Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,863, for Connelly Mc Faden, New Jersey
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(8-1776)

SERVICE | NUMBER
New Jersey | McFaden, Connelly or McFadden | S.41,863
Pri(vate)

CONTENTS
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13,516

Ohio
Connelly McFadden/McFaden of Brown Cou(nty) in the State of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ogden of the New Jersey line, for the term of one year.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of July 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of July 1819 and sent to James M. Campbell, Esquire, Ripley, Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1819...........$60.64
Semi-anl. all(owan)ce ending 4 Sept 1819....48.00
                                          =======
                                          $108.64

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Date of death not recorded.
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Connelly McFadden
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District of Ohio, Brown County//

On this 15th day of July A.D. 1824, personally appeared in Open Court, being a Court of Record by possessing the power of fine and imprisonment for the County of Brown and State of Ohio, Connelly McFadden, resident in the County and District aforesaid, aged 71 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 provisions of the Acts of Congress passed 18th March 1818 and 1st May 1820; that he, the said Connelly McFadden enlisted as a private soldier; at New Brunswick in the State of New Jersey for the term of nine months in the month of April 1778, in the company commanded by Capt. Peter Vorhies, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ogden on continental establishment, that he was in the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778; that he continued to serve in said corps eleven months; and that he was discharged in March 1779 at Elizabeth Town in the State of New Jersey by Colonel Ogden and in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled, "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts due me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule below and by me subscribed.

Schedule of property: one mare worth $30.00; two cows $14.00; 3 Young cattle $10.00; ten sheep $8.00; 1 sow & pigs & 4 hogs $8.50;...
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...1 Bureau $8.00; 2 beds & bedding $17.00; 1 loom & tackling $6.00; 1 meat cask $6.00; 1 Barrel 50 cts.; 1 hammer 12 1/2 cts.; household furniture $16.00; 1 flax break 50 cts.; 2 Dung & hay forks $1.00; 2 wheels & 1 Reel $3.00; 1 shotgun $1.00; 1 looking glass 75 (cts.); in the whole, amounting
to One Hundred and Thirty two Dollars Twelve and a half cents.

I am indebted about the same amount which is due to me. I have a wife aged about 67 years, feeble and infirm and one daughter aged about Forty three years. I am by occupation a weaver but am too old and feeble to gain a livelihood by my trade.
s/ Connelly McFadden (X - his mark)

Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court this 15th day of July A.D. 1824.
s/ William Shepherd, Clerk

The State of Ohio, Brown County//
I, William Shepherd, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Eighty four dollars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid at Georgetown this [crossed out: 30th] 22nd day of [crossed out: March] July A.D. 1824
s/ William Shepherd, Clerk of Brown Common Pleas Ohio
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Connelly McFadden, private
Col St. Clair's Regiment, Pennsylvania Line
Nov. 1775, 1 year

Col. Ogden's N. Jersey Reg(iment)
1778 - 9 mos.
18th July 1818

The certificate of the Judges is to be proof of service & in its agency of the application of [illegible].

1609

Rec'd 5th Aug. 1818
J.N. Campbell, Judge Brown C(ount)y C(ourt)house

2 Cases

Endorsed

Free

Secretary at War
Washington City
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The Honorable 

Endorsed

Free

Secretary at War
Washington City
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State of Ohio, Brown County//

This day personally appeared before me. Joseph H. Campbell, one of the Associate Judges in and for the County aforesaid, Connelly McFadden, a citizen of the United States, who deposeth that on or about the last of November 1775 he enlisted for one year in the army of the United States with Capt. Stephen Byers of the Third Regiment Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Col. St Clair and was honorably discharged at the end of Lake George in the latter part of the month of November 1776 and afterwards (Viz.:) in the month of April 1778 he again enlisted in the army of the United States for 9 months with Captain Peter Vorhies of New Brunswick in the First Regiment Jersey Line, commanded by Col. Ogden and was honorably discharged at Elizabeth Town sometime in the month of March 1779 and that he, this deponent, has never received from government any pension or emolument other then his monthly pay. That this deponent had his regular discharge but by some means or other that this deponent cannot account, for they are both lost or mislaid and in consequence of age and Infirmity is reduced to a situation that he stands in need of assistance from his country.
s/ Connelly McFadden (X - his mark)

Certified from under my hand and seal this 18th day of July 1818.
s/ Jos. N. Campbell, Associate Judge (SEAL)
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State of Ohio, Brown County//

I, Abraham Shepherd, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joseph N. Campbell, before whom the within deposition was taken, now is and was at the time of taking the same, one of the Associate Judges in [crossed out: the County] and for the County aforesaid and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said court at Ripley this 18th day of July 1818.
s/ Abraham Shepherd, Clk, B.C

I, Joseph N. Campbell, Judge &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Connelly McFadden did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months, at one time, on the Continental Establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the War Department pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned Act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support.
s/ Jos. N. Campbell, A.J.

