Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 19483, Josiah Gaylord, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                                              NUMBER
Conn.          Gaylord, Josiah                 W19483
                             Mary Ann
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Reported.
744
New York, Albany,
Mary Ann Gaylord
widow of Josiah Gaylor
who (illegible) served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
[handwritten] 80 [end handwritten] Dollars [handwritten] 0 [end handwritten] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten] 17 [end handwritten], day of [handwritten] July 1848 [end handwritten]
and sent to
[handwritten] Johnson Hall
Syracuse, N.Y. [end handwritten]
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page [handwritten] 75 [end handwritten] Vol. [handwritten] 4 [end handwritten]
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[handwritten]  V. (underlined) 4657 (end underline)
Mary Ann Gaylord
Widow of 
Josiah Gaylord dtr ? a
(underlined) Revolutionary Soldier (end underline)
(sideways written) Manual
Application for
Pension
Col. Webb  Capt. Watson
(unreadable name)
(crossed out) Admitted (unreadble) 2 years (end cross-out)
Hon Lawrence (unreadable)
Judge of Onondaga
County -
Syracuse
N.Y.
(Right side of document) Mo M of 1782
(unreadable)
Oct 1806
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[handwritten]
Comptrollers Office
Hauford July 9 1839
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of Josiah Gaylord a Revolutionary Soldier, I have examined the Records of Statements made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army and find his name in a settlement with the 9th Connecticut Regiment Samuel B Webbcoy Col. before January 1780 when he is entered as a private and commenced service about 1777 Time of Settlement June, 1 1780 having served Two  Years eight months Twenty four days
Again same Regiment Commenced Service June, 1 1780  Terms of Settlement
May 7 1780, having served Three Months Six days / in all 3 years !
(signed) Henry Kilbourne Comptroller York
Onondaga Count Clerks Office

State of New York
Onondaga County Clerks office
   I Elijah Rhoades Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that Bron farmers before whom the within affidavits were taken warrant this date of said affidavits & at the time of allowing this same Affairs Judge of said county duly commissioned & that the hand writing of said Judge to the (illegible) of said affidavits & certificates is genuine.
  Given under my hand & seal of said county this 29th day of July 1839 -
E Rhoades  Clerk
[end handwritten]
(To the left of above statement is a folded black ribbon on what appears to be a seal.)
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State of New York
Onondaga County Ss.  On this 20th day of June A.D. 1839   Personally appeared before me Grover Lawrence First Judge of Onondaga County
Mary Ann Gaylord of the Village of Syracuse 
County of Ononadaga & State of New York aged seventy six years on the ninth day of October last & who having duly sworn According to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress drafted July 4, 1836 that she is the widow of Josiah Gaylord who was a soldier In the army of the Revolution & who died at Cobleskill in the County of Schoharie State of New York 15th on the 15th day of October 1806 that she was married to the said Josiah Gaylord by the Reverend Jonathan Marsh who was a Presbyterian Clergyman in the month of May in the year 1782 there was a record of said marriage written in the family bible that was owned by the said Josiah Gaylord & which was (Illegible) in the dwelling home of said Josiah Gaylord which was consumed at Cobels Kill aforesaid by fire many years ago that Elijah Gaylord a brother to the said Josiah Gaylord was present and attended the said wedding & many others but this informant does not know of any of said persons now living except the said Elijah Gaylord.  She was married at the town of New Hartford in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut then said Marsh who performed the ceremony of marriage was at that time the (illegible) minister in that town & was an aged man & died many years since.  There was no record of marriages kept in said town at that time.  She had eight children by the said Josiah Gaylord & cohabitated with him from this time of said marriage untill the time of his death as aforementioned.  She was well acquainted with the said Josiah Gaylord long before he went into the army of the revolution & knows of his going into the army & was engaged to be married to him before he joined this army & communicated with him by letter while he was [end page]
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[hand written]
in the army of the revolution.  This deponent knows he was in the army several years but cannot tell positively the length of time & cannot give the names of his officers she has often heard her said husband tell of the battles he was in & the places where they (illegible) but from her extreme age she has lost her recollection in a great (illegible) as to what took place at so distant a period.  The names of her children that she has had by said Josiah Gaylord her husband ,were Chloe, Mary Ann, Josiah, Ashbel K; Erastus, Mirriam, Sally & Cynthia.  These of said children are dead  & five are now living.  This deponents name was Mary Ann Kellogg at the time of her marriage to the said Josiah Gaylord & her parents resided in the town of New Hampton aforesaid & she resided with them at the time of her said marriage after her said marriage they resided in said town of New Hampton four or five years & had two children born in that town & then moved to Cobles Kill in the state of New York then to the County of Oswego then back to Cobles Kill & continued to reside there till the said Josiah Gaylord died.  This deponent has never [illegible] married & is still the widow of the said Josiah Gaylord & resides in the Village of Syracuse with her daughter Mirriam wife of Robert W. Nolton.  She moved to Guilderland in the County of Albany and State of New York after the death of her said husband & resided with her daughter Chloe wife of Henry W Starin about two or three years then moved with her said daughter to the town of Schoharie, State of New York, resided there till about two years since she moved to Syracuse aforesaid where she now resides.  She further saith that she knows of no person living that could 
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testify to the service of her said husband in the army of the revolution except the said Elijah Gaylord the brother of the said Josiah Gaylord.  The said Josiah Gaylord died of the scarlet fever he was sick some time with said complaint & partially recovered he was again attacked in consequence of having taken cold & died very soon after; she further saith that in consequence of bodily infirmity she is unable to attend and maker her declaration in open court in the County of Onondaga aforesaid and this declaration is made at her residence in the village of Syracuse aforesaid-further saith not
The word "of said" interlined upon signing and before sworn to
x her mark Mary Ann Gaylord

