Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28978, Reuben Babcock, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE  Conn.
Babcock, Reuben
NUMBER  S.28978

CONTENTS 
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3748
New York

Reuben Babcock
of Sandlake in the State of New York
who was a Private & Sgt. in the company commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt commanded by Col Douglass in the Connecticut line for 16 months private and 3 months Sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 68 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of December 1832 - and sent to G Gould
Troy N. Y.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 -          $102.49 1/2
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 34.16 1/2
                                                        $136.66

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
 
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book D   Vol. 5  Page 156
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In the matter of Reuben Babcock
application for pension

No. 5313

16  M  P
 3     L

16 months Private
2       "       Sergeant
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State of New York  )
County of Rensselaer )
City of Troy  }  ss.

In the May[text obscured by seal] of said City of the fifth of December 1832: and the said Court further certifies, that Alderman Baker, who has subscribed, & sworn to the within certificate is a clergyman, residing in Sand Lake, & that his statement is entitled to credit.

I, Archibald Bull, Clerk of said court do hereby certify that the within contains the original proceedings of said Court, (as well of the first application as of the present term of December), in the matter of the application of Reuben Babcock for a pension: In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this fifth day of December A. D. 1832.
Archibald Bull  Clerk.
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State of New York  County of Rensselaer } ss.
On this 8th day of August 1836, personally appeared before the Mayor's Court, (now sitting), of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York, Reuben Babcock, a resident of the town of Salt Lake, in said county, aged 74 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  That he was born the 2d day of March 1758 at the town of Voluntown, in the county of Windham, and State of Connecticut.  He has a record of his birth, in the town of Sand Lake, in his family bible; but has no such record in this city.  He lived in the said place of his birth until he first entered the service; and in the intervals of his service he returned always to that place, & there remained until he again entered service.  He first entered the service in, or about August 1775, as a substitute for Nathaniel Denison of Stonington Connecticut, in the company of Christopher Brown, Captain, of which company Sanford Billings was Lieutenant, and ["Edward" crossed out and "Joshua" written above] Whitford Ensign; and was the orderly sergeant of said company; & had a warrant, as such Sergeant; but the said warrant is lost, and cannot be produced: during this service was stationed principally at New London, Connecticut, and continued in this actual service as such sergeant for three months; and was then discharged, but received no written discharge.  In the last of August, or beginning of September 1770 the militia was ordered out, in mass, to go to New York, and repel the British invasion of that City: But before the militia could arrive at New York, that city was taken by the British; and so he went no further than to New Rochelle.  While in this service, he was in Captain Joseph Palmer's Company, of which Samuel Robbins was Lieutenant: from New Rochelle he went to White Plains, and remained with his company, under the command of Colonel Douglass, for two months, when they were all discharged; but he received no written discharge.  In the year 1778, he was drafted in Captain John Greene's Company, about the month of July; marched first to West Haven; after to Newport Rhode Island, and joined "Sullivan's Expedition", under General Sullivan, and served there until that expedition left the Island of Rhode Island, he was on leaving that expedition, discharged at Tiverton; in this campaign he served two months.  In the season next succeeding,
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(according to declarant's best recollection), he served as a substitute, for a man residing in Plainfield Connecticut, in Captain Charles Miles's company, of which Jacob Fox was Lieutenant.  He joined a battalion, at Horseneck (Connecticut), commanded by Major Shipman; where a fort was built; they then went to Stamford, Connecticut, and was there discharged, in March, but received no written discharge: He was on this service about 12 months.  Then in the fall following, he served, as substitute for one Miner of Stonington, in the Horse, under the command of Lieutenant Isaac Williams; from Stonington he went to Horseneck, where he served two months, and was then discharged, but received no written discharge, this must have been sometime in the year 1780: - He has no documentary evidence that can be produced.  He is well known to Abel Sims & Augustus Lewis of Petersburgh in said County, & Joseph Amidon, Alderman Baker & Whitman Place all of Sand Lake, who could testify to his character for veracity, and to their belief of his having served in the Revolutionary War.  Since the Revolution, to wit, in 1786 he removed from Connecticut and has resided in the towns of Petersburgh, Sand Lake, ["and" crossed out] in the said County of Rensselaer, ever since.  Does not know of any living witness who could testify to his actual service; & that no clergyman could without inconvenience be produced  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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.
Reuben Babcock

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid being the 8 August 1832 before the open Court
[illegible signature]
P Recorder of Troy.

The above declarant, being duly sworn, in open Court, before the aforesaid Court, (now sitting) on this fifth day of December 1832, says that the period of his service in Captain Miles's company, which is stated in the above declaration at "about twelve months" was full twelve months, and some time over; but how much he is unable to remember.
Reuben Babcock 

Sworn & subscribed this fifth day of December 1832
Archibald Bull  Clerk
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We Abel Lewis residing in the town of Petersburgh - in the County of Rensselaer, and Augustus Lewis of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Babcock, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Augustus Lewis
Abel Lewis

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid being the 8th Day of August 1832 before me in open court
D [illegible]
Recorder of Troy

And the said Court does hereby declare its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to it, that Augustus Lewis & Abel Lewis who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the Town of Petersburgh and are credible persons & that their statement is to be credited.

I, Archibald Bull, Clerk of the Mayor's Court of the City of Troy do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Reuben Babcock for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, & the seal of my office this 8th day of August 1832      Archibald Bull Clerk
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State of New York
County of Rensselar [Rensselaer], City of Troy ss.
I, Alderman Baker, a clergyman residing in the town of Sand Lake hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Reuben Babcock, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a revolutionary soldier, & that I concur in that opinion.
Alderman Baker

Sworn & subscribed this fifth day of Decr. 1832
Archibald [illegible middle initial] Bull  Clerk

In the matter of Reuben Babcock
application for pension

No. 5313

16 M P
3 L

16 months Private
2    "           Sergeant
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28 978
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 28,978
Reuben Babcock
Sergt Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]