Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26191, for William Lake, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Lake, William
          Mary

NUMBER
W. 26191
B.L.Wt. 11177-160-55

CONTENTS
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State of New York Warren County ss

John Brooks & Jerusha Hedges being duly sworn according to law on their oaths say, that they reside in the town of Chester in said County, that they have been personally acquainted with William Lake and Mary Lake his wife and their family for about forty years. That the said William & Mary Lake always sustained the relations of husband and wife and were so reputed to be. That the said William Lake was always reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier, and was a Revolutionary Pensioner at his death, that he died in the said town of Chester on the 25th day of July 1848 and that the deponents attended his funeral that at his death he left the said Mary Lake his widow that she still remains a widow and unmarried, and resides in the said town of Chester. The deponents are not interested in making this affidavit or in the claim of the said Mary Lake for Bounty Land
John Braley
Jerusha Hedges

Sworn and subscribed this 31st day of March 1853 Before me and I certify the deponents are credible persons
William Hotchkiss Justice of the Peace
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State of New York Warren County ss

I hereby certify that William Hotchkiss Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature to the within affidavits is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 2d day of April
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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No.
Mary Lake
wid. of William
ns
act 2 Feby 48
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State of New York 
County of Warren } ss. 
On this twenty seventh day of 
October Eighteen hundred and forty eight personally 
appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace 
of the County of Warren and State of New York 
Mary Lake a resident of Chester in the County and State 
aforesaid aged Eighty one 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 February 1848 granting pensions 
to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary 
war that she is the widow of William Lake 
who was a private in the war of the revolution and a pensioner under the act of the 7th of June 
1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, Certificate dated 22nd day of April 1833 and numbered 
8623 she further declares that she was married to the 
said William Lake on the twenty second day of March in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty nine 
in the town of Pawlet in the State of Vermont by Gideon Adams Esq. that her husband the aforesaid William 
Lake died on the twenty fifth day of July in the year 
Eighteen hundred and forty eight proven before a court 
of record to obtain the arrears of pension due at his death that she was not 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. Mary Lake her X mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
Amos Carr Justice of the Peace
in presence of Samuel C Dickinson 

I hereby certify that the above declarant is personally known to me as the widow of William Lake late of Chester Deceased. 
Amos Carr Justice of the Peace
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State of New York 
Warren County ⎬ ss. 
On this twenty seventh day of October 
Eighteen hundred and forty Eight personally appeared 
before me a Justice of the Peace in the County of Warren 
Philander M. Lake of the town of Chester and County 
aforesaid who being first sworn according to Law deposeth 
and sayeth that the annexed leaves containing the original family record of Marriages Births and Deaths 
in the family of William Lake Deceased were taken out 
of his (Wm Lakes) family Bible now in this Deponents 
possession that the record of the Marriage of William Lake 
and Mary Perkins Deponents father and mother 
was written in the year 1822 or 1823 by 
Wesley P. Lake at the request of William Lake his father and the 
deponent further saith that he believes and is confident 
there is no other record of the Marriage of William & 
Mary Lake than the annexed as search has been made 
at the proper places in the town where their Marriage took place and no such record found, that William 
Lake above named died on the 25th day of July 1848 as 
will be seen on the third page of the annexed record in the hand writing of Chester Lion a Circuit preacher 
Philander M. Lake 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. 
Amos Carr Justice of the Peace. 

I hereby certify that Philander M. Lake the above Deponent is a man of good moral character and that the above Deposition is entitled to full credit. 
Amos Carr Justice of the Peace
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Please direct communications on the within subject to Samuel C Dinson, Chestertown Warren Co NY
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State of New York
Warren County } 
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Said County do certify that Amos Carr before whom the preceding 
and within affidavit purports to have been Sworn 
was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace 
in and for the Said County and that I am well acquainted 
with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the Said 
affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature 
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 30th day of October 1848 
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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State of New York 
Warren County ss }
On this Thirteenth day of September 
one thousand Eight Hundred and 
Twenty Personally appeared in open Court being a Court 
of Common Pleas in and for said County:
a Court of 
Record which procede according to the Course of Common Law with a Jurisdiction unlimited in 
point of amount, Keeping a Record of their proceedings and which have the power of Fine  and Imprisonment William Lake aged Sixty one years a resident of Chester in said County who 
being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on 
his oath make the following Declaration in order 
to obtain the provisions of the act of Congress of the 
18th of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820. that he the said William Lake served in the Revolutionary War as follows viz Two years and Nine 
months in the Company commanded by Capt __ Chapman in the Regiment Commanded by 
Col Herman Swift in General [?] Brigade 
that he continued to serve in the Corps aforesaid in the 
Continental Establishment and Connecticut Line 
Until December 1782 when he was discharged the Service at West point in the State of New York by General Knox.
And that he made application for a Pension in Pursuance of the act of Congress of the 18th of March 
1818 - On the Twenty Eighth day of April 1819 and Recd [Received] 
a pension Certificate No 11.935[?].Dated at the War office 
of the United States the fifteenth day of June One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen --- that he has Recd [Received] his pension at the rate of Eight 
Dollars per month from the said 28th day of April 1819 to the fourth day of March 1820
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And in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 1st of
May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident 
Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 
1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, 
sale, or in any manner disposed of my property  
or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish 
it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act 
of Congress Entitled an “act to provide for Certain 
persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or Securities, Contracts of debts due to me nor have I any Income Other than what 
is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed  and by me subscribed- 

