Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4757, Joseph Havens, Vt.
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SERVICE - Vt
Havens, Joseph
NUMBER R. 4757

CONTENTS
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J. Havens
Declarlation
21463

Direct to
Leman Gibbs
Livoria
Livingston
A. Y.
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State of New York      
County of Livingston} ss On the 28th day of September 1832 personally served in open, court before the county court of Livingston County aforesaid now sitting Jo Havery a resident of the town of Livonia in the County of Livingston aforesaid aged 82 years who being first duly sworn and according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 -  That he enlisted in the year 1776 the last days of January or the first day of February in the army of the United States, with Captain Abner Seeley, Lieutenant - Seeley, Ensign Levi Millard - marched from the town of Royalton County of Windsor in the State of Vermont where he lived when he enlisted into Canada to Quebec and after a march of as near as he could hedge something like 500 miles over the Green Mountain to Rutland from thence to Mt. Independence crossed lake Champlain to Fort Ticonderoga from there down to Crown Point from there to St. John's and then to Montreal - from there down the River to Quebec - was joined by the American Army then stationed there - After lying there until the 6th day of May 1776. Army began to retreat came back leave maybe next to Fort Ticonderoga. When he left the Army time of enlistment having expired sometime previous to wit on the 1st of May having enlisted for three months -- After he returned home he enlisted as an Indian spy or volunteer living upon the frontier and served as such spy or volunteer continued as such during the remainder of the term chasing the indians so again in 1777. Was in the same service being under Captain Ebenezer Parkhurst of Sharon, Vermont.
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went to carry expresses from Royalton to Rutland and 40 miles through the woods without any road in the last of September volunteered to go to join the Army under Genl Gates, Capt Solomon Cushman was Captain - Regiment commanded according to his best recollection by Major Wheelock was in some small skirmishes and was an eye witness of the surrender of Gen Burgoyne's Army remained with the militia to guard some property which was taken with the Army of the enemy and Tories and was released or discharged in forepart of November after the Battle - after he returned to the employ of scouting until the spring of 1779 and the month of March or April volunteered into a company commanded by Lieutenant Calvin Parkhurst of which which Benjamin Wait was Major -- during the summer following enlisted into a company commanded by Captain Jo Hatch to guard the Frontier don't recollect the exact time thinks as early as May was stationed at a Picket Fort in the Town of Royalton Vermont, and continued in said service ten months from the Enlistment, in the month of January or February and in the year 1780 --volunteered into a company commanded by Lawton to Calvin Parkhurst and Zebulon Lyon and scouted when & in the neighborhood of Mad River -- White and Onion River in the State of Vermont and continued in said command serving until the 16th day of October 1780 on which day he was taken prisoner by the Indians & Tories and carried into Canada as far as Montreal and suffered all that the savage could inflict as to want of talking and food being stripped of all clothing in the onset-- was kept in captivity until the first of October 1781 at which time he was exchanged and returned home
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at which time he was exchanged and returned home having served including the time of his captivity at last three years-- He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or an annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the exigency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Jo Havens

We Robert Adams and Buel Blake Esq resident of the town of Livonia in the County of Livingston upon & said hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jo Havens who was subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 82 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 and that we have never heard the correctness of said opinion questioned.

Buel Blake
Robert Adams

And the Court do herby 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 & served as he states -- And the Court further certifies that it
appears to Ruel Blake Esq. & General Robert Adams or are both resident of the town of Livonia in said County and are credible persons and their statement is entitled to Credit--

I Chauncey R. Bond Clerk of Livingston County Hens do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Jo Havens for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 31st of Oct 1832
C. R. Bond Clk
 by S.G. Havens deputy
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Jo Havens
Declaration
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State of New York
Livingston County ss

