Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,718, Maltiah Clark, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                                           NUMBER
Mass           Clark, Maltiah                 W. 1718
                             Hannah
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CONTENTS
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15635
Massachusetts
Maltiah Clark
of Rochester in the State of Massa
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Sparrow of the Rgt commanded
by Col Wade on the Massa
line for 9 months & 14 days
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 31 Dollars 56 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of July
1833 and sent Cha???
J. Holmes Rochester Mass
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   $63.12
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4            15.78
                                                         $78.90

Revolutionary Claim,}
Act June 7, 1832.}
Rercordee by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 2nd    Page 13

Letter J. H. Lond 6th April 1850
74
Plym
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584
Massachusetts
---
Hannah Clark
widow of Maltiah Clark
who served in the Revolutionary 
war , as a Private
-
Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
31 Dollars 56
Cents per annum, to commence
the 12th day of March, 184?.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of June 185?
and sent to
Hon. O. Fowler
House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
July 29, 1848, Page 38 Vol.
Book A

Reported
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13
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth  SS

On this third day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open
Court before the Court of Probate now setting at Rochester within
and for the County of Plymouth, Maltiah Clark, a resident
of said Rochester, aged Seventy two years, having been
born at said Rochester on the twenty fifth day of February in
the year Seventeen hundred and sixty one, who having 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 June 7 1832
That in the spring of 1777. he is not able to state the month
the declarant enlisted for two months in a company of Militia
raised by Massachusetts to aid in the war of the
Revolution William Tupper of Middleborough, Captain
John Briggs and I think a man by the name of Smith
 subalterns The two first are dead, in ??ks the last is still
living in Wareham. The company was ordered to Rhode Island
and marched to Tiverton in that state and was stationed
and performed the duty for which it enlisted between Howlands 
and Foghead ferries, except that for a short time
it was Northward of the first named place and below Fall
River The company passed muster at Middleborough
He remembers none of the field or general Officers, and is not
certain that any were with the company Edward Handy
and Noah Hammond, who are living, and whose depositions
he has caused to be taken were in the company. He was
dismissed at the termination of the enlistment, but have
no written discharge and was in no battle.  He enlisted in 
Rochester.
Immediately after his return he enlisted for one month in a
company raised by Massachusetts, Isaac Wood of Middleboro
Captain, Barnabus Doty and Ebenezer Chubbock, subalterns.
The company he thinks passed muster at Col Sproats in
Middleboro, but he is not sure.
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The company marched to Taunton, Warren, and Providence,
from which place it went to North Kingston, where it
remained till its term of service expired and it was
dismissed. The declarant served with the company
during the month for which he enlisted, but had no
written discharge. He was in no battle. Major
Israel Fanning then of Wenham, but who is not living
marched with the company to North Kingston, and
was in the vicinity of the company while there.
He can ^not recount any other field or general officer.
He was dismissed in the early part of July
In the month of July 1777 he enlisted in a company
of Militia raised by Massachusetts for the term of
six months.  Edward Sparrow of Middleboro Captain,
Tisdale Winston, John Hammond of Rochester & Benjamin
Ward of Pl?????? subalterns. He enlisted in Rochester
The company then ordered to North Kingston in the State of
Rhode Island. It performed the principal part of
its duty in and about North Kingston, it was also at
Howlands Ferry and was some time at Providence,
at which last place its term of service expired and
it was dismissed. The declarant with the rest of the
company. He was in no battle, Earl Clapp then of Rochester
was major, and he thinks the Capt lived in Providence
Major Clapp he believes is still living, in the State of Connecticut,
and is over ninety years of age. The company
officers are all dead, and he has no recollection
of any general officers. He was dismissed in January
1778. The declarant had a furlough during this
period of service on account of sickness but
joined the company within term
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In the Summer of 1778 he enlisted in a company of Massachusetts
Militia, as a substitute for his brother Isaac Clark,
which was raised to aid in expelling the British from
Newport; at the time of Sullivan's expedition. Nathaniel
Hammond of Rochester Captain, Prince Burgess of Wareham
one of the subalterns, who is still living, the other subaltern
I do not remember. Whether the time of inlistment was
for the expedition, for a given time I am not certain
but think the former. The principal part of the company
met at Howlands ferry, and ???? did not join it
till after it had crossed to the Island. The company
did not go upon the island till after the great storm,
but did before and were in the battle. A short time
after the battle the company was dismissed, but not
till the American force withdrew from the Island.
They dismissed at Howland's ferry. The declarant
with the rest, but he has no written discharge
He is told Capt Dagget had command of the regiment
but he cannot remember. He cannot name
the general officers.
I was born in Rochester aforesaid in the year 1761 & have
always resided in said town. Have no record of my
birth. I have no written evidence except the Depositions
hereunto annexed
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or an annuity except the present & he declares that his
name is not on the pension roll of the agency of
any State. He is well known to Rev. Jonathan 
Bigelow, Charles J. Holmes Esquire & other citizens
of said town of Rochester
[signed:]  Maltiah Clark
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Attest   [signed:]  Jacob H. Loud Register
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We Jonathan Bigelow a Clergyman residing in the town of
Rochester in the County of Plymouth & Charles J. Holmes
Esq. also residing in the same town hereby certify that
we are well acquainted with Maltiah Clark of said
Rochester who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing
declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy one
years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the
neighbourhood where he resides to have been a
soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that
opinion
[signed:]  Jonathan Bigelow
[signed:]  C. J. Holmes

