Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 45, Joseph Adams, Conn.
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SERVICE 
Conn. 
Adams, Joseph
Rebecca
NUMBER  R. 45
CONTENTS
Se. Dec. 19, 1835 at Grand Isle, Vt. aged about 78 years
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Application of
Rebecca Adams, widow
of Joseph Adams decd' for 
Pension.
original
Cole
filed by
L. G. Brandebury
Present
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State of Vermont
Grand Isle County
Be it remembered that
on the 22d day of July
A.D. 1824. Joseph Adams and Rebecca
Hyde both of Grand Isle presented themselves
before Jedediah Hyde Justice of the peace
within and for the County of Grand Isle
of and were lawfully joined together
in Wedlock as man & wife
a true record
Attest Jed. Hyde the Jus. Peace.
State of Vermont
Grand Isle County ss I Jed.P. Ladd County
Clerk within and for the County aforesaid 
do hereby certify that the above
is a true and literal copy of the
original record of the Marriage of
Joseph Adams and Rebecca Hyde, by
Jedediah Hyde Esq. Justice of the peace
now remaining in this office
In testimony whereof
I have hereto set my hand
and affixed the seal of my
said office this 15th day of
January 1857
Jed. P. Ladd Clerk,
[Illegible seal attached]
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State of Vermont
Grand Isle County ss
Be it remembered that on the
22d day of July AD 1824
Joseph Adams and Rebecca Hyde both of
Grand Isle presented themselves before Jedediah
Hyde Justice of the peace within and for the County
of Grand Isle of and were lawfully joined
together in wedlock as man and wife
a true record
Attest Jed. Hyde Jus. peace
I Jed. P. Ladd depose and say, that I
hold the office of County Clerk within and for the
County of Grand Isle, Vermont, and that the
above record of the marriage of Joseph Adams
& Rebecca Hyde is a true copy of the original
record of said Marriage made by said Jed.
Hyde, and which remain in this office
in accordance with the requirement of the
laws of Vermont & will not be allowed
to be sent to Washington. The said Hyde
has been dead for many years
Sworn before me
William H Russell Justice of the peace-
State of Vermont
Grand Isle County ss
I do hereby certify
that the above named William H Russell
Esq. is and was, when the said affidavit
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was made a Justice of the peace within and
for the County and State aforesaid duly
commissioned and qualified to act.
and that his signature thereto is
genuine.
In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and
affixed the seal of my said
office this 15th day of 
January 1857.
Jed P. Ladd Clerk
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State, of Vermont
& District
County Grand Isle S.S.
On this twentieth day
of January A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty seven
personally appeared before me Elijah Haynes, Judge of Probate 
within & for the district afsd. Rebecca Adams, a resident of Chazy
in the County of Clinton
and State of New York
aged Seventy Seven years, who being first duly sworn according 
to law, doth on her oath, make the following declarations
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed February 3. 1853 granting pensions
to widows of persons who served in the Revolutionary War
That she is the widow of Joseph Adams who was a private 
in the Revolutionary War that he entered the Connecticutline in the winter or spring of the year 1776 for the
term of nine months or one year and served in Durkee's Regiment
and Huntington's Brigade and as he thinks and believes
in a company commanded by Wyllis Cliff or Clift but of the
fact she is not certain - that he served out his full term
and was honorably discharged, but his discharge has
been lost.
She further declares that she was married to the
said Joseph Adams at Grand Isle in the State of Vermont
in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty four
on the twenty second day of July, by one Jedediah Hyde
Esq. a Justice of the Peace - that her husband the aforesaid
Joseph Adams died at Grand Isle in the State of
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Omit
Vermont on the nineteenth day of December in the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, and that she
has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more
fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed and
she hereby appoints S.G. Brandebury of Washington City
D.C. her attorney to prosecute the same and receive her
certificate,
sign Rebecca Adams
sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid
Before me Elijah Haynes Judge of Probate
State of Vermont County & district of Grand Isle ss
I Elijah Haynes do hereby
certify that the above declaration was
signed and sworn to by the said Rebecca
Adams, in open Court, and that he
her signature thereto is genuine-
In testimony whereof I
have hereto affixed the seal
of said Court & signed my
name officially
Attest Elijah Haynes Judge of Probate
within & for the district of Grand Isle afsd.
