Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,234, for Joel Mack, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Conn. Mack, Joel W. 20.234.
Susannah
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3842
New York, Albany
Susannah Mack
widow of Joel Mack
RI
who was a Private
in the Revolution
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
13th day of Dec. 1843
and sent to B. F. Gibbs
Harpersfield, Delaware Co.
N.Y.
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 109.
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Joel Mack was born Novem 14.1761
Susannah Andrews was born December
21st AD 1764 & was married Jany 31st 1785
to Joel Mack
Abner son of Joel & Susannah Mack
was born June 12th 1787
Hannah Mack was born Novr 14th, 178[?]
Belinda was born Fbr 11th, 1790 and
died July 25th, 1793
Orlando Mack was born March 25th 1792
Joel Mack was born Jany 10th 1794
Ira Mack was born Augus 18.1795 &
died April 15 1797
Belinda & Cynthia Mack was born April [??] 
1797
Daniel Mack was born May 18 1799
Margaret Mack was born July 2 1801
Elizabeth Mack was born June 20 1803
Samuel Andrew Mack was born April 3 18[??]
Joel Mack died Novem 4th 1805
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The End of the
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State of New York
Delaware County
On this 11th day of December 1838 personally
appeared before the court of common pleas in & for the County
of Delaware, being a court of record, Susannah Mack a resident
of the town of Harpersfield in the County of Delaware
aforesaid, aged seventy four years who being duly sworn 
according to law both 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
halfpay and pension to certain widows." That she is the
widow of Joel Mack who was a soldier in the army
of the Revolution. He served as a private soldier in the
8th Connecticut regiment and for three years prior to the
7th of April 1780 as appears by his discharge hereunto 
annexed. She believes that he also served after that time in
one of the Connecticut regiments till the close of the war
and for a part if not for the whole of that time as a
sergeant. She has heard him speak of his having served as
a sergeant and he had a paper signed by General
Washington which he used to show to people to let them
see the General's handwriting. She believes that paper
showed his service in the regiment to the 7th of April 1780.
That paper is lost.
She further declares that she was married to
the said Joel Mack on the 31st day of January 1785, on
the thirty first day of January seventeen hundred and
eighty five, that her husband the aforesaid Joel Mack
died on the fourth day of November eighteen hundred
and five, that she was married to him prior to 
his leaving the service but the marriage took place
previous to the first of January seventeen hundred
and ninety four viz. at the time above stated.
She further declares that the only record evidence
within her knowledge or belief of her said marriage
to the said Joel Mack is contained on a blank leaf
between the Apocrypha and the New Testament in their
family Bible. That Bible was purchased by her late
husband the said Joel Mack shortly before his death.
Their family record had been kept on a blank leaf
in a small bible they had purchased shortly after 
their marriage & it was her husband's intention
to inscribe it into the new Bible aforesaid but his death
prevented. Shortly after her husband's death her eldest
son Abner Mack transcribed the said record into the
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new Bible aforesaid where it now remains. This same
bible containing the said record is herewith presented for the
information of the court. The old bible aforesaid, containing the
first entries as aforesaid is worn out and lost.
She further declares that she has not been married
since the death of her said husband Joel Mack but
still remains his widow. 
her mark
Susannah Mack
Sworn and transcribed in open
Court this 11th day of December
1838 C. B. Sheldon Clerk