1 Yoke Cattle Stays  40.00 
1 [?]  12.00
19 Sheep[?] 11.87
4 Hoes  2.00
1 Old Plough 2.00 
1 Old Harrow 1.00
3 Old Axes  1.50
2 Scikles  [sickles] “ .25
1 Sythe [scythe] & Snath[?]  “ 1.00
3 Pitch Forks “ 50
3 Beeker [beakers?]  12 1/2[?] 
1 old pan  25 
2 Chairs  3.00
1.5 pail Kettle Broke 1.00
1 2” [?]  1.00
1 old dish kettle  “ 50
1.6 [?] “ 50
3 yearling Steers  15.00

1 dinner pot   1.00
1 Tea Kettle “ 75
1 Frying pan old  25
1 Griddle  1.00
1 Trammel Broke  “ 25
1 old feet[?] and Irons “ 25 
1 fire [?] “ 25 
1 Iron Wedge “  12 1/2
1 pr [?] Rings “ 25 
1 dung Fork  25
1 Table   1.00
1 Stand “ 50
4 Old Chests 2.00
7 “ Chairs 1.00
8 plates “ 37 1/2
2 Teapots
5 cups & Saucers 25
4 bowls  37 1/2
11 Old Petwer [pewter] Spoons  60
6 Tea Spoons 48





low dimin pot 12.00 19 Thus 4. Hoes 11 -87 --- 1 Tea Kittle - 1 ying pan old Griddle 2, at 1 old Plough - 2. " 75 25 1 1 - Trammel Broke " 25 old per and Irons - " 25 " Harrow 10 five shoul 11 25 ┃ Iron Wedge--" 12 ½ " Axes - - - 1 -50 Sciks 1. Pr Butle Kings " 25 " 25 ┃ 1 Sythe & oath 10 dery Fork 3 Pitch Fors 25 ┃ 1 Table by " 50 Hand --- 50 Baker 122 4 old Chist 1 bed pan --- - 257 . 1 Chairs - --- 2 Chains --- 3 -00 1. 5 part Kettle Broke 1 plates - 37 ½ ┃ Tents --- 12 " till 1.00 5 Cups & Samers 25 1 old dish Kittle " 50 ┃ 6 bowls Et - Our Peter Spoons 27 3 yearling Steers - 15, to Spoons
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When fatigued by Exersise [exercise]-- And further saith not 
occupation a Farmer, 
Subscribed and sworn this 13th Day of September 1820 in open Court 
before Seth C Baldwin J. Clerk 
Signed William Lake
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STATE OF NEW YORK, 
WARREN COUNTY, SS. }
William Lake 
I, SETH C. BALDWIN, Junior, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court -- And, by order of the Court I do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is five hundred thirty seven  Dollars Eighty six Cents: and also, that this is the first Court of record held in and for said County, at which this application could have been made, since the knowledge of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820. IN TESTI MONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirteenth day of September 1820. 
Seth C. Baldwin Jr. Clerk.
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William Lake Pvt.
Conn. line.
New York.  
Wids File No 26 191
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Chester Warren County New York 
June 7th 1828 
Sir-- Some months has Elapsed since 
William Lake a Citizen of our town 
and soldier of the Revolution, Sent 
his papers to your department 
making application, under the Act 
of Congress passed at the last Session 
W Lake Recd [received] a communication from 
the Secretary of the Treasury Informing 
him that his papers had been Recd 
and the result of his application would 
be made known to him as Early as 
possible. having waited about 
four months & having not Recd any 
Information from your department 
he has requested me to write this communication 
 and ask a reply to the same as Early as Convenient 
Respectfully Alanson Fox 

[At right angles to body of text:]
Hon. Richard Bush
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Buffalo April 18 1855 
L P Waldo Esq 
Com. of Pensions 
Sir - I hope to be pardoned 
if I trespass upon the Rules by which I have 
endeavoured to be governed in my correspondence 
with the Department. not to ask any special favour 
out of the ordinary course of business. 

This claim is for my mother. She is the 
Mother of Eleven children and at her advanced 
age retains her mental faculties remarkably 
well and her Strong faith and bright hopes of 
Soon exchanging this for a better World makes her happy, and is a great consolation to us. 

