Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9387, Jonathan Clark, Conn.
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Service
Conn

Clark, Jonathan
Polly

Number 
W9387
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368
Connecticut  | Sent to W. R. Kibbe, Jan 16"/55
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Polly Clark
widow of Jonathan Clark
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private

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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
60 Dollars 00 
Cents per annum, to commence on the
3d  February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the
13 day of Mary 1853
and sent to
J. M. Thayer
Present

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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
Page 58 Vol A.

1832
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17.977  17.977  17.977
Connecticut
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Jonathan Clark
of Hartford in the State of Conn
who was Prv in the Conn commanded 
by Captain----------of the Regt commanded
by Col. Wells in the Con nTroops
18 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Conn
at the rate of 60 Dollars --Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of October 33 - and sent - W. Whitman of Hartford.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33             $150
Sem-anl. allowance ending March 4     30-
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                                                                $180
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk
Book E, Vol. 3 Page 30
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
State of Connecticut }  ss: Hartford
Hartford County        }

On this 26th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open Court of Probate for the district of Hartford in the County of Hartford & State aforesaid, being a Court of Record having by law a Clerk & Seal, Jonathan Clark a resident of East Windsor in sd. County, aged sixty-nine years 20th day of May 1832, 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 the 7th June 1832 -

That he enlisted & entered into the public service as a private under Captn. Saml. Granger of Suffield in sd. County (the Lieut & Ensign he has entirely forgotten) about the 1st March in 1781 marched to Stamford in Conn. & served under the command of Genl. Waterbury, near the lines & at other places - that he was with the troops at White Plains - at Stanwick - was in a skirmish the 2nd July of that year at a place near East Chester with the refugees & returned to Stamford & was discharged the 1st March 1782 at Stamford - having served twelve months - & returned home to Ellington where his parents lived.

That Ashbel Warren of East Hartford & Lemuel Bissell of East Windsor, both men of good character for veracity & served with the deponent on the above tour of duty & were discharged at the same
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time & that he returned home in company with them.

That previous to the tour of duty before started he the deponant enlisted in the forepart of July 1779 under Captn. D. Allen, Lieut. Knowlton & Ensign Simon Forbes...was enrolled & marched from East Hartford to New London & placed under the command as well as he can recollect, of Col. Levi Weller: - at New London he was on duty the principle part of the time in erecting works of defence & on guard; that from New London the Company was ordered to East Haven the forepart of the Winter & stationed there, on guard, until the fore part of March 1780 when, the period of his engagement having expired, he with the whole company were honorably dismissed & he returned home to his father's family in Ellington; that he served on this tour of duty as a private, [underline] Eight months [end underline].

That Nathl. Tiffany of Somers (who sustains a good character) was with him throughout this tour & knows the facts.

That he the deponant enlisted about the 1st of Sept in 1782 as a teamster, under Captn. John Lyon of Ellington who was [underline] "Conductor of teams" [end underline] & that the deponant served in that capacity under said Lyon till about the 16th January 1783 when the term of his enlistment expired & he was discharged at a place called Goshen in Massachusetts & returned home to his father family in Ellington; that during this tour he was employed in driving a Waggon, & transporting baggage & military utensils from various places at different times according to orders.
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That James Thomson of sd. East Windsor (who sustains a fair character for truth & integrity), served with the deponant under the same Conductor & knows the facts here stated to be true.

And the said Jonathan Clark in reply to certain interrogations propounded by the Court further declares, 

1st That he was born in Mansfield in the State of Connecticut on the 20th day of May 1763

2nd That he believes his birth stands recorded in the Office of the Town Clerk of sd.Mansfield 

3rd That when he entered into the service & [leaving?] the war, he resided in his father's family at sd. Ellington (to which place, he removed from Mansfield sometime in the year 1776 or '77).  That since the revolutionary War & for more than forty years past he the deponant has resided & still resides in sd. East Windsor.

4th That at the tour under Captn. Saml. Granger as beforestated, he enlisted & that under Captn Allen, he also enlisted & that he enlisted also as the teamster under Captn. Lyon.
That he also served as a substitute for one Orlington Cushman under Captn. Josiah Converse of Stafford during two months at New London & Groton sometime in Sept. or October 1778 - but he cannot at present find anybody alive who served with him so as to prove this service.
That he was also ordered & went as a private under Captn. Roswell Grant, Lt. Solomon Ellsworth (& other officers not recollected) into the State of New York
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to guard Genl. Prescott & a great number of prisoners British & Hessians, from Enfield near East Windsor..sometime (as near as he can guess or remember about the year 1780). He was gone from home on this service [start underline] four weeks [end underline].
That he does not know of any person by whom he can, [start underline] at present, [end underline] prove this service.

5th. That he does not now recollect with certainty the names of any officers of the regular Army or Militias except those he has stated, nor any further important occurrences connected with his tours of service

6th That he never rec'd any written discharge

7th That he is known to the Rev. Shubael Bartlett & sundry other persons in the neighbourhood, who can testify to the character of the deponant & to their full belief of his services in the revolutionary war as a soldier & a teamster.

That he hereby relinquishes every [illegible] whatever [illegible] pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not with pension roll of the Agency of any State.

Sworn & subscribed this day & year   [signature:] Jonathan Clark
first before written

And the said Court of Probate, hereby declares its opinion, after the investigator of the matter, & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & a teamster, & served as he states.

And the court further certifies that it appears that the Rev'd. Shubael Bartlett is a Clergyman, resident in East Windsor in the County of Hartford & that Messrs Ashbel Warren of East Hartford & Lemuel Bissell of East Windsor & Lieut Nath'l Tiffany of Somers & Mr. James Thomson of s'd East Windsor whose several deposition or affidavits have been shown to the Court, are as the Court is made to think & believe, credible persons & their statements are entitled to credit

I, Wm. Whitman, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Hartford, in Hartford County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, & in the matter of the applications of Hesikiah Munsell for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 26th day of July 1832.
[signature:] Wm Whitman, Clerk of Court of Probate for district of Hartford
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Declaration under act 3d Feb '53

State of Connecticut 
County of Tolland
ss Probate District of Somers

BE IT KNOWN that on this fourth day of March, A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty three, before the Court of Probate for the District of Somers in the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Polly Clark - , a resident of Somers in said County, and made oath according to law, that she is the widow of Jonathan Clark, who was soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of Sixty Dollars per annum - that she was married to said Jonathan Clark on the 20th day November eighteen hundred and five in the town of East Windsor in Hartford county and State of Connecticut that her said husband died on the 15th day of September eighteen hundred and forty one that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining such a rate of Pension as may be due under the Laws, Regulations, or decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted.

The said Declarent further states that she hereby constitute and appoints John M. Thayer her true and lawful Attorney and Agent to prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in relation to it, and to do all things  necessary and lawful in the premises; except drawing the money, which will be hereafter provided for.

Polly Clark (her signature)

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court. 

Solomon Fuller Jr (signature) 
Judge of Probate

In testimony of where of I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this fourth day of March A.D. 1853
William H. Kibbe Clerk of Probate
Solomon Fuller Jr Judge of Probate for the district of Somers in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Polly Clark above named is a respectable resident of this County and is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration as I testified; she has this day appeared before me and acknowledge the above Power of Attorney to be her act and deed. 

Solomon Fuller Jr. (signature) Judge of Probate


State of Connecticut 
Tolland County ss
Probate District of Somers

I William H. Kibbe Clerk of the Probate District of Somers in Tolland County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Solomon Fuller Jr. before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the time of execution, Judge of Probate for the District of Somers in said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name, this fourth day of March in the year 1853

William H. Kibbe (signature) 
Clerk of the Court of Probate
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I Shubael Bartlett of East Windsor in Hartford County, State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that I have been Pastor of the same Congregational Church of which I am now Pastor in said East Windsor ever since the 15th day of February A.D. 1804, and keeper of the records of the marriages which I have solemnized since that day.  And I further certify that, on the 20th day of November in the of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, I joined in marriage together Jonathan Clark & Miss Polly Fox, both of East Windsor aforesaid

And I further certify that the following is an exact transcript from my record, except that [begin underline] here [end underline] the [begin underline] date [end underline] is written in words whereas  in the original record [being underline] it [end underline] is expressed in letter & figures under the general Head "List of Marriages from Feby 1804."

