Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,906, John Adams, Mass.
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Service: Mass.
Adams, John
Number: S. 12,906
carded
Contents:
b. May 25, 1760 at Oblong, Dutchess Co. N.Y.
res. at enl. Alford, Berkshire Co. Mass.
res. in 1832, Bloomfield, Ontario Co. N.Y.
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Death not in A.B
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New York 28,578 
John Adams  (10) 
of Ontario Co. in the State of New York 
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Bacon of the Regt commanded 
by Col Porter in the Masstts militia 
line for 10 months 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of April 
1834 and sent to Thos Beals Canandaigua N.Y. 

Arrears to the 4th of March 1834  $99.99 
Semi=anl. allowance ending Sept 4 '34. 16.66 2 
[=] $116.65

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by Sam H. Page Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4 Page 42
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9211
John Adams

Thomas Beals
Agent
Canandaigua

1st term actual Service 5mo
2.    "           "                   2.
3     "           "                   3
[=] 10 -


Admd
10 mo. pri
$33.33
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(1)
State of New York}
Ontario County} ss : 
On this twenty seventh day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the County Court now sitting John Adams a resident of the town of Bloomfield County and State aforesaid aged Seventy one 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 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated. 
1st At Alford in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, he enlisted for ten months in Captain William Bacons Company in Colonel Porters Regiment and was mustered at Stockbridge County and State last mentioned in the month of March 1776, and marched through Bennington to Skeensboro and went on board a Boat stopped at Ticonderoga and thence to St. Johns by Sorrell, and then to Quebeck where General Wooster was in Command who was succeeded by General Thomas. While there was inoculated for the small Pox as the disease prevailed there, was ordered back about forty miles and then retreated to Sorrell Point, and after cured of the small Pox, went to Chamblee and while there General Thomas died. After this went back to Sorrell and there made Fortifications. Went back to Chamblee and while there was joined by our Troops from the Cedars, and after the Stores were sent off, the troops retreated to Ticonderoga and was employed opposite Ticonderoga at Fort Independence in making Fortifications under under the Command of General Gates. Saw General Gates often. About the last of September was sick and received a furlough, and went home to Alford but was unable to return at the expiration of the
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furlough in consequence of continued sickness  He was accompanied home with his Brother Jonathan Adams, and Jeduthan Dickinson who were also Soldiers in the Same Company. 
2d. In the month of May or 1st June 1777 at Alford was drafted and Enrolled in Captain Fitch's Company in Colonel Ashleys Regiment and was marched to Kinderhook and then to Fort Edward and after a short stay went to Bloody Ponds towards Fort George, then ordered to retreat. then ordered to Kingsboro where we was encamped. After this retreated to Fort Edward, thence to Stillwater, this was a draft for two months, after the time expired was addressed by a General Officer and requested to remain two weeks longer, and the whole Regiment remained for two weeks as requested believes it was two months in all 
3d. In the year following was Enlisted for three months in Capt [blank] Company in Colonel Israel Chapins Regiment to go to Fort Stanwix was marched to Claverick and then to Albany where we went into Barracks, being countermanded, and remained there until discharged 
Has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service 
Was born in Oblong, Duchess County and State of New York the 25 May 1760. Have no record of my age. Have lived since the War at Great Barrington and removed into Bloomfield where I now live more than forty years ago, never received a written discharge. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
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(2)
He knows Abner Adams & Benjamin Gauss 
Sworn & subscribed the day and} 
year aforesaid in open Court} 
[Signed] John Adams

We the Revd Solomon Goodall of Bristol and Abner Adams & Benjamin Gauss both residing in the Town of Bloomfield in the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Adams who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy one 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.
Subscribed and sworn}
the day & year aforesaid}
in open Court. } 
[Signed] Solomon Goodall 
[Signed] Abner Adams
[Signed] Benjamin Gauss 

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 do further certify, that it appears to them that Solomon Goodale, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident of the town of Bristol, and that Abner Adams and Benjamin Gauss who have also signed the same are both residents of the town of Bloomfield and credible persons, and that the preceding statement is entitled to credit. 
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Adams for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first day of September A.D. 1832 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Charles Crane
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No. 9211
John Adams

proof req'd

5.11

Adm
P 122

Thos. Beals
Canandaigua N.Y.
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(3)
BRIEF in the case of John Adams 
of Bloomfield in the State of N. York 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank] 
3. How old is he? Seventy one years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period | Duration of Service ( Y-M-D) | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
States that he inlisted in March 1776 for 10 months in Col. Porters Regt, was taken sick about the last of Septemr following, got a furlough and returned home
May 1777 | about 2 [mos]. | Private | Col. Ashleys Regt 
1778. States that he enlisted for 3 months in Col Izl. Chapins Regt Went to Albany and remained there "until discharged" 
5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Alford Masstts.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence alone 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are correct in form and authentication 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[Signed] Wm Gordon Examining Clerk.