There are seven children now living, all 
are comfortable, except one Brother having 
a family is poor. It is Mothers intention 
to give her Land Warrant to this Brother if 
she should live to receive it. This would 
give her so much pleasure I really feel 
anxious that she should have the opportunity 
to do so. May I ask, if the claims of Revolutionary 
men and their widows, cannot by 
some arangment [arrangement] be settled promptly without 
remaining on file a long time. If the Department could detail an efficient Clerk to examine 
their claims, and adjust them at once, and
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settle their claims, another small gratuity would would be given to those richly deserving all they have received and all that can be granted to them 

My Father served three years in the Revolutionary war. Myself and three Brothers were in Service during the war of 1812. two at the invasion of Plattsburgh. 

I hope my mother will live to receive her 
warrant and for years to come & be as comfortable as now, but she may go to sleep unexpectedly & cannot stay long with us- 
Respectfully Yours
Samuel Lake
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Buffalo April 21, 1837 
Hon. J. E. Heath
Comr. of Pensions 
Sir 
My Mother Mary Lake 
Widow of Wm Lake deceased, now received a pension of Eighty dollars per Annum, both received payment at the Albany N.Y. Agency.

My Father Served 3 years in a Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col Heman Swift. 

He was a Tailor and worked with about 12 others, who were under the controll of a man 
by the name of Barlow as foreman, and I 
always understood that these men made the 
clothing for the Regiment, and that they were entitled to and received extra pay, and that 
they were exempt from mounting guard 
while in Camp.- I know some widows who receive $144, while their husband recd [received]
only $96.00 per annum. This difference was in consequence of the Rolls showing the man was returned[?] as an Artificer.

If these men and my Father are [illegible] 
 entitled to extra pay a question arises, is not 
my mother entitled to an increase of pension. 

Will you have the goodness to refer to the 
Rolls of the Regiment and inform me 
if my Fathers name appears on this list 
of Tailors & if they were considered as 
Artificers or were entitled to extra pay & 
If so can we make application for an
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increase of my Mothers Pension
Respectfully Yours 
Samuel Lake
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Albany, N.Y. roll act 7 June 1832 
William Lake, pri, $80 per annum, 
To what time last paid ?

Died 25th July 1848
Pd to his death [Initialed, illegible]
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See Letter to 
Seth C. Baldwin J. E.
April 6th, 1824 

see letter to Hon Richard 
Keese, 13 January 1829
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Revy
WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 26 191 
Mary Lake 
Wid of 
William Lake 
Pri Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848 
Index: Vol. A Page 222[?]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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H. of R. Jan 21. /49 
J.L. Edwards 
Com of Pensions 
Will you have the goodness 
to examine the papers of Mary Lake 
Widow of Wm Lake deceased late 
a Pensioner from my District as soon 
as practicable & oblige yours

S. Laurence
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H. of R. Jan 18. /49
Hon J.L. Edwards 
Comr. of Pensions 
I wish to call your 
attention to the case of Mrs Mary Lake 
Widow of Wm Lake for a pension under 
the act of 2d Feb 1848 she is from my 
Dist [district] & I would be glad to have the 
case examd [examined] as soon as practicable Your truly 
S. Lawrence
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Mr J. L. Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Dr Sir
We the undersigned Inhabitants of the town 
of Chester Warren County having been 
for a number of years acquainted 
with Mary Lake a resident of the 
Town of Chester Warren County do certify 
That her Christian and moral character 
are unimpeachable 
Ezra B. Smith 
Uri Young 
Jos G. Dennis 
William Hotchkiss 
Charles Fowler 
Jno Robertson
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House of Representatives [?]
J L Edwards Esq
Sir
The accompanying papers on the Pension I have no doubt from my acquantane [acquaintance] 
with some of the signers give a fair 
and true account of the situation and 
circumstances of William Lake therein 
named And from the recent 
decision of the Secretary of War upon 
the several pension Laws I am inclined 
to hope that he may again be placed 
on the Pension list
Respectfully you[rs]
Richard Keen
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11177

} 160 Acres
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Caldwell
26 Feb 
Free

Hon: John C. Calhoun 
Secretary of War 
Washington City

[Following is at right angles to body of text]
Mr. Edwards 

Mar 1823
NY
Wm Lake
Recd [received] 4 Mar 1824
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Caldwell Warren County NY
Feby 28. 1824 

To the Secretary of War 
Sir 
Enclosed I forward by request to 
the War Office the papers of William Lake to 
be restored to the pension List. I will thank 
you for early information of the result of the application. 
Some time since I forwarded the papers of Jonathan Barton, in a similar application, and have recd [received] no return. The anxiety of Mr. Bar[ton] 
must by [be] my excuse for requesting informa[tion]
respecting his papers 
Very respectfully 
I am Your Obt Servt 
Seth C. Baldwin Jr.