Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15515, for Asa Mallory, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn
Conn. Sea Service.

Mallory, Asa

NUMBER
S. 15515

Carded

CONTENTS
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17.762
Connecticut
Asa Mallory (decea[illegible]
[illegible] East Haven in the State of Connecticut
[illegible] was a pri & Corpl. Arty in the Company commanded by Captain Thompson of the Regt. commanded by ------- in the Ct [illegible] and Conn Sea Service
line for 20 mo 23 ds. Corpl. arty.
3 " 7" private - 

died 2d Octr: 1832
[illegible] 19 Sept. 33

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 106 Dollars 92 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sept: 1833 and sent to N. Darling N. Haven

Arrears to the 4th of - - - - - -
Semi-anl. allowance ending - - - - - -
$168.70
[illegible] certificate [illegible] 2 October 1832-

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by W.L. Williams Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 28

Certificate issued[?] [illegible] Mary Mallory (widow)
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5525

Asa Malory [Mallory]
Ct

54
36
  3.45
12 50
    97
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106.92

Mercy Mallory

20 mo 23 day corporal Artillery 
3 mo 7 days private
106.92 pr year
till 2d Oct 1832.

N. Durling
New Haven
Conn

1......628

106.92
53.46
8.33
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$168.71

3.) 8.91
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28 3/4
10 3/4
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8.40
[crossed out number]
7
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8.61

30
29 3/4
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270
60
15
7
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8.92

8.40
28
14
7
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8.89

28
29 3/4
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2.52
66[?]
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7
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8.33

28
8.49

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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Pension Office, 
183 
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:⎬ ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

A Statement, showing the service of Asa Malory Ct 
Period when the service was rendered 
State troops CT
1775 mar
1776 Sep
Spring 1777 "
Servd 1778  principal part of the year
April 1779 "
3 apl 1780 " 
Spring 1781. volund. on board armed Sloop Schuyler and served till the following Spring-

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years. Months. Days.
[blank] | 3 | [blank]
[blank] | 9 | [blank]
1 | [blank] | [blank]
1 | [blank] | [blank]
[blank] | 8 | 3

Rank of the claimant.
private
"
"
"

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cp Brown others forgotten
Cp Thompson
Cp Thompson
Lut [Lieut] Bradly [Bradley]
Cap Bradly [Bradley]-
" "
Cap Hawley

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
78 born East haven
enlisted there and still was in same place

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
a Surviving witness proves the two first tours and and [sic] he and two other witnesses proves his service generaly [generally] except his sea service {they are not Certified Credible
Certificate of Clergyman and a Citizen.

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: 
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of 
County of } ss.
On this [blank space] day of [blank space] personally appeared (a) before [blank space] A.B. a resident (b) of [blank space] in the county of [blank space] and State, Territory or District of [blank space] aged (c) [blank space] 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank space], with [blank space] and served in the [blank space] (e) regiment of the [blank space] line, under the following named officers : 
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.) 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank space] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
A. B. 
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.) 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I [blank space] of the Court of [blank space] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank space] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of [blank space] & c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank space] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank space], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank space] 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. 
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.) 
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 further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank space] and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank space] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank space] Clerk of the Court of [blank space] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank space] for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank space] day of [blank space] & c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be ex- expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. 
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. 
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language to definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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." 
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required. 
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying, officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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. 
Proof of Service. 
(j) 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well 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. 
The notes from (a) to (i)are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answer to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, won the declaration. 

