Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7398, for Jesse Morrell, New York
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
New York

Morrell, Jesse
Hester

NUMBER
R 7398

CONTENTS 
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[left side of document is too damaged to be transcribed]

[right side of document]
Lett [letter] Philip Hamilton
Mar. 29 '39-
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28462

Jesse Morrell 
 Declaration of Jesse Morrel-
Newtown, Queens Co
State of N. York 

On rolls- of Capt Woodward
Company 

Presented by the Hon. James Sent 
of New York 

[Dec] 13
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State of New York
County of Queens } Ss.

[black ribbon on right] 

On this [inserted] fourth day of December 1832 Personally appeared before me, Benjamin W. Strong one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in the County of Queens and
State of New York- [underlined] Jesse Morrell a resident of Newtown in the County of Queens aged 75 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 in New Town on the first day of July 1775 as a private soldier in the third company of the fourth Regiment of the New York State troops, raised for the enterprise against Canada: and that the
said Regiment was commanded by Col James Holmes and the Company by Capt. Nathaniel Woodward, that he served in said Company at Albany and Ticonderoga and was
discharged at Montreal on the first day of January 1776 having been six months in the service, which was the time for which he enlisted - That he has no papers-that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure
except John Lawrence who was second lieutenant in said Company and whose certificate is hereunto annexed-
That he was born in Newtown, in Queens County on the 28th day of April 1757 as appears by a record in the family Bible.
That he lived in Newtown at the time of his enlistment, that he has lived there since the revolution and lives there at present.- 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
  Jesse Morrell  his x mark

Sworn & Subscribed before me
this 4th day of December 1832
[signature] Benjn W. Strong
Judge of Queens Common Pleas

N.B. The above named deponent Jesse Morrell, being blind, is unable
to write his name legibly
[signature] Benjn W. Strong
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State of New York
County of Queens } Ss.

We, John Goldsmith residing in Newtown
County of Queens, and State of New York, Clergyman and Benjamin Howard of said town of Newtown, are well acquainted with [Jesse] Jefre Morrell, who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration and that we believe
him to be about the age of 75 years and that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood in which he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion 

Sworn and Subscribed
this 4th December 1832
before me
[signature] Benj W. Strong
Judge of Queens Com Pleas

[signature] John Goldsmithe
[signature] Benjamin Howard
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State of New York
County of Queens } Ss 

John Lawrence of the Town of Newtown
in the County of Queens and State of New York being duly Sworn doth declare and say, that he was second Lieutenant in the third Company of the fourth Regiment of the troops raised by the State of New York, destined against Canada - That he know Jesse Morrell as a private soldier in said company and knows that he served in the same at least six months-

Sworn and subscribed
before me this 4th December
1832
[signature] Benjn W. Strong Judge
of Queens Comm Pleas &c 

[signature] John Lawrence

_______
[overlapping papers from different page] 
N.B. The above named deponent Jesse Morrell being blind, is unable to write his name legibly. 

[signature] Ben W. Strong
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[faded writing]
County of Queens
Benjamin W. Strong one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Queens
& State of New York, do hereby declare my opinion after the
investigation of the matter & after putting the [illegible] interroga
Jones prescribed by the [illegible] war department that the above
named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served
as he states: And I do further certify that it appears to me
that John Goldsmith who has signed the preceeding certi
ficate is a Clergyman, residing in the town of Newtown
County & State aforesaid: and that Benjamin Howard
who has also signed the said certificate is a resident of
Newtown, Queens County & State aforesaid & is a [illegible] indible person
& that their statement is entitled to credit. And I further
certify that the said [Jesse] Jefse Morrell could not from bodily
infirmity attend the said Court of Common Pleas, which
is held fifteen miles from his residence which is the reason
his Declaration & examination were taken out of Court.
In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this fourth
day of Decr 1832
[signature] Benj W. Strong

State of New York
County of Queens

I Samuel Sherman, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that Benjamin W.
Strong who has subscribed the above certificate is one of the
Judges of the said Court, & that the signature to said certificate
is [crossed out] our [inserted] his proper handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this Seventh day
of December 1832
[signature] Samuel Sherman Clerk