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Omit
Personally came Samuel Adams of Grand
Isle in the County of Grand Isle State of
Vermont, aged sixty three years, and
upon oath declares that he is now and
has been for a great many years, well
acquainted with Mrs. Rebecca Adams now
of Chazy County of Clinton, State of New 
York, and that she is the identical person
who subscribed and made oath to the
above declarations, which is hereto annexed,
that previous to her in the marriage with
the said Joseph Adams Mentioned in
her declaration above, as herein after
set forth, she was a widow and by the
name of Rebecca Hyde- that she was
reported & has been married the
said Joseph Adams in July, 1824, at
said Grand John by Jedidiah Hyde Esq.
acting Justice of the peace, and that to
his personal knowledge the said Joseph
and Rebecca lived together as husband
and wife, at said Grand Isle from
the time of such repected marriage
to the death of the said Joseph Adams
and that the said Joseph Adams
died at said Grand Isle Vermont,
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on the 19th day of December, 1835, aged about
Sixty Eight years and that the said
Rebecca Adam is the widow of the said
Joseph Adams and has remained
a widow since his death, and is now
a widow and resided at chazy in
the County of Clinton, State of New York
and is poor and dependent upon
her friends for her support.
That he was acquainted with the
said Jedediah Hyde Esq. by whom the
said Joseph and Rebecca we said to
have been joined in marriage, and
that he died at said Grand Isle, many
years ago, and about the year 1825 -
and that by the laws of Vermont his
Justice records and files were required to
be lodged with the County Clerk of said
Grand Isle County and that copies
thereof, certified by such Clerk were by the
statute of said State made legal evidence.
That the said Joseph Adams was
the Father of this deponant, and that
when he was a boy and many years
before the death of his Father he has
often heard him state that he the
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said Joseph served in the army in
the year 1776 in the revolutionary
war that he was in Durkee's Regt
Huntington's Brigade, and I think,
he said the company was commanded 
by Capt Wyllis Cliff or Clift I will
not be positioned as to the captains
name- that he enlisted or joined
the army in Connecticut of which
state he was then a resident, and
that he served nine months or
one year and was discharged
when his time was out and that
he had lost his discharge - that
he was with the army in New 
York and New Jersey in 1776, and
that his time expired & he was
discharged in New Jersey- I think
that was when he said he was
discharged
and that he has no interest
whatever in the claim made by the
said Rebecca Adams for a pension
and in no manner will be be
benifited thereby if she should
be successful in her application
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Omit
and that the maiden name of the
said Rebecca Adams was Rebecca Hyde 
and that she is now living. that
Joseph Adams now applied for a pension-
Samuel Adams
State of Vermont
County of Grand Isle, ss
the foregoing affidavit of
Samuel Adams was subscribed and
sworn to by him, before me this 20th day of
May 1857. and I certify that his signature
thereto is genuine and that the witness
is a credible person, and that I have
no interest in her claim made by the
said Rebecca Adams for a pension
Nelson S. Hill Justice of the peace
State of Vermont
County of Grand Isle ss
I do hereby certify that
Nelson S. Hill Esq before
whom the foregoing affidavit was made is
and was at the time of the taking and
making the same, an acting Justice of the
peace within and for the County and state
aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified 
and that his signature above is
genuine.
In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and
affixed the seal of my said
office this 20th day of January 1857.
Jed. P. Ladd Clerk
[illegible seal and ribbon attached]
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Rev. & 1813
War Section
MMRP/ILL
September 2, 1920.
Mr. R.E. Van Syckle
1729 Ford Building
Detroit, Michigan.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of August 13, 1930
requesting information in regard to Joseph Adams, Revolutionary 
War soldier.