Supplemental
15.mo.
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(5)
State of New York}  In the matter of John Adams' 
Ontario County ss.}  application for a pension
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for said County John Adams who being duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that when he made his original declaration for a pension before the County Court on the 27th day of August 1832 - to which this is an amendment, he supposed that he had complied with the rule of the War Department -
He is now required by the department, to mention with precision the length of his service, and the grade in which he served. When he served as under his 1st head in 1776, he was bound to the service for the full term of his enlistment, which was no less than ten months. He was taken sick the latter part of the month of September, and continued sick until May or June 1777 and as soon as he was recovered, he was drafted for two months, and served out the full time as under his 2d head and in 1778 he served as under his 3d head not less than three months, in all not less than one year and three (three) months, for which he claims a pension - He is required to answer the Seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department - The 4 first interrogatories were answered in his original declaration - to the 5th interrogatory he now says, that under his first head he saw besides the General Officers named, General Schuyler at Saratoga, and Colonel Burrall's Regiment was at Crownpoint, and Colonel Nixons Regiment was at Kingsboro - In 1777 he saw General Arnold near Saratoga - He does not now remember the names of any of the Regiments - When he served as under his 3d head, he did not see any other Regiments. To the 6th interrogatory he now says he never received a written discharge -The 7th interrogatory is answered 
[Signed] John Adams
Sworn to and subscribed this 25 day of February 1833}
[Signed] Henry Chapin J.P.
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State of New York} 
Ontario County SS. }  
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Henry Chapin, whose name is Subscribed to the within Certificate of affidavit, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the Said Signature to be his proper act and deed. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office, this twenty fifth day of February A.D. 1833. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Charles Crane
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June 18, 1936

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/MCS 
John Adams, S.12906
Wm. Erwin, S.43529

Mrs. Alfred H. Gross 
York Village
Maine 

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your request for information relative to John Adams who served in the Revolutionary War and Lieutenant William Irwin who served in the "War for the Reduction of Canada" presumably identical with the French and Indian War of 1754-1763, or who served in the Revolutionary War. 
This office has no record of service rendered prior to the Revolutionary War, therefore it has no record of Lieutenant William Irwin who served in the French and Indian War. 
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 12906, based upon the military service of John Adams. 
This soldier stated that he was born May 25, 1760, in Oblong, Dutchess County, New York. The names of his parents were not given. 
While living in Alford, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as private with the Massachusetts troops as follows: from March, 1776, ten months in Captain William Bacon's company in Colonel Porter's regiment; from May or June, 1777, two months under Captains Fitch and Wilcox in Colonel Ashley's regiment; in 1778, three months in Colonel Israel Chapin's regiment. 
After the Revolution he moved to Great Barrington, state not given, and from there he moved to Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed August 27, 1832, while living in Bloomfield, New York, and he then stated that he was seventy-one years of age and that he had lived in Bloomfield for more than forty years. 
He stated that his brother, Jonathan Adams, served in the same company with him in 1776. 
One Abner Adams was living in Bloomfield, New York, in 1832, relationship not shown. 
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of John Adams. 
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The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 43529, based upon the military service of William Erwin, the only soldier of that name (searched under all spellings) who lived in New York State, that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. 
While living in Montgomery, Orange County, New York, William Erwin entered the service in the spring of 1777 as lieutenant in Captain Daniel Niven's company in Colonel William Malcolm's Continental Regiment and served three years. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed December 2, 1828, at which time he was living in Orange County, New York, aged eighty-one years and two months. 
In 1828 William Erwin stated that his wife (name not given) had been dead for eleven years and some months and that he never had any children. 
This soldier died January 16, 1834, in Minisink, Orange County, New York. 
In 1845 one Jonathan O. Dunning, aged forty-five years and a resident of Mamakating, Sullivan County, New York, was administrator of the estate of William Erwin. 
No charge is made for furnishing this information. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Left side:
Rev War 
12,906
INVALID.

File No. 12, 906
John Adams
Priv Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:-Vol. ____,  Page ____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Gen notes by N.D. Adams
Dec. 1833.

Right side:
1936 June 18 hist. to Mrs. Alfred H. Gross M.C.S.
1936 July 10 Mrs. Alfred H. Gross inf. no records of Jno. Adams, who was Father [?]
7 yrs. [?] sent her 6/18/36 M.C.S.
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New York
Revo:   (9)
John Adams

Suspended
let T Beal 20 July 33

admd

Act 7 June 32
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John Adams
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(4 ) 
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Adams which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes  
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes 
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [sic] of pension he is entitled? No 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes 
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  the Court certify that the interrogatories were put to the applicant - Full answers are required 
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. 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 old 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."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the 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. 

