Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,591, for James Stoddard, Connecticut
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(3—1776)
SERVICE
Conn.   
Stoddard, James   
SERVICE
S. 14591
carded
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8375 New York
James Stoddard
of Triangle int he State of ~~ who was a Captain in the company commanded by Captain ~~ of the Regt commanded by Col. Gay in the Connecticut line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 480 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of April 1833 and sent to A. G. Ransom Green N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $960
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept '33  $240.00
________
$1200.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 31

3383
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State of New York
Broome County} Ss. on this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Robert Morrell, First Chancellor of the sixth circuit of the State of New York at a court of Chancery held at the house of Paal Elliott int he town of Lisle County of Broome & State of New York now sitting
James Stoddard, a resident of the town of Triangle in the said county of Broome, aged eighty five years and 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.
In April 1775, I commenced my military service in behalf of the then colonies, a call being made. I went out as a private in a militia company from Farmington, Hartford County, State of Connecticut, was absent but a few days and returned in consequence of counter orders. Again on the 12th of June 1775, I volunteered as a private in a company of Militia, went from Farmington aforesaid to Boston and shouldered arms on the day of the Battle at Bunkers Hill. We remained at Boston about sixty days and then I returned home by permission.
In the month of January 1776 I received a Lieutenants commission in the Connecticut Militia in Captain Noadiah Hookers company and Col. Erastus Wolcotts Regiment. On the 20th day of the year aforesaid our company was ordered to Boston. Col. Erastus Wolcotts - we started from Farmington in the place of residence, & marched to Boston, were stationed [illegible] time on Dorchester Point. After the British left Boston in the Spring of 1776, I was ordered to take the command of the troop, then at Boston, until a commanding officer should return to relieve me, which I did. I had the command several days. I was discharged some time the last of April 1776, returned home.
In July or August of 1776 I received a Captains commission in the militia at Farmington aforesaid in a regiment commanded by Col. Fisher Gay & Major Simeon Strong, both from Farming. aforesaid, in the month of August 1776. Our Regiment were ordered to
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to New York to which place we marched. After our arrival there we were driven back by the British to Kingsbridge. We remained there & in the vicinity until we were discharged in November 1776.
In the Spring of 1777 I was called out with the company of Militia to which I had the command as Captain from Farmington State of Connecticut where I then resided to go to West Point under Col. Mosley's Regiment. We marched to West Point and was stationed there between two & three months as a guard and  was then discharged & returned home. 
Again about the first of September 1777 I was ordered out with my said company of militia by order of Brigadier Genl. Oliver Wolcott of Litchfield Connecticut. Our regiment was commanded by Major Andrew Adams of Litchfield aforesaid. We marched to Bennetts Height on Hudson River & was in the battle with the British in October 1777 at the time General Arnold was wounded and wrapped him in my cloak & returned him to his quarters. We remained there under the command of Genl Gates until after Burgoyne surrendered & was then discharged at the expiration of about three months from the time I left home in September. 
In March 1781 I entered the service as Capt of a company of state troops. I was commissioned by Jonathan Trumbull, then Governor of the state of Connecticut, as Captain & raised a company of soldiers and was attached Major Elijah Humphreys Battalion under the command of Genl. David Waterbury of Connecticut. We were ordered to Horse Neck & Standford and continued in said service for one year. The principal part of my time at Horse Neck & Standford our business was to guard the coast & lines between Horse Neck & New York. On the 14th of Feby 1782 I with my company of militia engaged a party of the Tories, Refugees & British under the command of Col. Howe, drove them seven miles & took from them 96 head of cattle & delivered them to the people to whom they belonged. I was discharged in April 1782 at the close of [illegible]
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my commission for said term of 1781 & 82 I herewith send to the War Department.
In April 1782 I received another Captains commission from Governor Trumbull in the state troops for the term of one year and took the command of a company of said troops & was again ordered to Horse Neck & Standford under the command of col. Samuel Eanfield of Connecticut, Oliver Bostwick was a Lieutenant in my company. I continued in the service with my company until April 1773. I was then discharged after peace was declared. My said Captains commission for the last year I have lost. I send to the War Department two old settlements made by me with the State of Connecticut in 1782 & 1783.
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.
James Stoddard
Robert Morrell
[illegible] Chancellor

1st Question - Where and in what year were you born?
At Litchfield County Connecticut in 1747.
Question 2nd - Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
I have a record of my age at my dwelling house.
Question 3d - Where were you living when called into service, where have lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live?
I was living at Farmington & Litchfield Connecticut. I have since lived in Broome County where I now reside.
Question 4th - How were you called into service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
I volunteered several times, I was also called out as a Captain at different times.
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Question 5         State the names of some of the regular offices - who were with the troops where you served such Continental Militia Regiments as you can [unreadable] and the general circumstances of you service. 
Genl. Parsons Cynl. Paterman - Col. Talmaoyer Regiment dc the circumstances of my services on principally let fort in my above declaration.