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Attest Jacob H. Loud Register
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 then
certifies, that it appears to them that Jonathan Bigelow
who has signed the preceeding Certificate is a Clergyman
resident in the town of Rochester and that the
Hon. Charles J. Holmes who has also signed the same
is a resident in the same town & is a credible person
and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Loud Register
Jacob H. Land Register of the Court of Probate do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of
Maltiah Clark for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of said Court this third day
August in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty two
[signed:]  Jacob H. Loud
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Hannah Clark widow of Maltiah Massachusetts
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State of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss.
Be it known that on this eighth day of May in
the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, before
the Hon. Aaron Hobart Judge of Probate for the County
of Plymouth, personally appeared Hannah Clark
a resident of Rochester, in said County, Widow, aged
Eighty eight years, who being first duly sworn according
to law doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed on the Second
day of February 1848 granting Pensions to Widows
of persons who served during the Revolutionary War
That she is the widow of Maltiah Clark late of said
Rochester, deceased, who was a soldier in the War
of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States
for his said services under the Act of June 7.
1832
That she was married to the said Maltiah Clark
on the fourteenth day of February in the year
One thousand seven hundred & eighty two by the
Rev. Jonathan Moore; that her husband the said
Maltiah Clark died at said Rochester on the
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twelfth day of March in the year One thousand
eight hundred & forty nine & that she has never
been married since his decease but still continues
his widow as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereto annexed
Attest. Aaron Hobart
              her
Hannah  X  Clark
           Mark
Plymouth SS. May 8th 1850 Then the above named
Hannah Clark made Oath to the above declaration
by her subscribed. Before me and I hereby certify
that by reason of her great age & bodily infirmity
she is unable to travel to attend Court
[signed:]  Aaron Hobart Judge of Probate.

Plymouth . I Jacob H Loud Register of Probate for
the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that
Hon. Aaron Hobart is Judge of Probate for said
County duly commissioned and qualified and that the
foregoing is his true & genuine signature
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate
for said County this eighth day of May
in the year Eighteen hundred & fifty
[signed:]Jacob H. Loud
Register of Probate
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Extracts from the Records of the Town of Rochester
Marriages Solemnised by Rev. Jonathan Moore
Seventeen hundred and Eighty two February fourteenth
Mattiah Clark and Hannah Snow
I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with
the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record
in fair legible figures as follows
1782. February 14th Mattiah Clark and Hannah Snow
Attest  [signed:]  Theophilus King Town Clerk
I Theophilus King above named depose and say that I
hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Rochester
in the County of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and the above is a true Extract from
the Records of said Town with the exception above
named as certified by me
[signed:]  Theophilus King
Plymouth ss. May 7. 1850
Then the above named Theophilus
 King Esq. well known to me to be a credible person
appeared & subscribed & made oath to the truth of
the foregoing affidavit before me
[signed:]  Jacob H. Loud
Justice of the Peace
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Maltiah Clark 
5799 
Mass
Private 
9 Mon 16 day
506 
Jany 18 1833 

30 00
1.56 
51.56 

Charles J Holms 
P 206
Rochester 
Mass 
[crossed out: Plymouth Mass]
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BRIEF in the case of Maltiah Clark of Rochester in the State of Massachusetts 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 72 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[table headings]Period. | Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. | Rank. As a | Names of General and Field Officers Gen, under whom he served. 
[row 1]Spring in 1777 | " 2 " | Private | Ca[t Tapper
[row 2]Summer 77 | " 1 " | " | Capt Wood 
[row 3] " 77 | " 6 " | " | Capt Sparrow Col Wade
[row 4] " 78 | time not stated | " | Col Daggett Col Hammond 

5. In what battles was he engaged? Rhode Island
6. Where a did he reside when he entered the service? Rochester 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditionary evidence 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective length of last term not stated 

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. D D. Addison Examining Clerk.
# during Sullivan's Expedition
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 -- 525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C. 19 

In reply to your request of____, received____ for a statement of the military history of Maltiah Clark 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. W. 1718. 

