Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,114, for Jedidiah Peck, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn. 
Peck, Jedidiah
or Jedediah
NUMBER  S. 14.114
carded
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26765  
New York
Jedediah Peck of Madison in the State of New York who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wyllis [Wyllys] in the Conn line for Full term.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Octr 1833 and sent to Jno. G. Stower Hamilton 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept    $200 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar ’34  40 
$240 
{Revolutionary Claim,  Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo C. Stiles  Clerk
Book E.  Vol. 4 Page 72
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N 16034 
Jedediah Peck 
Madison Co 
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Admitted 
Private 2 years 
John G. Stower Hamilton N York
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office, 
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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 shew 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 compling with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of   Jedidiah Peck County of Madison New York
Period when the service was rendered.   May 1780 drafted   Duration of Claimant’s Service.   4 Months 15 Days    Rank of the claimant.   Pri.  Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.   Capt Smith   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Colonel Wyllys   Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  None   Country through which he marched.  Through Connecticut to Horse shoe neck    Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.   Windham County Connecticut    Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Living Witness & Pension Certificate signed J. C. Calhoun
Period when the service was rendered.   Oct 1780 drafted   Duration of Claimant’s Service.    6 Months  Rank of the claimant.   Pri.  Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Capt Thompson    Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Col Mead    Battles in which the applicant was engaged.   None   Country through which he marched.  Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.   Windham County Connecticut
Period when the service was rendered.   March 1781  Enlisted   Duration of Claimant’s Service.  1 year    Rank of the claimant.  Pri  Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Capt Moutlon   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.   Major Shipman Genl Waterbury   Battles in which the applicant was engaged.   None    Country through which he marched.  Through Hartford and New Haven   Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.   Age is Sixty Eight Years
Period when the service was rendered.   April 1782   Duration of Claimant’s Service.  7 months  Rank of the claimant. Pri   Names and rank of the Company Officers under whom he served.  Capt Littles   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  None   Country through which he marched.  Through Hartford and New Haven 
I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant 
JAMES 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, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, 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 day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in 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) served in the (e) regiment of the 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 that of Agency in the State of    
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 of the Court of hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of for a pension.               
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & 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 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has 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 day 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 and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.               
I, Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & 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 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 Town officer 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 he 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. 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 Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed 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 declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person 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 so 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 - months and --- days, I served as 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 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 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 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. 
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 answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Grl County Clerks Certificate
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State of new York 
Oneida County SS  
I Nathaniel Ford of Marshall in the County of Oneida and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that some time the last of the month of August or the first of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty as near as the Deponent can recollect he this Deponent was a resident of of the Town of Windham in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut that about the time above stated went from said town of Windham to a place usually called Moheagan in New London County, but what town this place Lives this Deponant dont know and took his Third Sergeant Brother Amos Ford Juniors place as a soldier in a company commanded by Captain Smith whose Christian name this Deponent does not recollect nor the Colonels name and staid in the Deponants brothers place as much as three weeks and did his this Deponants Brothers duty  in said Company untill after the twentieth of September in the same year the said Regiment was disbanded and returned home and as this Deponant believes according to his best recollection a short time before the time for which his said Brother Amos Enlisted for and while there doing his Brother Amos duty as aforesaid he knew Jedidiah Peck who was a soldier in said Smith Company and was discharged said Peck then belonged to the Town of Windham and this Deponant further saith that according to the best of his recollection his Brother Enlisted for Eight months and further this deponent has been acquainted with the said Jedidiah Peck now of Brookfield in Madison County and State of New York for more than twenty years and knows he is the same man that served in Captain Smith Company and further this Deponant saith not.   
Nathaniel Ford 
State of New York 
Oneida County ss }  July 24 1832  Personally appeared before me and made oath to the above affidavit Nathanael Ford,    Isaac Nichols Justice of Peace 
I certify that the above Nathanael Ford is a man of truth and Veracity 
Isaac Nichols Justice of Peace
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State of New York 
Clerks Office Oneida County ss:    I George Brown Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Isaac Nichols Esq. before whom the 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 duly authorized by Law to act as such and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and  verily believe the Signature "Isaac Nichols" subscribed to the said affidavit to be genuine. 
