Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 16,630, Thomas Benedict, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass.

Benedict, Thomas

NUMBER
S16,630

Carded

CONTENTS
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New York No 24.931

Thomas Benedict
Tompkins Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the ______commanded by
Captain_____
of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Hyde in the Mass Troops
line for 11 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21, day of March
1834 and sent to Saml Crittenden
Jr
Ithaca N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 109.98
Semi-an. allowance ending Sep. "
18.33
$128.31
Recorded by D. Brown

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D.Brown
Book E.
Vol. 4 Page 116

[Handwritten text to right]
Order to pay 17. Oct 31
Letter to Hon. Jno Young
3 and 31. Dec 1841
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6 April 1838
from 4th Sep 1840 to 9th Jany 1841.
Agt notified 23d Feb 1842
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tate of New York
Tompkins County ss: Personally appeared before me the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Tompkins Thomas
Bundest who being by me duly sworn amendatory to his declaration
hereto annexed deposeth and saith that he is the same [illegible]
Thomas Benedict named in and who has subscribed and sworn
to the said hereunto annexed declaration. And this Deponant
on his oath aforesaid further saith that by reason of old
age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively
as to precise length of his service during the revolutionary war
nor to the precise time or times of entering such service or of his
discharge therefrom but according to the best of his recollection
he entered the service at the time herein after stated and served
therein not less than the periods and in the grades as herein
after mentioned to wit:
From the 30th day of November 1774 to the 1st of April 1775 for 4 months
he served as a private in Capt. Goodrick's company but during that
period was not called into actual or active service; he stood as a
minute man ready to march on the receipt of orders
From the 1st of April 1775 to the 15th of January 1776 for 9 months &
15 days he served in active service as a private in Capt William
Goodrick's company-
From the 10th of Sept. 1777 to the 25th of October 1777 for one mouth
and 15 days he served as a Private in Capt. Cooks company
That at other periods in was frequently called into service
for a few days & some times for weeks at a time but cannot
State particularly what year or at what particular seasons
of the year - And further he saith not.
Subscribed and sworn before me
&
this 28th day of May 1833
Thomas Benedict
Alpheus West J. Rice
I, Alphens West the magistrate before whom the above affidavit
it was subscribed & sworn Do certify that I am well acquaint
ed with Thomas Burdick who has subscribed & sworn to the same
and that he is a person of good reputation for truth
and veracity & that his statement is entitled to full credit
Dated May 28th 1833
Alpheus West
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss.
I Samuel Love Clerk of said
County do hereby certify that
Alpheus West before whom the within
affidavit purports to have been sworn and
also by whom the within certificate purports
to have been given, was at the date of
the same a Justice of the peace in & for the
said County and that I am well
acquainted with his hand writing and
verily believe that his name subscribed
to said affidavit and certificate is genuine
And I further certify that the annexed
contains the original proceedings of
Thomas Benedict in the Matter of his
application for a pension. In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand at
and seal office at Ithaca August
19. 1833.
Saml. Love Clk
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
STATE OF NEW YORK,
Tompkins- COUNTY, SS.}
On this 3rd day of October, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas of Tompkins County now sitting, Thomas Benedict
a resident of the town of Groton, in the county of Tompkins and state of New York, aged
72 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 volunteered as a private in said service at Lenox
in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts where
he then resided about the last of November in the year 1774
in Capt Samuel Goodrick's company of Militia in Col Caleb Hydes
Regiment of Minute men in the said State of Massachusetts and
was enrolled in said Corps as such minute man from that
time till the first of April 1775, during which time he
was not called into actual service, the during the time there
was frequent alarms when the company rendezvoused ready
to March - That on the first of April 1775 he with
said corps was ordered to rendezvous at Old Stockbridge Mass where
they did rendezvous at that time and marched from
thence to Cambridge, Mass. On their arrival at Cambridge
new testing orders were received and this declarant then
there enlisted for the time of nine months in Captain
William Goodrich's Company in which David Pixley was
Lieutenant in Col. John Pattersons Regiment of Infantry
of the said State of Massachusetts - He Renn Capt Thomas
Williams and Capt Charles Dibble who served in the same
regiment. He remained in such service at & in the
vicinity of Cambridge with said Corps and was employed
in erecting forts and standing as certenty to guard the
forts against the British till about the middle of July
when he obtained a furlough to return home during a
short period upon the condition that Aaron Benedict the
Brother of this declarant should supply his place and
answer to his name during his absence. That during the
absence of this declarant which was but a short
time his said Brother Aaron Benedict Supplied his place &
answered to his name after which this declarant returned
to said sevice and there continued till the first of
January when his term of service expired and he
returned home after being discharged by a verbal
order from his said officers- That at the time Bunker
Hill was taken he was present and engaged in that
battle-- that he saw Generals Putnam & Warren-
That he enlisted or volunteered for five or six
make the Capt Cooks company from Old Stockbridge
on an expedition to the north at the time of the
surrender of Burgoyne at that time he marched
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to Tulls Mills on the east bank of the Hudson river
& remained there some time in service as and was
engaged in building a breastwork and cutting away
a floating bridge on the Hudson river that
he was left there by his company a Invalid and
on returned home after an absence of five
six weeks-
That he has no documentary evidence
and that he knows of no person whose testimony
he can procure who can testify to his service
except those whose affidavits are hereunto an
nexed-
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.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
[Signatures] S. Louck
Thomas Benedict
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The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant.
1. Where and in what year were you born? in February 27th 1753
Answer. February 27. 1753 at Richfield, Connecticut.

2. Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer. I have a record at home in my bible-

3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
; and where do you now live?
Answer was living in Lenox Mass, when called to service - lived since at
West Stockbridge Mass. at Cortland County N.Y. Onondaga, N.Y. Now in Groton Tompkins Co. N.Y.

4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute;
and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer.
I volunteered-

5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such
continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer General Washington, General Putnam,-- was present
at the battle of Bunker hill-- on prospect hill when war
was declared was
in Col. Pattersons Regr & present with
them when Charleston was burned & marched immediately
as a Ranger or flank Guard with Capt Goodrick to the foot of Bunker
at the time of the Battle -

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has
become of it?
Answer. I nor received any written discharge-

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can
testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer.
Samuel Crittenden, John Bundict, Alvah Jarvis, Samuel
Noyes, Abraham Byington, Gidion C. Babcock -

WE, Stately Carr a Clergyman residing in the town of Dryden and County of Tompkins
and State of New York, and John Benedict residing
in the same place, hereby certify
that we are well acquainted with Thomas Burdick who has subscribed and sworn to
the above declaration, and that we believe him to be seventy one years of age, that he is reputed
and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that
we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed.
the day and year aforesaid,
[Signatres] John Benedict
Stately Carr

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting
the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that
Stately Carr
who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in
the town of Dryden, and county of Tompkins and are creditable persons, and that their statements
are entitled to credit.

I
Samuel Love -
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas-
County of Tompkins(?)
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the
said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Burdick
for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
16th day of October 1832.
Signature Saml Love  clk
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I Jesse Clark of said Town of Groton
In said County being duly sworn deposes and
says that Thomas Benedict Enlisted as a
private, the service of the United States in the
Army of the Revolutionary war some time in
the month of November or December in the year
1774 in Company of which William Goodnest was
Captain in Colonel John Pattersons Regiment &
that that the said Thomas was not called in to the
service untill the month of April following
& that he then marched to Cambridge from
Stockbudge in the County of Berkshire & State of
Massachusetts, and that the said Thomas then
Enlisted in the same company at Cambridge for
the term of nine months, and further this deponant
saith not
Sworn and Subscribed
[Signature] Jesse Clark
the 16th day of August
1832
before me
Abiah Davis Justice of the Peace
I Alvah
Jarvis 
the Justice of the Peace before whom the above affidavit of Jesse Clark
has been sworn & Do certify that I am well acquainted with the said Jesse Clark who
& swon to the said above afft and that he is a person of truth & undoubted
that his statement is entitled to full credit
[Signature illegilbe]
all laws I Peace
Will was taken he was present and engaged in that battle
- that he saw Generals Putnam & Warren
That he enlisted or volunteered for five or six
weeks in Capt Cooks company from Old Stockbridge
on an expedition to the North at the time of the
surrender of Burgoyne - but cannot recollect the mane of the Col., at that time he marched
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Nathan Davis of Groton in
said County being duly sworn deposes and
says that he joined Captain Goodriches com-
pany as a private in the service of the United States
in Colonel Pattersons Regiment at
Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts
in July 1775 and at the time this deponent
Joined said Company. Thomas Benedict
was a private in the same, and that this
deponant remained in said Company
six or eight weeks and that at the time this
deponant left said company the said Thomas
remained in the same and further
this deponant saith not. [Signature} Nathan Davis
Subscribed and sworn
6th day of August 1832
before me Abiah Davis Justice of the Peace