[table headings]DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK.  | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE. 
[row 1]Spr. 1117 | 2 mos | Pvt | William Tupper | [checkmark] | Mass
[row 2]1777 | 1 mo | [blank] | Isaac Woods | Major General Framing | "
[row 3]July 1777 | 6 mos | [blank] | Edward Davidson | Major Earl Clap | "
[row 4]Summer 1778 | 3 wks | [blank] | Nathaniel C. Hammond | Dagget | "

Battles engaged in, Rhode Island 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rochester Plymouth Co Mass 
Date of application for pension, Aug 3, 1832. His claim was allowed 
Residence at date of application, Rochester, Mass. 
Age at date of application, born Feb. 25, 1761, at Rochester, Mass. where he died Mch 12, 1849 
Remarks: Married at Rochester, Mass, Feb. 14, 1782 Hannah Snow and she was allowed pension on an ap. Ex. May 8 1850 while a resident of Rochester aged 88 years. There is no data relative to children on file 
(Witness Says Col Wade - but it was Col Keyes and Earl Clap was Major in Keyes Co- Soldier says Major EG)

 Respectfully, 5 -- 28.6 Commissioner.
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1914. Jan 22 - Hist. to Herbert Folger M. B. H
1914 Feb. 9. Mr  Herbert Folger advised that date & place of widow's birth and name of her parents are not stated. (see his letter in Asa Soule R. 192.8) aw

Revy WIDOW, &c. Hannah Clark Widow Maltiah Clark, 
Pri Rev War --- 
Act July 29, 1848.

Index:-- Vol. A - Page 134
[ Arrangement of 1870.]
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AW
Rev. War Section. 
February 9, 1914. 
Mr. Herbert Folger, 2715 Claremont Boulevard, Berkeley, Cal. 

Sir: In response to your letter dated the 29"" ultimo, you are advised that the date and place of birth and names of parents of Hannah widow of Maltiah Clark are not stated in her claim for Revolutionary War pension, Wid. File No. 1,718. 
Very respectfully, G M Saltzgraber Commissioner.
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CONFLAGRATION PROOF POLICIES 

GERMAN AMERICAN GERMAN ALLIANCE EQUITABLE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO. GEO. H. TYSON, GENERAL AGENT HESSENT FOLSER, ASST GENE AGENT SAN FRANCISCO 

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE GENERAL AGENT 

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen: -- Meltiah Clark.  I shall consider it a favor if you will cause the records of pensions granted to soldiers serving in the War of the Revolution to be examined and advise me of all particulars contained therein, as to the ancestry, service, and children of Meltiah Clark of Rochester, Mass. I have not been able to learn the date of either the birth or death but understand that his daughter, Rhoda, was the wife of John Mendell, who died June 23, 1873 at the age of eighty eight years and two months. 

Thanking you in anticipation for your courtesy, and requesting that your reply be addressed as below, I remain, 
Yours truly, Herbert Folger
2725 Claremont Blvd. Berkeley, California. 

Society of Mayflower Descendants
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Maltiah Clark Mass. Act 7 June 1832, $31.56/100
to what time paid?
Pension Office 
June 10 1850 I S. E 
Ans. March 4, 1849-

died in 1849
file with her papers
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641 Hannah Clark
 widow of Maltiah 
Massachusetts admitted 
Private $31.56/100
per aann on 12 
March 1849 when he died 
under act 29 July 1848, 
Hon O. Fowler N. R
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House of Reps
Washington May 15th 1850 
Hon J.L. Edwards Comm of Pensions 
Sir
I herewith forward the application of Hannah Clarke for a Pension - when the case is decided please give me the information of the month-- 
most Respectfully and Truly yours
Orin Fowler
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Rochester Mass, May 3d 1833

