Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,688, Abel Ford, New York
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SERVICE
New York
FORD, ABEL
NUMBER
S. 10.688
carded
CONTENTS
(3-1776)
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2273
New York
Abel Ford
Rensselaerville in the State of New York
who was a Private in the company command[ed]
by
Captain Benjamin of the Regt command[ed] by
in the New York line for 7 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of November 1832.
and sent to J. B. Moore
Rensselaerville N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - $34.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33
11.66
$46.65
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by John Cromwell Clerk.
Book D
Vol. 5
Page 37
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State of New York
Albany County SS. On this 13th day of August
1832. personally appeared before Joseph
B. Moore a Judge of the County Courts
of the County of Albany and State aforesaid
Abel Ford a resident of the town of
Rensselaerville in the County of Albany
and State of New York aged 87 years
the 27. August Inst. 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 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated
He resided at the commencement of the Revolutionary War in the town of Canaan in the County of Columbia in the State of New York, and continued to reside there except
when he was in the said service untill the close of the said War. He served in the Army of the
United States ^as a volunteer ^ during the said War at different periods at least Seven months 
But it is almost impossible for him to tell
the particular years he served in, and all
the officers names he served under- He
however reccollects [recollects] that in the year 1776 (as he believes) he was in the said service one month in Capt Benjamin Company and went in said Company to Fort Edward in New York, and from there was marched to Johnstown in the said State, where he was dismissed, thinks it was in the fall of the year
In the year that Burgoyne was taken, in
the month of July he was again in the said
service and was under the command of Lt.
Munsel and went to the North at Fort Edward
and about that part of the country [crossed out - in the fall of the same year he was again called] and was gone at this time at least one month
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In the fall of 1777 he was again called out
and went to the North, at Bemis Heights, his
officers names at this time was Lieut. Castle
and Major Douglass. He was at the action
or engagement of Tuesday at Bemis Heights
and staid [stayed] there untill [until] within two or three days before Burgoyne Surrendered, when he was dismissed and he returned home
He was gone from home and was out in
the service at this time at least one month
He went at another time to Bemis Heights
under Colo Waterman, but cannot tell the
year, and was in the service about one
month or more." At another time he
was in the said service and belonged to
Capt Davis Company and went to Cherry
Vally [Valley] in the State of New York, and kept
guard, more than one month, but cannot
tell the year, Capt Warner was there at
the same time. He belonged to Capt James
Phelps Company for the term of two months
and was in the said service and engaged
during that time in pursuing torie [Tories],
and kept guard at a place between Kinderhook and Albany, but does not recollect,
the name of the place, not the year was
which he performed this service. At one time
he sent to Kinderhook to keep guard
and belonged, (he thinks) to Capt
Benjamin Company, and staid two weeks
or more. He was frequently called out
into the said service and was gone two
three days and a week or more, during the
whole of the war. Old age and disease
has very much impaired his recollection
so that he cannot particularize every
time and place he was in the service
But he well knows that he was in actual ┃
service in the defence [defense] of his country
as a private Soldier, in the Militia in
embodied corps for more than seven
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months and he did the duty of a Sergeant when he was in the said
service but cannot particularly recollect what portion of the time-- He never
received a written discharge, nor has
he any documentary evidence, nor does
he know of any person he can procure to testify to his service except Samuel
Jenkins. He resides 28 miles from the City of
Albany where the Court of record
for the County of Albany are held.
and is verry [very] infirm [infirmed] and wholly unable to go that distance to attend the Court
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. He is unable to write his name
an account of loss of eye sight, and being diseased
Abel his x mark Ford
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me J. B. Moore Judge of Albany County
We Seth Paddock a Clergyman, residing in
the town of Rensselaerville in the County of
Allam and State of New York and
Sylvanus Parrington residing in the same
place, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Abel Ford who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration
that we believe him to be 87 years of age
or nearly that; that he is reputed and believed
in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Seth Paddock
Sylvanus Parrington

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me
J. B. Moore Judge of
Albany County Courts
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State of New York
Albany County SS Samuel Jenkins residing
in the town of Rensselaerville in the County
of Albany and State aforesaid aged 77 years
and upwards being duly sworn says that he
well knows the Lord the soldier who has
Subscribed and sworn to the within declaration, and has known him ever since the
commencement of the Revolutionary War
And this deponent further says, that he well
reccollects [recollects] that the said Abel Ford did serve as a soldier in the any of the United States during the said part That he was
well acquainted with Capt Benjamin & Phelps
Lieut Munsel Hastle Colo's. Whiting and Waterman that the said Lieut Munsel was killed when in the service at the North - that he knows that the said Abel Ford, was out in the said service at different times, but he does
not reccollect [recollect] the particular places he went to. He however recollects that he may
at Kinderhook at one time in the said
& service, and also knows that the said
the Ford was at the North the year
Burgoyne was taken, and always understood
that he was at the surrender of Burgoyne
in the fall of 1777 - He this deponent was
frequently with the said Ford out on
alarms, and in short periods of service. And
this deponent further says that the said
Abel Ford is a man of truth and veracity,
and that full credit is to be given to his
Statement, and further that he this deponent
verily believes the facts and circumstances
as stated in the declaration to be such
substantially true
Samuel Jenkins
Sworn and subscribed
this 13th day of August 1832 Before me
J. B. Moore Judge of Albany County
Counts
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State of New York
Albany County Ss
 I the subscriber a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany do hereby certify and declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant Abel Ford was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that I am well acquainted with Seth Paddock and Sylvanus Parrington who have signed the preceeding [preceding] certificate and
Samuel Jenkins who has subscribed and sworn
to the above affidavit that they all reside in
the said town of Rensselaerville, that the said
Seth Paddock is a Clergyman, and that the
said Sylvanus Parrington and Samuel Jenkins
are verry [very] respectable and credible persons
and that their statement is entitled to full credit and belief. And I do also certify that the
said applicant cannot attend the court by
reason of bodily infirmity. In Witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of
August 1832

J. B. Moore
State of New York
Albany County Clerks office SS
I Conrad A. Ten Eyck Clerk of the City and
County of Albany do hereby certify that Joseph B. Moore before whom the foregoing declaration Certificate and affidavit were from, and who has made the above certificate is a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany, and that the signature J. B. Moore to the said declaration Affidavit and certificate is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 16th day of August 1832
C.A. Ten Eyck Clerk