[seal]
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3052
Hester Morrell
widow of Jesse
NY 
Act 7 July 38
In 1808
[underlined] married in 1808!!!
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State of New York
County of Queens Ss:
 On this thirty first
day of October in the year of our Lord
one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight
personally appeared before the Court of 
Common Pleas for the County of Queens and State of New York
Hester Morrell a resident of the Town of
New Town in the County of Queens in the State,
of New York aged Seventy four years, who being
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 4th 1836 and
the joint resolution of July 7th 1838. That she is
the widow of Jesse Morrell who was a private
in the army of the United States during the war
of the Revolution. This deponent does not know
whether the said Jesse Morrell was in the continental army of the Militia but respectfully
refers the Commissioner of Pensions to the 
declaration of the said Jesse Morrell now on file in the Pension Office at Washington, in virtue of
which application a pension certificate was on
the Eighth day of March 1834 issued in favor of
the said Jesse Morrell granting him the sum
of $20 per annum during his natural life--
and this deponent further declares that she was
married to the said Jesse Morrell on the 
Eighteenth day of February in the year 1808 at New Town aforesaid that her husband the said Jesse Morrell died on the 28th day of January in the year 1835 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
  Hester Morrell her X mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written -
the same being first read to her in
open Court 
[signature] John Simonson Clerk
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State of New York
County of Queens ⎬ SS. On this thirty first day of
October-- in the year of our Lord one 
thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight personally
appeared before the Court of Common Pleas for the
County of Queens and in the State of New York
Hester Buckbee who being first duly sworn
according to law doth depose and say that she
resides at the Town of New Town in the County
of Queens and that she has been a Neighbour
of Hester Morrell named in the annexed declaration
for the last forty years and upwards 
and has during that period been intimately 
acquainted with the said Hester: That the said
Hester has always sustained and irreproachable 
character in that neighbourhood and is a
woman of Exemplary worth and piety. And
this deponent further saith that she was well acquainted
with Jesse Morrill several years before
his intermarriage with the said Hester - That the
said Hester was the Widow of Benjamin Baley
when she married the said Jesse Morrell and
that the said Hester was married to the said
Jesse Morrell at the House of this deponent in
the winter season a great many years ago, how
many years deponent cannot say but thinks it
must be as much as twenty five or thirty years
since that the Marriage ceremony was performed
by Nathaniel Woodhull a Presbyterian Clergy
man who then preached at New Town aforesaid,
that said Nathaniel has been dead upwards of
Twenty years. That the said Hester was living
at deponents House when she was married to
the said Jesse and that deponent was present
and witnessed the marriage ceremony, that the
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said Jesse was by representation a Soldier
in the war of the revolution and has been
dead about three years, and that the said
Hester has remained a widow ever since
the death of the said Jesse Morrell This deponent
further saith that she this deponent is a
widow and is aged Sixty nine years and
further saith not.

    her
Hetty    x     Buckbee
         Mark 

Sworn in open Court this
31 st day of October 1838
the same being [first] frst carefully
read to her
[signature] John Simonson Clerk

I John Simonson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Queens in the State of New York, the same being a a court of Record according to the constitution and
laws of said State Do hereby certify that on this 31st day of October 1838, appeared in open court before the Judges thereof Hetty Buckbee who being sworn deposed and said that she was well acquainted with Jesse Morrill in his life time and with Hester Morrell his wife now the widow and relict of the said Jesse Morrell that she has understood and believes that the said Jesse Morrell was a pensioner of the United States, that he was such at the time of his do which took place at Newtown in said County of Queens on or about three years ago and that the said Hester Morrell was the lawful wife of the said Jesse Morrell in his life time and has not married since

I further Certify that when hearing the testimony of the said Hetty Buckbee the said Court are well satisfied of the truth thereof
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year aforesaid

[signature] John Simonson Clerk
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Jesse Morrell,
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
R 7398

[Table] 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT 
[faded] July1775
[faded] discharged 
LENGTH OF SERVICE
[faded] July, 1776
[too faded to read]
RANK
[faded] Private 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
CAPTAIN.
[faded] Nathaniel Woodward 3rd Co. 
COLONEL.
[faded] James Holoues
STATE.
N.Y.

Battles engaged in, taking of the [illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Newtown, Queens, N.Y. 
Date of application for pension, Dec 4, 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Newtown, Queens Co. N.Y. 
Age at date of application, [faded] born Apr 28 1757 Newtown, N.Y.
Remarks: he [illegible] Newtown, NY Feb 18, 1808, Hester
with of [illegible]. [illegible] June 28, 1835 & she was 74 yrs of age & a [illegible]
[open parathesis] office note. act required marriage to have taken place after his last service & prior to Jany 1, 1714 [closed parathesis]
Respectfully,
6 -- 2850
Commissioner.
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State of New York
County of Queens

On this Fifteenth day of February 1834 Personally
appeared before me Benjamin W. Strong one of the Judges of the Court
of Common pleas in the County of Queens and State of New York, Jesse Morrell a resident of Newtown in the County of Queens, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following supplement to his declaration made the 4th day of December 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th June 1832.
1st That he entered the service as a volunteer for the term of Six months.
2nd That he was present at the taking of Fort St. John's, where General Montgomery took 600 regular soldiers prisoners, which was a short
time before General Montgomery went to Quebec-- recollects distinctly
the intelligence of General Montgomery's death being communicated to the soldiers by General Wooster, at Montreal - also recollects
the names of Captain Benedict, Wynkoop, & Palmer all as he believes of the fourth regiment of N.Y. State troops and Major Hobley and
Colonel Waterbury of the New England troop
3rd That he never received any written discharge from the service, as the term for which he enlisted had expired, he supposed a
written discharge unnecessary.
4th That he is personally well known to the Reverend John Goldsmith and Benjamin Howard who have certified to his character
as a reputed soldier of the revolution and refers the department to their certificate [illegible word crossed out] annexed to his first declaration.

                      his
Jesse  x  Morrell
                     mark 

Sworn & Subscribed before me
this 15th day of February 1834
[signature] Benjn W. Strong

Judge of Queens County Common Pleas &c
State of New York
County of Queens } Ss.