J. L. Edwards Esq. 
Sir: the accompanying papers connected with the application of Maltiah Clark of this town for a pension under the late law of Congress have been returned to the Register of Probate for this County from the Department of War, after having undergone an examination, with an objection that the time of service for which a pension is deemed is not sufficiently specific. The Register forwarded them to me as I assist in preparing it. The applicant has made a supplementary declaration , which was sworn to before me, I do not perceive, on a careful perusal of the original Declaration that more them one term of service is indefinite as to precise duration, and that is the one when he served as a substitute for his brother Isaac, in what is called, in this region, Sullivans expedition in 1778. The declarant states that he is unable to specify with exactness the duration of his service in this campaign. nor is he able to state whether he enlisted for a particular period or for the expectation
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I have not procured from the register of Probate his certificate that I am a Justice of the Peace for this County because it would be attended with some trouble and expense, and also because there are now in the Department numerous certificates from him  that I am duly qualified as Justice of the Peace for this County, and also one from the Clerk of the Judicial Courts of this County setting forth the date of my Commission, its duration and the time when I took the qualifying oaths, and I apprehended the chirography would show that this supplementary declaration and the depositions taken before me, certified by the Register, even by the same person 

The papers in the case of Timothy Miller & Jesse Briggs have also been returned by the Department with objections, sender to those in the case of Maltiah Clerk with the objections is a form relative to the supplementary declaration. I beg to inquire if it is intended that this form shall be strictly pursued, or whether it is intended only to aid the applicant in proming his supplement. I suppose the latter. May I ask of you the favor to reply to this enquiry when your convenience will permit?

I am very respectfully your obedient servant Charles J Holmes
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FREE 
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C

Maltiah Clark
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Probate Office Plymouth Massachusetts March 28. 1850 

Dear Sir
Mr. Maltiah Clarke of Rochester in the South part of this County, a Revolutionary Pensioner has lately died leaving a widow Hannah Clarke to whom he was married in February 1782. She has had an attack of the palsy & is confined to her house & I suppose is helpless & cannot go before a Court to make her declaration. We have no Probate Court in that town until May next & the Judge in order to take her declaration at her own residence would be obliged to go about 25 miles. My object in writing is to know whether Mrs. Clarke can make her declaration before a Justice of the Peace 

I have before me your circular of March 1848 in relation to the forms under the act of 2d February 1848 and it is to be inferred from that Circular that she may do so 

Will you please inform me. I do not see why she may not as well draw under that a as any other 

Respectfully Your ObtSt 
J. H. Loud Register
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Extracts from the Records of the Town of Rochester Maltiah Clark Male Married Aged eighty eight years and fourteen days Farmer and Revolutionary Pensioner died March eighteen hundred and forty nine 

I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the dates which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows Maltiah Clark Male Married aged 88 years 14 days Farmer and Revolutionary Pensioner died March 12th 1849
Attest Theophilus King Town Clerk 

I Theophilus King above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Rochester in the County of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me 
Theophilus King 

Plymouth ss May 7. 1850 Then Theophilus King Esq Well known to me to be a credible person, appeared, subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit 
Before me Jacob H. Loud Justice of Peace

The word "twelfth interlined in the above affidavit before the oath was administered J.H. Loud Jus. Peace
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I David Peckham of Rochester in the County of Plymouth on oath declare and say that I was well acquainted with Maltiah Clark late of said Rochester deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. I am also well acquainted with Mrs Hannah Clark who is now his Widow to whom he was married in early life and with whom he lived untill the day of his death. Her Maiden name was Hannah Snow. I further declare and say that said Hannah Clark is now the widow of said Maltiah Clark deceased and has not been married since the death of her said Husband
David Peckham 

Plymouth ss April 12th 1850 Then the above named David Peckham well known to me to be a credible person appeared and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit 
Theophilus King Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth SS

I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Jacob H. Land & Theophilus King Esquire a Justices of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that their signatures to the paper hereto annexed are genuine 

Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this eleventh day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty 
J Mortimer Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss ⎬ 
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth, Maltiah Clark of Rochester in said County of Plymouth, who being duly sworn deposeth and said, that he is unable from the lapse of time and decay of memory to state the precise length of time that he was with the army of the Unded States, in what is called Sullivans expedition, against the British on Rhode Island in the summer of 1778. being the fourth term of service mentioned in his declaration made May 3d 1832. to which this is appended; but believes upon the best reflection he can bestow, that the period of service was about three weeks. as set forth in the original declaration, he enlisted as a substitute for his brother Isaac Clark, and he cannot tell whether the engagement was for a specific period or for the expedition; in thinks the letter. As to the other three terms of service named in said declaration, when his was an original enlistment for himself and not as a substitute, he is confident that the periods for which he enlisted an accurately set forth in said original declaration and that he served accordingly 
Maltiah Clark 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth SS March 20th 1833. Maltiah Clark appeared, made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing supplementary Declaration by him subscribed before me the undersigned, 
Charles T. Holmes Jus Peace
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M Clark 