Subscribed and sworn before me this 20th day of June 1839 and I do duly certify that the said Mary Ann Gaylord is a respectable person and the reason she makes her mark and her name is that from her Extreme age and infirmity is unable after making the attempt to write her name
Grove Lawrence First Judge of Ocondaga County

State of New York
Ocondaga County Ss Henry W Starin of the Village of Syracuse in Said County being duly sworn says he was fifty eight years of age in the tenth day of May last that he married Chloe Gaylord the daughter of Josiah and Mary Ann Gaylord this deponent was well acquainted with the said Josiah
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from the month of November or December 1802 and this deponent [illegible] there till the time of his death and resided in the same house with him at the time of his death he did at Cobleskill in state of New York on the fifteenth day of October 1896- this deponent was also well acquainted with Mary Ann Gaylord the wife of the said Josiah Gaylord deceased from the year 1802 up to the present time; she has now married since the death of the said Josiah Gaylord and now widow in the village of Syracuse with her daughter who is the wife of Robert W Nolton-this deponent knows that the said Josiah Gaylord was reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution and this deponent had frequently heard hum talk with other old soldiers of the revolution and there services that each had performed and which this deponent believes to be true
This deponent is also well acquainted with all the children of the said Josiah  and the said Mary Ann Gaylord they had eight children three of whom are dead. this deponent is also well acquainted with Elijah Gaylord who is a brother of the dec'd Josiah Gaylord deceased and the said Elijah Gaylord is a revolutionary pensioner and was a younger brother of the said Josiah as this deponent has always understood and believes to be true-this deponent was married to the said Chloe Gaylord daughter of said Josiah and Maryann Gaylord on the 13th April 1806 since which time he has been intimately acquainted with the family of said Josiah Gaylord deceased and further saith not.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 20th day of June 1839 and I certify that the said Henry M Starin is a reputable person
Grove Lawrence First Judge of Woodbridge Court