Ripley, June 2nd 1819
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
REL

September 24, 1929

Miss Maude McFadin
514 South Main
Wichita, Kansas

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.41863, it appears that Connelly McFaden or McFadden enlisted in November, 1775, and served one year as a private in Captain Stephen Bayard's Company, Colonel St. Clair's [crossed out: Private Sergeant] Pennsylvania Regiment.

He enlisted in April, 1778, and served until March, 1779, as a private in Captain Peter V. Vorhies' Company, Colonel Ogden's First New Jersey Regiment; he was in the battle of Monmouth.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 18, 1818.

In 1824, he was residing in Brown County, Ohio, and stated that he was seventy-one years of age. At that time he referred to his wife, as aged about sixty-seven years and to his daughter as aged about forty-three years, but did not give their names, and there are no further family data.

Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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41863
INVALID.
Rev(olutionary War)

File No. 41,863
Connelly McFaden
Priv(ate) Rev(olutionary) War

Act: 18th March 1818
Index: - Vol. 9, Page 920

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1907 Apr. 11. History to Nellie V. Walker
1907 Apr. 27 above fer. to aud(itor)
1929 - Sept 24, Hist. to Maude McFaden - E.S.L.
1932 - Oct 14, Hist. to Mess Bess Johnson - E.S.L.
1932 - Dec 12 - History to C.O. McFadden - E.S.L.
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1 May 1820
Suspended

See letter of 21st Aug. 1824 William Shepherd.
See return within rec'd 23 Nov. 1824.
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Application under act May 1, 1820.

[crossed out: Original claim]
[crossed out: [illegible]

Ohio,

Connelly McFaden, Priv(ate) served 11 months from 1778.
Schedule dated 15th July 1824.

One mare $30 - 2 cows $14.........$44.00
3 young cattle $10, 10 sheep $8....18.00
1 sow & pigs & 4 hogs...............8.50
Some articles of furniture &c..... 54.87½
Owes about as much as is due him.$125.37½

In answer to a letter to Wm. Shepherd dated 21st Aug. 1824, the following evidence is exhibited by claimant in addition to his declaration heretofore exhibited. Sold 1 horse & some other trifling articles not particularly recollected except bacon at different times not exceeding 200 lbs. & on the sale of the horse there is yet due him $15, which was included in former schedule as debts due him; the proceeds of said sales has been applied to the support of his family and no other use.

His reasons for not exhibiting his schedule prior to the passage of the act of 1st March 1823 are; 1st that he had purchased of a certain Col. Orr of Kentucky, 30 acres of land for which he paid $100. Land as he thought had obtained the legal title thereof, and further that he sold said tract of land to Benj(amin) McAtee for $230 - $180 of which, he has received. He further saith under oath that the s(ai)d tract of land has since been lost by a better claim after a tedious and vexatious lawsuit and that the s(ai)d (Col.) Orr is as [crossed out: this] claimant is informed and believes is insolvent. Claimant is now liable to an action for the purchase money he received from McAtee; 2nd that he received 19 months pay as a pension under the act of 18th March 1818, which together with the balance of the purchase money he was to have received from McAtee with good economy he expected, would have supported him for life.

Claimant aged 71; occupation, a weaver; wife 67, feeble; 1 daughter aged 43.

Continued 5 Feb. 1825 and notification sent to Wm. Shepherd, Esq., Georgetown, Ohio.

Sept '79.
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The State of Ohio, Brown County Court of Common Pleas, October Term A.D. 1824.

This day personally appeared in Open Court here, Connelly McFadden, who being duly sworn according to law makes the following statement upon oath in addition to a declaration & schedule heretofore made at the last July term of this Court in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, 1st of May 1820 & 1st of March 1823 to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United  States in the Revolutionary War, to wit: That he has sold & disposed of one horse & some other trifling articles not particularly recollected except bacon
at different times not exceeding in the whole two hundred pounds & that on the sale of the horse there is yet due to him fifteen dollars, which was included in the former schedule as debts owing to him. The proceeds of which said sales has been applied to the support of his family and no other use.