Deleware County Ss Abner Mack of the town of Sidney in the county
of Delaware aged fifty one years having duly sworn doth
depose and say that he is the son of Joel Mark late of the
town of Harperfield in said county declared his father died
in November 1805. Shortly after his death, certainly within
a year after his death, this deponent then residing at
his mother and the family in the late mansion house of
his father, transcribed at the request of his mother, the family
record of his family from an old and small family bible
into a new & large family bible which his father had purchased
shortly before his death. The family record in
the old bible was in the own proper hand writing of his
said father Joel Mack. The said bible he believes is worn
out & lost. The said family record is transcribed by him into
the new Bible as aforesaid was written by him on a
blank leaf between the Apocrypha & the New
Testament and was the same as it now appears in the
same Bible now presented to the court, down to the birth
of Elizabeth Mack inclusive.
And this deponent further saith that it appears
by the said record is transcribed as aforesaid that Joel
Mack was born November fourteenth seventeen hundred
and sixty one. Susannah Andrews was born on December
twenty first seventeen hundred and sixty four 
and was married January thirty first seventeen hundred
and eighty five to Joel Mack. I certify that it is a 
true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is
expressed on the record in fair legible figures as
follows "Joel Mack was born Nov 14th 1761. Susannah 
Andrews was born December 21st. AD 1764 & was married
Jany 31st 1785 to Joel Mack""
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Abner Mack above named depose and say that the
above is a true extract from the records as above set
forth and certified by me.
And the said Abner Mack further deposeth and saith
that his mother the said Susannah Mack has never been
married since the death of his father the said Joel Mack
but now remains his widow.
Abner Mack
Sworn and subscribed in open 
court before me December 11th
1838.
C. B. Sheldon Clerk
Be it remembered that on the seventh day of
December one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
in the court of common pleas then in session at the
court house in the town of Delhi and for the county 
of Delaware came Susannah Mack widow & relict of
Joel Mack late of the town of Harpersfield in said county
deceased and pursuant to instructions from the department
of war she made her aforesaid declaration in
an oath in open court. The aforesaid Abner Mack
sworn in open court. Being well known the court certify
that he is a person of good credit & industry. The Bible
referred to in the said declaration and also in the affidavit
aforesaid of the said Abner Mack was produced and
inspected by the court. On inspection of the said
marriage on entered in the said Bible as aforesaid, the court
find that the said Abner Mack has correctly stated and 
identified the same in his deposition or affidavit aforesaid.
It is therefore considered by the court that the said 
marriage of the said Joel Mack and Susannah his wife is 
suffficiently and legally proved and established. On inspection 
of the said family record in the Bible aforesaid the
court finds that the same is written on a blank page
between the Apocrypha and the New Testament. The other
page on the same leaf contains contains the six last verses
of the last Chapter of the second Book of Maccabees. On 
the page containing the family record aforesaid is written
a record of the marriage aforesaid and also the births of twelve
children of the said Joel & Susannah. The deaths of two of
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those children and the death of the said Joel Mark. It does
appear to the court to be improper to destroy this family
record by cutting out the same and sending it to the 
commisioner of Pensions. The discharge of the said Joel Mack
from the army signed R.J. Mugs Col Comd 1st Comm
Brigade and dated Westfield 7th April 1780 stating that
he had "served three years (the term for which he enlisted)
faithfully", was presented to the court. Also the affidavit of
Thankful Dickamon proving the said Marriage.

Delaware County S.S. State of New York
Personly came before me Thankful
Dickamon Personly known by me and
of a good and Morel character Makes
oath before me Thomas Wilcox a Justice
of the piece of the County of Delaware State of NY
and saith that she was present at the
marriage of Joel Mack to Susanah Andrews
on the 11th day of January 1785
And knowing them to be leagaly married by a proper
Officer

Subscribed and Sworn
this 6 day of October 1838
before me Thomas Wilcox Justice
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State of New York Delaware County ss
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the
County of Delaware Do certify that
Thomas Wilson the Justice before whom the
within affidavit purports to have been sworn
was at the date of the same a justice
the peace in and for the County of Delaware,
and that his name subscribed
to the within affidavit is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the Seal of the said County this
11th day of December 1838,
C B Sheldon Clerk

State of New York
Delaware County ss. I Crawford B Sheldon
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the County of Delaware (the same
being a County record) Do
Certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said
Court in the matter of an application
of Susannah Mack for a pension
in [testimony?] whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 11th day
of December 1838.
C B Sheldon Clerk
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Albany 1865
Susannah Mack
widow of Joel Mack
[who was a pensioner under the Act of]
and who died on the 4 November 1805
of Delaware Co in the State of N York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain [blank]
of the 8th Regt commanded
by [blank]
in the Cont.
line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars [Cents] per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Feb
1839 and sent to Hon. A. J.
Parker, H.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 38 200.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar 39 40.00
$240.00
Act July 7,
1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2 Page 89

D. Brown
See letter to B. J. Gibbs Aug. 26
1843
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Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20234
Susannah Mack
Widow of
Joel Mack
Pri Rev War
Act: March 3d 43
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 10
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Harpersfield
May 25
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