[signature]
Henry M. Starin
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State of New York
Onondaga County Ss On this 11th day of April 1839 Elijah Gaylord came before me Grove Lawrence First Judge of the County of Onondaga aforesaid and being duly sworn deponent says that he is seventy six years of age on the final day of March A.D. 1839 and that he was born in West Hartford County and State of Connecticut that he was a soldier of the Revolution and his name is now on the pension roll of the United States that Josiah Gaylord was a brother of this deponent born at the same place and was a trifle over two years older than the deponent , that this deponents fathers name was William Gaylord this deponent had one other brother by the name of William Gaylord who was also a soldier of the revolution and was killed in the battle on Long Island the said William was the oldest brother of this deponent this deponents father removed from West Hartford to the town of New Hartford in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut when this deponent and the said William and the said Josiah Gaylord all entered into the army of the Revolution at different periods- the said William and the said Josiah both first enlisted for one years service; this deponent thinks it was in the winter of 1776 and they left house and joined the army together the said William was killed the same year and never returned house after the expiration of his time for that years service; the said Josiah was in the city of New York at the time of the battle in Long Island as he has been informed and believes to be true; that he the deponent have frequently been informed and believes to be true; that he went on to find the body of said William after the battle but the Brittish having possession of the Island he did not success in attaining it.- That said Josiah was in Jonathan Pittitous[?] Company who was Captain of it and resided in Simsbury in Hampton County and State of Connecticut. The name of the Colonel this deponent does not recollect. this deponent further saith that when said Josiah enlisted
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for the three years [illegible] he enlisted under Captain Watson his Christian he does not recollect but thinks it was John Watson he resided in Hartford as this deponent was informed and believes he joined Colonel Webbs Regiment of the Continental troops this deponent was informed and believes that said Webb was taken prisoner and that Colonel Ebenezer Huntington of [illegible] in Connecticut afterwards Commanded the said regiment-the said Josiah Gaylord was a volunteer in the final years named above mentioned; this deponent further saith that said Josiah was in the army a part of the time on the north river at West Point part of the time in Newberry this deponent was not with him but this deponents further work to fish kill after the said Josiah when he was sick with a fever and he stayed with him till he was able to ride and my father brought him home and my father took the same fever while taking care of said Josiah and died with said fever soon after his death the said Josiah returned back to the army at Fishkill; that was the only time he was home till his time of service expired-this deponent went as far as Litchfield with a horse and met the said Josiah on his return home after he was discharged and brought him home this deponent thinks he was discharged at or near the Highlands on the North river by Colonel Ebenezer Huntington this was at the Expiration of the said term of three years. - This deponent further saith that said Josiah Gaylord was married to Maryann Kellogg at the town of New Hartford aforesaid by the Reverend Jonathan Marsh a Presbyterian clergyman and this deponent thinks in the month of May 1782. Rev. W. March was then an aged man and is dead; this deponent does not now recollect any other person who is now living that was present at the marriage; this deponent has been well acquainted with the said Maryann Kellogg now Maryann Gaylord [illegible] since her said Marriage to the said Josiah Gaylord-they lived in New Hartford aforesaid for
