Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,531, Pardon Field, R.I. Sea Service
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
R.I.
Sea Service

Field, Pardon

NUMBER
R.3,531

CONTENTS
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Pardon Field
28.687

Hon. H. Hubbard
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Declaration for a pension
State of Vermont Windsor County
on this first day of February 1832 personally appeared in open court before the probate court begun and hold on in and for the District of Windsor, Pardon Fields resident of sd county and state of Vermont aged 71 years who being first duly sworn according to the law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers as a Musition [sic] a fifer and served as herein stated enlisted in the town of Cranson State of Rhode Island in 1775 - in the month of March or April under Capt Frederick Williams and Col Atwell Saint Totter for three months went to Lexington did not get there till the Battle was over continued at Lexington about six weeks and went back to RHI and served out his time discharged at Providence RHI
second enlistment
he enlisted in 1776 on bord [sic] a sloop under Capt (did not recollect) or Lieutenant. Later, Nathaniel Warterman and James Lockwood enlisted the same time that he did and went to the Grand Bank and had a battle with a British privateer but could not take her then we took a British Schooner loaded with coffee off Netherlands and left her at Boston and he was discharged at Boston served three months 
Third enlistment he volunteered at the time the British landed on Newport Island under Col Benjamin Arnold and Capt Isariel Arnold after Col Green was [illegible] Capt Arnold took his place I think that Abner Field was Capt after Field became a Mayour the Capt name was Corb the company was an Endependant [sic] Company he enlisted during the will and pleasure of the officers he went from Cranson to Warwick neck stayed there four months at Warwick Neck the enemy attemted to land but were beaten back about this time the British were in posession of [illegible] Island and [illegible] the night
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over onto the Island about two hundred of us and hid ourselves in ambush round a certain spring where the British came to get water. the next morning we arose and took them prisoners. in a few days the British undertook to drive us off Warwick Neck with a 36 gun frigate  but the tide was going out and she got on a reef of rock and there was considerable fireing between us and night came on and the next tide she went off there was one of our men wounded the enemy shot over our head. After they the enemy landed at Bristol and [illegible] it  we marched for Bristol but the enemy had left it before we got there we stade at Bristol two weeks then went to Biswell, Mills or we staid there a short time General Sullivan understood that our company were oarsmen he sent for us and we joined his comy and helped feary the army over to Rhode Island about that time the French fleet came to Newport soon after we landed we had some skirmishes with their [illegible] gurds we drove the enemy to the south end of the island and a British fleet hove in sight the French fleet went out to meet them and was brooken by a gale of wind and did not come to action then the British that war on the Island turned on our armies and we had a battle the British retreated after the retreat our army went off the island the British soon evacuated the island and went to N.Y then he went on to the island and was a fifer for another company two months and discharged on sd island by his Col. the above enlistment ware in the town of Cranson Rhode Island that he was born in Cranson April 13 Day 1761 there is no record of his age only in his family Bible that he lived in sd Cranson til 1757 then moved to Chester Vermont where he has lived ever since.
he hereby relinquishes every claim that ever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Pardon Field
Reuben Washburn Register
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We Rufus Bruce, a clergyman, residing in the town of Chester in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, and Nathaniel Fullerton, residing in the same town of Chester, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Pardon Field, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighourhood, where he resides, to have been a solider of the Revolution, and that we co[?] in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Rufus Bruce Nathl Fullerton
Reuben Washburn, Register

Declaration of Pardon Field for a pension Chester

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Rufus Bruce, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Chester aforesaid, and, that Nathaniel Fullerton, who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Chester, and is a credible person, and, that their statement is entitled to credit.
Reuben Washburn, Register.
I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Pardon Field for a Pension.
In Testimony, whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court,
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Revolutionary
Power of Atty
heir of
Pardon Field
Vt rejected, Act 1832

Filed 23 June 1854
F. E. Hassler
[illegible]

Vt 21d 1832 -
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or Heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*