Amongst the marriages which I performed & which I recorded under the date of the year of  Our Lord eighteen hundred & five is the following
 "Jonathan Clark"
"Polly Fox"
"Nov twentieth"

In the original Record, under the date of the year of Our Lord, 1805 it is as follows
"Jonathan Clark"
"Polly Fox"
Nov 20
Attest Shubael Bartlett  Pastor of said Church in East Windsor 28th Feby A.D. 1853 


Hartford County SS. East Windsor February 28th 1853 -- Then personally appeared  before me David Osborn 2d a Justice of Peace in and for the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut The Rev. Shubael Bartlett Pastor of the first Congregational Church in said Town of East Windsor and made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate.

David Osborn 2d (signature) 
Justice of the Peace for sd Hartford County
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford

I Samuel F. Jones Clerk of the County Court and for said County the same being a Court of Record and having a seal, hereby certify that David Osborn 2d was on the 28th Day of February A.D. 1853 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified by the Laws of this State to administer oaths.

That I am well acquainted with his hand writing and that the signature [illegible] written purporting to be his is his genuine official signature.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said County Court this 1st day of March A.D. 1853 at Hartford in said County

Samuel F. Jones (signature)
Clerk of Co. Court
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1308
Jonathan Clark;
Connecticut

Return this cc
18 m private

William Whitman Clk:
Hartford County Connecticut
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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 exists, 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.
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A Statement, shewing the Service of Jonathan Clark, of Hartford Conn.

[TABLE]

Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted 1781
He enlisted before this period in 1779  
Enlisted '82

Duration of the claimant's service.
1781: 12 months
1779: 8 months
1782: 4 months 16 days

Rank of the claimant.
1781: Pr.
1779: Pr.
1782: Teamster

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
1781: Capt. Granger
1779: Capt. D. Allen, Lieut. Knowlton, Ensign Simon Forbes
1782: Capt. John Lyon

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
1781: Gen. Waterbury
1779: Col. Levi Wells

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
[None Listed]

Country through which he marched.
From Suffield County to Stamford County, Connecticut

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Ellington, Connecticut
Aged 69 years.

Evidence by which the declaration is supported. 
Living witness and traditionary.

[End of Table]

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 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 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 exists in this Department, all persons claiming 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, or District  of }
County of }ss

On this _____day of ________ personally appeared (a) before ________ A.B. a resident of of_______ in the county of _________ and State, Territory or District of __________ age (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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the Untied 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 Fireld 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; 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 officer 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 name of the 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 _______________ 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 _________ do 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 _______________&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 materials 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 principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of dectecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no faborable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in wich 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 Militial 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 servicel where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
5. Stat4e the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as yhou can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services?
6. 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?
To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commission and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
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 question 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 inconvenient to him, two respectable persons  -  one of who should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of sucfh applicant who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he respresents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in the 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 wheter 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 propery 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 the seal of office, will be annexed, stating 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 tranmit sufch 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.

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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
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Oct 11, 1929
M.E.E.

From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 9387, it appears that Jonathan Clark was born May 20, 1763 in Mansfield, Connecticut.  Sometime in the year 1776 or 1777 his father and family moved from Mansfield to Ellington. No names are given.

To Hon Noble J. Johnson
H.R.
D.C.

While residing in said Ellington, he enlisted and served with the Connecticut Troops as follows: From in July 1779 as a private in Captain Daniel Allen's Company, Colonel Levi Wells' Regiment, and was discharged in March 1780, having served eight months; from in April 1780 four weeks as a private in Captain Roswell Grant's Company; from about March 1, 1781 as a private in Captain Samuel Granger's Company in General Waterbury's Brigade; was in a skirmish at Stanwich, and was discharged March 1, 1782; from about September  1, 1782 as a teamster under Captain John Lyon, conductor of teams, and was discharged January 16, 1783; he enlisted, date not stated, and served two months in Captain J. Converse's Company, Colonel Moulton's Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 26, 1832 while a resident of East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, where he had lived for more than forty years.

He died September 15, 1841 in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut.

The soldier married November 20, 1805, in East Windsor, Connecticut, Miss Polly Fox. Both were then of said East Windsor. She died March 24, 1853, leaving no children.

There are no further family data.

Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner

The first part of this letter is in claim of John Newton, S. 17602

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July 12/95 Hist. to C. H.
Newton, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 
M.E.L.
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1929 Oct. 11. Hist to Hon Noble
J. Johnson. His letter in claim of John Newton,
S. 17602. M.E.E.
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1929 Nov. 22, Data furn, Mrs.
Gershorn W. Clark, Corresp. in
claim of Jonathan Clerk, R.2001
M.E.E.


Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9387
Polly Clark
Wid
Jonathan Clark
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 135

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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(1)

Form 44. 8 20 2500. Aldine  H&C

LETTER HEAD
THE FINDLAY FT. WAYNE & WESTERN RY CO.

Fort Wayne, Ind Station, June 25, 1895

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

It is my desire to obtain, if consistent, record of any pensions paid to John Newton, who, according to memorandums I obtained from a government publication entitled "Connecticut in the Revolution" enlisted for the Revolutionary war from Stafford, Connecticut. The record referred to shows more that one John Newton, but the one enlisted from Stafford is the ancestor whose record I desire to trace.

I also wish information concerning Johnathan Clark of Somers, Conn. In the book referred to be is shown a pensioner, but the information I obtained is not very full.

It will be my pleasure to pay for any expense incurred in furnishing the data requested.

Sincerely
C. A. Newton [signature]
Fort Wayne, Ind
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LETTER HEAD
THE FINDLAY FT. WAYNE & WESTERN RY CO.

I would be please also to be advised of the record in the war of 1812 of John Newton, or John Newton Jr. There is shown that the name John Newton, from Hartford, enlisted Sept 3 under Elijah Boardman, Commander, but I am in doubt about his being the John Newton Jr. from Stafford or Ellington Conn. He lived in both these places.

Yours

C.H. Newton
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Clark, Jonathan
Polly
W 9387
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Appl of Polly
Clark widow of
Jonathan

Connt. 32. 
17977

Act 3d Feby 1833

Revolutionary

J.M. Thayer
Present

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business
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Brief in the case of Polly Clark, widow of Jonathan 
Tolland County and State of Connecticut
act 3 Feb 1833

======================
Claim ("original")

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner at the rate of $60 per annum, under the Act of 17 June 1832

Proof of marriage certified copy of the records of the officiating clergyman.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

J. Cole
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent  
J.M. Thayer
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W. R. Kibbe
June 16
33
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Pension Office
January 16th 1855.

Sir,
In reply  to your letter of the 11th [illegible]: You are informed that there is no law by which the pension of one Mrs. Polly Clark,
at her decease can be drawn, She having died without children.  The pension of a widow, deceased, a pensioner who left children could be paid to an administrator or executor or in many instances, to the Children direct. The Act of June, 19" 1840,
refers exclusively to the subject of the payment of pensions & the decisions under said act are conclusive that, in case no children are left by a widow, who was a pensioner, her pension cannot be drawn.  The pension due Mrs. Clark, at her decease cannot be lawfully received by any person.
Consequently, the Government would not be warranted in its unlawful payment.  It has uniformly been the intention of Congress, not to recognize any one as having a right to or interest in a pension or arrears of pension except the Soldier, his widow or their children. 

Mrs. Clark died without children & before
she was placed upon the pension roll.  There can, consequently, be no person entitled to the benefit of the pension due her, or to the receipt for the same.

Walter R. Kibbe Esq
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O. W. & N. Division.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions M.E.C.
Washington, D.C. , July 12, 189[illegible, possibly 5]
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Clark a solider 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.
[a table appears with headings: Date of Enlistment or Appointment; Length of Service; Rank; Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered (Captain and Colonel sub-columns), State]

July 1779, 8 mos, Pvt., Daniel Allen, Levi Welles, Conn.

Mch. 1781, 1 yr, Pvt., Samuel Granger, Gen. Waterbury, Conn.

1732, 4 mos., Teamster, John Lyon, Not stated. Conn.

He probably rendered other service but neither dates of enlistment and discharge nor names of officers are given.

Battles engaged in, None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ellington, Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 26, 1832
Residence at date of application, East Windsor, Conn.
Age at date of application, Born May 20, 1763

Remarks: No record found of John Newton, of Stafford, Conn. as a pensioner.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner
Mr. C.H. Newton, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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To the Hon County Court to be holden at Hartford, in Hartford County, est on the 2d Tuesday of the [illegible] 183~

The Deposition of Nathaniel Tiffany - taken at the request of Jonathan Clark, 
sealed up & transmitted
by Walter R Kibbe Just of Peace.
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I Nathaniel Tiffany of Somers in Tolland County in the State of Connecticut testify & say, then in the summer of 1779 I enlisted into a Company of Connecticut State Troops under the command of Capt. Daniel Allen,  Lt. Knowlton and Ensign Simon Foles, -  our company was stationed at New London & annexed to a Regiment commanded by Col.
Levi Wells, & we continued at New London, untill winter or cold weather set in, our company were then removed into winter quarters at East Haven, Ct. & we continued
there untill March 1780 & were then discharged, having served & completed a  Tour of Duty of eight months.  In which
said Company Jonathan Clark, now of East Windsor in Hartford County, Ct., was a private or [illegible] doing military Duty, in said Company, & continued in said Company doing 
military duty therein, for & during the period of eight months & was discharged at the same time & place with myself & further the Deponent saith not.

Connecticut Tolland County
Nathaniel Tiffany [signature]
On this 20th day of July 1832 personally appeared, Nathaniel Tiffany, the aforesaid Deponent, & being duly cautioned, examined, 
& sworn, made oath to the truth of the
Deposition aforesaid by him subscribed- Taken at the request of Jonathan Clark for the purpose of obtaining a pension.

Attest Walter R. Kibbe Just of Peace-
 
[illegible faded writing in pencil at bottom, starts with "M Tiffany age must be...]
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State of Connecticut
Tolland County December 24th AD 1832

This certifies that Nathaniel Tiffany, the within named Deponent, is an Inhabitant of the Town of Somers in said Tolland County, & has been personally known to the subscriber, for thirty five years last past, he is a person
of veracity & sobriety, & is seventy years of age.
attest Walter R. Kibbe Justice of Peace


State of Connecticut
County of Hartford ⎬ss:

I Samuel H Parsons a Notary Public
for the County of Hartford do hereby certify that Walter R. Kibbee Esq before whom the within preceding affidavit was executed is a
Justice of the peace for Tolland County and
believe that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 3rd day of January 1833

Samuel H Parsons
Notary Public
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State of Connecticut County of Hartford} As: Hartford

On this 24 day of July 1832 before me the subscriber a notary Public for the County of Hartford personally appeared Ashbel Warren of East Hartford in the County aforesaid and Lemuel Bissell of East Windsor in the County aforesaid, both persons of veracity, and made oath that they served one year with Jonathan Clark of said East Windsor in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Granger in the brigade of State troops commanded by General Waterbury of Greenwich Connecticut from about the first of March of 1781 until about the first of March 1782 -  that we were all together at Stamford. Fairview Hill - White Plains & disbanded at the same time at Stamford in the state of Connecticut at the end of one years service. Said Jonathan Clark is about sixty nine years of age and is a person of veracity & generally believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have performed other service in the revolutionary war.

Ashbel Warner [signature]
Lemuel Bissell [signature]
 
Sworn to & subscribed
this 26th day of July 1832
Before me
Samuel A Parsons
Notary Public
 

More over
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I Samuel H Parsons, a Notary Public for said County of Hartford do hereby certify that the within named Ashbell Warren who swore to & subscribed the within affidavit before me on the 20th day of July 1832, is a person of veracity and believed to have served in the revolutionary war.

Samuel H Parsons Notary Public

and that said Lemuel Bissell is also a person
of veracity and both Ashbel Warren & Lemuel
Bissell are pensioners on the roll of the Connecticut agency under the act of June 7th 1833.

Hartford
July 15 1833.
Saml H Parsons Notary Public

[vertical text on right side a the bottom of the document:]
Affidavit
Ashbell Warren 
& 
Lemuel Bissell
 re:
Jonathan Clarks'
years service
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James Thompson
on
Jonathan Clark
4 months as Teamster
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I James Thompson of East Windsor within the
County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged 68 years, do depose & say that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Clark now living in said East Windsor, an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7 1832 and know that he the said Clark served four months as a Teamster in the revolutionary war from about the first of September 1782 to the middle of January 1783 in the company commanded by Captain John Lyon who was the conductor of Teams.  I started from Hartford with the said Clark and served about two months longer than him; we went from Hartford to Newton, 
from there back to Hartford to Providence, from Providence to Boston, from Boston to
North Hampton, from North Hampton to Goshen, where I was discharged in March
1783, said Clark was discharged at said
Goshen about 2 months before this time-
James Thomson [signature]

Sworn to & subscribed this
2nd day of July 1832
Before me Samuel H Parsons
Notary Public

I certify that the above named deponent
is a credible person and is believed to be [illegible].

Samuel H Parsons
Notary Public
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Nathan Clark
21713
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WE, Shubael Bartlett a clergyman, residing in the town of East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut
and Asahel Stiles residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Clark a resident of said East Windsor who is applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832; that we believe him to be sixty-nine years
of age; that he is generally reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he now resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Also that said Clark sustains a fair moral character.

Shubael Bartlett [signature]
Asahel Stiles [signature]

STATE OF Connecticut  }
COUNTY OF Hartford   } SS. East Windsor

On this 25th day of December 1832 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, personally appeared the Rev Shubael Bartlett who is a clergyman residing in the said town of East Windsor and Asahel Stiles who is a credible person
residing in the same town--and made oath that the preceding certificate by them subscribed is true, and I further certify that their statement is entitled to credit.

State of Connecticut } ss. Samuel Barthill
County of Hartford    }  Justice of Peace

I Samuel H. Parsons a Notary Public
for the County of Hartford do hereby certify that Samuel Bartlett Esq before whom the above affidavit was executed is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford and I believe that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.

In testimony whereof have hereunto affixed
my seal of office & subscribed my name this 3rd day of January 1833. Samuel H Parsons a Notary Public
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State of Connecticut }
County of Hartford    }. SS. Hartford

On this 31st day of December AD 1832 before me the subscriber a Notary Public for the
County of Hartford personally appeared Jonathan Clark of East Windsor in the said County of Hartford and made oath that he is the same person named in a declaration taken before the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford the 26th day of July AD 1832.

That he served the United States in the War of the Revolution as a private in a company
commanded by Captain Samuel Granger
in General Waterbury's Brigade for a period
of at least one year from March 1781 to
March 1782.

Lemuel Bissell of East Windsor whose name  was enrolled December 17th 1832 under the
Act of 7th June 1832 served with him in this
Company.

That he served as a private in Captain Daniel Allens company of Infantry or foot under Colonel Levi Weller in 1779 for a period of at least eight months-  

That he served as an enlisted teamster
under Captain John Lyon who was a Conductor of teams - for a period of at least
four months in 1782 & 83 -

That he also served as a substitute for
one Orlington Cashman in Captain Jonah
Genverse's company of foot in Colonel Moultons regiment and continued as a private in
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in said Company for a period of not less
than two months, but has no proof of this service excepting his own solemn declaration
supported by a good character for truth & veracity.

That he also served as a private in a company commanded by Captain Roswell Grant
to guard General Prescott & other prisoners 1
of war captured at the "taking of Burgoni"
that he continued in this guard a period of at
least one month, but has no other evidence than this his own oath to support said service.

That the aggregate of his service as a private soldier in the War of the Revolution amounts to at least twenty three months and as an enlisted Teamster at least four months & for such services he claims a pension under the act of 7 June 1832.

Sworn to & Subscribed }  
this 31st day of December 1832 }
Jonathan Clark [signature]

Samuel H. Parsons [signature]
Notary Public
State of Connecticut } ss. Hartford
County of Hartford   } 

On this 16th day of June 1833, personally appeared Jonathan Clark of East Windsor and made solemn oath that on the 31st day of December 1832 he subscribed and swore to the preceding declaration before Samuel H Parsons a Notary Public for the County
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of Hartford duly commissioned & authorized 
to administer oaths & that the statements
therein contained are true

The said Jonathan Clark further declares
that he cannot recollect the names of his officers more particularly than as detailed in this Original declaration dated 26th day of July AD 1832.