Witness my hand and seal of office this 11th day of October A.D. 1832 
Geo Brown Clerk 
Joseph B Read Dep Clk
[unreadable] County Clerks Certificate
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State of New York 
Cayuga County  } ss  Speery Peck of the Town of Aurelius in the County of Cayuga and State of New York aged Sixty four being duly sworn deposeth and saith that this Deponant as he has been informed by his parents and believes to be true that he this Deponent is half Brother to Jedidiah Peck of the Town of Brookfield in the County of Madison and State of New York that according to the of his recollection, some time the fore part of the month of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty he the said Jedidiah Peck as was then understood by this Deponent enlisted as a substitute for one Ashbel Welch who was then drafted in the Connecticut State Troops in the Revolutionary Servis and went in the servis that same time the Latter part of the month of August or fore part of the month of September in the same year, this deponant went place called Moheagan in New London County the State of Connecticutt (according to the best of this Deponant recollection and there saw his brother Jedidiah Peck a doing duty as a soldier in Captain Smith company and staid one knight with his said Brother, one knight that some time after his said Brother Jedidiah returned home to his and Deponants fathers house in the Town of Windham in the County of Windham and State of Connecticutt and according to the Best of this Deponant Recollection and as he then understood, his said Brother Jedidiah was Drafted to go to horse neck  in the western part of the State of Connecticutt and went into the servis as this Deponent then understood and about the first of March 1781, his said Brother Jedidiah Returned home to his fathers house in
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Windham aforesaid and according to the best of this Deponants recollection soon after his said Brothers Return home from the Last mentioned his said Brother Jedidiah again Enlisted as it was then understood by this Deponent for one year and went into the servis in Captain Moulton company and some time the four part of the month of March 1782 according to the Best of this Deponants Recollection his said Brother Returned home to his father house in Windham aforesaid and that his father as he then understood went to a place on town then called East Haddam in said State of Connecticut and brought his this Deponant Brother Jedidiah home he having sent word home that he was unwell that short time after the return of his said Brother Jedidiah to his fathers house in Windham aforesaid the presise time this Deponant Recollect but thinks and believes in the spring 1782 his said Brother Jedidiah as this Deponant then understood and believes to be true Enlisted again into a Company of Captain Little and his said  Brother set out to go into the servis this Deponant went with his said Brother about fifteen miles according to the best of this Deponents recollection and his said Brother did not return home to his fathers house to this Deponents knowledge untill the latter part of November or fore part of December 1782 this deponent recollects there was snow on the Ground when his said Brother Returned home and further this Deponent Saith that while his said Brother Jedidiah was in the servis the Severall time above stated he this Deponent lived at
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home with his father in Windham aforesaid and further this Deponant saith not 
Speery Peck
State of New York Cayuga County to wit Sworn before me this 13th day of August & Subscribed 1832 
I certify the said Sperry Peck is A man of truth & Veracity 
Edward Allen Justice 
State of New York  
Cayuga County ss} I Michael S. Myers, Clerk of said County hereby certify that Edward Allen before when the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the certificate of said affidavit to be in his proper hand writing and signature. 
Witness my hand and seal of office this first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
M. S. Myers Clerk 
P.H. Myers Dy [deputy] Clerk
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War Department 
Pension Office 
December 3d 1819 
Sir 
Since your pension certificate was issued for revolutionary services, it has been discovered that the corps in which you served was not on the continental establishment.  I have therefore directed your name to be stricken from the roll of pensioners of the New York agency.
I am Sir Your Obed Servt 
J. L. Edwards
B. 
Mr Jedediah Peck Care of M. J. Miller, Esq Utica New York
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18 ½ 
Jedidiah Peck Esquire
Paris from [unreadable]
Oneida County NY
Wolcott
Dec 18
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Wolcott Decr 4. 1819 
Dear Sir,
I think it incumbent on me to apprise you 1 that I have recd and answered a letter under date of Nov 2d informing me that in consequence of my deposition relative to your services aforementioned certificate has been issued in your name; and if the letter had stopped here I would have been satisfied; but he says, “some doubts having since arisen in the case, as to the nature of the service in which he was engaged, he has to request that I will have the goodness to state I him in writing, whether, while you was under my command, we were paid by, and acted under a commission from the Continental Congress. This information he says is wanted or requested, in order to insure a correct decision in the case.  Of course I told him, that my Commission emanated from the Executive of the State of Connecticut and my pay issued from the Treasury to of that state.  The letter was dated War Department Pention Office and signed J.L. Edwards.  I remain in good respect, with my compliments respectfully to Mrs Peck. Mr Conger and Lady and believe me ever 
Your undeviating friend 
William Moulton
Jedidiah Peck Esquire 
C.