Applicant should a certificate properly authenticated that his services were to performed as Mr Stover alleges-
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of Connecticut
County of New Haven ss. East Haven
On this 2d day of August 1832 personally appeared before me Noyes Darling, a Judge of the County Court for said County of New Haven, Asa Mallory a resident of East Haven in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged 78 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.
In December or the winter of 1775-6, I enlisted in the State troops of Connecticut, under Capt. Brown of New Haven, for the term of two months, as I believe. We went to New York and was employed to build a fort on Long Island, and continued one month beyond the term of enlistment - making a tour of three months - We were discharged some time in March. I have forgot the names of the other officers.
In the month of April or May following I enlisted under Capt. Joseph Thompson of New Haven, and was stationed to build a fort on the east side of New Haven Harbour, & to keep guard until the last of December following - making a tour of eight or nine months.
In the Spring of 1777 I again enlisted under Capt. Joseph Thompson, and was stationed at the above said fort during the year -
In the year 1778 I served the principal part of the year at the said Fort, under Lieut. Phineas Bradly [Bradley].-
In March or the first of April 1779, I enlisted under  Capt Phineas Bradly [Bradley] of New Haven, and was stationed at the Fort East Side of[?] the Harbour
under Lieut Daniel Bishop of New Haven for one year, and served the whole time in keeping guard at the said fort and in New Haven. I was at the
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fort when the enemy came.
On the 3d day of April 1780, I enlisted under the command of Capt. Phineas Bradley and was discharged December 6th. I was stationed and served at said fort, this is taken from the pay roll of said Capt. Bradley now in the hands of William Stover in New Haven
In the Spring of 1781 I volunteered as a private on board of the Sloop Skilo ( or Skuylar [Schuyler]) of eight guns, under the command of Capt. Hawley, and was employed in the government service to guard the coast near New London, Connecticut. I assisted in taking ninety eight prisoners at one time at Long Island & brought them in at New Haven. I was discharged at New London in the Spring following.
My memory does not serve me to state further particulars as to events or the names of officers, as I have forgotten most of them.
In the 1st campaign on Long Island, Ely Grannis, Joseph Pardee, Jesse Ludington & others of said East Haven, were with me.
In the 2d under Capt. Thompson, Joseph Pardee, Jared Grannis, Jesse Ludington and Elisha Andrews were with me.
In the 3d under Capt. Thompson, Joseph Pardee and Jesse Ludington were with me.
 In the 4th under Lieut. Wilmot, Jesse Ludington was with me.
In the 5th under Lieut. Bradly [Bradley], Levi Potter and others of said East Haven were with me.
No person that I know of is now living who was with me on board the Sloop.
I was born in East Haven January 1754. There is no record that I know of. I lived at said East Haven when I entered the service, & have resided there ever since, I never received any written discharge - and have no documentary evidence except the pay roll aforesaid.
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Revd Stephen Dodd, a clergymen & Enos Hemingway Esq. residing in said East Haven, will certify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my services. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Asa Mallory 
Noyes Darling Judge of New Haven County Court. 

We Stephen Dodd, a clergyman, residing in said town of East Haven, and Enos Hemingway Esq. residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Asa Mallory who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 78 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Stephen Dodd
Enos Hemingway
Noyes Darling Judge of New Haven County Court. 

And the said Judge hereby declares his opinion after the investigation of the matter, & 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 said Judge further certifies, that it appears to him that Stephen
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Dodd, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in said town of East Haven, and that Enos Hemingway, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit; and that said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court. 
Noyes Darling, Judge of the County Court for New Haven County.
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State of Connecticut 
County of New Haven ss. New Haven June 14th 1833. 
On this 14th day of June 1833 personally appeared before me Noyes Darling a Judge of the County Court for said County Mercy Mallory of the Town of East Haven in said County aged 66 years and being duly sworn according to law, Deposes and says that She is the widow of Asa Mallory late of East Haven deceased. that the said Asa Mallory her late husband Died on the 2d day of October 1832 that in his life time he was reputed and believed to have been a Soldier in the State service in the war of the revolution and was by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 entitled to the benefit of said act of Congress for services rendered as a Soldier in said war- And the said Asa Mallory being dead the compensation for such service that would have accrued to him to the time of his death if any belonged to her as his Widow. And for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of said Act of Congress would further say in explanation of the Declaration heretofore made by the said Asa Mallory, that it appears that in the winter of 1775 he enlisted and served three month under Capt Brown of New Haven- And that she knows of no one living that was with him - That in April or May 1776 he enlisted under Capt Joseph Thompson and Served eight on nine month - That in 1777 he served one year und[er] the said Capt Thompson- for proof of the two last services see the depositions of Jesse Ludington and Josiah Tuttle that it appears by the Testimony of William Stover - the he served in the Artillery Company under Lieut Phinehas Bradley- as a Corporal from the 13 day of April 1778 to the 1st Jany 1779 a term of 8 months 23 days Also in said Artillery Company under Capt. Phinehas Bradley as a Corporal from the fifth of February 1779 to the 4 of February 1780 a term of one year- Also in said Company under Capt. Phinehas Bradley as a private from the 27 April 1780 to the first Jany 1781 term of service of 8 months and 4 days- for further proof of his Services under Lieut. and Capt. Bradley she would refer to the Copy of the pay Roll of said Capt. Bradley which were said to be left at the Pension Office by Mr Ingersoll a representative from this State in the care of Marston Parrot of New Haven for which service of her late husband she as his widow claims the benefit to the time of his deceas[e] 
She further says that she is acquainted to Ezra Rowe  - Levi Rowe - Enos Hemingway and others in this neighborhood who can certify
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character for veracity and of their knowledge of the deceas[e] of the said Asa Mallory and of her being the widow of the Deceased - 
Mercy her X mark Mallory
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first aforesaid, before me,
Noyes Darling, Judge of the County Court for New Haven County. 

