Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42407, for Abraham Starks, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn
CONTENTS
Starks, Abraham
NUMBER
S. 42407
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1834
Will
Abraham Haris
of Pembroke in the State of N. York
who was a private in the Regiment commanded by
Colonel Wyllis of the Connecticut
ine, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of New
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 2nd of May 1818. Certificate
of Pension issued the 15th of Oct 1821
and sent to Sam [illegible] Lake Esq
Batavia, N. York
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1821  $332.40
emi anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1822 $48.00
$380.40
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818,}
21 May 1820
Fletcher
Genesse Col [illegible]
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A. Starks
work to [illegible]
for affiant July 8. 1820
2d May 1818.
Col. Wyllis
Connt Regt
Nov 1775 - 1 year
Admitted- [illegible}Pembroke
Jane
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State of New York
Genesee County of Theron Henry being by me duly sworn doth depose and say, that he is personally acquainted with Abraham Starks
of Batavia in said County who being by me that he this deponent has been personally acquainted with him for fifteen years past. that That he the said Abraham Starks is not in possession of any Lands and that
his personal property is of little value.  That he is an aged man for he is credibly informed and believes to be true sixty three years old, and not able to obtain a living by labor. that he is principally dependent on his son for his maintenance and has an aged
wife to support.  that the said Abraham Starks
is in absolute need of assistance for support, and further saith not.
Theron Henry
Sworn & subscribed this 8th day of July 1818 Before me
James W. Stevens one of the Judges the
Court of Common pleas for the County N York
I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abraham Starks is in need of the assistance of his Country for support that he is far able to work but little
James W. Stevens
Judge as aforesaid
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State of New York
Genesee County SS. On this 2nd day of May in the
year 1818 Before me the subscriber one of the Judges
of the Court of Common pleas in and for said
County, personally appears. Abraham Starks aged
Sixty three Resident in Batavia in said County
who being by me duly sworn according to Law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the provision made by the late
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-
That he the said Abraham Starks enlisted in the
Continental Service in the month of November in the
year 1775 for one year, in Capt. Holdridge's Company
in the Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col
Samuel Wyllys that he served in said Company
as a soldier the period of his enlistment and was
discharge at Peekskill in the State of New York late
in November in the year 1776. that he was in
many Militia Campaigns and was at Boston and
assisted in building the Fort on Dorchester Hill, and
was continually exposed to the fire of the British
from Bunker Hill, but was never in any General Battles
That he hired, and procured a soldier for three years, that
he was afterwards exempt from Militia drafts, but
always volunteered in case of alarm that he is now in
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reduced circumstances and stands in need of the
assistance of this Country for support that he
has no other evidence now in his power of his said
services, and never receives any pension from the
United States.
Sworn and declared this 2nd day of April in the year 1818 [illegible]
Before me
James W. Stevens
Judge as aforesaid

I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the
said Abraham Starks did serve in the
Revolutionary war as stated in the above declaration
against the Common Enemy and I now transmit
the proceedings and testimony has and taken before me to the Secretary for the War Department
pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress
before mentioned ---
James W. Stevens
Judge as aforesaid
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State of New York 
Genesee County, I Simeon Cumings Clerk of the Count of Genesee do hereby certify that James W. Stevens before whom the foregoing
affidavit was made is a Judge of the Court
of Common pleas in and for said County
acting under the authority of this State and that the foregoing as his signature. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixes the County Seal at Batavia the 4th day of May 1818.

S. Cumings
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State of New York
Genesee County

Eunice Starks being by me
according to law doth on her oath
say that she was lawfully married to Abraham Starks in the year 1777 inthe Town of Colchester in Connecticut
That her said husband enlisted into the Continental Army for one year in the fall of the year 1775 being the first year of the war, and was absent untill the fall of the year 1776. She always
understood and believes in the service of the United States. That she always understood by other people as well as from her husband, that he served in Col Wylly's Regiment & further says not.
Eunice Starks
Sworn and Subscribed the 
11th of August 1821
Before me
John Lamberton Justice of the Peas 
I also certify that I am well acquainted with
the above named Eunia Starks who
States that she is sixty four years of age. And am also acquainted with her husband
Abraham Starks. They are both of them morral credible persons, both belong to the
Presbyterian Church, and altho the wife is interested in her husbands welfare. I have no
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doubt of the facts as sworn to by her . Abram Starks is a decriped infirm man
and lives with his son Wm T. Starks in this
Town, who is a man of little property on whom he depends for support.
Pembroke August 11, 1821
John Lamberton J.P.

State of New York
Genesee County 
I Chauncey L. Sheldon
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in [illegible]
County, certify that John Lamberton is a
Justice of the Peace acting under the authority of this State and that the signature of the said Justice above written is
in his own proper hand writing.