I do hereby certify that I have this day visited Jesse Morrell the above applicant and am satisfied that the said
Jesse Morrell could not from bodily infirmities attend the Court of Common Pleas which is the reason the above supplement to his
declaration was taken out of Court, his blindness also continues which prevent him from writing his name legibly
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this fifteenth
day of February 1834.
[signature] Benj W. Strong Judge of Queens
                                           Common Pleas &c
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State of New York
County of Queens } Ss.

I, Samuel Sherman, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County do hereby certify that Benjamin W. Strong who has subscribed the within Certificate is one of the Judges of the said Court and that the signature to said certificate is his proper hand writing in testimony whereof I have hereto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
this eighteenth day of February 1834-

[signature] Samuel Sherman, Clerk

[seal]
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J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner Pensions
Washington D.C.
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New York Nov 4 1838 
Sir
I have the honor herewith to transmit the declaration of Mrs Hester Morrell widow of Jesse Morrell decd. under an act approved on July 4” 1836 and the joint resolution of July 7 1838 for a widows pension – also the pension certificate heretofore paid in favor the said Jesse Morrell
As Mrs Morrell resides in the County of Queens, her declaration was made before the Court of Com: Pleas of that County, and are forwarded by me from this City, as at her request I prepared the papers - Until called on to perform this service I was entirely unacquainted either with Mrs Morrell or Mrs Buckbee the witness who proves the solemnization of Mrs Morrels marriage, but cheerfully bear testimony of the favorable impression produced by their respectable appearance and candid manner in relating the facts stated in the enclosed
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documents - Should you see it proper to allow her claim, the certificate will reach her, either by addressing it to Mrs Morrell New Town Queens County, or to me in this city
  With great respect
 Your obt servt
 Philip Hamilton

To
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Jurat  Mar 25
NY.
[stamp] NEW YORK MAR 27

Morrell
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New York  March 23d 1829

Sir
 Permit me to request a reply to my letter addressed to you of the 26" Ulto on the subject of a widows pension for Mrs Ann Kelso and for Mrs Hester Morrell - It is now nearly five months since Mrs Morrells claim was submitted to your consideration
  With respect
  Your obt servt
  Philip Hamilton
Counselor at law
New York

To J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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28462
Jesse Morrell

Admitted
Private 6 months

Return to Lewis Condict
Morristown, N. Jersey

[crossed out: Claim and Newtown County of Queens New York]
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office. Nov 23 37 
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them, and you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, shewing the Service of Jesse Morrel 

Period when the service was rendered.  |  Duration of the claimant's service. Years.  Months.  Days.   |  Rank of the claimant.  |  Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.  |   Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.   |  Proof by which the declaration is supported.   |

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
JAMES L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory or District of County } ss.
On this ___ day of ___ personally appeared (a) before __ A.B. a resident (b) of ___ in the county of ___  and State, territory or District of ___  ages (c) ___ 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ___  , with ___ and served in the ___ (e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which marched. [ ]This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ___
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. ____ A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I _____ of the Court of ____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ___for a pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ___ day of ___&c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
 (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ___ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ___ , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood 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. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories 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 A. B. ___ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ___ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ___ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I ___Clerk of the Court of ___ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of ___ for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ___ day of ___&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6.  {To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?}
6. {To an Officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?}
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. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must in the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For __ year ___ months , and ___ days I served as a ___. For ___ months and ___days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.   Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority;  that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant’s entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[ ] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies in continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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NY [IX?]
Act 7 July 38
Rejected
Lett[er] Philip Hamilton
Mar 29 '39

23328   7398
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1917 Aug 1 Hist to F V Morrell

7,398
P.O.  NY
Hester Morrell
Service: Jesse  1-0
Enlisted:   18..
Discharged:    18..
Application filed:    18..
Alleges:   
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
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FRANCIS V MORRELL
177 Quincy Street Brooklyn NY
 Rev. 1 CB H
1663 Decatur
Telephone

JUL 25 1947
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
 May I be informed of any records in your office concerning Jesse Morrell of Newtown LI who served in the War of the Revolution - in 4th Regt The Line N.Y.
 I seek this information for the sake of family history and will be glad if you will include any [Sates?], facts or associated names that you may have that may be of value to us historically, especially of his parentage.
  Yours &c
 F. Morrell