STATE OF Vermont
COUNTY OF Windsor

Be it know that before me Amos E. Heald a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Pardon Field aged 49 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of Pardon Field late of Chester Vt. who was a revolutionary ☨ Soldier in the State of Rhode Island and that he died on the 28th day of October 1842 and that his mother, named Elizabeth Field died on the 17th day of August 1840 and that they were married on or about the 5th day of January in the year 1782 and that they were residents of Chester in the State of Vermont and that they resided there about 70 years, and that he resides in said Chester Vermont and that furthermore the sd Pardon, BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. Hassler, of Washington, D.C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U.S. Government and State officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that my be due him as heir of Pardon & Elizabeth Field who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law he may be entitled.
In witness whereof, he has on the 7th day of March 1854, hereunto signed his name, and affixed his seal.
Pardon Field
Witness: Otis Marshall
Witness: Amos E. Heald
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify that Pardon Field has always be the community been known as the son of Pardon field late of Chester.
Dated on this 7th day of March 1854.
Amos E. Heald J.P.
STATE OF Vermont
COUNTY OF Windsor
to wit: County Clerk; officer
Woodstock March 10 1854
I hereby certify, that Amos E. Heald Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgement were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of Windsor County Court, this tenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
Norman Williams, Clerk
* If a Widow applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."
☨ State under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner - and amount of pention.
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Pardon Field
Pvt
28.687
Hon. H Hubbard
House of Reps
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office
Dec. 6th 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7. 1832, has been examined and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, an the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army.
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general
classes of cases are embraced in this law:
The Regular Troops.
The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
On this
day of
personally appeared (a) before
A.B. a resident (b) of
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
with and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same)
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid:
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of these
vices of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
A.
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.
{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
making an afidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and
days, I served as a-
For months and - days, I served as and
for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held at
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some person
service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority
; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
  [hand symbol pointing right] The notes are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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April 29, 1938

Mrs. Dickson Q. Brown
912 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York

BA-J/ EEL
Pardon Field-R.3531

Dear Madam;
     Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Pardon Field, born April 13, 1761, in Cranston, Rhode Island, served in that state and in Connecticut, married Elizabeth Williams and died in 1842.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on
file in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.3531, based upon the
military service in that war of Pardon Field,
Pardon Field was born April 13, 1761, in Cranston, Rhode
Island. The names of his parents are not shown.
Pardon Field married January 5, 1782, Elisabeth, date and
place of her birth and names of her parents not stated. In
1787, they moved to Chester, Windsor County, Vermont.
February 1, 1833, while residing in said Chester, Pardon
Field applied for pension and alleged that while residing in
Cranston, Rhode Island, he volunteered sometime in March or
April, 1775, served as fifer in Captain Frederick Williams'
Company, Colonel Atwell's Rhode Island Regiment, marched to
Lexington, but arrived too late for the battle and returned
to Rhode Island, length of this service, three months, that
sometime in 1776, he went on-board the sloop of war "Providence,"
served under Lieutenant Laten and Sailing Master Whitfield,
sailed to the Grand Banks, was in a battle with a British
privateer, took a British vessel loaded with coffee, brought
her into Boston harbor, was discharged at Boston, length of
this service, three months; that in December, 1776, he volunteered
again, served as fifer in Captains Israel Arnold's
Abner Field's (no relationship shown) and Corb's (?) Companies,
Colonel Benjamin Arnold's Rhode Island Regiment; that during
this service, his company joined General Sullivan's Army and
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that he was in the battle of Rhode Island, and that he served on this tour, one year and ten months.
Pardon Field's claim for pension was not allowed as he
failed to furnish proof of service of six months as required by the pension laws.
Soldier's wife, Elizabeth, died August 17, 1840 and the
soldier died October 28, 1842, both died in Chester, Vermont.
The only name of a child that is given is that of son
Pardon Field, who in 1856, was aged forty-nine years and resided
 in Chester, Vermont.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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1912 Nov. 13. Hist to Clarence S. Field
1938.Apr 21 " " Mrs A. E. Brown
                                        ES
[words "Act of July 14, 1862, and March 2, 1878." lined through]