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Jedidiah Peck
Pension under Act June 7, 1832
10034
A. S. Sloan Clk
1 Decr
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York
Madison County SS.      
On this 8th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of said County now sitting the said being a court of record, Jedidiah Peck a resident of the town of Brookfield in said County of Madison & State of New York aged sixty eight years & upwards 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 July 7. 1832. 
Saith that he that he has been informed by his mother while he was an infant & believes  & as it appears true because in the County clerks offices of the town of Norwich in the City of New London & State of Connecticut he was born in the town on the 26th July 1764. 
That the record of his birth is in said town Clerks office.  
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein Stated.   
That in the fore part of the month of May 1780 applicant was a resident in Windham Windham County & State of Connecticut at the request for the sum of about Eight dollars paid to applicants father by one Ashbel Welch (now deceased) applicant became a substitute for said Welch enlisted in the Company of Captain Simon Smith in the Regiment of Colonel Hezekiah Wyllys in the Connecticut State troops.  That applicant was discharged sooner than the expiration of the time for which he was enlisted  & some time in the month of Septr 1780 & when he had served a little over four months of his period of enlistment. That he marched
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from Windham to Chatham in said State of Connecticut & from there to New London in said State & for there to a place then usually called Mohegan in what town deponent does not know. When he was discharged as aforesaid was in no battle, and with no continental regt or company & knew or saw no Regular officers in connection with such service.  That he was honorably discharged from such service & has no Documentary or other proof of such service other than the affidavit of Nathaniel Ford hereto annexed & that of Speery Peck.  
Secondly. That soon after his return home to his fathers house in Windsor aforesaid & as he believes about the first of October 1780, Applicant was drafted to serve until the first of March then next into the Company of Captain Samuel Thompson (now dec’d) in the Regiment of Col. Mead (whose first name applicant thinks was John) in the Connecticut State troops, applicant on that occasion rendezvoused near Horse Neck at or near the line of New York State & staid there till March 11. 1781 when he was honorably discharged.  Was in no battle but was in several skirmishes. There were no regular officer or troops serving with applicant & he knows of none in connection with said service.  That he has no Documentary or other proof of such service except as aforesaid.   
Thirdly, In March 1781, & immediately after his return from the last mentioned tour of service, he was enlisted at Windham aforesaid by Captain Nathaniel Webb who applicant then supposed to be a continental officer for one year & in pursuance of such enlistment applicant joined the Company of Captain William Moulton in the Battalion of one Major Shipman in a
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Brigade commanded by Genl Waterbury & applicant served one year  & was discharged near Horse Neck about March 1, 1882 - was in a skirmish at Horse Neck.  Knows nothing of any regular troops or officers except that a day or two before the expiration of his enlistment, a continental officer & some troops of that line came & took up the portion applicants corps had occupied the name of the officer applicant believes to have been Talmadge,  that applicant marched from Windham to Horse Neck thru Hartford, New Haven & other towns in the State of Connecticut. [unreadable] and that he has no documentary or other proof of same other than the affidavit of  Speery Peck hereto annexed  and his affidavit of the same now on file in the war office & the accompanying papers all procured for the purpose hereafter stated.   
Fourthly. That soon after the return of applicant for the service under Moulton & about Apl 1. 1782 he enlisted at Windham aforesaid in Capt. Jonathan Littles Company in whose Regiment, officers, does not now recollect, & went from Windham through Litchfield & crossed the Hudson River at Newburgh to Morristown in New Jersey where he served as a waiter for Major 
James Bartlett until  Nov. 26. 1782 when he was honorably discharged at said Newburgh, That he was in no Battle  - That he knew Col. Ogden of the regular army at that place & Col. Jonathan Forman of the same who since died at [unreadable] Madison County  State of New York,  Col Webb, Col. Grosvenor  & Col [unreadable] of the regular army - Yet he has no documentary or
Served at Morristown under same [unreadable] part of July in [unreadable] until said Bartlett to applicant [unreadable] with said Bartlett as a waiter until West Point & staid about two weeks & from there [unreadable]
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other proof except the affidavit of Speery Peck of the last mentioned service his discharge having been destroyed some time age - that Major Bartlett is dead.   