His reasons for not exhibiting his schedule prior to the passage of the act of the 1st March 1823 are first, that he had purchased of a certain Col. Orr of Kentucky, thirty acres of land for which he paid one...
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...hundred dollars and as he thought had obtained the legal title thereof and further that he sold said tract of land to a certain Benjamin McAtee for Two Hundred and Thirty dollars, [crossed out: of which he has received] One Hundred and Thirty dollars of which he has received. He further saith under oath that the said tract of land has since been lost by a better claim after a tedious and vexatious lawsuit and that the said (Col.) Orr is, as this deponent is informed, insolvent and believes notoriously insolvent. This deponent is now liable to an action for the purchase money he received from said McAtee.

Second, that he received nineteen months pay as a pension under the Act of 1st March 1818, which together with the balance of the purchase money he was to have received of McAtee, with good economy he expected would have supported him during his life.
s/ Connelly McFadden (X - his mark)

Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court this 11th day of October 1824.
s/ John H. Shepherd, Dep. Clerk
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Geo. [illegible], Nov. 12th

Free

Secretary at War
Washington City, D.C.

Mr. Edwards

Rec'd 23 Nov. 1824
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The State of Ohio, Brown County//

I, William Shepherd, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit is truly copied from the original now on file in my office, and I do further certify that the Court aforesaid were fully satisfied as to the truth of the same.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Georgetown this 4th day of November 1824.
s/ William Shepherd, Clerk, Brown Com(mon) Pleas

Georgetown, Brown County Ohio//

Nov 4th 1844

Dear Sir,

Michael Connelly is anxious to know the result of his application for a pension. His circumstances induce him to make frequent enquiries here as to the result.
s/ Wm. Shepherd, Secretary at War
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1038 Fine Arts Bldg.
Chicago, Ill.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I received from your department a few days ago, a statement of the pension record of Connelly Mc Fadden of the Revolutionary War. It gives his place of his residence in 1824, but...
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...fails to give the date or place of his death. I am very desirous of obtaining this information. Will it be possible for you to find this in any of your records?

I am wondering if the date [crossed out: of the date] when the pension ceased to be paid, is not...
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...recorded somewhere. The statement you sent and bear this number. Survivors file #41863. Rev. War.

An early reply will greatly oblige me, in my search for this man's record.

Yours Truly,

s/ Nellie V. Walker
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1038 Fine Arts Bldg.
Chicago, Ill.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir

Will you kindly furnish me with a copy or statement of pension paid by the U.S Government to one Connelly McFaden or (Connelly McFadden), a Revolutionary soldier, who served in Captain James Morgan's...
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...Company, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Militia; also New Jersey Continental Lines.

Yours Truly,

s/ Nellie V. Walker
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Revo(lutionary War)

WICHITA, KANSAS
514 South Main Street,
June 27, 1929

The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Do you have any record of pensions granted to Neale Goff and Zachariah Knight, both Revolutionary soldiers. I think they enlisted in Maryland but after the war Neale Goff moved to McConnellsburg, Pa. I think Zachariah Knight remained in Maryland or moved westward into the new States, possible what is now
West Virginia.

Can you give any other information about these men. I will send the fee at once if you will let me know how...
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...much it is. Is there Conley McFadden in your records?

Yours truly,
s/ Maude McFaden

27th
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Oct. 8, 1932.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

In May of this year I wrote to your office asking for the pension record of Conley McFadden who served with New Jersey troops during the American Revolution.

Please give this matter your attention.

s/ Mrs. Bess Johnson
350 E. King St.
Franklin, Indiana
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Columbus, Ohio.
Dec. 1st. 1932.

Bureau of Pensions,
War Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

In attempting to establish descent from an ancestor (sp.) who served in the American Revolution, I have discovered four names of very similar spelling but with varying records. The S.A.R. Society have referred me to you for information which I hope will help solve the problem as to who is the man I want from among the four if, indeed, they are not all the same man. I list the spellings and what I have so far been able to obtain as follows:

No. 1. - CONOLLY McFadden
Private in the 7th Co., Capt. Elias Longstreet, 1st Battalion, 2nd Establishment, Col. Silas Newcomb of the Continental Troop of the N. J. line.

No. 2 - CONNOLLY McFadden
Private in Capt. James Morgan's Co., 2nd Regt., Middlesex County Militia.

No. 3. - CONLEY McFadden
Enlisted 1775 in Capt. Stephen Bayard's Co., Col. St. Clair's 3rd Penna. Regt., and in 1776 (or 1778) also served in Capt. Peter Voorhis' Co., Col. Ogden's N.Y. Regt.