You are advised that the history of Joseph Adams, R. 45,
described in your letter, was furnished you on October 14, 1929.
On account of the great number of requests for such data
and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the
history of a soldier of the Revolution is finished only once to
each person.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/HMM
October 14, 1929.
Mr. R. E. Van Syckle
1729 Ford Building
Detroit
Michigan.
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, R. 45, it appears that Joseph Adams married July 22, 1824,
at Grand Isle, Vermont, Rebecca Hyde, a widow. They were both then
of said Grand Isle.
He died December 19, 1835, at Grand Isle, Vermont, aged about
seventy-eight years.
The widow, Rebecca, applied for pension January 20, 1857, at
which time she was living at Chasy, Clinton County, New York, aged
seventy-seven years, and alleged that her husband, Joseph Adams,
enlisted in the winter or spring of 1776 and served nine months or
one year as a private in Captain Wills Clift's Company, Colonel
Durkee's Connecticut Regiment.
The claim was not allowed as proof of service as required by
the pension laws was not furnished.
The soldier's son, Samuel Adams, was aged sixty-three years in
1857 and living in Grand Isle, Vermont.
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There are no further data as to family.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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1928 July 19 Photos to E. V.
Martindale See John Adams
S.329926. A. D. Y.
1929 - Oct. 14 - Hist to R. E.
Van Sickle any,
1930. Sept. 7 R.E. Van Sickle adv.
1 hist. his garnished only once etc. MMNF
Ex'r. INVALID.
No 40
REJECTED
Rebecca Adams
P. O. Joseph
Service:
Enlisted: , 18
Discharged: , 18
Claim filed too late to have
cause of rejection entered
Application filed: , 18
or printed list of 1852
Alleges:
18
Re-enlisted:
Grand Isle Vt died 1835 M 1824
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[illegible]
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Washington City Sept 4, 1857  
Geo. C. Whiting Esq
Court of Pensions
Sir,
In your letter of the 12th ultimo relative
to the claim of the widow of Joseph Adams for pension, you state:
I have to state that the muster rolls of the whole of Dubois' regiment
were examined before my letter of the 18th of January last was
written and that the name of Joseph Adams could not be
found thereon.
If my letter of the 20th of July named Dubois' regiment
, it was a clerical error. The service was alleged to have
been performed in Durkee's Regiment or Brigade, in the company
of Captain Cleff or Cliff. J.D. Wortman Esq of Plattsburgh is the
gentleman referred to in my letter, as having had occasion to refer
to them in some case disposed of by the office.
Very Respectfully
L. G. Brandebury
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Personally came Ahi Hyde of Chazy in
the County of Clinton State of New York and
upon Oath declares that he is now,
and has been for many years, personally
acquainted with Mrs Rebecca Adams
now of said Chazy and who signed
and made oath to the forgoing
declaration to enable her to procure a
pension, and he saw her sign and make
oath to the same
Previous to her intermarriage with the
Joseph Adams, mentioned in her declaration
above & hereto annexed, she was a widow,
and her name then was Rebecca
Hyde- that he was present at the
Marriage of the said Joseph Adams and
said Rebecca Hyde and witnessed the 
same- that they were married of Grand
Isle in the County of Grand Isle State of
Vermont by Jedidiah Hyde Esq. a Justice
of the peace on the twenty second day
of July, 1824 - that the said Rebecca
and Joseph lived together as husband
and wife until the death of the said
Joseph Adams, and that the said
Joseph died at said Grand Isle, on
the 19th day of December in the year
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one thousand Eight hundred and thirty five,
(1835), and that the said Rebecca Adams
has ever since remained, and is now a
widow, in indigent circumstances
depending upon her friends for her
support
that the said Jedediah Hyde Esq.