1546
May 29 43
NY
Mar 3d 1843
Mary Sikes
[?] Mack
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Harpersfield Delaware Co N York
Hon J L Edwards Sir Enclosed
are the proofs and papers of Mary
Sikes and Susannah Mack the
affidavits are not as full as
your forms direct, owing to age
and not having any papers in their
hands relative to their deceased husbands
service they could not explicitly
state the Regiment in which their
husbands served. Any amount of
proof can be obtained that these
declarants are the Identical widows
of Nathaniel Sikes and Joel Mack
should not be deemed sufficient.
But it is supposed they are as
you have the proof in your office of
the service of the said Sikes
and Mack
Yours with Respect
Benjamin J Gibbs
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Washington City
Jany 19, 1839
J L Edwards Esq
Sir,
I enclose you the papers of Mrs
Susannah Mack an applicant for a pension
under the act of 7 July 1838
Very Respy
Yours &c
A. J. Parker
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1865
4036
Admitted
Private 2 years
Hon A. J. Parker
H.R.
[inverted text]
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Joel Mack soldier in the 8th Regt has
be serv'd with provisions including the
8th April 1780
Westfield
On Behalf of B Stevens
Army H[??]
Compy Jed Hyde
[illegible] AD 12th [??]
Serv'd the above person with four
days provis [??] Hon. John Else A.C.J.
[illegible signature]
at the [??]
John Holland
Westfield
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Westfield 7th April 1780
Joel Mack a Soldier in the 8th Conn. Regiment
having served three years (the term for which he
enlisted) faithfully, is discharged from the Army
the Commissaries on the Road to Connecticut will
please to furnish him with necessary provisions,
B J Mugs Col. Comdt
1st Conn Brigade
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5686
Susannah Mack
$80
Ben. F. Gibbs
Harpersfield
Delaware
N.Y.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress
of the 3d of March 1843 granting pensions for one year
to certain widows who have received pensions under he
Act of July 7th 1838
State of New York
Delaware County
On this 2nd day of September
1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a
Justice of the Peace of the County of Delaware
aforesaid Susannah Mack aged seventy eight
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 3d of March 1843
granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the
widow of Joel Mack who was a private in
the Revolutionary army She also declares
that she received eighty dollars per year as pension
under the act of July 7th 1838 She further
declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written
her mark
Susannah Mack
Before Benjamin F Gibbs Justice of the Peace
Benjamin F Gibbs
In pressence of Miles Hotchkiss
I certify that the above named Susannah Mack
is personally known to me and that she received
a pension under the act of July 7th 1838
Benjamin F Gibbs Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Delaware County ss
On this 2nd day of September
1843 personally appeared before me a Justice of the
Peace of the County of Delaware Miles Hotchkiss
who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath depose and say that he is well acquainted
with the within named Susannah Mack and
has been for a number of years, and knows
her to be the widow of Joel Mack deceased
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year first above written
before Benjamin F Gibbs Justice of the Peace
Miles Hotchkiss
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above
named Miles Hotchless and that full faith and
credit must be given to his statements
Benjamin F Gibbs Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Delaware County
On this 2nd day of September 1833
personally appeared before me a Justice of this
Peace of the County of Delaware Orlando Mack to
me personally known who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath depose
and say that he is well acquainted with the
within named Susannah Mack and knows her to
be the widow of Joel Mack deceased, and that the
received a pension under the act of July 7
1838
Orlando Mack
Sworn and subscribed on the
day and year above written.
Before Benjamin Gibbs Justice of the Peace
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I certify that I am well acquainted with the
foregoing named Orlando Mack and that full faith
and credit is to be given to his statements
Benjamin F Gibbs Justice of
the Peace
State of New York
Delaware County SS. 
I Crawford B Sheldon
Clerk of said County Do Certify
that Benjamin J Gibbs Esq. before
whom the foregoing and annexed
declarations or affidavits of Susannah
Mack, Miles Hotchkiss and
Orlando Mack were sworn was at the date of
the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County
duly elected & qualified & that his signature
thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the said County
this 4th day of September AD 1843
C B Sheldon Clerk
By
C H Sheldon
Dep Clerk