I Edward Hurdy of Rochester in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, legally qualified to give evidence testify and say that in the summer of 1777 or the spring of that year I am not confident which I was then in the war of the Revolution in a company raised by Massachusetts for two months- Tupper of Middleboro Captain John Briggs and I think a man by the name of Smith subaltern. The company served the term of its enlistment was principally autumn.  New hances & Fogland Farmer in Rhode Island 

Maltiah Clark of Said Rochester was a private in said company we  mustered  at Middleborough, said Clark with the rest &  marched from there to Howlands ferry. said Clark served with the company during the period of enlistment and was dismissed  at the termination of the enlistment
Edward Hurdy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Plymouth Ss Aug 1, 1832 Edward Hardy appeared and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me the undersigned. And I certify that I am acquainted with the deponent, that he is of good character for truth, and entitled to credit 
Ch J  Holmes Jus Peace
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I Seth Pope of Rochester in the County of Plymouth & State of Mapachusetts legally qualified to give evidence testify and say. That I was a member of a company raised by Massachusetts for six months, of which Edward Sparrow of Middleborough was Captain, Tisdale Winston Benjamin Ward and John Hammond subalterns.

I think Col Wade was Capt of the regt and Said Clap of Rochester was Major. The company was raised in (I think) July 1777 and marched the same month, as I believe, to Howlands ferry in Rhode Island, in which state it served out the period of its enlistment. It was dismissed in Providence. 
Maltiah Clerk of said Rochester was a private in said Company, commenced service with the company joined it in Dartmouth on its way to Rhode Island, and served with it till the termination of the enlistment in Jan 1778 at Providence. 
Seth Pope

Sworn to- Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth Ss Aug 1, 1832 Seth Pope appeared made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me the undersigned. And I certify that I am personally acquainted the deponent, that he is entitled to credit and is of good character for truth. 
Charles Holmes Jus Peace 

I  Elnathan Pope of Rochester in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, legally qualified to give evidence testify and say That in the year 1777 I served in a company raised by Massachusetts with war of the revolution, commanded by Isaac Wood of Middleborough, Barnabas Doty of Rochester and  Ebenezer Chubback of Wareham, subaltem. This was immediately before the service testified to in the foregoing depo
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sition of Seth Pope. said Company was mustered, I think, in Middleborough, and marched this thru Taunton and Warren to Providence. The company were accompanied by Major Israel Fearing late of Wareham. It served out the time for which which it was enlisted and the men were discharged at North Kingston Maltiah Clerk of said Rochester was a member of said Company marched, and served with it and was discharged at with Kingston at the end the term of service
Elnathan Pope

Sworn to
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth Ss. August 1. 1832. Elnathin Pope personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me the undersigned. And I certify that I am   acquainted with the deponent, that he is of good character for truth, and entitled to credit 
Charles J Holmes Jus Peace 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth being a Court of Record hereby certify that Charles J. Holmes Esquire is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that I believe his name subscribed to the several foregoing certificate is his true and genuine hand writing

 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this third day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hund red and thirty two Jacob H. Lord
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Maltiah Clark 5799
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I Ebenezer Haskell of Rochester in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachuse legally qualified to give evidence testify and say, that I was in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution, in the year 1778. I was at Rhode Island in what was called Sullivans expedition. The company was commanded by Nathaniel Hammond of Rochester, Prince Burgess of Wareham was one of the subalterns and the actin I do not remember. So far as I recollect, and as I believe, the enlistment was for that expedition and not for a specified time and I am unable to state its precise duration Maltiah Clark of said Rochester was a private in the same company with myself, and I believe went at or about this same term I did I I do not recollect his going company with me. We were there at the time the land and were dismissed a short time after the company was in the battle which took place in island the morning of the battle. we were stationed Battlefield. The regiment I think was commanded by Col Dagget. I am unable to state length of time, tho it was not long; perhaps two or three weeks
Ebenezer Haskell 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aug 3d 1832, Ebenezer Haskell appeared and preach oath to the truth of the above deposition by him  subscribed before me the undersigned And I cernetify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent, that he is of good character for truth and entitled to credit. 
Ch Holmes Jus Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth SS

I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth being a Court of Record hereby certify that Charles J. Holmes Esq. before whom the within affidavit was sworn for Justice of the Peace for said County and that I believe his name within subscribed is his true + genuine signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this third day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two --- Jacob H. Lord
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51- 12-5-41 BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CAR* Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Clark, Martin GRADE Private  LINE Connecticut

WARRANT NUMBERS 5549 and 5463 . ACREAGE 100 
ISSUED Sept 24, 1790 to not shown

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.