Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,946, William Adams, [ILLEGIBLE]
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn. (?)
N. Y. (?)
Adams,, William
NUMBER
S. 11,946
carded
b. in Westchester Co. N. Y. and res there at ent.
After Rev. res. Bennington, Vt
in 1832 res. of Ostego Co.  N. Y. aged 69 yrs.
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Sent to John Fleming Esqr Dec 26, 1834
"   "    "  pensioner                                      "
  "    '    John B Pease Sep. 23, 1842
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6850 New York

William Adams
of Exeter in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain __________ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cornfield in the [inserted star] New York [struck  through] line for 21 months

[star inserted] Conn. Line. May 31/05
Records corrected. S[?]

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 70 Dollars ---- cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Mar 1833 ----- and sent to Hon. W. G. Angel
Burlington Otsego Co. NY

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33            --- $140.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. '33 -- 35.00
                                                               $175.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 182.}

Recorded by Jno (Jonathan) Cromwell Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 4  Page 14
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[illegible] of October Term 1832
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832

State of New York
Otsego County

On this 15th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & for the county of Otsego being a court of record & now sitting William Adams, a resident of the town of Exeter in the County & State aforesaid aged 69 years in the Month of August 1833 on his oath  [most of next line illegible]       in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed March of 1832 to wit & that he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War & served there as hereto after stated.

In the time of the Revolution deponent resided in the Town of Rye in the County of West Chester, State aforesaid & in the month of September in the [illegible] he enlisted into Col. Comfields' Regt. as a waiter for the Col. for a term of one year  This deponent was quite young at that time & Col. Comfield was billeted in the house of this deponents father & admiring the activity of this deponent as a young man besought his father that he might be permitted to enlist as a waiter as aforesaid who consented. He served in the capacity of a waiter until sometime
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in the summer of the following year when upon his importunity the Col gave him a discharge from the service But immediately
thereafter did this deponent think some time in the summer season but the exact time he can not now recollect he with five other men enlisted into the New York Troops for the term of six months in Capt. Gidney's company & in Col Enos' Regt & thinks in Genl Cotes Brigade. Our Lieutenant's name was Joseph Hart   Ensigns name was Phillip Pinckniy. The names of the five other men who enlisted with this deponent of the same time as aforesaid & in the Same Company were Sylvenus Gidney Benjamin Gidney Daniel Pardee Gilbert Pardee & John Rogers the Captain of our company was uncle to the
Gidneys who enlisted as privates. We were stationed along the shores of the Hudson River to protect the inhabitants & their property from the depredations who came up in their charges or night to land & Destroy property this service was in the Gov & or this deponent think while the main body of the british were at Fort Washington. He was discharged from the service some time in the winter but cannot recollect the month & returned home he remained at home until the month of March following one of his neighbors by the name of Jonathan Seacor had enlisted as a Waggan but had the misfortune to broke his leg when this
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deponent was sent for to take his place
He immediately entered the service in the said Month of March for nine months as a waggoner & took the team to drive which had been driven by the [illegible phrase] 
His employment was to draw forage for the Troops such as flour grain & provisions of all kinds   he continued in the service until the month of January when he was discharged & returned home & has had in his possession a discharge but it is now either lost or destroyed or he knows nothing about it
He knows of no person whose testimony he can provide to his services he has no documentary evidence which he can produce to his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity & declares that his name is not on the pension role of any agency in any State
He was born in Westchester County aforesaid when he lived until the close of the revolution when he removed to the town of Bennington
in the State of Vermont. In the year 1799. he removed to the town of Exeter otsego County aforesaid when he has ever since resided
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Wm Adams (signature) 
Horace Lathrop Clerk (signature)
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And the same Court hereby declare their opinion after an investigation of the matter & after following the interrogations by the War Department that the said William was a Revolutionary soldier & served thence as he states.  And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Hunt who has [illegible] the Certificate hereto attached is a clergyman & a resident of the Town of Plainfield & that Abner Giles who has also served the same is a resident of the same place that their [Sic] are credible persons & their statement is entitled to credit.
    J.A. Nome [?]
   Seth Chair [?]    { Judges
    J. C.  
   [These three names are illegible]
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  Adams


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William Adams
Town of Exeter
Wm, Brown
Atty.

admd
21 mo [illegible]
70$
by consent of 
Hon. Wm Angel
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Otsego County Js          Mr. William Hunt a 
                                  clergyman residing in
the Town of Plainfield & County of Otsego and Abner Giles [name inserted] residing in the Town of Plainfield & County of Otsego hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Adams who has Subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 69 years of age as therein stated, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been as soldier in the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
   [Signed]  William Hunt
                   Abner Giles
Sworn & subscribed
to this 15th day of 1882 before me

   Horace Lathrop Clerk
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I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court
Common Pleas & for the County of Otsego
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
Original proceedings before the said Court
in the matter of the application of William Adams 
 for a  pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of Office this 19th day of
October 1832.
Horace Lathrop Clerk
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Letter of inquiry returned to Hon Freeman
January 2, 1931

Honorable Richard P. Freeman
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS

My dear Mr. Freeman:
     Reference is made to the letter which Mrs. Mary B. Bishop of
Putnam, Connecticut, addressed to you, and which you transmitted to this bureau for reply.

     You are advised that is appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11946, that William Adams was born in August, 1764, in Westchester County, New York.

     While a resident of Rye, Westchester County, New York, he enlisted in September, 1776, in Colonel Canfield's Regiment and
served as a waiter to that colonel until sometime in the summer of 1777.  At the expiration of this service he enlisted with the New York troops under Captain Gidney, and served six months as a private. He enlisted in March, 1778, and served nine months as a wagoner, names of officers not given.