Stephen Powell being duly sworn before the undersigned a Judge of Livingston County Court deposes & says that he is
sixty nine years of age - that since his earliest recollection has been acquainted with Jo Havens and has no doubt but he is upwards of eighty years of age -- that in the year 1777 in the month of September he the said Jo volunteered to join the join the Army in the expedition against General Burgoyne and returned from said service in the month of November following.   In 1779 the said Jo volunteered into company commanded by Lieutenant Calvin Parkhurst of which Benjamin Waite was Major as early as March or April and during the summer enlisted under the command of Captain Jo Hatch to guard the frontier in the town of Royalton in the State of Vermont and continued in said service at least ten months in the said year of 1779.  that in 1780 in the month of January volunteered under Lieutenant Calvin Parkhurst and Zebulon Lyon serving in the winter in scouting upon Mad River, White River, Onion River in Vermont - and continued a volunteer until the 16th day of October 1780 on which day the said Havens was taken prisoner by the In diary and carried into Canada and did not return from his captivity until September or October 1781 - and further this deponent saith not
Sworn & subscribed this day of 24 of July 1832
Stephen Powell
Before me
Leman Gibbs Judge
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J Havens
Declaration
Direct to Leman Gibbs
Livonia
Livingston N. Y.

State of New York
Livingston County
I certify that Leman Gibbs before whom the within affidavit was sworn and was at the date the a legally authorized Judge of Livingston County And that I know his name to said affidavit is his own proper hand writing & signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 31st day of October 1832 
Chauncey R. Bond Clk
of Livingston County
by S.G. Haven Dep

I certify that the said Stephen Powell the deponent to the foregoing affidavit is a credible person 
September 10 1833. 
Leman Gibbs
a Judge & C.
I certify that Leman Gibbs before whom the
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Leman Gibly
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I Daniel Havens of Royalton in the County of Hudson and State of Vermont aged Eighty years testify and say that at and during the Revolution. I lived in Royalton aforesaid with me father and my brother Joseph Havens lived with me in our family and continued to live in Royalton aforesaid, when said Joseph removed from said Royalton about thirty years ago to Livonia in the State of New York where he now resides. In the year 1776 I was personally knowing that he enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt Abner Sealey, Lt Levi
William in Col Butler's Regiment and was gone I should think six months before he returned. He told me he went to Quebec when he came back.

In the year 1777 when Burgoyne was taken my brother Joseph Havens went in the service of the United States in Capt Eaton's Company in Col Peter Clutt, Regiment for two months. I had previously been out two months in said service in the company commanded by Capt Bush in Col Marsh Regiment and my brother Joseph Havens met me at Pawlet  when I was returning home.   I understood him to say that he went to Saratoga and was their when Burgoyne Surrendered,

In the year 1779 I was personally knowing that my brother Joseph Havens enlisted for one year as minute man in a company commanded by Elias Stevens of Royalton aforesaid and he continued in the service for one year and after that expired and in the year 1780 in October the Indians came and burned Royalton and took Joseph Havens prisoner and carried him to Canada and was gone about one year when he was as I was informed and exchanged carried home and further say not.


State of Vermont 
Windsor County

Royalton July 6, 1833 Personally appeared Daniel Havens of Royalton the signer above and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before Oel Billings Justice of the Peace
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I further certify that the signer of the foregoing
affidavit Daniel Havens is of good character for truth & veracity
Oel Billings Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County

Woodstock County Clerks office 8th of July 1833.  I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Col Billings is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County and that the above & foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said County and subscribe my name the day and year last above
Benj Swan
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21463
Jo Havens
N Y