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or five years & had two children they then moved to  Cobles Kill in the state of New York then to the County of Oswego & State of New York then back to Cobles Kill when the said Josiah Gaylord died as this deponent is informed in the year 1807 & [illegible] time- that the said Josiah & Maryann cohabited together until the time of the death of said Josiah & had eight children - the said Maryann has [illegible] married & is now the widow of said Josiah Gaylord & resides with her daughter Miriam Walton wife of Robert W. Walton in the village of Syracuse County of Onondaga & State of New York. She moved from Cobles Kill to Albany County in the town of Guilderland & resided with her daughter Chloe Starin wife of Henry M Starin about two or three years then moved with her said daughter to the town of Schoharie in the County of Schoharie aforesaid and resided there till about ten years ago she moved to Syracuse aforesaid when [illegible] continued to reside with her said daughter Mirriam Walton, this deponent does not know whether there was any record of marriages kept at New Hartford aforesaid at the time of these said marriages or nor a record of births was then kept But this deponent thinks no record of marriages was then Kept: such is the law now at that place and has been for [illegible] twenty years past
This deponent now resides in the town of Tigaugh County of Broom and State of New York. this deponent went from the town of New Hartford to the town of Middletown and State of Connecticut to house a [illegible] there about six years then took up the business of a saddler and Harness maker at Harrington County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut and resided there and [illegible] in that business about forty years then this deponent removed to the said town of Tigaugh where this deponent now resides-and further saith not.
The word Gaylord written on examination before signing
Subscribed and sworn before
me this 11th day of April 1839
and I certify that the said Elijah Gaylord is a respectable man and full faith and credit is to given to his statements
Grove Lawrence First Judge of Onondaga County
[signature]
Elijah Gaylord
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I Sarah Watson of New Hartford County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut being duly sworn depose & say that I had three Brothers viz William, Josiah and Elijah Gaylord that served in the army in the time of the Revolutionary war and that William was killed in battle.
That Josiah Gaylord was married to Mary Ann
Kellogg at New Hartford about 58 years ago,
but cannot tell exactly the time that I learn
from the Town Record that she was born in
October 1761 that she lived with her Father Ashbel Kellogg at the time of her marriage. I attended the wedding & witnessed the ceremony which was performed by the Rev. Jonathan Marsh then the Clergyman
in New Hartford that my Brother Elijah Gaylord was also present at the wedding. That Josiah Gaylord and his wife resided in New Hartford a few years after they were married & have since resided at different places in the State of New York and the Widow Mary Ann Gaylord has resided at Syracuse for a few years past as I suppose but cannot tell how long And further the deposement saith not
Sarah Watson
County of Litchfield New Hartford 27 March 1840
Be it remembered that on the day aforesaid
Sarah Watson who hath subscribed the foregoing deposition appeared before me and after being examined & cautioned to speak the whole truth made solemn oath to the same deposition which was taken at the request of H. W. Ptorin of Syracuse in the State of New York for the purposes of obtaining a Pension in behalf of Widow Mary Ann Gaylord of D Syracuse said deposition drawn up and certified by me
Thomas Watson Jr
Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
Litchfield County
Litchfield
I Geo C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk
of the County Court in & for said County do certify that Thomas Watson Jr. Esquire is & for more than six months last past has been a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified and
that the foregoing signature which purports to be his
is genuine
Given under my hand & the seal
of said Court this 7th day of April 1840
Geo. C. Woodruff
●
Assist Clerk
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584
New York Albany
Mary Ann Gaylord widow of Josiah Gaylord who was a Private in the Connecticut line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of June, 1843 and sent to Johnson [illegible] Syracuse, N.Y.

