Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2001, Jonathan Clark, Conn.
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Service                                        Number R 2001

Conn        Clark,  Jonathan or Clarke Martha



Contents
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I hereby authorize & request Jno T Neely
Esq of Washington to take charge of
the pension claim herein named
Adecil Ely
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Know All Men by these Presents
  That I, Alva Clark of Sheffeld Canada West, the identical person who, in January 1850 made a declaration for pension due my mother Martha, widow of Jonathan Clark at the time of her decease, before then, R. Lansing Judge of the County Court of Jefferson County New York, which declaration is on file in the office of the  Comr of Pensions do hereby constitute and appoint Adecil Ely of Watertown, New York my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, place and stead, to take charge of my said declaration on application for pension & prosecute the same to its determination giving & granting unto my said attorney full power & authority to do and perform all and every act & thing whatever necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation hereby ratifying & confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute should lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  My claim for pension exists under the following circumstances, viz: -  Jonathan Clark of Windsor Connecticut served in the war of the Revolution about seven years in the Connecticut Line as Sergeant_.  At the close of the war he settled in Rutland Vermont & married Martha Williams daughter of Bois Williams formerly of Norwich Connecticut- He with his family afterward moved into Caledonia Genessee County New York where he lived in 1813 leaving the said Martha his widow and myself and my brother Asa Clark who now resides in Sheffield, their only surviving children -
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In 1818 my mother brother & self settled in Sheffield Canada West where she lived the widow of the said Jonathan Clark until the 6th day of January 1850 at which time she died.  A few years before his death she was informed that widows of Revolutionary soldiers were entitled to pensions and in 1845 she went from Canada to Pulaski in Oswego County New York for the purpose of making her claim or declaration in form before the Court then in session there.  She went at the request of Col Peirce of Albany who claimed to be a pension agent & met him there with a gentleman by the name of Brown from Washington, who made out the papers & took charge of them together with papers which my mother had being, a Certificate of Marriage- My mother returned to Canada and during life never received any information on the subject of her claim.  This her claim I suppose was filed in the Pension office & if so I wish my attorney to ascertain the facts set forth by her & the proof if any which accompanied it.  In my declaration I set forth this of my mother's & asked to have it considered in connexion with mine.  My declaration was filed by the Hon D.S. Dickinson & suspended by letter of Mr Corell Edwards of February 6, 1850 chiefly for the reason that "there were several persons bearing the name of Jonathan Clark, both officers & privates attached to the Connecticut Line" & for that reason it would be necessary to prove the identity of
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my father as one of the number -
  He does not allude to the declaration of my mother.  I applied to the Controller of Connecticut for evidence from the records in his office of the services of Jonathan Clark & was informed by him that on examination he could not find the name of Jonathan Clark but found that there were several persons attached to the Con. Line by the name of John Clark.  Now I wish my attorney to ascertain if possible from the records in the Pension office in what Companies & Regiments these several Jonathan Clarks served.  Perhaps one of them may be traced as belonging to Windsor Connecticut  If so I think the identity of my fathers service can be proved - The foregoing history of this claim is derived from information in part & by personal knowledge & is in my belief substantially true
In witness whereof I have herewith set my hand & seal this 12th day of September 1851
Alva (his mark) Clark
State of New York
County of Jefferson Ss
  On this 12th day of September 1851 comes before me Alva Clark above named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his act & deed
E Sabin Justice
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STATE OF NEW YORK,  )
(covered) County Clerk's Office.) ss.
(seal)
I, ISAAC MUNSON, Clerk of the County of Jefferson, do hereby certify that E. Sabin Equire, before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorised to take the same; and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine.
  In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this 29th day of December 1851
Isaac Munson Clerk

I hereby authorise & request Jno T Neely Esq of Washington to take charge of the pension claim herein named
Adecil Ely
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MEE/eel

November 22, 1929

Mrs. Gershom W. Clark
244 Main Street
Owego, New York


Dear Madam:

    I advise you that this bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made to the United States on account of his services.

    The records fail to show such claim on file on account of the services of Jonathan Clark who was born November 1, 1715 and died in 1802.

