Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19268, for Amasa Powers, Vermont
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE 
Vt 
Powers, Amasa 
Field, Lydia
Former widow
NUMBER
W. 19268
Contents
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469
New York Albany
Lydia Field
widow of Amasa Powers
who served in the Revolutionary war,
 as a Capt. & Sergt

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
70 Dollars 30 Cents per annum,
 to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
24 day of June 1848
and sent to
Adriel Ely
Watertown, N. Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 69 Vol 4

Reported
778
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I hereby certify that there is on file in this Office a Pay Roll of Capt. Moses Appleton's Company of Provincial Troops, from the date of their several enlistments until discharge, both days included, commencing the first of May, and ending the 30th November making the full period for which they were engaged; with allowance for seven months and four days service as a corporal.

Also, a Pay Roll of Capt. John Hawkins' Company of Minute Men of Woodstock for their service in the alarm at Magellan with allowance pay back upon their respective homes at Brookfield; on which Roll is borne the name of Amasa powers with an allowance for  seven months and 4 days days service as a corporal.

Also, a Pay Roll of Capt. William Ward's Company Militia for services done at Roxbury during the month of March A.D. 1776; on which Roll is borne the name of Amamsa Powers with an allowance for six days service as a sergent commencing October 24th 1780

Also, a Pay Roll of Capt. Jesse Safford's Company is settled for their service in the late alarm and their allowance from their respective homes to Camp, on which Roll is the name of Sergt Amasa Powers with an allowance for four days service as sergeant, commencing [hyphenated word continued on next page]
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[hyphenated word continued from priorpage] commencing March 7th. Said Roll was under made date of June 21st, 1781 - the year is not given elsewhere.

Also, a "True List of the name and sums of Capt. John Benjamin's Pay Roll of himself and Company for services in the State of Vermont from the beginning of the campaign 1781 to the 30th of June said year inclusive, taken from the original" on which list is the name of "Sergt Amasa Powers" with an allowance of #9.12.0 for services as sergeant.

Also, at Pay Roll at Capt Elisha Benjamin's Company in Col. Benj Wait's Battalion in the service of the State of Vermont, commencing on the 1st day of July and ending on the last day September 1781 inclusive; which Roll is the name of "Sergt Amasa Powers" with allowance for 150 days service as a sergeant, ending November 27th.

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of this Office this 30th day of May  1845.

Fernand F. Merrill

Deputy Secretary of State
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Town Clerk's Office
Woodstock June 28th 1845

I hereby certify that Doct. Stephen Powers took the acknowledgment of deeds as Justice of the Peace in the year of our Lord 1781 as appears by the records of deeds of that date on the Town Records.

I also certify that the following is a true copy of a record contained in a book kept in this Office for the record of birth.

Eunice Powers, daughter of Amasa and Lydia Powers born April 14th (fourteenth) 1782 (seventeen hundred and eighty two.)

Nahum Haskell Town Clerk

State of Vermont Windsor ss
Woodstock in said County July 1, 1846.  Personally appeared Nahum Haskell  the signer of the above certificate andd made solemn oath to the truth of the same. 
Before me 
Job Lyman, Just. of Peace
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Town Clerk's Office
Woodstock June 11th 1845
I hereby certify that I have made
diligent search in the book of records
kept in this office for the purpose of
recording Marriages and that the record
of the marriage of Amasa Powers
and Lydia Eddy does not appear
on said records.
Attest Nahum Haskell Town Clerk.

State of Vermont Windsor County ss
Woodstock June 11th A.D. 1845. Personally
appeared Nahum Haskell the signer of
the above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth
of the same-
Before me Job Lyman Just of Peace

STATE OF VERMONT, Windsor County ss 
I Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County
of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Job Lyman
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county,
duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was
dated on the 31 day of October, in the year of our Lord one
 thousand eight hundred and forty five and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature above written is genuine.

Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this
11th day of June A. D. 1845
N. Williams, Clerk
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12041
Lydia Field
due for pension
under act of
 July 7, 1838 &c