Act of March 3, 1843
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 106
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5656
New York
Mary Ann Gaylord, widow of Josiah Gaylord, deceased

[begin crossed out text] who was a pensioner under the Act of [end crossed out text] and who died on the 15th October 1806 of Onondaga in the State of New York who was a private in the county command by Captain Watson of the [illegible] command by [illegible] Webb in the Connecticut line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars [squiggle line] Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 1840, [illegible] Grove Lawrence, [illegible] at Syracuse, New York.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840 $320.0
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sep `40 40.0
[total] $360.0

Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by [illegible] Cler [cut off]
Book A Vol 2 Page 79
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Rev 
WIDOW, &c
[illegible] No. 19483
Mary Ann Gaylord
Widow of
Josiah Gaylord
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:- Vol. A, Page 264
[Arrangement of 1870]
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7079
Mary Ann Gaylord
application for a pension under the Law of July 7, 1838
Direct returns to Grove Lawrence
First Judge of Onondaga County
Syracuse NY
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State of New York
Onondaga County on this first day of May
A.D. 1840 personally appeared before Grove Lawrence, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county of Onondaga Mary Ann Gaylord a resident of the village of Syracuse in the town of of Salina County of Onondaga State aforesaid aged seventy eight years who having first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows" That she is the widow of Josiah Gaylord who was a soldier and a private in the army of the Revolution who formerly resided in the town of New Hartford in the state of Connecticut a statement of whose services were given in full so far as her knowledge & her recollection would exter in the papers she
forwarded to the pension office in assisting
her claim to a pension under the act of
July 4th 1836 & sent to the pension office
in the year 1837 to which she hereby
refers for a full & correct statement of her
claim to a pension except that on the
claim a pension under the act of July
4 1836 & now claims it under the
act of July 7. 1838 as she is intent
from letters from J. L. Edwards Esq of
the pension office that her claim is under the
last mentioned act - she further
declares that she was married to the said
Josiah Gaylord on the tenth of May in year
1782 by the Rev W. Marsh a Clergyman
then residing in the town of New Hartford
she was married at the house of Ashbel Kellogg her father in the town of New Hartford aforesaid that her husband the aforesaid Josiah Gaylord died on the 15th day of October 1806 That she was not
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married to him prior to his having the [illegible] but the marriage took place previous
to the first day of January seventeen hundred
& twenty four being at the time above stated.
That from old age & infirmity she
is unable to attend a court of record for
the purpose of making her declaration in
open Court & her hearing is very poor
so that it is with difficulty that she is able to understand without the speaker
making great exertion in asking her questions
described & sworn before me this first day
of May AD 1840.
Mary Ann Gaylord
Grove Lawrence First Judge of Onondaga County Courts L
State of New York
Onondaga County
I certify that the above named Mary Ann Gaylord who has made the foregoing
affidavit or declaration before me this day is
personally known to me & resides in the same
place that I do; & is wholly unable from bodily
infirmity & by reason of her being so deaf that
it is with the greatest difficulty that she can
made to hear that she is unable to attend &
appear in court to make the said declaration
which is the reason why she has made the same before me at her place of residence; I further certify that full faith & credit is due to her statements under oath or other wise & that she has been for a great length of time a professor of religion & is still a member of
the church in this place in regular standing
In witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand this first
day of May A.D. 1840
Grove Lawrence First Judge of
Onondaga County Courts
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State of New York
Onondaga County ⎬ I Elijah Rhodes Clerk of said
County do certify that Grove
Lawrence before whom the preceding affidavit was made and who signed the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof first Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County and their duly commissioned and qualified, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe his signature to each to be genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 22nd day of
May 1840
E Rhoades Clk
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424
Admit private $80
Albany Azpug
Send to Johnson Hall
Syracuse
NY
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3rd March 1843. granting pension for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7th 1838
State of New York
Onondaga County Ss
On this fourteenth day of April one thousand and eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Daniel Pratt Dist Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Onondaga Maryann Gaylord, a resident of the village of Syracuse in the county of Onondaga aged Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to Kaw doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843, granting pensions to widows or persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Josiah Gaylord who was a private in the army of the Revolution that as far this declarant believes/ he served in one of the Regiments raised on the state of Connecticut, but she cannot be positive as to what regiment her serve din, nor can she state the names of his officers, under whom he served, that the amount of Pension which she received under the act of July 7th 1838 was Eight Dollars per annum.
She further states that she is still a Widow

[her signature]
Mary Ann Gaylord
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me Daniel Pratt First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in a d for the County of Onandaga
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I Daniel Pratt Just Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Onondaga do certify that I am personally acquainted with Mary Ann Gaylord the
within named declarant who has this day appeared before me, and subscribed to the within declaration, and made oath to the truth of the facts therein stated, and I certify the word was 13th time of declaration was interlined before signing.
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the 14th day of April 1843 
Daniel Pratt First Judge
of the Onondaga County
Common Pleas
State of New York
Onondaga County
,
SS. I Charles T. Hicks Clerk of on
daga County do hereby certify that
Daniel Pratt whose signature appears to the said of the Declaration of Mary Ann Gaylord and also to the above certificate, was at the date of the Jurat within mentioned, and at the date of the above certificate, First
Judge of Onondaga County Common Pleas, that I am  acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature to said Jurat of said Declaration and to said
Certificate is his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and the seal of the Court
of Common Pleas of said County at Syracuse
this 14th day of April A.D. 1843
Chas. T. Hicks Clerk
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Service: 
Conn.