    In the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claims, R. 1993, R. 2001 and W. 9387, it does not appear that any one of these three Jonathan Clarks ever lived in Lebanon, Connecticut.

Very truly yours,

 EARL D. CHURCH
 Commissioner.
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N14054

Martha Clark and 

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Sethe   Hon  D.S. Dirkinson 6th Feb 1850
''    Same of April 1850






2001

au 7 July 1838
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Stamp:  Rejected
2001

P.O. Clarke
Service:  Jonathan

Right side note:
1929, Nov. 22, Data furn Mrs.
Gershom W. Clark, M.E.E.
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244 Main Street
Owego, New York
Nov. 2 1929.
Mr. Earl D. Church,,
Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir
  I thank you for record of S.23575 sent me.
  In claims R.1993 (not here), R.2001 and W. 9387 (not here), is Jonathan Clark of Lebanon, New London Co. Conn. identified?  He was born in Lebanon Nov. 1, 1715, & lived there until his death in 1802, & had children Hannah, Jonathan, Mercy, Zerviah, Lemuel, David & Gershom.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Gershom W. Clark
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Jany 31 50
Sir
I enclose add Dec. of Martha Clark who filed her petition years hence.  May I ask an eng(?) consideration
Yr Ob Sevt
J.T. Ruhison
J.L.Edwards 
Com. Pe
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State of New York
Jefferson County ss  )  On this 24th day of January 1850 personally appeared before me Samuel A Dutcher, a man of creditability and truth who being duly sworn according to Law deposes and Says that he is a resident of Midland District Canada West - is well acquainted with Rev Christopher Thompson, Reuben N Neely and Samuel Clark & their hand writings - that the said Samuel Clark is a Commissioner of the Queen's Bench duly authorized to administer oaths & that his hand writing to the within affidavit is his genuine signature & that the Rev Chr Thompson & Mr Reuben N Neely who made their affidavit before the said Samuel Clark on the 22d day of January 1850 which affidavit is on the other side of this paper are men of respectability & truth and that their signatures to said affidavit are genuine
Samuel A Dutcher
Sworn & subscribed
this 24th dy of
January 1850
before me
GW Hungerford
(?) officer to act as Surrogate
in his absence
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Canada West  )
Midland District  )  Personally appeared before me Samuel Clark one of her Majesties Commissioners of the Queens bench for said District the Rev. Christopher Thompson & Reuben N. Neely both known to Me as persons of Truth and veracity who being duly sworn depose and say that Martha Clark Widow of Jonathan Clark and Mother to Asa & Alva Clark Died on the morning of the Sixth day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight-hundred and fifty.
Christopher Thompson
Reuben N. Neely
Subscribed And Sworn before Me  )
this 22d day of Jnuary 1850  )
S. Clark
Commissioner Queens Bench
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State of New York
Jefferson County Ss
  Samuel A Dutcher being duly sworn deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Martha Clarke, the widow of Jonathan Clarke & his & her family.  that the said Jonathan Clarke has been dead many years and that his widow the said Martha Clarke died on the sixth day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & fifty at her then residence in the township of Sheffield in the Midland District Canada West that the said Jonathan & Martha Clarke never had but two children except those who died in infancy or childhood that those two children are both living and both reside in the township of Sheffield Province of Canada West: that their names are Asa Clark & Alva Clark and that each of them is over the age of twenty one years  This deponent further says that the said Martha Clark did not marry after the death of her husband the said Jonathan Clarke but continued to be his widow as long as she lived
Samuel A Dutcher
Sworn & Subscribed
before me this
24th day of January 1850
GW Hungerford, Local
Officer to act as Surrogate
in his absence
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State of New York
Jefferson County Ss
  Alva Clarke being duly sworn deposes and says that he is the son of Jonathan Clarke and Martha Clarke who formerly resided in the State of Vermont, but for the latter part of their lives in the township of Sheffield Midland District Canada West; that his father died in Caledonia New York and that his mother the said Martha Clarke died in said Sheffield on the sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty; that his brother Asa Clarke and himself are the only children living  of the said Jonathan and Martha Clarke that the said Martha Clarke never married after the death of her husband the said Jonathan Clarke but died his widow: that the said Asa Clark & this deponent are the only children of the said Martha Clark deceased and are each of them over the age of twenty one years
Alva (his mark) Clarke
Sworn & Subscribed before
me this 24th day of
January 1850
G.W. Hungerford Local
Officer to act as Surrogate
in his absence
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18 
[illegible? - Berry Hungerford Local]
officer to perform the duties of Brown Surro --- 
gate of the County of Jefferson in the State of 
New York in his absence do hereby certify that at a 
Surrogate's Court held before me at Watertown 
in said County on the 24th day of 
January in the year 1850 it was proved 
to my satisfaction by the testimony of 
Samuel A. Dutcher and Alba Clarke 
credible witnesses whose testimony is hereto 
annexed that Martha Clarke late 
of the township of Sheffield Midland District 
Canada West was the widow of Jonathan 
Clarke at the time she died and 
that the said Martha Clarke died in 
said Sheffield on the sixth day of January 
one thousand Eight hundred & fifty 
(Jany. 6, 1850) that she left her surviving two 
sons, her + [and] his only children whose names are 
Asa Clarke and Alva Clarke who are each 
over the age of twenty one years and both 
reside in the said town of Sheffield. I 
further certify that I have appointed the 
said Alva Clarke to be administrator 
of the said Martha Clarke's estate & due credit 
is to be given to his acts as such 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the 
seal of my office at [illegible] 
this 24th day of January 1850 
Grangerford, Local 
officer over us Surrogate 
in his absence
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Martha Clark 
ded-
Wid of Jon Clark
Children of
Adecil Ely Atty