3531
P.O. Pardon Field
Service: [blank]
REJECTED
Enlisted:[blank],18
Discharged:[blank],18
Printed list of 1852 shows
cause of rejection,
Application filed:[blank],18
"He did not serve six months".
Alleges:[blank]
Re-enlisted:[blank]

Attorney:[blank]
P. O.[blank]
[blank]Recognized.  [blank] Contra
[blank]Cert. of Dis. Searched for[blank],18
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Pardon Field.-
Vermont.
-Rejected-
[words "Lt Hecllary1835 Recibeu[?]" lined through]
Washburn
___________________
3531
___________________
1832
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Reuben Washburn
 15 May 1838
O.C.
Recd Vol 37 fra 91

Reuben Washburn Esq [written vertically ]
Ludlow Vt
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War [illegible]

May 16 1835

hi
On a careful examination of the papers
Pardon Field it cannot be gathered from
them that he performed different actual service
in the field again on [illegible] him within the
act of 1832. He does not appear to have ever
belonged to any public refit of war- the
names of the officers stated not being there of officers of the Navy of that time.
If he is correct
in his officers under whom he alleges bhe served from
1776 to 1778 it is obvious that he has mistaken were readiness [illegible]
for actual [illegible] as
Col Arnold does not appear to have commanded
any [illegible] in permanent service. The [illegible]
Stephen Dyer & John Marston make no mention of
the corps to which he belonged.
If he was in constant
service either in the Rhode Island State Brigade, or in the
Continental army the^complete [illegible] ^ &there serving in this officer will then
the
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part on his providing the names of his Regimental
& Company officers. Unless further
explanation, a more detailed & [illegible] proof 
be furnished the claim must be rejected. The paper remain on file


Reuben Washburn Esq
15 may 1835
O C 

Reuben Washburn Esq
Ludlow
Vt
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I Stephen Dyer of Springfield Windsor County and State of Vermont aged seventy nine years and formerly of Cranston County of Providence and State of Rhode Island dispose and say that I am well acquainted with Pardon Field of Chester Windsor County & State of Vermont and formerly of Cranston County of Providence and State of Rhode Island that I was in the army of the revolution in the year 1777 and was stationed a part of the time at a place called Pawtuxet in the State of Rhode Island and was well acquainted with the said Pardon Field then of Cranston County of Providence & said State of Rhode Island and now will recollect that the said Pardon Field was there on duty as a fifer in the army of the United States.
Stephen Dyer
State of Vermont
Windsor County
At Springfield in said County on the 7th day of July AD 1834 Personally appeared Stephen Dyer who has subscribed the above deposition and made oath that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth -
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above mentioned
William Dyer Justice Peace
I hearby certify that Stephen Dyer who has subscribed and sworn to the above deposition resides in Springfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, that he is a person of good character for truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
William Dyer Justice of the Peace
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Supplementary Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
State of Vermont
District of Windsor
On this Fourth day of August AD 1834 personally appeared before the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor Pardon Field a resident of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Seventy Four years the nineteenth day of April, now last [smudge] who being first duly sworn according [smudge] law doth on his oath make the following supplementary declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States as stated in his original declaration in the month of March or April 1775 (1st enlist't), and served in the manner and under the officers therein stated as a fifer.
(2nd enlist't)That in the second enlistment mentioned in his original declaration he served on board a sloop of war and thinks that her name was Providence but is not certain that he recollects correctly, and that he does not now recollect the captains name - he recollects the Lieutenant's name was Laten and the sailing master's was Whitfieles.
(3rd En't) That in the third enlistment mentioned in his original declaration he enlisted in the month of December 1776 as therein named and did duty as a fifer during the whole of said term, which was two months after
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after the British left Rhode Island, which, was in October 1778, and that during this enlistment he served one year and ten months.
He has no documentary evidence of his services nor any written discharge and knows of no person who can testify to his services as a Revolutionary Soldier except Stephen Dyer and John Thurston, whose depositions are herewith forwarded.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Pardon Field
Jabor Proctor Judge