+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. 
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 claimants 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. 

++QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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28.578
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E. [?] Bloomfield 
40 years  1834
prv. Alford

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.   (8)

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Adams of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Thirty Three dollars and Thirty three cents 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 22d April day of one thousand eight
hundred and thirty=four 
[Signed] Lew Cass 
Secretary of War. 
[SEAL]
Examined and Countersigned.} 
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

33.33
16.66
1.50
[=] 15.16
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John Adams

Thomas Beals
Agent
Canandaigua
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State of New York} 
Ontario County ss} In the matter of John Adam's application for a pension 

Personally appeared before the subscriber a notary Public in and for said County John Adams, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say, that he is informed by his agent that his application for a pension under the act of 7 June 1832 is suspended and he is required to furnish some proof of his service. He now says that Amos Bronson now present, served with him part of the time in 1777 part of the time under Captain Fitch and a part of the time under Captain Wilcox in Colonel Ashleys Regiment; and he further saith that Benjamin Gauss now present was knowing to his being in the service and going to Canada, and that he returned home from thence sick, and unable to do duty 
Besides these witnesses he does not know of any other he can procure, but does say that he served as stated in his original declaration, and prays that his case may be considered and he placed on the Pension Roll agreeable to the provisions of the Law before referred to.
[Signed] John Adams

Sworn to and subscribed}
this 22 day of August 1833 before me}  
[Signed] Thomas Beals Not. Pub
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(6) 

State of New York} 
Ontario County ss} In the matter of John Adams application for a pension 
Amos Bronson aged Seventy three years a resident of the town of Bloomfield in said County and Benjamin Gauss aged Sixty eight years, a Revolutionary Pensioner residing in the same place, being severally sworn according to Law do depose and say that they are well acquainted with John Adams now present who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit, and the said Amos Brunson doth depose and say, that during the Revolutionary War he lived in Alford in the State of Massachusetts and was a neighbor to the said John Adams, and that he understood and believes that the said John Adams in the year 1776 enlisted in Captain Bacons Company, in Colonel Porters Regiment, and went on the Northern Campaign, but he did not serve with him, as he was on duty at Boston, New York and elsewhere 
He further saith that in the year 1777 he was in the same company with him in Colonel Ashleys Regiment, and served with him at Fort Edward and other posts on the northern frontier. He further saith that he believes that the said John Adams served at other periods of the War, but he did not serve with him. And the said Benjamin Gauss, doth say that he at an early period of the war, the year he does not remember, he being then too young to enter the service - He well remembers that the said John Adams went on the northern expedition, and went to Canada, and he had a cousin named Ward Parks who belonged to the same company, who died during that campaign, and he well remembers that the said John Adams came home sick, but he does not know how long he was out. He further saith that he has understood and believes the said John Adams was in the service at other periods of the War, but he was not with him. And the said Amos Brunson and Benjamin Gauss doth further say that they
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have known the said John Adams ever since the war, and have always understood and believe that he served as he stated, and have never heard in questioned or doubted.
[Signed] Amos Brunson 
[signed] Benjamin Gauss
Sworn to and subscribed}
this 22 August 1833 before me}
Thomas Beals  Not. Pub.
I certify the above named Amos Bronson and Benjamin Gauss are credible persons [Signed] Thomas Beals Not. Pub
 
State of New York,}
Ontario County ss.}   I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Thomas Beals, whose name is subscribed to the several certificates on this sheet written, was, at the date thereof, a Notary Public in and for said County; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the said signatures to be his proper act and deed. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 23 August A.D. 1833. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Charles Crane
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POSTOFFICE, YORK VILLAGE 
TELEGRAMS AND EXPRESS YORK HARBOR 
RAILROAD STATION AND BAGGAGE, PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE 
TELEPHONE YORK 249 