[illegible-’m82 d. 05?]
Adriel Ely
Watertown N.Y.
Atty

Admd
7 mo 4 ds Corp’l
8 mo 25 ds Sergt
Pd July, 1845

70.30
also Act 3 March ‘43-

A. Ely
Watertown
N.Y.
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State of New York Jefferson County ss 
On this 10th day of July 1845 personally appeared before
 the subscriber one of the Judges of Jefferson County Court,
Lydia Field a resident of the town of Watertown in the County
 and State aforesaid aged Eighty two years on the 16 day of
September last, 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 7, 1838 entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and the several acts amendatory thereto
of the 23d August 1842, the 3rd March 1843 and 17th June 1844. 
That she is the widow of Elijah Field and was formerly the widow of Amasa Powers who was a Corporal and Sergeant in the war of the Revolution who moved with his Father into Woodstock, Vermont from
some part of Connecticut, as this declarant believes, in the early part of the war.  This declarant remembers that her husband the aforesaid Amasa Powers said that he was in the service and assisted in the capture of Ticonderoga and also in the capture of Burgoyne.  And while he lived at Woodstock he was in the service at various periods under
different officers, but the only officer who under whom he served which is remembered by this declarant was Col. Wait. It is the opinion of this declarant derived from what she has heard the said Amasa say that he must have served less in all [there] three years and she believes he served a longer time. She further declares that
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that she was married to the said Amasa
Powers in the town of Woodstock in the State of
Vermont by Doctor Stephen Powers who
was an uncle to her husband the said
Amasa on the 24th day of January 1782
(January twenty fourth seventeen hundred and
Eighty two). That her name before marriage
was Lydia Eddy, that her residence at
the time of marriage and previous thereto
was Woodstock that she has no record of
her marriage, but is certain of the year
from the fact that she was born on the 16th
September 1762 and at the time she was
married was nineteen years old the previous
September. That her eldest child named
Eunice was born after she was married
and the date of its birth recorded in the
Clerk’s office of the town of Woodstock by
Oliver Williams Esq who was then town
Clerk. That her husband the aforesaid Amasa
Powers died on a journey from Woodstock to
Boston, she believes the 30 day of September
1805. That his corpse was brought home
and the funeral was on the 2nd day
of October Eighteen hundred and five.
She further declares that she remained
the widow of the said Amasa Powers
until the fall of 1813 when she was married
said to Elijah Field.  And that the
said Elijah Field died on the twenty
ninth day of September one thousand eight
hundred and twenty eight (1828). That she
has not intermarried since the death of her
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late husband the said Elijah Field but
continues to be and still is his widow; that
she was not married to the said Amasa Powers
prior to his leaving the service, excepting that
he turned out occasionally in alarms caused by
the Indians, but the marriage took place previous
 to the first of January Seventeen hundred
and ninety four viz: at the time above stated.
Lydia Field her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first
above written. 
before G. C. Sherman Judge Jeff Co. Court


State of New York  Jefferson County ss 
I Philip Field of Watertown, County & State aforesaid being duly sworn depose and say that I am well acquainted with Mrs.
Lydia Field who has made the foregoing declaration
 for a pension; that I was well acquainted with
her first husband Amasa Powers; that the
said Amasa Powers died on a journey from
Woodstock to Boston and was buried at Woodstock
on the 2d day of October Eighteen hundred and five.
That the said Lydia remained his widow until the fall of the year Eighteen hundred and thirteen when she was married to
Elijah Field. And that the said Elijah Field died on the 29th day of September 1828 since which time the said Lydia has been his widow.
Phillip Field
Sworn & Subscribed this 10 day of July 1845
before G. C. Sherman Judge Jeff Co. Court
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I hereby certify that Mrs Lydia Field
who has this day made the foregoing
declaration for a pension before me is
not able in consequence of her great age
and bodily infirmity to appear in open
Court, the Court being held in Watertown
Village several miles distant. I also further
certify that Philip Field who has made
the foregoing affidavit before me is a
credible person.
Watertown July 10 1845
G C Sherman
Judge Jefferson County Courts

[vertical text] 
12041
Lydia Field
due for pension
under act of
 July 7, 1838 &c

[illegible-’m82 d. 05?]
Adriel Ely
Watertown N.Y.
Atty

Admd
7 mo 4 ds Corp’l
8 mo 25 ds Sergt
Pd July, 1845

70.30
also Act 3 March ‘43-

A. Ely
Watertown
N.Y.
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I hereby certify that Mrs Lydia Field
who has this day made the foregoing
declaration for a pension before me is
not able in consequence of her age
and bodily infirmity to appear in open
Court, the Court being held in Watertown
Village several miles distant. I also further
certify that Philip field who has made
the foregoing affidavit before me is a
credible person.
[next section with signature is obscured by an overlaid piece of paper. Original can be found on prior page] 
Watertown July 10 1845
G C Sherman
Judge Jefferson County Courts


State of New York, Jefferson County Clerk's Office. ss
I Charles B Woard, Clerk of said County,
do hereby certify, that George C Sherman, Esq.
before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn,
was at the date of the same a Judge
in and for said County, and duly authorized
to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand
writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his
proper handwriting and signature.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said County, this 10 day of July
in the year 1845
C B Woard Clerk
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Gentlemen of the Pension Department:

Dear Sirs,

I write to ask a great favor at your hands; and it is something of which I am so utterly ignorant, that I do not know whether I should send a remittance with my request or not. If there are any charges, if you will state the amount in your answer I will send the same in return.