Gaylord, Josiah
Mary Ann

Number:
W19483
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 2nd February
1848, entitled, "an act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution.
State of New York
County of Onondaga
.
On this 5th day of July 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Mary Ann Gaylord a resident of the City of Syracuse in the County of Onondaga, aged Eighty five years years; who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2nd February 1848, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Josiah Gaylord who was a private in the army of the Revolution: That he
[crossed out] served in Captain {illegible} Colonel]          

from old age & infirmity She is unable to State the name of the officers under whom her husband served nor the regiment in which he served.

and that at the time of his death he resided in the town of Cobleskill in the County of Schoharie; She further declares that she received a pension under the act of 17th June 1844 at the rate of Eighty dollars
per annum; She further declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and

Mary ann X Gaylord
              marks

her above written, before me
R Woolworth
Justice of the Rev
I hereby certify that the above
named declarant is personally known to me, and that she is unable to write her name on account of old age and bodily infirmities & that the and years he service in Captain Company in Colonel
Regiment - That he drew a pension under the act of Congress passed on at the rate of Eight per, called upon
Signing July 5, 1848. R Woolworth Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Onondaga County,
Clerks Office Ss

I certify that, Richard Woolworth Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, residing in said County duly elected and sworn, and that his signatures within are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County, at Syracuse, this 5th day of July 1848, The word "March" erased before signing.)
V.W. Smith Clk
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New Hartford Cl
June 12
1834
Hon Grove Lawrence

Syracuse
Onondaga County
New York
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Mary Ann

Gaylord under
of Josiah Gaylord
Dec'd
Town Clerk, certificate

passed [illegible] in July Clerk to pension
office. 1829
Grove Lawrence agent
Syracuse NY
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State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield and Town of New Hartford Ss-
June 11th 1829-
I Asa Goodwin Town Clerk of the Town aforesaid do certify that there is no records of the marriage of Josiah Gaylord and Mary Ann Gaylord Josiah Gaylord and Mary Ann Gaylord formerly Mary Ann Kellogg, in the records of the town, and there are no parish records, or church records of marriages, and no records of the [illegible] except of recent date Extract-
Asa Goodwin Town Clerk

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County Ss.
Personally appeared -Asa Goodwin Esq subscriber of the foregoing certificate and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true and correct-
before me this eleventh day of June A.D. 1839-
Roger H. Mills Justice of the Peace
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I Calvin Cooke Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of New Hartford, Connecticut do certify that Roger H. Mills whose name appears on the foregoing page is a legally appointed and duly authorized Magistrate and Justice of the Peace for Litchfield County in the  state, duly authorized to take acknowledgement of [illegible] receive affidavits and that the signature aforesaid is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and seal of Court, at said New Hartford
the Eleventh day of June AD 1839
Calvin Cooke Clerk
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(Stamp is illegible)
7079 May 25 1840
NY.
July 7. 1838
Mary Ann Gaylord
wid of Josiah
Passed under act '36

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington D.C
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Syracuse NY. May 22. 1840
Honl.  J. L. Edwards
Sir,
your letter of the 24th of 
February last was duly read - you say 
"the certificate of the Pastor of the Church of 
"New Hartford Connecticut relative to the witness 
"of the marriage of Mary Ann Gaylord has been 
"filed with her original papers and that the proof in 
"regard to the marrige is insufficient." you say 
also that "the only witness whose testimony 
"is provided have it doubtful whether he was 
present and witnessed the marriage or not"

If my contention is correct the
testimony of Elijah was direct and positive to 
the fact of his being present and witnessing the
marriges ceremony -- I may not have worded
it correct but my contention is that he
witnessed positively to the fact --- however we
have obtained the testimony of an other
witness who testifies positively to the fact and
which I now send you and I think when
you examine Elijah Gaylords testimony
with the original paper you will find it 
is equally positive.  
You write that his cousin is not 
under the act of 1836 and that if she is entitled
to a pension it is under the act of July 7th
1838 and that her claim must be ajudged under
that act -- I enclose a New declaration under 
the act of 1838 pursuant to your directions and
have resort to the old declaration for the facts
in addition to what she now states ---
I suppose we now have 2 witnesses 
of the marriage that were present and witnessed  the
ceremony and the evidence of the Pastor of the Church
that the records do not extend back to Parson 
Marches time and record of the Clerk of the Town 
or Parish that there was no record kept of marriages
at the time of the marriage.  I think this meets all 
possible objections -- you will please inform
me what the result is in the Case of W. Schryon
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in whose case I sent additional proof
long ago (Margaret Schyron)
also please inform me relative to the 
application of Enoch Wood whose papers I also
sent you [illegible] April last.
your obt. srvt.
Grove Lawrence
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[illegible]
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington 
D.C.