June 23RD 36
Mrs. Alfred H. Gross
YORKHOLME
YORK VILLAGE, MAINE

[Receipt stamp] June 25 1936

Mr A.D. Hiller 
Executive assistant 
to the Administrator 
Your letter BA-J/M.C.S. dated June 18th 36 has reached me and I am sorry to have to tell you that I want records of the next older generation of the men you have studied, John -  Jonathan and Abner Adams were sons of Lt. or Deacon John and the brothers of my great-great grandmother Chloe Adams who married Ephraim Rew. They all, were born in Berkshire County - in Alford - which was set off from Great Barrington long ago 1773 and the Oblong was debatable
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land between Berkshire Mass and New York State - infortunately Oblong records are very confused but I have studied the first book of Records of Alford and find the John Adams there that want to learn more about. 
In "Mass Soldiers & Sailors" page 32 I find this John Adams was 2nd Lt in Capt Sylvanus Wilcox 13th Company 1st Berkshire Co. Regt commissioned 6th May 1776. 
In 1780 with three others was appointed to procure men for the Continental Army. Alford records and History of Berkshire Co. Page 588. 
In 1789 Lieut. or Deacon John Adams led a large company from Alford to East Bloomfield, New York - History Pioneer Settlement of Phelps, Graham
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Purchase Morris Reserve, by C [?] Turner - page 187 - This is the man who the historian A.N. Adams says "This John was probably Capt John Adams and Commissary or quarter master in the war and visited Fort Niagara on duty"
This fits into our family tradition that on this trip to Niagara Deacon John saw the land of East Bloomfield which he afterwards purchased, and Settled as East Bloomfield. He went north to purchase supplies from the Indian Settlement around the "Finger Lakes" near Canandaigua - New York. 
Mr A.N. Adams also says "John Adams was conductor of military stores at Boston on Dec 16th - 1777 - Dec 31 - served
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in 1780 - Can you confirm, by your records these services? 
The name John Adams is confusing as there were three of that name but the one I am looking for is called Lt. in Alford records and Deacon after the war. There is also the Dr John Adams who I believe was Deacon Johns father. This Doctor John bought and sold a great many pieces of land in Oblong - Amercia etc - He died in 1784 aged 67 and may possibly have served in the War - He too lived in Alford but was married at Pomfret in 1735 to Mary Parke - lived at Sharon (His Father was also Dr John Adams of Sheffield) Have you any records of Dr John Adams of Pomfret, Sharon or Alford? 
Gratefully yours 
Anna Rew Gross.
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POSTOFFICE, YORK VILLAGE 
TELEGRAMS AND EXPRESS YORK HARBOR 
RAILROAD STATION AND BAGGAGE, PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE 
TELEPHONE YORK 249 

June 10th 36
Mrs. Alfred H. Gross
YORKHOLME
YORK VILLAGE, MAINE

[Receipt stamp] JUN 12 1936

Bureau of Veterans Service

Gentlemen-
Will you kindly send me the Service record of Lieut. John Adams of Alford Mass - in the Revolution?
In the library of the Historical and Genealogical Society of Boston I have copied from the private notes of the historian A.N. Adams the following -
"Lieut. John Adams of Alford Mass one of a "Com" of 4 to procure men for the Army 1779-80
Lt. John was Repre. 1773 -1781 and 1782 -
John Adams "was" of Gr. Barrington
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in 1767: 1774: "of Alford " 1788 
This John was prob "Capt John" and Commissary or quarter Master in the war and visited Fort Niagara on duty. He was the Deacon John who married Miss Rose and removed to E. Bloomfield Ontario Co - New York ab. 1789- was chosen 2nd Lt. by 13th Co. Berkshire Co Reg May 6 - 1776. Capt Sylvanus Wilcox Col. John Ashley - 
Was conductor of Military store at Boston Dec 16-1777 - Dec 31 Served in Jan. 1780
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Can you give me official records of these services of John Adams of Alford who was my great-great-grandfather? 

Have you any records of Lt. William Irwin who served in the "War for the Reduction of Canada " and on Dec. 27th 1765 applied to Sir Henry Moore Baronet Governor and Captain General of  the Province of New York, with others "having served as officers during the late war and are entitled to vacant land in consequence of his Majesty's Proclamation etc" for a grant of 2000 acres in New Fane and Townshend Counties - Land was granted Jan 28th 1767
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Who was this William Irwin and where did he come from? Have you any record of his family?  
I found this reference to Wm Irwin in the unpublished Clinton papers at Albany - in Calendar of New York Colonial Manuscripts endorsed Land Papers  - 1643- 1803. Can this be the same William Irwin who is on the tax list on file in Poughkeepsie for 1771 - as living in Beekman? 
Kindly let me know if there is any charge for this search and I will send Check - 
Yours truly- 
Anna Rew Gross  
(Mrs Alfred H)

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July 10, 1936 
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BA-J/MCS
John Adams, S. 12906

Mrs. Alfred H. Gross 
York Village 
Maine 

Dear Madam 
Reference is made to your request for the record of a Revolutionary War soldier, Lieutenant or Deacon John Adams, the father of the John Adams, S.12906, whose record was sent you June 18, 1936. 
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account of the service of any John Adams who could have been the father of the John Adams, S. 12906, whose record was sent you on June 18, 1936.
It is regretted that this office is unable to aid you further in this matter. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator