Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2224, for Samuel Mc Clellan, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn

McClellan, Samuel
Nancy

NUMBER
W. 2224

CONTENTS
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4788
Rhode Island
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Saml. McClellan
Providence in the State of Rhode Island
was a Pv't & Cp't in the Company commanded
by Captain Paines of the Regt. commanded by
Col. Williams in the Rhode Island [Crossed through] Conn. line for 
4 mo a Private
15 " Lieutenant
4 " Captain
--
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
the rate of 293 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
--
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Jany. 1833 and sent Hon A. Robbins 
Senate U. S. 
--
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                   $439.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar "33   146.67
                                                               $586.66
                                   
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book   Vol. 3 Page 124
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568
Rhode Island
--
Nancy McClellan
wife of Samuel McClellan
served in the Revolutionary
as a Priv. Lieut & Capt.
Connecticut line
--
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
293 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 7th. day of February 1850.
[4th day of March, 1848. is crossed out] 
--
Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of May 1854.
and sent to

Hon. A. C. Green
S. U States
--
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[February 2 is crossed out] July 27 1848, Page 52 Vol. 1 Book A.

[Top of facing page}
Reported

Certificate where
for correction-
corrected [illegible]
to E. R. Potter
Providence R. I. 
May 20. 1851
A. Ray May 31/51
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No. 13.852
Hon:
Saml. McClellan
11. 12. & 14 of
Dec 15 1832
Hon: A Robbins
Senate US
4 mos Private
15 mos Lt.
4 mos Captain

Admt'd
Benjm. Cawell Esqr
Providence R.I.
156
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District Court
Brief in the case of Samuel McClellan of the County of Providence in the State of R. Island (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
[Information extracted from table]
 Period - Duration of Service - Rank - Names of General and Field Offices under whom he served

In 1776 - 3 months - Drafted - Col. Williams, Capt. Prince

1776 Dec. 1 month - do - Col. Davison, same Capt.

1781 - 9 months - Lt. & adjt. - Col. McClellan

1782 - 4 months - Capt. of the Guard Ship Retaliation
1782 - 6 months  - Lt. & Adjt. - Col. McClellan

5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Woodstock
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Deposition & Documents
8. Are the papers defective as to form or  authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergyman's Certificate
certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Levin Belt
Examining Clerk.
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Samuel McClellan
13852
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Rhode-Island District, Sc. August Term 1832
County of Providence
On this Ninth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, being a District Court of the United States within and for said District now in session Samuel McClellan resident of County of Providence and State of Rhode and aged 72 years who being 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, viz.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He was born February 11th 1760 in Woodstock  Connecticut but has no record except in his family bible, lived at Woodstock when he entered the service & since the War has live principally in Providence --- and this applicant further states that in 1776 he served as a private drafted Soldier in Capt Paine's Company & Col Williams regiment of Connecticut Militia three months - he entered in the said service about the first
of September & continued in it until about the first of December & was first ordered to Paules Hook & from thence we retreated to Bergen in New Jersey & from thence up to the neighbourhood of Ford Lee ---
and this applicant further states that in Decr 1776 he was a drafted a private soldier & served one month Providence in Cap Paines Company & Col Denison's regiment of Connecticut Militia
---
and this applicant further states that in 1781 he was appointed Lieutenant and adjutant under Capt Samuel McClellan and served at New London Nine months from September 1781 to June 1782, but his commission is now lost--
and this applicant further states that immediately
after he was appointed to the command of the Guard Ship Retaliation stationed in New London Harbour to keep prisoners of war (as by his commission herewith annexed will appear) & continued four months to October & then resumed his situation as Lieutenant & adjutant as aforesaid & so continued until the end of the War in April 1783 ---
He never had any written discharge when he served as a private, had a commission as Lieutenant & Adjutant but does not now know where it is
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. attest  Saml McClellan
                             B Cowell Clk
We, ______________________________________
a Clergyman, residing in the __________________
and ___________________residing in _____________
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 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 Revolutionory Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John McClellan William Bowen and Eliphalet Lyman who have testified for applicant are
residents as they attest & are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, BENJAMIN COWELL, Clerk of said District Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel McClellan for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office,
this Eighth day of October 1832
Benjamin Cowell Clk
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
S
Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of act of Congress of 29th July 1848 on this  ninth day of March 1850 personally before the subscriber William R. Staples
Justice of the Supreme Court of said State appeared Nancy McClellan a resident of the City & County of Providence aged eighty three years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress aforesaid - that she is the widow of Samuel McClellan of said Providence who under the act of Congress of 7 June 1832 was entitled to a pension as Private Lieutenant & Captain of two hundred & ninety three 32/100 dollars per annum, as appears by
the certificate in her possession dated Jany 29 1833 & signed by Lew Cass Secretary at War & which said Samuel McClellan died at said Providence on the seventh day of February AD 1850. She further declares that she was married
to the said McClellan on the eighth of July in the year seventeen hundred
ninety seven that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the second day of January AD 1800 viz at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow & that
she has never before made any application for a pension. She further declares that she has no record of her marriage and does not know of any record or memorandum of it now in existence. The day of the month of her marriage above given is stated according to the best of her recollection


Attest W. R. Staples
Nancy McClellan her mark
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this ninth day
of March 1850 the foregoing declaration was
sworn to & subscribed before me. And I further
certify that the applicant is personally well
known to me & that she is unable from
age & bodily infirmity to appear in open court
and I further certify that the applicant is
known to me to be a person of good character for
truth & veracity and that I believe her satement
is entitled to full credit
Attest W R Staples associate
Justice of the Supreme Court
of Rhode Island
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence

I Walter Paine Clerk of the Supreme Court
do hereby certify that William R Staples
is a Justice of the Supreme Court of this state ^duly commissioned and qualified and has acted as such- and that the signature on the opposite page^ purporting to be his is genuine.

Witness my hand
& the seal of said
Court this twenty
first March AD 1850
Walter Paine Clerk
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650
Nancy McClellan
Widow of Samuel
Rhode Island

Act 29 July 1848
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The Deposition of George W. Frothingham of the City of Boston State of Massachusetts Who on solemn oath deposes and says, that
on the sixteenth day of May 1824. he was married to Mary Ann daughter of Samuel & Nancy McClellan of the City of Providence
Rhode Island- that the said Mary Ann was the oldest of their children- that the said Mary Ann was born on the eighth day of July A.D. 1799. as appeared from the entry in the family record in the deponants Bible, which was copied from the said McClellan's family Bible, soon after their marriage- and that the said Mary Ann
died on the seventh day of September A.D. 1842.
George W. Frothingham

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk S.S.}
On this fifth day of March 1850-
Before the subscriber personally appeared George W. Frothingham, the above ┃
named deponant, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing in due form of law-and I further certify that the said George
Frothingham is personally well known to me & is of good character for truth & veracity and that his statement aforesaid is entitled to full credit-

James C. Dunn
Justice of the Peace

Boston March 5th. 1850.- This is to certify that George W. Frothingham the above named is now a resident of Boston & is personally known to me, and that James C. Dunn Esq. is a Justice of Peace and Treasurer of the City of Boston-
Samuel F. McCleary, Clerk of the City of Boston
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss:
I, Thomas W Phillips, Clerk of the
Municipal Court of the City of Boston, within
for the County of Suffolk, do hereby certify
that James C. Dunn Esquire, is a Justice of the
Peace duly qualified to act within & for said County of Suffolk & that the signature written
within purporting to be the signature of said
Dunn, is his genuine signature.

In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Municipal Court, 
this eighth day of March A.D. Eighteen
hundred and fifty.
Thomas W Phillips, Clerk
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REV.
WIDOW, &c.
--
2224
Nancy McClellan
Widow
Samuel McClellan
Priv., Lieut. and Capt. Rev
--
Act July 29. 1848
Index: -- Vol. M. Page 17

[Arrangement of 1870.]

[Facing page]
Nov- 9- 1901
J. O. McClellan [illegible]
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Nancy MC.Clellan W. Allian will have the certificate [illegible] immediately and sent to Hon. A.C. Greene, Senate U.S.
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GSO Nancy McClellan widow of Samuel Rhode Island Suspended let 17 April 1850
Hon. A.G. Green
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2224
Samuel McClellan
Aug-9-1832 - 72
Prov. R I
Born Feb 11, 1760 Woodstock CT
76 Sept Woodstock CT
Capt Paine
Col Williams
June 76 Capt Do
Col Samson
[illegible]
81 Col Samuel McClellan
St Adjt 9 mos
82 Capt of Guardianship "Rotaliatan" 4 mos
82 June Col McClellan
St Adjt 6 mos
Map Nancy Packard
[illegible] Community [illegible]
July 8 1797
Died Feb 7 1850
No Cat.
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Saml. McClellan J.P
Commissioned
June 7th '78
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McClelland, Samuel 
Conn W2224
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Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire,
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of the STATE of CONNECTICUT.
To Saml McClellan Junr Esqr           GREETING.
You being by the Governor and Council of Safety of this State
appointed to be Captain of the Guard on board of the prison this taken up by a number of merchants in this State for the purpose of confining such prisoners
Reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, courage, and good Conduct, I do, by virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you the said Samuel McClellan Jnr to be Captain of said Guard& to your case. You are therefore carefully and diligently to Discharge the Duty of a Captain in Leading, Ordering, and Exercising said Guard
in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers, in the Service aforesaid, and to keep them in good order and Discipline, hereby Commanding them to obey you as their Captain and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of said state,
for the Time being, or other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, Pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms in Lebanon           the seventh day of June  Anno
Domini, 1778.
                                                                         Jonth Trumbull
McClelland, Samuel
Conn W 2224
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FREEHon
---
Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
District Columbia

J N Allison
Wid Correct

Ihi Immediately
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Providence
R
May 17
1856
The enclosed was transmitted to me by
Hon Albert C Greene of the Senate
By mistake the pension is made
to commence 1848
instead of 7th Feb 1850,
the date of the husbands death.
Please rectify. 
Enclose to me or to Mr. Greene
& oblige.
Yours very Respectfully,
E. R. Potter

Hon James L Edwards

address
E. R. Potter
Providence
or
Kingston
R.I.
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                                                 Washington
                                                   March 4 1857
James E. Heath Es
Comr of Pensions
Sir
I herewith enclose an appl-
ication made by Mrs Nancy McClelland of Rhode
Island, a pensioner under act July 29, 1849. at
he rate of $293.33
Her husband was pensioned under
act 7 June 1837 at the same rate.
The applicant is under the impression, that she is entitled to a higher rate of pension on account of her husbands revolutionary services than she now enjoys.
I see by the printed list of pensions
her husbands name was inserted on the roll at an
early period of 7 Jun 1832 passed and
when it ( unit'd service of Lieut & adjt.
was not reckoned), and from that fact; I am inclined to
think the widow is correct in  supposing she is
entitled to a higher allowance of pension then she
to her in the rect of
May I respectfully request an ex-
amination of the proof filed in her case &
her late husband.
I remain very
respectfully yr obt
Alex Ray
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Senate Chamber
Washington Mar. 23. 1850.
Sir,
I enclose you the application and papers of Mrs. Nancy McClellan for a pension. I beg leave to request your early attention to these
papers. The deposition of Mrs Abigail Packard is given by a lady who I well know, and whose
statement is in my opinion entitled to full credit.
I am very respectfully 
[ineligible]
J.L. Edwards [ineligible]
Commissioner [ineligible]
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Providence Rhode Island
February 26th 1851
James E Heath, Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir,
I have appointed Mr Alex-
ander Ray of Washington City D.C. my agent & attor-
ney for the purpose of making an application for ┃
an increase of my Pension under act of July 1849.
on account of my late husband, Samuel McClellan's
Revolutionary services, and beg the favor of you to
permit Mr Ray to make an examination of the
papers filed in the case, to facilitate the adjust-
ment of the claim now made
                                                Very respectfully
                                                          your obedt Servt.
 Witness                                                        her
W H Potter                                         Nancy  X  McClellan
                                                                     Mark
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State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
On this 26th day of february1851, before me
Charles Holden Jr. a Justice of the Peace
in and for the State and County a-
foresaid, and being duly authorized to administer oaths
personally appeared Nancy McClellan
a resident of said County, who3 being first duly sworn ac-
cording to law, doth on her oath state that she is a pensioner
under act of July 1849 at the rate of $293.3 per annum,
on account of the Revolutionary services of her late husband,
Samuel McClellan, who was a pensioner under act of 7 June 1832
and July 1849

Now the object of this declaration is in order to
assert a claim for a higher rate of allowance than has
been granted for the services of her said husband as a
Lieutenant, Adjutant and Captain, and for the pay-
ment of the increase thereon from the 4th March 1831,
under act 7 June 1832 and 29 July 1849.
Sworn to and subscribed                                      her
on the day and year first                          Nancy   X   McClellan
 above written before me                                   mark
Charles Holden Jr Justice of the Peace                     
                                                           W H Potter witness
                                                     to the mark of Nancy McClellan
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The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence
Clerks Office Supreme Court
February 26 AD 1857
I Walter Paine Clerk of the Supreme Court
of said State for said County of
Providence, do hereby certify that Charles
Holden Esquire of Providence is a Justice of the Peace
within and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified
and has acted as such, and that the signature on the
opposite side of this sheet purporting to be his is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal
of said Court the day and year
above written
Walter Paine Jr  Clk
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650
Nancy McClellan
widow of [ineligible]
Rhode Island 
Providence
admitted
Pa: [ineligible] cost $293.33
[ineligible]
1850 [ineligible] dead

[ineligible] July 1848


[ineligible] a.l.Green
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Providence Dec 24 1832
Sir
I herewith return the application of
Samuel McClellan with the additional
affidavit required as to his not pro-
curing a clergyman and also addition-
al testimony as to the credibility of the
witnesses which was all your printed
form of deficiencies required
I am respectfully
your obd svt
Benja Cowell


To J L Edwards Esq
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Kent  Ss       Clerks office Supreme Court
                             March 10, 1850
I Certify that William G Bowen whose signature is written
on the foregoing side of this paper, is a public Notary within and for said county of Kent residing in East Greenwich in
said county and he is duly commissioned  and qualified as such notary and that the said signature is
the proper hand writing and signature of said Bowen
In witness whereof I hereunto affix the seal
In witness whereof I hereto affix the seal of said court and set my hand on the day and
year afore written.
Jos T Tillinghast Clk
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I Mary Packard of the City of Providence in the
State of Rhode Island do say on oath that Mrs Nancy
McClellan of the City of Providence widow of Samuel
McClellan lately of said City deceased is my sister
and that I was present in the name of said Samuel
and Nancy and saw them married which took place some
time in the month of July in the year seventeen hundred and ninety seven at the dwelling house of my brother Samuel Packard in said City. I do not remember who
the minister was who married them but believe it was the Revd Doct Fano then a clergy
man of that place.
Kent March 4th 1850
Sworn to and subscribed
Before me W G Bowen           Mary Packard
Public Notary

At East Greenwich in the County of Kent personally appeared before me
Mary Packard who signed the foregoing & made solemn oath to its truth in due form
of law, and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Mary that her character for truth & veracity is good & that I believe her
statement is entitled to full credit
March 4th AD 1850
W G Bowen Public Notary
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I Abigail Packard of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in the State of Rhode Island widow of Samuel Packard formerly Providence in said State deceased say on oath that I am well acquainted with the Nancy McClellen of said Providence widow of Samuel McClellen lately of said Providence deceased and that I have known her more than sixty years. I was present at the marriage of said Samuel and Nancy McClellan and saw them married in the summer season of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven. I know that said Nancy was married then, because I was confined with a son in the month of September of that year and after the marriage and because my family moved in to the John Young home in the spring of that year previous to the marriage, and became said Nancy had resided in my family for a number years before her marriage, and left with her husband immediately after her marriage and before the birth my child. I am not certain who the clergyman was, but think he was the Rev Doct. Gano
Abigail Packard
State of Rhode Island s
Newpt At East Greenwich March 10th 1850

 Personally appeared Abigail Packard who signed the foregoing in my presence and make solemn oath to its truth in due form of law, and I further certify that I am well acquainted with said Abigail and that her character for truth and veracity is good and that I believe her statement is entitles to full credit.
Before me W. G. Bowen Public Notary
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Kent Ss   Clerks Office Supreme Court 
                          
I certify that William G Bowen whose signature is written
on the aforegoing side of this paper is a public notary within and for said County of Kent residing in East Greenwich in said County and that
he is duly commissioned and qualified as such notary,
and that the said signature is the proper hand writing and signature of said Bowen

