Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21506, for Stephen Kellogg, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Kellogg, Stephen
Lydia
NUMBER  W. 21506
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3075 
Albany 
Lydia Kellogg 
widow of Stephen Kellog who was a private in the Connect’t Line 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Decr 1843 and sent to L. Jenkins Albany N. York 
[Act of March 3, 1843] 
Recorded in Book A Vol.  1  Page 108
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10,1055 
Lydia Kellogg 
NY 
Act of 7 July ‘38 
M [married] 78 d [died] 42
Admd [admitted] 
6 mo pri
$ 20 
Lemuel Jenkins 
Albany NY.
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State of New York 
County of Rensselaer } ss On this twenty first day of April in the year one thousand Eight hundred & forty three personally appeared before me Archibald Bull a Judge 1 of the Court of Common Pleas of Rensselaer County the said Court being a Court of Record, Lydia Kellogg a resident of the City of Troy, County aforesaid, aged Eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the of Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows”    That she is the widow of Stephen Kellogg who was a soldier in the revolutionary Army & a Pensioner under act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. She further states that she was married to the said Stephen Kellogg on the twenty fourth day of November Seventeen hundred & Seventy Eight, that her husband the aforesaid Stephen Kellogg died on the thirtieth day of July One thousand Eight hundred & forty two - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four viz at the time above stated.   She further states that her surname previous to her marriage was Bonton & that she was married in the town of Norwalk County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut by the Revd Jeremiah Lemon a minister residing in that place & owing to infirmity cannot unto her name. 
Lydia Kellogg x her mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me   
Archibald Bull Judge Renss. County Courts & Counsellor &c
Witness  Chas E. Jenkins 
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named applicant & that she is aged & infirm & unable to attend Court 
Archibald Bull Judge Renss Co. Courts and Counsellor in Sup. Court
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State of New York
County of Rensselaer}  ss Charles R. Richards of the City being duly sworn deposes & says that he is aged twenty one years that his grandfather Stephen Kellogg died on the thirtieth day of July One thousand Eight hundred & forty two  & that his grandmother Lydia has remained the widow of the aforesaid Stephen Kellogg ever since his death.   
Charles R. Richards
Sworn to & subscribed this 21st day of April 1843  before me 
Archibald Bull Judge 
Renss Co. Courts & Counsellor &c   
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named deponent & that he is a credible witness.  Archibald Bull Judge Renss Co. Courts & Counsellor in Supreme Court 
I Charles Hooper Clerk of the County of Rensselaer hereby certify that Archibald Bull Esq before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit was made & by whom certificate annexed to each were given was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Rensselaer County duly appointed qualified & that his signature above & within written is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal this 21st day of April 1843 
Charles Hooper Clerk
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Stephen Kellogg was married to Lydia Benton Number Twenty fourth Seventeen hundred Seventy eight 
Josiah Kellogg, Son of Stephen and Lydia born May 20 1780 
Lydia Kellogg, Daughter of said Stephen and Lydia born Nov 19 1782 
Andrew Kellogg, son of said Stephen and Lydia born Sept. 29. 1784 
Esek Kellogg, Son of Said Stephen and Lydia born Nov. 21, 1786 
Moriah Kellogg, Daughter of Said Stephen and Lydia born Oct 21 1788 
Nathan Kellogg, son of S Stephen and Lydia born Dec 26, 1790 
Jemimah Kellogg, Daughter of said Stephen & Lydia born March 21 1793 
Elizabeth Kellogg,  Daughter of Said Stephen & Lydia born Feb 19 1795 
Stephen Kellogg, son of Said Stephen & Lydia born April 27 1797 
This may Certify that the above of the Records of Marriage on the Records of the town of Norwalk County of Fairfield State of Connecticut and a true Copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows Stephen Kellogg was Married to Lydia Bonton Nov. 24th 1778 
Benj Isaac Town Clerk of said Nowalk 
I Benj Isaac above named depose &  say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Norwalk with the exception above recorded is certified by me. 
Benj Isaac Town Clerk of said Norwalk 
Sworn before me May 24th 1843
Timo T. Merwin Just of Peace 
I Reuben A. Williams Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the district of Norwalk County of Fairfield State of Connecticut Certify that Timo T. Merwin is a Magistrate as above and that the foregoing signatures purposing to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name and Seal of said Court this 24th day of May 1843 
RA Williams Clerk
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In the Matter of Stephen Kellogg for a Pension under the Act of Congress Passed June 7, 1832
No. 6004 
New York
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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832. 
Form for State Troops, &c     Printed & Sold by Kemble & Hooper, 8 State-st, Troy, N. Y.     
State of New York 
County of Rensselaer } ss  On this Eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Mayor of the City of Troy now sitting, Stephen Kellogg, a resident of City of Troy within County of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged Seventy five 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated that is to say, he was born the first day of July 1757 in the town of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut, that on or about the first day of January 1776 at Norwalk aforesaid he enlisted into the said States Service a private Soldier into the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Rich and James Crowley Lieutenant the Connecticut line of Troops for the Term of two months, he marched with his company through Stamford and Horseneck directly to the City of New York where they joined the Continental army.  He was employed there during the said term of his enlistment in building forts on the East River side of said City, the Regiment to which his company belonged was commanded by  Colonel Waterbury,  the other officers he does not recollect.  At the expiration of the said Two months he was discharged and returned home to Norwalk aforesaid,  He does not distinctly recollect the day that he was discharged at the City of New York but does recollect that he arrived home on the 25th day of March 1776, and believes that he was not more than one or two days in returning home.  
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any,) only that of the agency of the State of Connecticut.   
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
Stephen Kellogg 
Archibald Bull Clerk 
We David Butler a Clergyman residing in the City of Troy and Bela Redfield residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Kellogg who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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. 
David Butler
Bela Redfield
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
Archibald Bull 
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 David Butler who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident and that Bela Redfield who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I Archibald Bull Clerk of the Mayors Court of the City of Troy do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Kellogg for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Eighth day of August 1832 
Archibald Bull Clerk
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That some time about the first of July 1776, he enlisted again at the Town of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut as a private soldier into the [unreadable] service for the Term of four months under Captain Beach and Lieutenant Daniel St John belonging to the Connecticut line of Troops.  Soon after he enlisted he was marched with the company to which he belong Northward through Bennington in Vermont to Skeensborough near White Hall at the head of Lake Champlain, there they joined a small detachment of the army and marched with them down the east side of the lake on the Vermont side opposite to Fort Ticonderoga and was station there on the margin of the Lake.  About a month before his time was out he was taken sick with the Camp distemper.  While he raged there amongst the soldiers and many died with it, when he returned home to Norwalk having served four months, he does not recollect any of the Field Officers that he served under at this time, he never was out in any Battle during within time of his enlistment but he is known to David Butler the Clergyman hereafter named and Bela Redfield of the City of Troy who can certify to his veracity.  He has no documentary evidence nor does he know of any person whose Testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service.  He has no record of his age, his fathers own has been destroyed by fire, he lived in Norwalk aforesaid until about Sixteen years ago when he moved to the City of Troy aforesaid where he has resided ever since.
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716
New York 
Stephen Kellogg of Troy in the State of New York who was a Private in the Companies commanded by Captain Rich & others of the Regt commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Connecticut line for six months.   
Inscribed on the Roll of New York, at the rate of Twenty Dollars No Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of October 1832 and sent to Saml. Kendrick 
Arrears to 4th of September 1831 30. 
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4th March 1832.   10 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Geo Wm. Crump  
Book D. Vol 5 Page 105
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New-York 7465 
Lydia Kellogg 
widow of Stephen Kellogg who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 13th July 1842 of Rensselaer Co in the State of N. York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Rich of the Regt. commanded by Col. Waterbury in the Connecticut line for 6 mos.   
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20. Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.  
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th July, 1843 and sent to Leml Jenkins  Albany, New York
Whole amount due $100.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W M Stewart  Clerk
Book A Vol. 2 Page 86 
Repd 25 July
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Albany June 1. 1843 
James L. Edwards Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir 
I enclose the declaration of Mrs Lydia Kellogg Widow of Stephen Kellogg, and other proofs in support of her claim for a pension under the Act of Congress 17 of July 7. 1838, and am 
Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt 
Lemuel Jenkins
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 21506
Widow of 
Stephen Kellogg
Pri Rev. War 
Act March 3d ‘43
Index: Vol. – A  Page 394
 [Arrangement of 1870.]
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Albany August 8, 1843. 
James L. Edwards Esquire 
Commissr of Pensions, 
Sir 
I enclose the application of Mrs Lydia Kellogg widow of Stephen, for a pension under the act of March 3 1843, and am 
Very Respectfully  Your Obed Servt 
Leml Jenkins
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2732      May 10, 1843
Lydia Kellogg
March 3d 1843
NY
$20 per annum
L. Jenkins
Albany N York
James L. Edwards Esquire  
Commissioner of Pensions  
War Dept.
Washington City
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STATE OF NEW YORK, 
County of Rensselaer } ss. On this Seventh day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three before the subscriber, a Judge of the by Courts of the said County of Rensselaer 
personally appeared Lydia Kellogg a resident of the town of City of Troy in said county, aged Eighty four 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 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war: 
That she is the widow of Stephen Kellogg, who was a Soldier in the Army of the United States, in the Revolutionary War.   
She further declares that she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act Congress, passed July 7, 1838, and that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the said act was Twenty Dollars.   
She further declares that she is still a widow. 
Lydia Kellogg x her mark 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written. 
by the above named Lydia Kellogg  by making her mark for the reason she cannot write
Archibald Bull Judge Renss Co Courts &c  
I Certify that the above declarant is personally known to me. 
Archibald Bull Judge Renss. Co. Courts- 
STATE OF NEW-YORK, 
County of Rensselaer .} ss  I Charles Hooper clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Archibald Bull was on the day of the date of the above jurat and certificate, a Judge of the County Court in and for the said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above, purporting to be his, is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name, this Seventh day of August  1843. 
Charles Hooper Clerk