State of Connecticut
County of New Haven ss. New Haven June 14th 1833- 
On this 14 day of June 1833 personally appeared before me Noyes Darling Judge of the County Court for said County, Ezra Rowe aged 81 years ["and Levi Row age [blank] years" crossed out] residents of the Town of East Haven in said County and being duly Sworn according to law Deposes and Says that they have long been acquainted with Asa Mallory late of said East Haven deceased and are well knowing that the said Asa Mallory died or (or about the 2d day of October 1832, and that Mercy Mallory now living is his surviving widow and that She is reputed and believed in her neighbourhood to be a credible person 
Ezra Rowe
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year first aforesaid, before me- 
Noyes Darling, Judge of the County Court for New Haven County. 

State of Connecticut 
County of New Haven ss. New Haven June 14th 1833 
I Noyes Darling Judge of the County Court for the County of New Haven, Certify that Jesse Ludington, Josiah Tuttle, and William Stover, who have subscribed and sworn, before me, to the depositions annexed to the Declaration of Asa Mallory, made the 2d day of August 1832, and transmitted to the War Department and also that Mercy Mallory, widow of said Asa Mallory,
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and Ezra Rowe ["and Levi Rowe" crossed out], who have subscribed and sworn before me, to the foregoing depositions, are respectively persons of credibility & that their statements are entitled to credit 
Noyes Darling, Judge of the County Court for New Haven County.
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15.515
INVALID.

File No. 15515
Asa Mallory
Corp Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 240
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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State of Connecticut, County ss. New Haven New Haven June 14th 1833 I Jno Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for said New Haven ["Certify" crossed out] hereby Certify that "Noyes Darling" is "Judge of the County Court for New Haven County." & duly qualified to administer Oaths, & that his name by him written & subscribed to the papers hereto annexed is his genuine official Signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County Court the day & date above written 
Jno Beach Clerk
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A. Mallory

No. 5525
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State of Connecticut 
County of New Haven ss. East Haven 
On this 2d day of August 1832 personally appeared before me Noyes Darling, a Judge of the County Court for said County, Jesse Ludington of said East Haven, aged 75 years, and being duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that in the latter part of December 1775 he enlisted in the State troops of Connecticut, for two months under Capt. Reuben Rose, and went to New York & continued in service three months - The Regiment was commanded by Col. Edward Russel. At the some time Asa Mallory, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, enlisted into the company under Capt. Brown in the same Regiment. He went with us to New York and to my knowledge served three months, till we were all discharged at the same time. 
In 1776 deponent enlisted under Capt. Joseph Thompson for one year; was on guard part of the time at New Haven & the rest of the time was at the fort East side of New Haven Harbour. When the harbour froze up, we were dismissed- he served about eight months. Deponent knows that said Asa Mallory enlisted into the same company, and served for the same period. 
Afterwards deponent enlisted under Capt. Phineas Bradly [Bradley] in what year he does not remember, and served twenty one months, at the fort east side of New Haven Harbour and Deponent knows that said Asa Mallory served the whole of said time, at the same fort. Deponent remembers him particularly, on account of his travelling [traveling] so fast[?] and further saith not. 
Jesse Ludenton
Sworn to, & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid. 
Noyes Darling, Judge of New Haven County Court.
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State of Connecticut 
County of New Haven ss. East Haven 
On this 2d day of August 1832, personally appeared before me Noyes Darling, a Judge of the County Court for said County, Josiah Tuttle a resident of Pennfield [Penfield], in the County of Munroe [Monroe], & State of New York, now on a visit to his native town East Haven, and being duly sworn according to law deposes and says; that among other revolutionary services, he enlisted in the year 1779 in the Connecticut State troops under Capt. Phineas Bradley, under the charge of Lieut. Daniel Bishop, and was stationed at the fort east side of New Haven Harbour. he enlisted and served for one year. Deponent enlisted again under said Capt. Bradley, in 1780, under the charge of said Bishop, and served about eight months at the same Fort- then called black Rock, now Fort Hale- Deponent distinctly recollects that Asa Mallory who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, served at the same time in the same company, the whole of said term of about eighteen months: the first enlistment, as deponent thinks as a private, & the second enlistment, as a corporal. Deponent will be 70 years of age in September next- and further saith not. 
Josiah Tuttle
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
Noyes Darling, Judge of New Haven County Court. 