And he further states that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure & who can testify to his service except as before stated - has no documentary evidence except that annexed.
And applicant further saith that verily & honestly supposing that his service under said William Moulton had been for the continental establishment, he applied for the benefit of the Law passed March 18, 1818 & received the certificate hereto annexed marked A.   That subsequently it appears from the Letter of  J. L. Edwards hereto annexed marked B & that of William Moulton Marked C.  [unreadable] said service was not upon the Continental establishment & therefore deponent was taken from the Roll of Pensioners -  And he the said applicant hereby relinquishes any claim what or to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State except that from which he was thus as aforesaid.    
That after the Revolutionary war until about 1786, applicant resided at Windham in State of Connecticut, from there he went to Pittsfield in Massachusetts & resided six months, from there to Montgomery the said State, from there after a residence of six years to [unreadable] in Oneida County where he resided two or three years, for there to Paris in  Canty, where he resided at five years he there to Whiteston in said County he resided nearly two you, for there Paris in same County, where he resided about five years from there to Whitestown in said county where he resided nearly two years, from there to Paris where he resided about [unreadable]
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from there to Sangerfield where he resided about twelve years from there to Brookfield in the County of Madison  where he has continued to reside here about the year 1820.   
That he never had any other written discharge than the one above stated to have been destroyed.  
That deponent knows William Clark & Zadock Beebee & residents of applicants neighborhood and well know him & can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his service as a as a solder of the revolution.  
That he was a resident of the place before stated when called into said & where he entered the same &  that he entered the manner before stated & set forth & that he has afore stated the general circumstances of his service & the names of officers &c.  
That he never hall any commission.
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Jedidiah Peck  
We William Clark a Clergyman residing in the town of Brookfield & County of Madison & Zadok Beebee residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jedidiah Peck of Brookfield who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe his to be sixty eight years of age to upwards, that
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he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion & that he is of good character for truth & veracity.
William Clarke
Zadok Beebe
Sworn to & subscribed  the day and year aforesaid in Open Court 
A. S. Sloan Clk Z
And the said Court  do hereby declare the 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 & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that William Clark who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the town of Brookfield & County of Madison & that Zadok Beebee & who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of  Brookfield & is a credible person of that their statement is entitled to Credit.  
I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the Couty of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Jedidiah Peck for a Pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this 9th day of October 1832
A.S. Sloan Clk
Jedidiah Peck 
Pension under 
Act June 7, 1832
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Jedediah Peck  
Payable semi-annually. 
The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in the City of New York At the States Branch Bank. 
Recorded
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War Department 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Jedediah Peck late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 9th day of May one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen. 
A.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 21st  day of October one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen 
J. C. Calhoun 
Secretary of War.
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Cont 
Aaron Delano 
20. Apl 1818 
N Hampshire 
Jonathan Atherton 
14 Apl 1818
Get the paper belonging to within
S
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Jedediah Peck, New York Roll- strike off the list. The Corps in which he served & have ascertained, was not on the continental establishment.   
Moulton Capt what
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35.399 R 
New York 
Jedediah Peck of Springfield in the State of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Major Shipman of the Connecticut line, for the term of One Year 
Inscribed on the roll of New York. at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 9th of May 1818 
Not continental
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of October 1819 and Sent to M. J. Miller Esq Utica N. Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819   15  23/31 & 4/30 126.99 
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820                    48. –
$174.99 
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Rev War 
14114 
INVALID. 