Mr Dickinson
Senate
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State of New York
Jefferson Couty Ss
Mathew D. Canfield being duly sworn deposes and says that he resides in Midland District Province of Canada: that he was well acquainted with Martha Clark a widow of great age, that she claimed to be the widow of Jonathan Clark, and that she said that he was from Windsor Connecticut and served in the Connecticut line of the Continental army through the Revolutionary War and was a Sergeant:  That the said Jonathan Clark died in Caledonia New York a number of years ago.  This deponant further says that the said Martha Clark died in Sheffield her residence in Midland District Canada on or about the 6th of January 1850: that her funeral was on one of the days of the town meeting which is held annually on the first Monday & following Tuesday of January which this year was the 7th & 8th; That he is also acquainted with her children, two of whom only are living, that Asa Clark the oldest now living calls himself 57 years old which this deponent believes to be about his true age & the youngest Alvah about 45, that the said Martha was not married during this deponants acquaintance with her but was known as the widow of Jonathan Clark
Mathew D. Canfield
Sworn & subscribed this 21st day of February 1850 & I certify that the above named affiant is a man of respectability & truth
Luther G. Hoyt Justice
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State of New York
Jefferson County Ss
I, Jacob Rombough being duly sworn depose and say that I am in the fifty sixth year of my age, a resident of Midland District in the Province of Canada and a Justice of the Peace in and for said District:  That I was well acquainted with Martha Clark widow of Jonathan Clark and am well acquainted with their two children Asa Clark & Alva Clark who resided when their mother died in Sheffield township in Midland District aforesaid: This deponant further says that the said Martha Clark as he has been informed and believes to be true moved into Canada from the western part of the state of New York where her husband died:  That the said Martha Clark for many years before her death claimed that her husband had served during the Revolutionary war and that she was entitled to a pension. This deponant further says that the said Martha Clark did not marry while she resided in Canada but bore the name and character of a widow during life and died in the town of Sheffield in said
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Midland District on the sixth day of January last 1850: that she was buried on the day that the town meeting was held which by law is always held on the first Monday and continuing into the following Tuesday of January in every year and that for this reason he is sure that her death took place on the 6th of January 1850- This deponent further says that the said Martha Clark left her surviving two children only and that they reside in Sheffield aforesaid: That their names are Asa Clark and Alva Clark.  That the eldest of these Asa Clark says that he is fifty seven years old and this deponant has no doubt names his age truly for he has been considered by us both about a year older than this:  This deponent further says that he is disinterested
Jacob Rombough
Subscribed & Sworn this 
21st day of February 1850 before me
& I further certify that the above named affiant is a Gentlemen
of respectability and truth
Luther G. Hoyt Justice
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Midland District on the sixth day of January last 1850: that she was buried (remainder covered by following paper)
STATE OF NEW YORK
Jefferson County Clerks Office  )  ss.
I, ISAAC MUNSON, Clerk of the county of Jefferson, do hereby certify that Luther G. Hoyt Esquire, before whom the annexed affadvit was taken, was at the time of taking such affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorised to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily beliee that his signature thereto is genuine.
In witness Whereof, I have hereunto sbscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County this 5th day of April 1850
Isaac Munson Clerk.
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14056
Alva Clarke
Son and Administrator of Martha Clark
desc

Widow of Jon Clark her dear

for penson of ....


Adeil Ely Atty
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State of New York
Jefferson County Ss
On this 24th day of January 1850 personally came before me Robert Lansing Judge of the Jefferson County Court Alva Clarke a resident of the township of Sheffield Midland District Province of Canada West aged forty four years and upwards who first being duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath declare that he and his brother Asa Clark who is also a resident of Sheffield aforesaid are the only surviving children of Jonathan Clarke and Martha Clarke; that the said Jonathan Clarke died in the town of Caledonia State of New York and that his mother the said Martha Clark did not marry after the death of his father the said Jonathan but remained his widow through life and died in the said township of Sheffield on the sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty: that from information obtained from his parents according to the best of his recollection his father the said Jonathan Clarke belonged to Windsor Connecticut and served in the Revolutionary he was in the Connecticut Line during the war that his mother the said Martha was a native of Norwich Connecticut, that her father's name was Bors Williams and that he moved into the town of Shoreham State of Vermont with his family and that his father the said Jonathan Clarke moved after the war into Rutland Vermont
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that soon after and as this declarant believes his father married the said Martha Williams his mother in the town of Shoreham in the State of Vermont; that in 1810 or 1811 his father the said Jonathan Clarke moved from Shoreham aforesaid into Caledonia in the State of New York and died there in the said town of Caledonia on the 12th day of July 1812 or 1813; that about the year 1818 his mother moved into Canada & then lived a widow until she died as aforesaid 6 Jany. 1850: that his mother in 1845 went to Oswego County NY. for the purpose of making a declaration for pension & he has understood from her that she did so- but she never received a pension, nor did she get any information in regard to her application during life - This declarant therefore in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by Congress in the act of July 7 1838. & March 1843. June 17, 1844 & Feby. 22d 1848 says that his father as he believes Jonathan Clarke was a sergeant in the war of the Revolution in the Cont Line & served during war = that he died in 1813, leaving his mother a widow who by the acts aforesaid became entitled to a pension, but that she died on the 6th day of January 1850 without having obtained one & that in consequence thereof her children are entitled to receive the balance of pension her due at
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the time of her death.
This declarant referring to the declaration of his mother on file as he supposes in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions and such further proof as he may be able to obtain in regard to his father's service & his marriage with his mother & he asks that a Certificate of Pension may be issued to him as administrator of the Estate of the said Martha Clarke deceased for the benefit of himself & his brother the said Asa Clarke
Alva (his mark) Clarke
Sworn & Subscribed this
24th day of January 1850
before me
Robt Lansing Co
Judge Jeff Co
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State of New York
Jefferson County Ss
I Isaac Munson Clerk of the County of Jefferson aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert Lansing before whom the annexed affidavit was taken was at the date of the same County Judge of the County aforesaid & that George W Hungerford before whom the annexed papers were taken was at the date of the same a Local officer to perform the duties of Surrogate & that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Lansing & of the said Hungerford & that their several signatures to said papers are genuine - In testimony whereof I have herwewith subscribed my name & affixed the seal of this County this 24th day of January 1850  Isaac Munson Clerk
(seal affixed)