I William Stover, of the City & County of New Haven & State of Connecticut, Depose and Say, that I have now, in my possession, Copies of three several[?] Return Pay Rolls, of a company of Matross, or Artillery Guards, in the State of Connecticuts Service, in the war of the Revolution, Annually Raised, by Voluntary Enlistment, in the years 1778, 1779, & 1780, and stationed under Command, the first year 1778, of Lieut Phineas Bradley, at New Haven in said State, and the two succeeding years, under Command of Capt Phineas Bradley at the same Station.- Daniel Bishop was 1st Lieut. Evelyn Pierpont 2d & Azel Kimberly 3d Lieut. of sd. Company each of those two years, and the company was divided into four, divisions and posted at four Siperate [separate] places, 1 division was Stationed in Town, Wherever the Military stores were Kept, 1 at the Fort, on the East Side of the Harbour under command
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of Lieut Bishop,- 1 at the five mile point, or South End, so called, und[er] command of Lieut Pierpont, & 1 at West Haven, under command of Lieut Kimberly, and all under command of Capt Bradleys sd Company each of those years consisted of nearly one hundred men- On Lieut Bradlys [Bradley's] pay Roll of the Service for 1778, I find the name of Asa Mallory returned a Corpl Enlisted April 13th Served untill Jany 1st 1779. Term of service returned, 8 months and 23 days.- On Capt Phineas Bradleys, Return Pay Roll, for the service of 1779, I find the name of Asa Mallory again, returned a corpl Enlisted Feby 15th 1779, Served untill Feby 20th 1780, Term of service Returned 12 months.- On sd Capt Bradlys [Bradley's] Returns Pay Roll, for the service of 1780, I find the name of Asa Mallory, returned a private, Enlisted April 27th 1780, served untill, Jany 1st 1781.- Term of service Returned, 8 months and, 4 Days.- Making the whole term of sd Mallorys service, by three enlistments, under command of sd Capt Phineas Bradly [Bradley].- Two years, four Months, and twenty seven Days. The Copies of the Return Pay Rolls, before named, And the three Commissions of sd Capt Bradly [Bradley], for the three years, above mentioned together with several, Original Enlistments, for the service of those three years, and sundry other papers relating to the Military services, of those years, (performed by Capt Bradly [Bradley],) I received of a Surviving daughter of sd Capt Bradly [Bradley], now living, in this City, By whom they have been preserved, & Kept more than thirty years, since the Death of her Father.- I verely [verily] believe that the Copies, of the pay Rolls now in my hands (and from which I have taken the time of said Mallorys service) to be in the hand writing of sd Capt Phinas [Phineas] Bradly [Bradley]. I was myself, a member of Capt Bradlys [Bradley's] family six years, commencing at the age of 15, in the spring of 1780. and was well acquainted with his hand writing at that period, and I have other papers, of his writing & signature, now in my possession, with which, I have compared sd pay rolls, and am thereby fully confirmed my belief, that they are authentick [authentic] copies, made out, and written by himself from the Originals, which were forwarded by Capt Bradly [Bradley], to the proper Department at the close of Each Term, of his Military Service. William Stover 
Sworn & subscribed the 15th day of August 1832. 
Noyes Darling, Judge of New Haven County Court 

State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss. New Haven Aug 21st 1832 
I Jno Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for sd New Haven County Certify that Honl. "Noyes Darling" whose name is above & foregoing written & subscribed is & was at the sd dates respectively, "Judge of New Haven County Court," & duly qualified to administer Oaths- 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County Court the day & date above written Attest
Jno Beach Clerk