In relation to his services as a Teamster
the applicant further declares that he
was employed in connection with the
French Army in transporting baggage & that he was paid by his conductor John
Lyon, and that he has understood that said
Lyon was paid by Colonel Levi Pease
who was paid by Jeremiah Wadsworth &
one Carter - Commissaries to the French
Army - that he was enlisted by Conductor or 
or Captain Lyon & bound to serve four
months as a Teamster & did actually serve
the whole of that period. And he also
served as a private Soldier at least twenty three months and he verily believe more than two years or twenty four [illegible]

Sworn to & subscribed
this 15th day of July 1833
Jonathan Clark [signature]
Before me
Ch. Parsons [signature] Just. Pac

I am personally acquainted with the above named Jonathan Clark and have confidence in his statements -  he sustains a very fair character 
Ch. Parsons [signature] Just. Pac
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State of Connecticut
Secretary's Office July 19. 1833

I, Thomas Day,  Secretary of said
State and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify, that Walter R.Kibbe Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit of Nathaniel Tiffany was taken, is, and at the time when said Deposition was so taken, was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland; that Samuel Bartlett Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Revd Shubael Bartlett and of Asahel Stiles were taken, and Enoch Parsons Esq. before whom
the foregoing affidavit of Jonathan Clark was taken, are, and at the times when said affidavits respectively were taken, were Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford, and that Samuel H. Parsons Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Ashbel Warren, Samuel Bissell, James Thompson and Jonathan Clark were taken, is, and at the time when said Affidavits respectively were so taken, was, a Notary Public within and for the County of Hartford; 
each of said officers having been duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, with full power and authority, under the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take affidavits out of court and to certify the same; and that I verily believe that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be the signatures of said officers respectively, are genuine.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
Hand and affixed the Seal of said State, the day and year above written.
Thomas Day [signature]
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No 431

Polly Clark
widow of Jonathan
Ct

Act 3 Feb 1853

$60 per annum

3 Feb 1853
J.M. Thayer
Present
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I Walter R Kibbe of Somers in Tolland County & State of Connecticut on oath depose and say, that I have personally known Jonathan Clark & Polly Clark, his widow, for more than thirty years, they formerly lived in the Town of East Windsor, & removed thence into the Town of Somers in Tolland County, about fifteen years since, & resided in my immediate
neighbourhood -- Mr Clark was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the time of his death, which took place in
the Month of September 1841 - leaving a Widow, Polly Clark, who is now living in said Somers, occupying the Mansion, owned by
her deceased husband at the time of his death, and is still a Widow, having never married since the decease of her said husband Jonathan Clark & further saith not

Walter R Kibbe [signature]
State of Connecticut }
Tolland County.          } ss. Probate District of Somers

I William H Kibbe Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Somers, in Tolland County, aforesaid do hereby certify, that at a Probate Court, holden at Somers in & for the District of Somers on the 4th day of March
1853, by Solomon Fuller Jr Esq, Judge of Probate for said District of Somers, the same being a Court of Record & having a Seal, personally appeared Walter R Kibbe of said Somers.  The aforesaid Deponent and being first duly sworn according to Law, Subscribed and made oath to the truth of the Deposition aforesaid by him subscribed in open Court & also made oath that he had no interest in the pension solicited by the said Polly Clark-

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and and affixed the seal of said Court, at said Somers, on the day and year last above written 

William H Kibbe [signature]
Clerk of the Court of Probate
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Somers January 11. 1855

Dear Sir - 
Expecting to have seen you in Connecticut. I have delayed addressing you.  I therefore impress the present hour in saying to you, that in the affair of the Pension of Mrs Polly Clark the Certificate bears date May 13th & She deceased on the 24th day of March preceding - 1853-

The expense has been considerable, & I should like to realise it if possible.  Her estate was insolvent, no part of the expense has been paid.  She has left no children. And
her administrator is a Bankrupt, I have no desire to intract the business to his agency.

If you devise some mode, by which I can realise the Ballance [balance] of her pension, & will address me on the subject, you will do me a favour.

If it be necessary, I will return you the certificate.  Mr Thayer of your city has had the principal agency, but where he is now I know not, perhaps he might give it the proper direction.  The last letter I received from him was dated at Boston.

I have nothing personal to communicate -  no news to write.  Your friends are well.

Accept sir the assurance of my friendly consideration - 

Walter R Kibbe [signature]


Honorable L P Waldo
Washington