Question 6       Did you ever receive a Commpions  and if so by who was it given and what has become of it?

I received leunal  Commpions its [unreadable] last were began by Govener Jonathan
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Orange Johnson &

Joseph Sanford

Affidavits
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Note:  Document is faded and almost completely illegible
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I am personally Acquainted with Orange Johnson and joseph Sanford and believe them to be credible persons.
Robt Morrell
Vice Chancellor
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Admd. 
2 years  Capt
Pension Application
of
James Stoddard

No. 3383
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And the said Court does hereby declare his 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 said Court further Certifies that it appears to him that Henry Ford [Cyrus Johnson stricken out] & T John Seymour [second set of words "John Seymour" stricken out] who have Signed the above Certificate are residents of Lisle in Broome County New York and are both credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit & that said Henry Ford is a Clergyman of Lisle aforesaid.
Robt Morrell
Vice Chancellor

I Jonathan L Woods Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contained the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Stoddard for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of my office this Sixty day of August A.D. 1832.
Jonathan L Woods   Clk
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O. W. & N. Division.
W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.,
[Illegible date]
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of JAMES STODDARD 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
[illegible] 1776 Served a few days as a Pvt. in a Military Co. from Farmington, Conn.
June, 1776 50 days Lieut.
Jan., 177[?] 3 mo. Lieut.
Aug., 177[?] 3 mo. Capt.
Spring, 1777 ditto previous
Sept., 1777 ditto previous
Mar., 1781 1 yr. Capt.
Apr., 1782 1 yr. Capt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Noadiah Hooker
COLONEL.
Wolcott
Fisher Jay
Mosley
[illegible] Adams
Maj,. Elijah Humphrey
Samuel Canfield
STATE.
Conn.
Battles engaged in, STILLWATER and skirmishes.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Farmington, Conn.
Date of application for pension August 1832
Residence at date of application, Triangle, N. Y.
Age at date of application, Born in Litchfield, Conn. in 1747.
Remarks:  He stated that [words illegible] was stabbed in his sleep at time he (Arnold), was wounded at the battle of Stillwater.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner
George Whitney, Esq.,
Binghampton, N. Y.
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COLONY OF CONNECTICUT
BY THE GOVERNOR,
A
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas I have received Advice from his Excellency General WASHINGTON, at the Camp near Boston, of the 15th January Instant:  That by Reason of the slow progress, in raising Men for the Army, &c. their Lines are in so defenceless a State, that he, with the Advice of General Officers, of his Camp, is of Opinion, that it is expedient, and absolutely necessary, that a Number of new Regiments, by him mentioned, should be forthwith raised, in several Colonies, equal to those of the new Establishment and to be officers by said Colonies, according to [part of sentence obliterated] by the [illegible] Day of January Instant, is possible to be Ready to act as Circumstances may require, until the last Day of April next; and  requesting, that four of [said] Regiments might be furnished by this Colony, as their Proportion; and that every Exertion and influence may be used, for complying with said Requisition.
And having immediately laid said Requisition before my Council of Safety, for their Consideration and Advice; and being unanimously of Opinion, that the Reasons enforcing said Request are indisputably well founded, and that our Compliance is of great Importance for our and the common Safety, for the Present and all future Time.  And have therefore Voted and Resolved, That [four crossed out] ^three Regiments be forthwith raised in this Colony, by voluntary Inlistments, each Regiment to consist of seven hundred and twenty-eight Men Officers included, divided into eight Companies, of ninety Men each, including Officers, each Regiment to be commanded by one Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, and one Major.  And each Company, by one Captain, two Lieutenants, and one Ensign; with non commission Officers, as usual, to be on Continental Pay, and the same as other Officers and Soldiers on that Station, are entitled to; and to be marched forthwith to the Camp near Boston, for the Purposes and the Term aforesaid.  AND DO therefore, by and with the Advice of my said Council, issue this PROCLAMATION, hereby declaring and promising, that all able-bodied effective men, to a sufficient Number, who shall engage and inlist in this necessary Service, and shall furnish and equip him and themselves, with sufficient Cloathing, Arms, and Accoutrements, shall have and receive the same Pay, Wages, Billeting, and Allowance, as the Officers and Soldiers in said Army are entitled to; and shall have one Penny per Mile for marching Expenses out and home allowed them; and be discharged by the first Day of April next.  And the said [four crossed out] Regiments are to be commanded as follows, viz.  The first by
[Note:  The names and ranks of men were handwritten, faded with time and mostly illegible.]
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Document is a handwritten letter to James Stoddare 2d Lieut.   It has faded with time and mostly illegible.
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Handwritten appears to be a poem entitled
Stanzas on Woman.  Only partially legible and faded with time.
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Rev War Conn
14591
INVALID.
File No. 14,591
James Stoddard
Capt: Rev War
Act:  June 7" 1832
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 361
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Law office                                               Mother I.
George Whitney, 
Phelps Bank Building

Binghamton, N.Y.     November 9, 1894.   18

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly furnish me with a statement of the military history of James Stoddard, A soldier Captain, of the Revolutionary War, as contained in his application for pension on file in your bureau?
He entered the service, as I understand, in June  1775, was at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, and was discharged at different times and reenlisted and continued in the service until the close of the war in 1783. His service,  however, I believe, was substantially continuous.