No. 4. - Connel McFadden
Private in Capt. Stephen Bayard's Co., Col. St Clair's 2d Penna. Battalion 1776.

No. 3 and No. 4 are obviously the same man tho the first names are spelled differently.

I am interested for the present chiefly in No. 1. Can you from your records verify the identity of No. 1 and No. 2? Or is there any possibility of all four being the same man?

In respect to No. 1 can you supply the information by the following?
Date and place of birth.
Date and place of death.
Names of dependents when and if pension was paid.
War record. (enlistment dates if available)

I have apparently exhausted the possibilities through the S.A.R. and D.A.R., and shall be grateful for any information you can supply.

Respectfully yours,
s/ C.O. McFadden
C.O. McFadden.

253 Kenworth Road.
Columbus, Ohio
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In reply to your request of (blank), received (blank) for a statement of the military history of Connelly McFadden, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. File 41,863

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN/COLONEL. | STATE.
Nov. '75 | 1 year | (blank) | Stephen [crossed out: Byers] Bayard &lt;-- See Vol. 2; p.106 - Pa. archive | St. Clair | 3 Pa.
Apl. '78 | 9 mos. | (blank) | Peter V. [crossed out: Vohies, Voohes] Vorhies &lt;-- See p.50 - N.J. arch(ive) | Ogden | 1 N.J.

(no other service alleged)

Battles engaged in, Mon(mouth).
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [illegible].
Date of application for pension, July 18, 1818.
Residence at date of [crossed out: application] 1824, Brown County, Ohio
Age at date of [crossed out: application] 1824, 71 yrs.
Remarks: 1824 represents his wife at about 67 &amp; daughter about 43 yrs. - names are not mentioned.
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April 27, 1907.

Nellie V. Walker,
1038 Fine Arts Building,
Chicago, Ill.

Madam:

In reply to your letter without date received on the 18th instant, relative to claim of Connelly McFadden (Survivor's File No. 41,863), you are advised that the date of his death is not shown.

For date of last payment of his pension and name of person to whom said payment was made, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data: "Certificate No. 13,516, issued July 23, 1810, under Act of March 18, 1818, at the Ohio Agency.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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October 14, 1932

Connelly McFadden - S.41863
BA-J/EEL

Mrs. Bess Johnson
350 E. King Street
Franklin, Indiana

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Conley McFadden, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.41863, based upon the military service of Connelly McFadden or McFadden in that war.

Connelly McFadden enlisted, place not stated, late in November, 1775, served as a private in Captain Stephen Bayard's Company, Colonel St. Clair's Pennsylvania Regiment, and was discharged late in November, 1776, at Lake George: he enlisted in April, 1778, at Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a private in Captain Peter Van Voorhies' Company, Colonel Ogden's First New Jersey Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and was discharged in March, 1779.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 18, 1818; application was made in Brown County, Ohio.

In 1884, he was residing in Brown County, Ohio, and then stated that he was aged seventy-one years, and that his wife was aged about sixty-seven years and that he had a daughter, aged about forty-three years. He did not give their names and there are no further data as to his family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Connelly McFaden or McFadden (S.41863), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, citing all of the following data:...
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...Connelly McFadden or McFaden, Certificate No. 13516, issued July 23, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced July 18, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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December 12, 1933

BA-J/EEL Admit.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Connelly McFadden - S.41863

Mr. C.O. McFadden
253 Kenworth Road
Columbus, Ohio

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Conolly McFadden (variously spelled), a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.41863, based upon the military service of Connelly McFaden (the name also appears as McFadden) in that war.

Connelly McFadden enlisted, place not stated, late in November, 1775, served as a private in Captain Stephen Bayard's Company, Colonel St. Clair's Pennsylvania Regiment, and was discharged late in November, 1776, at Lake George: he enlisted in April, 1778, at Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a private in Captain Peter Van Voorhies' Company, Colonel Ogden's First New Jersey Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and was discharged in March, 1779.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 18, 1818; application was made in Brown County, Ohio.

In 1824, he was residing in Brown County, Ohio, and then stated that he was aged seventy-one years, and that his wife was aged about sixty-seven years and that he had a daughter, aged about forty-three years. He did not give their names and there are no further data as to his family. The date and place of his birth are not shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Connelly McFadden (S.41863), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:...
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...Connelly McFadden or McFaden, Certificate No. 13516, issued July 23, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced July 18, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency.

The above is the history of the only soldier named Connelly McFaden or similar spelling, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.