     At the close of the Revolution he moved to Bennington, Vermont. In 1799 he moved to Exeter, Otsego County, New York.

     He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15,1832, at which time he was living in Exeter, New York.

     In 1842 he was living in Oneida County, New York.

     There are no data in the papers of this pension claim pertaining to the soldier's family.


[Handwritten note in left margin]  Could not determine whether Confield was Conn, or N.Y. so stated in this way. Omitted Col. Enos' name as could not verify and if [illegible] colonel it may have been Ennis instead of Enos.
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From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13673,
it appears that Isaac Knapp was born May 14, 1750, at Stamford, Fairfield
County, Connecticut.
He enlisted at New Haven, Connecticut, in April, 1775, and
served as a private in Captain Caleb Trowbridge's Company in Colonel
Wooster's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged in September, 1775.
He enlisted in September, 1776, as a private in Captain Oliver Hanchett's
Company in Colonel Benedict Arnold's Connecticut Regiment, was taken
prisoner while in the siege of Quebec and detained in prison until
September, 1776, when he was released on parole and exchanged in
October, 1776. He enlisted in 1782 and served one year as a private
in Captain James Stoddard's Company in Colonel Canfield's Connecticut
Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 5,
1832, while a resident of Bethany or Warsaw, Genesee County, New York.
In 1833 it was stated that this soldier had never married.
He died December 3, 1834.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 45388,
it appears that Timothy Howe enlisted in Braintree, Massachusetts,
and served as a private with the Massachusetts troops as follows: from
April, 1775, nine months in Captain Granger's Company in Colonel
Greaton's Regiment; from January or February, 1776, four months in
Captain Barnabas Sears' Company in Colonel Greaton's Regiment; from
June, 1776, until March, 1777, in Captain Daniel Warner's Company and
was in the battle of White Plains; from March, 1777, in Captain Abel
Holden's Company in Colonel Thomas Nixon's Regiment, was at the
burning of Danbury, was in the battle of Ridgefield, was wounded in
the leg in the battle of Crompo Hill, was in the battle against the
Indians at Fort Edward, and was in the battle of Saratoga and was
discharged February 1, 1780,
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 28,
1818, at which time he was sixty-four years of age and was living in
Lansing, Tompkins County, New York,
In 1820 the soldier referred to his wife, Kazia, aged sixty-
five years, and his son, William, aged twenty-one years.
Timothy Howe died May 2, 1829.
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3
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.21425,
it appears that Elijah Hubbard, on May 16, 1777, was appointed Commissary
of Supplies and stores provided by the State of Connecticut
for Connecticut troops and he received the pay of a captain. On
August 3, 1779, he was appointed Subclothier for the State of Connecticut
and served until the close of the Revolution.
He married January 1, 1782, in Middletown, Connecticut, Abigail
Dickinson.
Elijah Hubbard died May 29, 1808, in Middletown, Connecticut.
On account of his service in the Revolution his widow, Abigail,
was allowed pension on her application executed July 13, 1837, at
which time she was seventy-nine years of age and was living in Middletown, Connecticut.
Abigail Hubbard died January 15, 1838, at Middletown, Connecticut,
and her only surviving children were: Hannah Watkinson who in 1837 was
fifty-three years of age and was living in Middletown, Connecticut, and
Samuel D. Hubbard who in 1842 was living in Middletown, Connecticut, age
not given.
This bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of
the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been
made to the United States on account of the soldier's service.
A careful search of the records fails to show that such a claim
was filed by Abigail Davis as the widow of Josiah Davis who died
February 17, 1815, in New Ipswich, New Hampshire.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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11946
Rev War
INVALID.
File no 11.946

William Adams
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. A, Page 3
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931 Jan. hist to
Hon. Richard P. Freeman Letter of inquiry
returned to Hon Freeman
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11946
Rev War
INVALID.
File no 11.946

William Adams
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. A, Page 3
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931 Jan. hist to
Hon. Richard P. Freeman Letter of inquiry 
returned to Hon Freeman
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[stamp] ALBANY AUG 3

[stamp] NEW-YORK MAR 20
ford.
Honl
Joseph Bloo
[crossed out line]
Burlington
N [illegible]
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City of Utica, Oneida County N York Sept 19th 1842
Dear Sir
an old man by the name of William Adams who now
resides in this County, has shown me his Pension Certificately which it
appears that he obtained under the law of 7 June 1832 he states
that he drew three half year pensions & was then informed that he
could not do again in consequence of some mistake discovered
in his papers upon which he obtained his certificate and I write this
at his request that you will be so good as to inform my what that
Mistake is and what means he can take to correct it Wm  Adams is 
very poor and needy & if he can obtain his pension for the few
years he may yet live it would be of great relief to him-
I think he obtained his certificate while living in Otsego County
I send you annexed a copy of his certificate
very Respectfully your
John B. Pease Justice peace
PSMr Spence Secretary of War is acquainted with me J B. Pease
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War Department Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832 William Adams of the State of
New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary
Army is entitled to receive Seventy dollars per annum
during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March
1831 and payable semiannually, on the 4th of March and
4th of September in every year--
Given at the War office of the United States this
8th day March one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass Secretary of War
examined and countersigned
J.L. Edwards
on the Back No 6850 payments to be
made at New York by the [illegib;e] US  Br Bkm.
agent for paying pensioner in the agency
of New York
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
in Book E No 4 Page 14