File No. 14,114 
Jedediah Peck 
Pri Rev War 
Act: 
Index: -- Vol. 1 Page 273 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Jedediah Peck
his Captains Certificate was added since the papers were returned 
Please to send returns to 
Judge Morris S. Miller, Utica New York
Jedediah Peck
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State of New York 
Oneida County } ss  On this 9th day of May 1818 Before me the Subscriber & Judge of the Court of  Common pleas of the said County personally appeared & Jedediah Peck aged 53 years Resident in Sangerfield in said County who being first by me duly sworn according to Law Doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress Entitled an Act to provide for certain persons employed in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war. That he the said Jedidiah Peek Enlisted in the month of June 1780 at Windham in the State Connecticut in a company commanded by Captain Simeon Smith of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hezekiah Willis [Wyllys]. That he continued to serve in the said Corps in the service of the United States untill the month of September following when he was discharged from the Service Near Norwich in the State of Connecticut.   Afterwards in the month of March 1781 he Enlisted again at Windham in the State of Connecticut in a company commanded by Captain William Moulton in a Regiment commanded by Major Shipman he continued to serve in said Corps in the service of the United States untill the month of March following when he was discharged from the Service at Stamford in the State of Connecticut having served nine months.  Afterwards in the month of April or 11th of May 1782 he enlisted again as a Wagoner in a company commanded by Captain Jonathan Little. He continued to serve in said capacity of wagoner Transporting the baggage for the continental Army in the State of New Jersey and Elsewhere untill the 16th day of November following when he was Discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York.  His Discharge was signed by Thomas Cogswell wagon master General. He being lame at that time was allowed Ten day to return home so that the actual time of his discharge was 26th of November but all three of his Discharges are lost and that he is in Reduced circumstances and stands in read of assistance from his county for Support and the has no other evidence within his power of his
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Jedidiah Peck 
Private, 
Connecticut line 
9 May, 1818. 
Not on Rolls 
Inadmissible  
Morris S. Miller, Esq; 
Judge
Utica, Oneida County, New York 
Abner Livermore, Atty
Rec. 20, May, 1818
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Service more than he has now offered and that he has never been allowed any pension from the United States. 
Jedidiah Peck 
Sworn and declared before me the Day and year aforesaid 
M. S. Miller First Judge of Oneida 
State of New York 
Oneida County ss   On the 9 day May 1818  Before me the Subscriber Judge of the Court of Common pleas of the said County personally came Abner Livermore Resident of Sangerfield in said County who being by me duly sworn Deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with the above named Jedediah Peck. That his Reputation is a man of truth and veracity this Deponent is credibly informed and verily believes it to be true that he served in the Revolutionary war as he hath stated in his foregoing declaration and that he is in Reduced circumstances as he hath stated.
Abner Livermore
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid 
M. S. Miller First Judge of Oneida 
I Morris S. Miller Judge of the Court of Common pleas as aforesaid Do certify that it appears to my Satisfaction that the said Jedidiah Peck did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing Declaration against the Common Enemy And I do now submit the procedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Honorable the Secretary of the war Department pursuant to the Decisions of the aforementioned act of Congress.  Witness my hand the day and year aforesaid 
M. S. Miller First Judge of Oneida
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I William Moulton of Wolcott in the County of Sencca and State of New York, and was in the War of the Revolution, an Officer of Infantry on the Establishment.   This afternoon was called on by Jedidiah Peck who I know to be the Identical Jedidiah Peck who Inlisted a private Soldier at the time in the Company that I was captain of and served the whole time for which he enlisted with pleasurable approbation of his Superiors and was honorably discharged in manner and form as he the said Jedidiah in his Petition dated the ninth of May 1818 to the Dept of War hath set forth: which Petition is hereunto annexed and further that I this deponent have no interest in the success of the 
has no other evidence within this power of
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prayer of the applicant. 
William Moulton 
State of New York 
Seneca County } ss Be it Remembered that on this 24" day of September 1819 before me Adonijah Church one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas and for the said County, came William Moulton Esqr Late a Judge of Seneca Common Pleas Now [unreadable] for taking affidavits &c a creditable witness and was sworn to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, and subscribed to the same in my presents.   
Adonijah Church 
State of New York  Seneca County Clerk's office ss:  I certify that Adonijah Church Esqr whose hand writing I am acquainted with & whose signature appears to the above certificate in his own proper hand writing as I verily believe, was, at the time of the date thereof of a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Seneca County duly commissioned & sworn, acting under the authority of this State. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court of Common Pleas this 28th day of September 1819- 
J. H. Halsey Clk. &c of Senc County
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State of New York
Oneida County } ss 
I know Jedediah Peck, and am of opinion that by reason of reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. 
Oct. 13th 1819 
M. S. Miller 
First Judge of Oneida.