[turned sideways]
Jan. 11,140
Wife
[illegible]
Mary Ann Gaylord.

Stamp [illegible]
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State of New York
Syracuse January 4, 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq Comr. of Pensions
Sir
Pursuant to your
direction I have written to New Hartford
for
further information in the case of
Widow Gaylord
& on the other page
you have the answer of the Pastor
of the Church of which Rev W
March was former Pastor in reply to
my enquiry
& an [illegible] of the
[illegible] of the statement he makes
which it seems Rev W. March
who married Mary Ann Gaylord &
Josiah Gaylord did not have any record
of an earlier date than 1794
Positive [illegible] proof has been sent
of the marriage & of the Pension is
only to be allowed under the Law of 1838
then we must claim the provisions [?] of
that law- I have not return
from the case of Widow Schryon
I
sent word proof of her marriage
agreeable to your attention I hope it
will be examined an the result made known as
soon as possible. - yours respectfully
Grove Lawrence
Page 36

New Hartford Ct 
feb 25 1834
Grove Lawrence Esqr
First Judge of Onondaga County
Syracuse
N.Y.
Page 37

I hereby certify, that I have been the pastor & the acting clerk of the First Congregational Church of Christ in New Hartford, Conn. about twenty three years, and that I have never seen any records of said Church of an earlier date than Dec. 29, 1796; & that I have uniformly understood, that no records of said church of an earlier date than the above & extending back into the ministry of the first pastor, the Rev. Jonathan Marsh, were passed down to his immediate successor, the Rev. Edward D. Griffin.

Cyrus Yates
New Hartford
Decem. 24, 1839


State of Connecticut Sd[?] County of Litchfield
December 24, 1839

There personally appeared the Rev. Cyrus Yates the subscriber to the foregoing affidavit and being duly sworn by me made solemn oath to the truth of the same

before me

Roger Mills Justice of the Peace for said County of Litchfield
Page 38

[written vertically:]
424
Apl 18 1843
NY
Mar 3 43
M A Gaylord

[postmark:]
Syracuse N.Y. Apr 15

[written horizontally:]
Hon. I. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Page 39

Syracuse April 14th 1843

Hon. J. L. Edwards

Dr Sir I enclose the Declaration of Widow Mary Ann Gaylord for a pension under the act of Congress passed 5 March 1843

I am Sir Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant

Johnson Hall
Page 40

7079
Mary Ann Gaylord
of Josiah
New York

admitted

Pr 2 yrs $ 80
Cap Watsons Col
Weble, Conn

Died 15 Oct 1806

Act 7 July 1838

Grove Lawrence
Syracuse N.Y.
Page 41

N. York
Mary Ann Gaylord
Let. to Grove Lawrence 28. Oct.1839
to same 26. Feb. 1860

Act July 1836
Page 42

[written vertically:]
Aug. 24
NY
Add'l proof
Mary Ann Gaylord
[illegible] Rec'd Aug 30

[written horizontally:]
Hon. I. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
City of Washington D. C.

[postmark:]
Syracuse N. Y. Aug 20
Page 43

State of New York, Onondaga Co.
Syracuse August 19, 1839

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions

D Sir

I forwarded to you not long since an application for a pension for Mary Ann Gaylord, widow of Isaiah Gaylord deceased.

I had obtained the enclosed certificate from the town clk [clerk] of the town of New Hartford State of Connecticut which should have been attached to her papers but by some accident it was not sent with the her papers will you please annex it to her papers that it may have an examination when her papers are examined.

Yr. Obt. Svt.

Grove Lawrence