The matter is this, I wish to know the war record of my great grandfather Amasa Powers who entered the service with Ethan Allen
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whose cousin he was. His place of residence was Woodstock Vt. at the time of his entering the army. During the greater part of the war, he was an Indian scout. His widow received a pension as late as somewhere between '43 and '47. She went by the name of Fields the last few years of her receiving pension, and died in the neighborhood about 53 years ago. Of course I am unable to vouch for the above but it is supposed to be all right. 
 Hoping that I am not trying your good nature too far, and  trusting that you will reply at your earliest convenience, I am

Respectfully Yours
Laura R Snell
Rochester, N. Y.

#29 Clifford St.
Oct 18th, 1898

[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE U S 
OCT 19 1898

[rectangle stamp]
OLD WAR & NAVY
USPB
OCT 22 1898
[illegible]
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Oct. 28/98
Mrs. Laura R. Snell
Rochester, N.Y.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 19268
Lydia Fields
Former Wid of
Amasa Powers 
Sgt. Rev. War

Act: Feb. 2d /48

Index - Vol A Page 239

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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[right margin, vertical]
No. 828

7223
New York
Lydia Field, formerly the
widow of Amasa Powerwho
was a Corporal & Sergeant
in the Vermont line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
70 Dollars 30 Cents per annum, to
 commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
19 day of August 1845 and sent to 
A. Ely Watertown N. York

{Act of March 3, 1843.}
{& 17 June 1844}

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 75
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New York

Lydia Field, formerly the widow of Amasa Powers 

[crossed out-'who was a pensioner under the Act of']

and who died on the 30 September, 1805 of Jefferson Co. in the State of N. York

who was a Corpl & Sergt in the company commanded by Captain Hawkins; of the [blank] commanded by [blank]  in the Vernont line for [blank] 

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 70 Dollars 30 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of August, 1845 and sent to A Ely-
Watertown, New-York

Total amount,
$ [blank]

(Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by W M Stewart Clerk, 
Book D. Vol 1 Page 157
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7 mos. Corpl 25.66 Corpl
4 [ds?]~ .48
Sergt 4 mos 44.16 Sergt
70.30 [total]

5 - 
3.6
8.25

9.12
32
32/10

24.88
7
6.10 {25.66)
48
136
120
1600
144
11
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Lydia Field for services first husband
Amasa Powers
Term of service 7 Mo & 18 as Corp only paid $25.66
3 days
12 days
4 days 
=19 [days]

#19.12 - equal 3.6
5  - 8.25 days a Sergt about 44
About $69.66 [total]

Services of previous years were rendered; but as Vermont
had no constitutional existence the record cannot be found.
Married 24 Jany. 1782
Proof of Marriage the record of the birth of their only
child April 14, 1782.  As he lived in Woodstock
previous to his marriage and until his death in
1805 I presume this record will be satisfactory
proof of the marriage prior to 1794. If not I
can procure quite a number of affidavits that
they were living in the relation of husband & wife at 
Woodstock many years pri to 94.

Watertown July 10. 1845
Sir I send herewith the application of Mrs
Lydia Field for a pension agreeably with
the act of 1838 & the several acts amendatory
& in addition to the same.
Yr Ob’t Srv’t
Adriel Ely

Col J L Edwards
Com’r Pensions
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12041. 
July 7. 1838
Lydia Field
July 7. 1838

Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Lydia Field
Adriel Ely
Watertown
N.Y.
Atty

Admitted

Adriel Ely
Watertown
N.Y.
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State of New York Jefferson County ss
On this tenth day of April 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
aforesaid Lydia Field of Watertown a resident of the town
in the County of Jefferson in the State of New York aged
 Eighty four 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 2nd
day of February 1848 granting pensions to widows
of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Elijah Field and was
formerly the widow of Amasa Powers who was a
Corporal & Seargent in the army of the Revolution
and served in Col Benjamin Wait’s Battalion
Vermont Troops. That she was pensioned under the
act of June 17, 1844 at the rate of Seventy
dollars and thirty cents per annum, which pension
she has received to 4th March 1848. She further
declares that she is still a widow. 
Lydia X Field her mark
On the day and year first above written, came before
me Lydia Field to whom  I distinctly read the aforesaid
declaration & who subscribed the same by her mark and
made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Ebenezer Sabin Justice
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I certify that
Ebenezer Sabin before whom
the within affidavit purports to have been
taken was at the date of the same a Justice
of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer
Oaths & that his signature thereto is genuine
Dated June 13. 1848
J Mullin MC