In Testimony where I have here to set my hand and affixed
the seal of P Court August 20, 1821
C. L. Tilden Clk
By [illegible] Dep.
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Abraham Starks
Inventory
Property 14.13
Saml Lake Apt.
Batavia N. York
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At a Court of Common pleas held at the Court house in the Village of Batavia in and for the County of Genesee in the State of New York
on the tenth day of February of the term of February 1821. being a Court of Record in [illegible] 
to the forty first article of The Constitution of the State of New York which has untimbers
diction, keeps record of its proceedings and
has immemorially excited the power of fine and
imprisonment.
Present the Hon. Moses Hayden, Richard Smith,
and Ralph Parker Judge
County on the tenth day of February 1821
Personally appeared in open Court (being a Court of
Record Abraham Starks aged sixty six years
resident of the town of Pembroke in said County
who being first duly sworn according to Law
doth on his oath declare that he served in
the Revolutionary war as follows. One year
in Capt. A Holdridge Company in Col Wyllys
Regt of the Conneticut Line during the year 1776
that his declaration was dated the 2nd day of
May 1818. and accompanies this schedule.
I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the
eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, that
have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever
disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to
dimmish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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 passed on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred &
eighteen 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 & by me subscribed.
Real Estate I have none.
Personal Property
1 Table - $2.00
1 Low Chest - 1.00
1  Candle Stand - 2.00
1 Looking Glass - .75
1 paper convied Trunk - 1.50
6 Cups and Saucers -  .38
1 Earthan Tea p.ot - .25 
Carried over $7.88
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[illegible) over - $7.88
6 Knives and forks - 1.50
1 4 Gallon pot - $1.50
1 2 Gallon Kettle - .75
1 Tea Kettle - 1.00
3 Chains - 1.50
 (total) $14.13.

And the deponent further says he is by occupation a farmer, but is not able to do any kind of labor, and has been confined to
the house for two years past and for one year has been almost helpless, not even able to walk about the house without help
that he lives with his son William T. Stark
and is wholly dependent on him for support
that he has a wife Eunice aged sixty four
years which compose his family and should
his pension not be granted he shall be
obliged to depend entirely on his said son for support and further says not.

X his mark 
Abraham Starks

Subscribed in open Court this thenth day of February 1921 before me
at this tenth day of February 1821 before me. 
S. Cumings Clk

I Simeon Cumings Clerk of the Court of Common pleas
in and for the County of Genesee do hereby certify
that the foregoing oath and the Schedule
thereto annexed are truly copied from the
Record of said Court, and I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said Court that the
total amount in value of property exibited
in the aforesaid Schedule is fourteen dollars 13 cents.

In Testimony whereof I have heretp
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court the Tenth day
of February 1821.
S. Cumings
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To J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Sir I have taken off the Oath taken before
me in Court which was attached in print
to this sheet and have caused the same to be
written in lien thereof which makes the
copy complete
S. Cumings
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42407
Revy INVALID

File No. 42.407
Abraham Starks
The Rev War
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Act: 18 March 18
Index: --Vol. 3 Page 489
Arrangement of 1870.
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Proof of Service
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State of New York
County of Livingston 
Ebeneser Belton being by me
duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath say
that he was personally acquainted with Abraham
Starks in the time of the Revolutionary War that he
was a soldier as [illegible] in Captain Shumway Company in the first Connecticut Regiment from the fall of the year
1775 to some time in the fall of the year 1776 that
he cannot state the exact date of his entering the
service or his discharge but always supposed he
enlisted for three years and knows that he served
at least for the period of one year that he the deponent was a soldier and was in the service
that the same time and testifies from
a personal knowledge of his said services and for
ther the deponent saith not-
Sworn & subscribed
the 10th day of August 1821
before me and I certify that
I am acquainted with the
deponent and believe the facts
as stated in the above
deposition to be true
Lewis W Buber J.P.
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State of New York
Livingston County ⎬ 

I James Ganson Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the
said County do hereby certify that
Lewis W. Beecher before whom the with
in deposition was made is a Justice of the [illegible]
and for said County acting under
authority of this State and that his signature subscribed
thereto is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court the 16th
day of August in the year of our Lord 1821.
James Ganson Clerk
By Sylvester Brown Dep Clk
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Personly appeared before me Lucius Elderkin one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for the Town of [illegible] 
in the County of Clinton and State of New York.
Stephen Starks of the Town of [illegible] who being duly 
Sworn deposeth that
Abram Starks enlisted in the Continental Service
the month of November in the time one thousand
Seven Hundred and Seventy five for one year in
Captain Holdridges Company and according to
the best of recollection in Col. Wyllys Regt of the
Connecticut line as a private and was honorably
discharged in November following Pence 23
January 1879
Stephe Starks

I hereby Certify the above is
Credible Witness
James Elder Pew
and for the County of Clinton
and State of New York.

State of New York [illegible]I 
Certify that Lucius Elderkin  whom the above affidaviant was at that time a Justice of the [illegible] in the State of New York [illegible] being and the authority of the same in [illegible] affixed the seal of said County & set my name
this 26th day of January 1819
Chas Platt Clerk of
Clinton County