madrid, New York, aged eighty-three years.
Their oldest son, Samuel Allen, was sixty-five years old in 1837, then a resident of Madrid, New York. Reference was made to a grandchild aged in 1831 seven years, name not given.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible date in regard to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Margaret Allen, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data;
Margaret Allen, widow of Jonathan Allen
Certificate #3203
Issued January 30, 1840
Rate $40.00 per annum
Commenced March 17, 1836
Act of July 4, 1836
New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Re
AWF/eel
November 2, 1928
Mae W. Ludwig
Box 1275
Great Falls, Montana
Madam:
I advice you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 16809, it appears that Jonathan Allen, while residing in Manchester, Vermont, enlisted in May 1775, and served as a private in Captain Gideon Brownson's Company, Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment of Green Mountain Boys; he was wounded at the battle of St. Johns, was in the battles of Hubbardton, Bennington and Saratoga. and served until in November 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 8, 1831, at which time he was living in Madrid, St. Lawrence County, New York, aged seventy-eight years. He died there March 17, 1836.
The soldier married in May 1770, at Dover, Dutchess County, New York, Margaret Huffcut. She was allowed pension on her application executed February 27, 1837, at which time she was living in Madrid, New York, aged eighty-three years.
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& 181 Wars Secti
Their oldest son, Samuel, was sixty-five years old in 1838, and living in Madrid, New York, names of other children not given. A grandchild was aged seven years in 1831, name not stated, and there are no further family data.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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[seal] W. & N. DIV SEP 21 1907 FIL [illegible]
O.W. & N. Div
J.A.H.
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Department of the Interior      COPY
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington.
December 18, 1905
Hon. J. R. Knowland,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Knowland:
In response to your letter dated December 15, 1905, and received in this Bureau December 16, 1905, requesting the history of Jonathan Allen, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, I have the honor to advise you that the following information is contained in his and his widow's applications for pension, (Widow File No. 16809).
He enlisted in Manchester, Vt., in May 1775, in Captain Gideon Brownson's Co., Col. Seth Warner's Regt., and served until November 1777. He was in the battles of Hubbardton, Bennington, St. John's, in which he was wounded in the leg, and Saratoga.
He applied for pension, February 8, 1831, while a resident of Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., and was then seventy-eight years of age. His claim was allowed. He died March 17, 1836, at Madrid, N.Y.
He married Margaret Huffent,* in May 1770, at Dover Dutchess Co., N.Y. She was living at Madrid, N.Y. in 1836. Eighty-three years of age. Her claim was allowed.
Their eldest son, Samuel, was living in 1838. Sixty-five years of age; names of other children not given. Grandchild, seven years in 1831, name not given. Very respectfully, (Signed) V. Warner, Commissioner [seal] U.S. PENSION OFFICE A SEP 20 1907
[note on side *see circular for this name]
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December 18, 1905
Hon. J. A. Knowland,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Knowland:
In response to your letter dated December 15, 1905, and received in this Bureau December 16, 1905, requesting the history of Jonathan Allen, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, I have the honor to advise you that the following information is contained in his and his widow's applications for pension, (Widow File No.16809).
He enlisted in Manchester, Vt., in May 1775, in Captain Gideon Brownson's Co., Col. Seth Warner's Regt., and served until November 1777. He was in the battles of Hubbardton, Bennington, St. John's, in which he was wounded in the leg, and Saratoga.
He applied for pension, February 8, 1831, while a resident of Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., and was then seventy-eight years of age. His claim was allowed. He died March 17, 1836, at Madrid, N.Y.
He married Margaret Huffent,* in May 1770, at Dover Dutchess Co., N.Y. She was living at Madrid, N.Y. in 1836. Eighty-three years of age. Her claim was allowed.
Their eldest son, Samuel, was living in 1838. Sixty-fic[5]e years of age; names of other children not given. Grandchild, seven years in 1831. Name not given. Very respectfully, 
[note on side * see circular for this name -]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES    Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAN-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME  Allen, Jonathan  GRADE  Private  LINE  Hazen's Regt. (2nd Canadian)
WARRANT NUMBER  12708  ACREAGE  100  ISSUED April 11, 1792 to Martin Kingsley, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the application for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.