by whom the said Joseph and Rebecca
Adams were joined in Marriage as
above stated, died at said Grand
Isle. Vermont, many years ago - and
that the said Rebecca Adams is now
living at Charzy in the County of Clinton
State of New York Ahi Hyde
Sign
State of Vermont
County of Grand Isle ss 
the foregoing affidavit
of Ahi Hyde, was subscribed and sworn
to by him before me, this 20th
day of
January A.D. 1857 and I certify that his
signature thereto is genuine, and that the
witnes is a credible person, and that
I have no interest in this said claim
Nelson S Hill Justice of the peace
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State of Vermont
County of Grand Isle ss
I do hereby certify that
Nelson S Hill Esq.
before whom the foregoing affidavit was
made, is and was at the time of the taking
and making the same, an acting Justice of
the peace within and for the County and
State aforesaid, duly commissioned and
qualified, and that his signature
above is genuine-
In testimony whereof I have
hereto set my hand and
affixed the seal of my office
this 20th day of January
A.D. 1857.
Jed. P. Ladd Clerk
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Washington City July 26. 1858
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
In the case of Mrs Rebecca
Adams, Widow of Joseph Adams decd. for pension, she
alleges that her husband served in the Revolutionary War 
in Col. Durkee's Regiment and Huntington's Brigade
Connecticut troops, perhaps in Co. of Captain Wylie or
Cliff, and requests an examination of these rolls
Very Respectfully Yo
L. G. Brandebury
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Washington City July 29th 1857
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Com of Pensions
Sir
Having advised the local attorney
of Mrs Rebecca Adams, widow of Joseph- an applicant for a
pension & bounty land warrant filed about 7 Feb1857 - that your office
reported suspended, proof of service required. I am informed
by him, that a gentleman at Plattsburgh N. Y. who has been ingaged [engaged]
in obtaining pensions for several years, says, that the Rolls or
a copy of Captain Clefts or Cliffs Company is now in the Pension
department, and that he has had her occasion to refer to it.
This is the Company Mrs Adams alleges her husband served
in during the Revolutionary War, and if the rolls or a copy is in the
office, I presume they will furnished the required evidence of service
Very Respectfully
L. G. Brandebury
The applications are from
New York the widow residing there
at the time - No. of application
not acknowledged,
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Rebecca adams NY
Power
agt 3 July / 48
Feby 3 / 53
J. D. Woodward
Present
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[FORM]
State of New York County of Chinton ss
On this 13 day of February 1861, before the subscriber a
Justice of the Peace in and for the said county personally appeared Rebecca Adams
a resident of the town of Chazy
in said County, aged 82 years, and made oath according to law that he is directly interested
in a claim against the United States for certain arrears or increase of pension, supposed to be
due to her as the widow of Joseph Adams decd soldier of the Revolution
and he hereby appoints J. DOUGLAS WOODWARD, Counsellor at Law, of Plattsburg, N. Y. her Attorney
to prosecute said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the
Departments at Washington city or elsewhere, and to receive from the officer authorized to issue the same,
a certificate for any arrears or increase of pension to which deponent may be entitled, and to do all other
acts and things in and about obtaining such arrears or increase of pension as deponent might or could do, were
with the above, and authorize her said Attorney to  appoint Attorneys, one or more, under him for any
or all the purposes aforesaid, hereby ratifying and
The personally present at the doing thereof; and she  confirming whatsoever deponent's Attorney, or those appointed under him shall lawfully do or cause to be  done in the premises. In witness whereof the said
deponent has hereunto set his hand and seal the day
 and year first above written.
Rebecca Adams
IN THE PRESENCE OF
Ahi. Hyde
Eliza Hyde
Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me, on the day and year first above mentioned,
and I believe the deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person
therein alleged and described, and I have no interest in the result of the said claim, and am not concerned
in its prosecution.
G. B. Denis Justice Peace.
State of New York County of Clinton ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of said County, certify that G. B. Denis Esq before
whom the above affidavit and Power was sworn and acknowledged on the Thirteenth day of
January 1861 was at said time Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified, 
and that I verily believe his signature above written to be genuine; and I have no interest in the
result of the claim to which the foregoing paper relates, and am not concerned in its prosecution. Witness
my hand and seal at Plattsburgh
in said County, this
Nineteenth day of February 1861
Davis M. Parsons Clerk.