I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and supplementary proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Pardon Field for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this second day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
Reuben Washburn
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Vt May 15
Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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Ludlow (Vt.) May 8, 1835
Hon. James L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
I inclose to you the papers in the case of the application of Pardon Field for a Pension. If they are now satisfactory, please to forward to me his Pension Certificate, as soon as may be convenient.
I am, Dear Sir, with very great respect and esteem, your most obed- servant,
Reuben Washburn
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I John Thurston of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, formerly of Rehoboth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy five years, do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Mr. Pardon Field of said Chester, who was formerly of Cranston, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island. I further depose and say that I was in the army of the Revolution and was for a short time stationed at a place called Bissels Cove in the state of Rhode Island; and while there I frequently saw the said Pardon Field, who was then on duty as a fifer, in the army of the United States.
John Thurston
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State of Vermont
Windsor County
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, do hereby certify the Reuben Washburn was at the date of the within affidavit, and still is a Justice of the Peace witnessing for said county, and that the within are his Signatures -
In testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court this 19th day of January 1835
Benj. Swan Clerk
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April 8, 1938
[Insignia of the Daughters of the American Revolution]
Mrs. Dickson Q. Brown
912 Fifth Avenue
New York
[stamp] RECEIVED APR 11 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. [illegible] 16
Veterans Bureau
Washington
Sirs: -
Can you give me information of my ancestor Pardon Field, who was pensioned for Revolutionary services and living in N.J. when pensioned. It was in Revolution in Conn. and Rhode Island. He was born Cranston, R.I. APril 13, 1761 died 1842, wife was Elizabeth Williams. Any information of Pardon Fields you can give will be appreciated.
Very Sincerely
Marion B. Brown (Mrs. D.Q.)
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NOV 12 1912
Nebraska 
State Historical Society
Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebr., Nov. 8, 1912.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly advise whether the records show pensions granted to the following under the laws of 1818 and 1832: Capt. William Field, Maj. Abner Field, Pardon Field.
Yours very truly,
[signature] Clarence S.. Paine
Secretary
Commissioner of Pensions,
Interior Dep't.,
Washington, D.C.
CSP-NP
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Pardon Field - 2 Clarence S. Field
State Historical Soc
Lincoln, Nebr.
Nov. 13, 1912
R. No. 3531, Pardon Field, applied for pension February 1, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Windsor County, Vermont. He alleged that he was born April 13, 1761, at Cranston, Rhode Island, where he reisded and enlisted in April, 1775, as Fifer in Captain Frederick Williams' company, Colonel Atwell's regiment, and served three months.
Enlisted in 1776, on board a Sloop of War, names of Captain and vessel not recollected, he thinks he was on the "Providence" under Lieut. Laten, sailing Master Whitfield, and went to the Grand Banks, had a battle with a British Privateer, captured a British Schooner, and was discharged at Boston after three months' service.
Enlisted in December, 1776, as Fifer, and served under Colonel Benjamin Arnold, Captain Israel Arnold, who succeeded Colonel Greene, Captain Abner Field who was promoted [smudge] Major. and Captain Corb (?); was in the battle of Rhode Island, and served one year and ten months.
This claim was rejected. on the ground that claimant failed to furnish proof of service required by the Act of June 7, 1832, under which he applied.
Soldier married January 5, 1782, Elizabeth, maiden name not stated; she died August 17, 1840, and he died October 28, 1842. In 1854, their sone Pardon Field, 49 years of age was a resident of Chester, Vermont. No further family data.
Very respectfully,
[signature] J.L. Davenport
Commissioner
Pardon Field S.43555 Conn - also sent . C