Hon. J. Dickson
H R
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WAR DEPARTMENT,       
Pension Office 183              
Sir                  
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A statement shewing the Service of Jo. Havens Livingston or N. Y.
Period when service was rendered   ‘76  Duration of Claimant’s service. 3 Months  Rank of the Claimant.  Pr.    Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Capt Scobey   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Country through which he marched.  Vermont.  Canada    Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at present period.   82  Windsor Vt.    Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  Traditionary  & witnesses  uncertified to - 
Period when service was rendered   ’77    Duration of Claimant’s service.  Not specific   Rank of the Claimant.   Pr.   Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.   Captain Parkhurst    Names and Rank of the General and Field officers
Period when service was rendered   Vol Sept ’77     Duration of Claimant’s service.  Not specific      Rank of the Claimant.  Pr.   Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Captain Cushman   Names and Rank of the General and Field officers  Major Wheelock
Period when service was rendered   Mar or Apr ’79      Duration of Claimant’s service.  Not specific    Rank of the Claimant.  Pr  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Captain Hatch  Names and Rank of the General and Field officers
Period when service was rendered   Enlisted    Duration of Claimant’s service.  10 months    Rank of the Claimant. Pr.   Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  No Captain Names and Rank of the General and Field officers   No Colonel
Vol – ’80  3 years at least 
I am, respectfully, Your Obedient Servant   
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia and volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claim ng the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, County of
or District of) ss.

On this _______ day of _____________ personally appeared (a) before ___________________ A.B. a resident (b) of _____________ in the county of ______________ and State, Territory or District of ______________ aged (c) ______________ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)_______________ with __________, and 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 on that of the 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 ____________________ do hereby certify (h) 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 (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, 
and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify,, that we are well acquainted with __________________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _________ 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 ________________  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 _____________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 principals
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?
And if a substitute, for whom?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
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.
{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?
He has become of it.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity, in which case the declarant for
conforming to the rule.
of the declarant must in any county where he was no
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
very continental officer or other must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise, a satisfactory examination
 of the
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
rite 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:
on or before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposed and saith, that, by reason
old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the bust of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: --For---year-
For months and days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension."
months, and important
, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about four months,
indemnitee, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
them without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
the motion of each term of engagement.
in the embodied corps called into service by competent
for the the during which the service was formed, no was not employed many
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The cat hast he 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 pull
DEPUTY.
after the certificate of center of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
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 ceruncate must be attached thereto by a pisco of those 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.
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 witnessed
who are required to set forth in their mandavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the name, as well
that which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the
herited by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
ness continental tribes only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
witness cannot be found the declarant must state the fact
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
W. L Williams   Ex Clk [Examining Clerk]
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REJECTED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879.
4757
P.O. ___________
Jo Havens
Service: ______________
Enlisted: _____________, 18
Discharged: _________________, 18
Application filed: ________________, 18
Allleges: _______________
Re-enlisted: ________________
Attorney: ________________
P. O. ____________________
______________Recognized.
______________Contract
______________Cert. of Dis.
______________Searched for, 18
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New York
Rev.
Jo. Havens
Suspended
let. Hon J Dickson
22 Feb. 1834
let. to  L. Gibbs Aug 20 '36
4757
Act 7 June 32
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Joseph Havens
June [illegible]
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Havens & Garner Rix and for the above named service claims a pension having served as above stated two years and seven months - In the above service served as a private Sworn & subscribed this 3d day of September 1833
Joe Havens (his mark)
Before me
Leman Gibbs
a Judge of Livingston County