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Pension Office, July 28. 1858
Sir
In reply Again letter of the 26th instant, I have
stated that the rolls of Dunkee's Regiment, Connecticut
line, were examined when the Claim of Rebecca
Adams was at first pressed, and that the
name of Joseph Adams could not be found
thereon. This statement was made in my [illegible]
of the 12th August 1857, and of the 9th September
of the same year
L. S. Brandebury Eq
Washington, 
D.C.
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L. G. Brandebury Esq
Washington
D. C.
Sept 9. 1857
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Pension Office, Sept. 9. 1837
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 4th instant,
I have & state that an error must have been
made in copying my letter of the 12th [illegible]
in relation to the claim of Mrs Rebecca
Adams for pension under act of February
3. 1833. The original on file, states that 
the muster rolls of the whole of Durkee's
regiment hd been examined and that the
name of Joseph Adams could not be found
thereon. We have very complete lists of the
men who served under Durkee,
No Captain of the name of Cleff or Cliff, appears
to have been attached to said regiment.
L. G. Brandebury Esq
Washington,
D.C.
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L. G. Brandebury
August 12/57
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Pension Office, August 12, 1857
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 20th
ultimo, I have to state that the muster
rolls of the whole of Durkee's regiment
were examined before my letter of the 18th
February last was written, and that the
name of Joseph Adams could not
be found thereon
L. G. Brandebury Esqr
Washington,
D.C.
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L. G. Brandebury
Feby 18/57
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Pension Office
February 18, 1857
Sir,
I have filed the under act of Febry
3. 1833, the papers transmitted in support
of a claim for pension of Rebecca Adams
widow of Joseph Adams, an alleged revolutionary
war soldier.
this office is without evidence of
the service of claimant's husband - Possibly
it might be procured of the authorities of
Connecticut
Very respy
SC
L G Brandebury Esqr
Washington, 
D.C.
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MICHIGAN SOCIETY
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PRESIDENT
LEE M. HUTCHINS
GRAND RAPIOS
VICE-PRESIDENT
FRANCIS C. CAMPBELL
DETROIT
VICE-PRESIDENT
MILTON E. OSBORN
LANCING
SECRETARY
RAYMOND E VAN SYCKLE
DETROIT
REGISTRAR
CLARENCE M. BURTON
DETROIT
CHAPLAIN
REV. JOH. DYSART
FLINT
HISTORIAN
DR. WILBERT S HINSDALE
ANN ARIOR
TREASURER
FRANK G SMITH
DETROIT
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
1729 FORD BUILDING
DETROIT. MICHIGAN
Aug. 13, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Please advise revolutionary services and
family data of
Joseph Adams, of Windsor, Conn. April 2, 1757
died Grand Isle Vt. Dec. 25, 1835
Wife:
Enlisted 1775 Col. Isreal Putnam Conn Regiments, Continentals.
Yours truly
Reba Selle
Secretary
Application of Chas G Robb Jr.
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DETROIT CHAPTER
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PRESIDENT
THOMAS H. S. SCHOOLEY
VICE-PRESIDENTS
DR. HOWARD L. JONES
WALLACE C. HALL
SECRETARY
RAYMOND E VAN SYCKLE
CHAPLAIN
REV. M. LUTHER CANUP
HISTORIAN
JOHN P. ANTISDEL
TREASURER
FRANK G SMITH
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
1729 FORD BUILDING
DETROIT. MICHIGAN
Aug 6 1929
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Please advise revolutionary services and family
data contained in application for pension of
Joseph Adams in Windsor, Conn. 4/2 1757; died Grand Isle, Vt
12/25/1835:
Wife Abiah Edgerton,
enl. 1775 6th Co. 3rd Regiment; Col. Israel Putnam,
and served until 1780.
pensioned.
Yours truly,
R. E. Van Syckle
Secretary.