Respectfully Yours,

George Whitney
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athan Trumbull, Esquire,
,Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of the STAT[STATE]
of CONNECTCUT. [CONNECTICUT]
James Stoddard, Gent. GREETINC. [GREETINGS]
by the Governor & Council of Safety---appointed
Captain of a Company in [illegible] regiment
ordered to be raised for Defense of this State [illegible]
Gen'l Assembly in [illegible]
and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good [illegible], I do, by virtue of the Laws of this State, me the
and impower you the said James [illegible ?Stoddard?] to be a Captain
[illegible] You are therefore carefully and dilegently to Discharge the duty of a Captain
g, exercising said Company in arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers, in the Service afore[aforementioned]
m in good Order and Discipline; hereby Commanding them obey you as their Captain and yoursel[yourself]
w such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of said State
or other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, pursuant to the Trust hereby repose
my Hand and Seal at [illegible], in Lebanon on 24th Day of March
1781 [year is circled]
Jon'th Trumbull
James Stoddard
Conn
S. File 14.591
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State of New York
Broome County [JP??]
Personally appeared before
Mr James Stoddard 2 a Justice
of the peace in and for the County aforesaid
James Stoddard aged Eighty five years
who being first duly sworn, says that he
is an applicant for a pension under the
Law of June 7th 1832. That in his
declaration made before the Honorable
Robert Monell [illegible] Chancellor on the
sixth day of August 1832, that part 
of said declaration relating to this
deponents service in the year 1782
on the 14th February, which says, "I with
my company of Militia engaged a party 
of the Tories Refugees & British" &c Should
have been I with my Company of State
troops engaged &c. And that the
Nord "Militia" in the above mentioned
part of said declaration was 
inadvertently introduced therein
Sworn & subscribed before
me December 10th 1832                              James Stoddard
James Stoddard 2 Justice of the Peace⎬
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State of New York}
Broom County ss}   
I, B. Marvin Clerk of said County do certify that James Stoddard 2d Esqr. before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been taken was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for this county duly qualified according to statute & also I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the Signature of James Stoddard is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 12th day of December 1832
B. Marvin Clerk
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I Certify that James Stoddard served as a Captain in the Revolutionary War opposing the Enemy of the United States at Greenwich & Stamford in Connecticut under the Command of General ^David Waterbury & Col Samuel Canfield for more than nine months while I was Assistant Commissary of Issues to said Troops —
Smith Weed
Albany February 2d 1827.
Albany County ss
Personally appeared before me Daniel L. Van Antwerp one of the Justices of the Justice Court of the City of Albany & a Justice of the County of Albany Smith Weed who says that the Certificate by him subscribed is here — & that I am well acquainted with said Smith Weed & know him to be the person whose signature is attached to the above Certificate & in my presence interlined the name of (David) between the third & fourth line of said Certificate
Smith Week
Sworn this 3d day of February 1827.
D. L. V. Antwerp
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City &  County of Albany
Clerks Office

I certify that David Van Antwerp en is one of the Justices of the Peace for the city of Albany & that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe that D. L. N. Antwerp subscribed to the path taken by Smith Weed on the other side is the proper have writing of the said David Van Antwerp.. In testimony where of I have hereunto subscribed my hand & seal affixed the seal of the said County this third day of February 1827.

Dan L V Kleeck
Clerk of the said City and County of Albany
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AI / Machine-Generated
(6 months ago)
[the following is written on right side of page]
Capt James Stoddard
[Affidavit??] State of
Connecticut
May 30th 1783
[remainder is illegible]
[the following is written on left side of page]
Capt James [illegible]
Capt James [Stoddard??]
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N. 188
lard of State of Connecticut Cr. 
1782  By [unreadable] of his [unreadable] for the Service of hi company in Col Carpenters Reg 
7.15
10
13

6    By Officer Substance

 17 by Commison @ 1 per $ Cent
345 15 3 By Bill for [unreadible] cost
Tax 69 11 4
10
Total 2303. 86
$2783.11 1

Pay Table Office May 30th
Errors Excepted
Oliv Wolcott Junl Comters

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