I Alvah Jarvis a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County
of Tompkins do certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Davis
who has before me subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit and that he
is a person of undoubted veracity and entitled to full credit
Alvah Jarvish J of Peace
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Clerks office
Samuel Love Clerk of said
County do certify that Alvah
Jarvis Esqr. the person before the within
& annexed affidavits purports to have been
Sworn was at the date of the same a
Justice of the peace in and for the County of Tompkins
and that I am well acquainted with his
hand writing and verily believe that his
name subscribed to said affidavits is his
proper hand writing and signature Given
under my hand and seal of office
August 18, 1832
Saml. Love Clk
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October 4, 1934.
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/ady
Thomas Benedict
S. 16630

Mrs. John H. Barron
145 Cascadilla Pk.
Ithaca, New York
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Thomas
Benedict, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the
papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension,
S. 16630, based upon his military service in that war.

Thomas Benedict was born February 27, 1753 in Ridgefield
, Connecticut. No reference is made to his parents.

While a resident of Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
, Thomas Benedict enrolled as a minute man
November 30, 1774, in Captain Samuel Goodrich's Company,
Colonel Caleb Hyde's Regiment of Minute Men, which remained
prepared to march on alarms until April 1, 1775, but was
never called into actual service during that period. On
April 11, 1775, he marched with said corps to Stockbridge,
Massachusetts, thence to Cambridge where he enlisted,
served as private in Captains William Goodrich's and
Charles Dibbell's Companies, Colonel John Paterson's Massachusetts
Regiment; was in the battle of Bunker Hill and at
the burning of Charlestown and discharged January 15, 1776.
He enlisted September 10, 1777, served as private in Captain
Cook's Massachusetts Company and was discharged October 25,
1777.
After the Revolutionary War he lived in West Stockbridge
, Massachusetts; Cortland County, New York; Onondaga,
New York, and then moved to Groton, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
October 3, 1832 at which time he was a resident of the
Town of Groton, Village of McLean, Tompkins County, New York.
Soldier died January 9, 1841, place not stated, leaving
a widow, her name not shown.
Soldier had a brother Aaron Benedict.
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In 1832 one Aaron Benedict was a resident of Lisle, Broome County, New York, his age or relationship to soldier not stated.

In 1832 one John Benedict was living in Groton, New York, his age or relationship to soldier not stated. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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16. 630
INVALID.
File No. 1663
Thomas Benedict
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Priv Rev War

Act: June 7 32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 423

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Handwritten text to right]
July 19-1902
E. D. Benedict Bklyn NY
Apl 16 1903
Jas. T. Benedict Bklyn N.Y.
no further information
1909 May 28  Hist to Mrs. J.C> Mitchelson  [illegible]
1934 Oct. 4, Hist. to Mrs. John H. Barron, D.D.Y.
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Thomas Benedict
Benedict N.Y. Albany $36.66 7 June
To what time last paid
to the 4 March 1830
Pension Office 
17 Oct '37
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State of New York
Brown County ss.
on this 11th day of September 1832
personally appeared before me Wm. Cook
a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Aaron
Benedict a residents of the time of [illegible] in said
County who being duly sworn before him the said Justice
doth on his oath depose and say that he was a sold.[soldier]
in the revolution & was then well acquainted with the
Thos Benedict in the town of Lenox County of Berkshire
State of Massachusetts when deponent then resided
the said Thomas being then a resident of the town of Leon
in said County but then of the Town of Groton Village of [illegible] County
of Tompkins & State of New York that
Deponent Enlisted in April 1775 into Captain William
Goodrick Company of Infantry Lieutenant David Pixley of
Stockbridge in Benton County aforesaid that 
company ever and Col John Peterson & his Regiment
was stated at a fort called Fort No 2 near [illegible]
hill in the neighborhood of Boston & the September after
the Regiment took there station as aforesaid the said The
as man & joined the company of Captain Charles
Dibble of Lenox in which they both saved till the for re
of the month of January 1776 & further he saith no
[Signature] Aaron Benedict
Sworn to & Subscribed this
year aforesaid before

I William Cook Justice of the Peace
[Browne?] County
William Cook the Justice of the
in & for the said County of Broome before whom the
above affidavit was sworn do certify that I am well
acquainted with Aaron Benedict who has subscribed & sworn to
affidavit & that he is a person of truth & veracity & that his statement
is entitled to full credit
[Signature] William Cook  Justice of the