Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,717, for Jabez Josselyn, Massachusetts
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass

Josselyn, Jabez
NUMBER
S. 43.717

Content [blank]
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Notification sent to
Stephen Phelps Esq
29 Sept 1820
Canandaigua
NY

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2,689
New - York.
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Jabez Josselyn, prive
Massachusetts line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York,
at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on 15 of April, 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of Sept: 1818
and sent to the care of Stephen Phelps
Esq.; Canandaigua, New York
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Arrears to 4th of Septr 1818  $37.33
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March, 1819 48 -
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$85.33
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4 mos: 20/30

{Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818.}

81
Brooks two years
[illegible] was sent 
Phelps Ontario C
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[handwritten]
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Case of Jabez Josselyn

2689 21 Sept. 1818

March '19

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Copy
Case of Jabez Josselyn
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State of New York
Ontario County ss
Jabez Joselyn of the Town of Phelps in the County of Ontario and State of New York formerly from the town of West Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts being duly sworn deposeth and
saith that he is a native citizen of the United States and that he served this Country in the War of the Revolution against the common Enemy and that he enlisted in June 1781 as a private soldier in Capt. Wm Mills Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Brooks in the Massachusetts line
for the term of three years. And that he the deponent served out two years of said time and then hired a man by the name of Philip Lanaway to take his
place in said Company and the deponent further saith that he received an honorable discharge [crossed out 'which'] from General Washington which discharge is lost-- and that he the deponent was stationed during the said time at West point and other places. And the deponent further saith that he is Seventy three years of age in
indigent circumstances and in need of support from Government and therefore prays that his name may be
place on the pension list pursuant to an Act of Congress passed March 18th 1818- entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary War and further the deponent saith not
[signed] Jabed Josselyn
Sworn to and declared this 15th day of April 1818 before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and State of New York
[signed] Stephen Phelps
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Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jabez Joselyn did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings taken
and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforemention
Act of Congress- Canandaigua April 15th 1818-
[signed] Stephen Phelps

State of New York
Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge
of Ontario Common pleas do certify by personal knowledged the Jabez Josselyn the
after said applicant is in indigent circumstances & in need of assistance from his country
for support
[signed] Stephen Phelps

Cand Sept. 1st, 1818

State of New York
Ontario County
Clerks Office
In testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of Ontario Common pleas and that the same is his signature I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
seal of said County at Canandaigua this 3d
of September 1818
[signed] Her. Mc Nair Clk
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Jabez Joselyn a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's - line drawn through this) application for a pension on file in this Bureau. 
S. File 43.717

Column
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
June 1781

Length of Service.
2 yrs

Rank
Priv.

Officers under whom service was rendered.
Captain.
Wm Mills
Colonel
John Brooks

State.
Mass.

Battles engaged in, [blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment [blank]
Date of application for pension, Apr. 15. 1818.
Residence at date of application, Phelps, Ontario Co., NY
Age at date of application, 73 yrs
Remarks: Solider was formerly of West Stockbridge Mass. In 1820 he mentioned his wife aged 67 yrs. - name not stated.

Very respectfully,
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[handwritten]
Claim of 
Jabez Josselyn
April 15th, 1818
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not on the rolls

The Honorable
Secty of War
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Personally appeared before me Joseph K. 
Peck one of the Justices of the Peace
of the County of Ontario. Charles Seward
of Lodes in sd County to me known
whom I fully believe to be a man
of  truth & veracity & deposeth & saith that he the said Seward well knew
Jabez Josselyn & was knowing to his Enlisting
as a soldier in the Revolutionary
Army & that he knew him to be regularly
discharged having served between two & three years & the the said Deponent
says that he saw his discharge as
having served faithfully & honestly &
honorably discharged 
Subscribed &  Sworn before me
this 14th day of August 1818-
State of New York
[signed] Joseph K Peck JP

State of New York
Ontario County
Clerks office
 In testimony that Joseph K. Peck whose name
is subscribed to the above affidavit was on the
day of the date of the same a Justice of the
peace in and for said County and that the
same is his signature I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Canandaigua this 1st day of September 1818
Jtu McNair Clk
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Bela Witmore of the Town of Phelps County of
Ontario and State of New York being of duly sworn Deposeth and saith that has known Jabez Josselyn
for many years now knows him and knew him
when serving in the Revolutionary war in the
first Brigade of Massachusetts line he thinks
in Colonel Brooks Regiment in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one Eighty two and part of Eighty three
to his certain knowledge and from his knowledge of the [man] said Josselyn that has no doubt but he was Honourably discharged
but has not certain knowledge of his discharge 
this deponent further saith that he was in service at the same time in Col Michal Jackson
Regiment Captain Nathan Dick Company in the Massachusetts line further the deponent saith not
[signed] Bela Witmore

Sworn and subscribed this first day of
September 1818 before me Philetus Swift one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in the County of Ontario
I do certify that the above named Bela Witmore is known personally to me and that he is a man of good standing
in society and credible witness and that the said Josselyn is poor and industrous man
[signed] Philetus Swift

State of New York
Ontario County
Clerks Office ss
The testimony that Philetus Swift whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit 
& certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas and that the same is his signature I have hereunto 
subscribed my name and affixed the seal
of said County at Canandaigua this 1st day
of September 1818-
Anna
Jtn. McNair clk
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[handwritten]
The Honorable the Secretary of the war department
if my claims are allowed will please to forward
a certificate of the same to Stephen Phelps Esqr of Canandaigua who is my agent -
[signed] Jabez Josselyn
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State of New York
Ontario County
Clerks office
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In Testimony that Stephen Phelps
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common
pleas in and for the County of Ontario and
that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaigua this
24th day of April AD 1818
Jtn. McNair clk
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...Ralph
..am Bldg
M.E. C.
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Madrone, Wash.
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George A.
M.B.H.
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43 717
Invalid.
Revy
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File No. 43,717
Jabez Josselyn
Pri Rev War
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Act: 18h March 18
Index: - Vol. S, Page 261
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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June 29/95 Hist to E. Stevens, 44 Jacob
Denver, Colo.
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Nov 2.7-1901
Mrs. C.H. Williams
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1906  Apr. 16 - History to Hon.
Loud
1907 May 22. Hist. to
Mrs. J. P. Adams - C.
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O. W. & N. 
May 9, 1907

[round stamp O.W. Files  May 13 1907]

Comn of Pensive,
Dear Sir: I wish information
concerning pensions of
Jabez Josley & Wm Stevens
Wm Stevens, Enlisted at Stockbridge
Mass, and served in Mass Troops
Continental any, in Revolutionary
war, and of Jabez Joslyn
enlisted at Stockbridge or West
Stock bridge Mass and served
in the Mass; troops. Continental
army Revolutionary War
wish to procure copies
of pension applications of
the same, Repty-
Mrs J. P. Adams 
525 N. 4th S.
Atchison
Kas.
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at Seal of war certificate inside to be signed
S. M.