State of New York
Livingston County ss 
I certify that Leman Gibbs before whom the preceding affidavit of Jo. Havens purports to have been sworn and also whose signature appears to the certificate of the Credibility of Stephen Powell upon a paper hereunto attached was at the date thereof a legally authorized Judge of Livingston County Courts, and That I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the part of the said affidavit and to the certificate of credibility is his own proper hand writing & signature 
Witness my hand and seal of office January 3 1834
Chauncey R. Bond Clerk
of Livingston County
By. S.G. Haven Dep Clerk
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State of New York              
Livingston County ss            
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of Livingston County Court Jo. Havens who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and 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 that the periods mentioned below and in the following grades & manner-- In the year 1776. 6 months having enlisted for three months. Regiment commanded by Col Beedle and went to Quebeck as stated in his application and the time of the expiration of his enlistment he was at Quebec but be continued & served with the army until they came back to Fort Ticonderoga and has no hesitancy in saying that he served from the time of his entering the service until he was discharged at least six months. In the year 1777 enlisted or volunteered and served at least 2 months- Applicant says that upon further reflection his captain's name was Eaton and Cushman as stated in his application. In the year 1779 - served one year and during said term of service was taken prisoner by the Indians and detained in captivity about one year at least eleven months and was exchanged for Prisoners in possessions of the Americans and for such purpose was taken from Montreal to Whitehall then called Skunksborough with a number of other prisoners. In addition to the above service being upon the frontier was on continually employed in scouting-- carrying expresses &c &c. during the whole of the time of the revolution. He further says that he cannot furnish any further testimony other than that hereto attributed to wit of General Elias Stevens. Daniel
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I Elias Stevens of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged Seventy Eight years testify and say that at the commencement of the Revolution I lived in Royalton aforesaid and my nerghest [nearest] neighbour was Joseph Havens who lived in said Royalton until about thirty years ago when he removed to Levonia in the state of New York.  In the month of December 1775 I went to Plainfield CT and the last of January 1776 I enlisted in the Revolutionary war Capt Gordens company in Col Douglas Regiment to march to Boston for the term of two months and at the expiration of the said two months I returned to Royalton aforesaid and there I learned by my Neighbours that Joseph Havens afod [aforesaid] had enlisted in January 1776 under Capt Abner Sealey Lieut Levi Williard in Col. Beedles Regiment and had marched for Quebec and some time in the last of June 1776 has returned having been gone about six months and told me of his service when he returned and said he went to Quebec.
In the year 1777 I was personally knowing that Joseph Havens was drafted in the company commander by Capt Eaton in Col. Peter Olcott Regiment for the term of two months and I was quarter master of said regiment and was knowing that he served his time out faithfully in the Revolution at that time
In the year 1779 the town of Royalton Sharon and Norwich being the frontier towns and being instantly in danger from the enemy considered it indisfencibly [indefensibly] necessary for troops be raised for our protection and asendingly agreed to raise one company called minuet men and I was appointed Captain.  We raised said company and in the Company was Joseph Havens who served the time out for which he was enlisted being one year.  I kept my men on part continually upon the scout until discharged and in October 1780 after the service last above, our fears were realised the Indians coming and burning Royalton and said Joseph Havens was taken prisoner and carried
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to Canadia and did not return until Sept 1781 being gone about eleven months he being exchanged for other British prisoners and further saith not.
Elias Stevens

State of Vermont
Windsor County ⎬ 
Royalton July 6. 1833
Personally appeared Elias Stevens of Royalton
aforesaid and made solemn oath to the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed to be the truth
Before Oel Billings Justice of the Peace

I further certify that the signer above Elias Stevens is of good character for truth and veracity
Oel Billings Justice of the Race

State of Vermont
Windsor County ⎬ 
Woodstock County Clerks office 8th of
July 1833. 
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Oel Billings is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County and that the above is his signature

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the
Seal of said Court and subscribe my
name the day and year last above
Benj. Swan
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I Garner Rix of
Royalton in the County of Windsor
of Vermont aged Sixty-five years testify
that in the year 1780 I lived in Royalton
afore said and still are in said town
I then was personally 
knowing that Joseph Havens then of said
Royalton but now of Livonia in the State of New York was taken by the Indians
 in said town and came to Montreal
and was a prisoner to the British about
one year when he was exchanged as I understood and sent home.
I was taken prisoner at the same time
and arrived home a few days first and further
the deponent saith not.
Garner Rex
State of Vermont
Windsor County Royalton
July 6th, 1833
Personally appeared Garner Rix of Royalton aforesaid the signed above,
 and made solemn oath to the truth
of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before Oel Billings Justice of the Peace
I further certify that Carner King the signed above is of
character for truth and veracity
Oel Billings Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County 
Woodstock County Clerk's office 8th July 1833
Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County
Court do hereby certify that Oel Billings
by
one of Justices of the Peace within and
for the County of Windsor and that the above
is his signature. In testimony whereof I
hereunto affix the seal of said Court and
Subscribe my name the day and year last
above
Benj. Swan