I witness whereof I hereunto affix the
Seal of said court and set my hand on the day
and year afore written
Jos T Tillingast  Clk
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Washington
March 4 1857
F. S. Evans
Chief Clerk
Pension office
Sir,
Mrs Nancy McClellan of Rhode Island widow of Samuel
and now on pension under act 29 May 49 is under the im-
pression the services of her husband entitles her to
receive a higher that she now enjoys. I trust the
form for an examination of thepapers filed in the
Case, upon her letter to the Comr of Pension, enclosed
I remain
very respectfully
Your Ob Serv 
Alex Ray
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The deposition of Ann McClellan (commonly called Nancy) of Providence Rhode Island who on solemn oath deposes & says that she is the same person who lately applied for a pension as the widow of her late husband Samuel McClellan - that there was formerly a memorandum of her marriage in the old family bible but that the leaf on which the same was written was torn out many years ago and that she has never seen the same since and does not know what became of it & that there is no memorandum of her marriage now in existence that she knows of
Witness
E. K. Polter
Ann McClellan X
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I Mary Packard of Providence Rhode Island on solemn oath testify & say that I have always known & often seen the family Bible of Samuel & Ann McClellan that the said Bible formerly contained a memorandum of the marriage of the said Samuel & Ann & the births of their children but that the leaf on which it was written was torn out a great many years ago & as she supposes by some of the girls of the family & that she does not know what became of it & believes that there is no memorandum of it now in existence  - that she has lived in the family thirty years and been intimately acquainted with all their affairs.
Mary Packard
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Ann McClellan & Mary Packer being duly
Sworn made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition
by them signed before the subscriber George A Brayton
one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
And I further certify that I have for many
years been personally acquainted with both of the
deponents & that I believe them to be persons of
good character for truth & veracity and that
their statement is entitled to full credit
City of Providence May 2 1850
Geo A Brayton associate
Justice of the Supreme Court
Rhode Island

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence Ss.
I, John W. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
within & for the County of Providence & State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that George A Brayton Esquire, before whom the aforewritten
documents were sworn is associate Justice of the Supreme Court of said State, & is by law duly authorized & empowered to administer oaths and take depositions, and the above written signature is the genuine signature
of said Brayton
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at the City of Providence this second day of May 1850
John W Smith Clerk
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City Clerks Office Providence
February 26, 1850
I hereby
certify that I have examined
the Record of Births & Marriages in this
Office and find no Record of the Marriage
Samuel McClellan & Ann Packard
by Doct S. Gano nor by any other person
In Witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of said City the day of year
above written
Albert
Pabodie
City Clerk
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I John McClellan of Woodstock in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say that immediately after the Town of New London was burned in the month of September 1781 in the expedition of Benedict Arnold my Father Samuel McClellan late of said Woodstock deceased was appointed to take command of that station, and the Fort Trumbull in New London, and Griswold in Groton on the  other side of the River opposite to New London. The troops under his command were state troops, and he was then a Colonel. He continued there until the close of the Revolutionary war. When my Father went there my brother Samuel McClellen now living and residing in Providence in the State of Rhode Island was appointed an officer in the troops under the command of my Father,  and continued with him during the time he was stationed in New London. I understood that soon after my brother went there he was appointed a Captain and served in that capacity. Several times when my father and brother were there I was there. I was then a member of New Haven College and passed through New London in going and returning home from College. I remember at one time of 
going aboard a Guard ship of which my brother was
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captain and then on board thereof lived. I have no doubt but he served in the Navy from some time in the month of Septr. 1781 to the close of the war.
Before that time the precise year is not in my recollection the Regiment to which the Militia of New London [?] was annexed was called out and went to the State of New York my Father was then Major of the Regiment. My brother Samuel was in the expedition. How long they were about is not within my recollection I should judge it was four or five months. I recollect, that it was with great difficulty that the necessary farming business could be performed. All the effective men were called away, and what work was done was performed by women and children.  
What was called the camp distemper very much prevailed in the Regiment while in the spring [?], and many of the members of it died which belonged in this region. My Father was in one or two expeditions at Rhode Island during the war and believe my brother at least once went with him but of which I have no distinct recollection. From the family account which I have in my papers my brother Samuel was born in February 1760 
John McClellan
State of Connecticut Windham County at July 8th 1832
There John McClellan formally was before me & made solemn oath to the facts stated in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
William Bowen Justice of the Peace
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William Bowen Esq of Woodstock in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say that in the year 1776 the Regiment of Militia of which those of the said Town of Woodstock
composed in part were called in to the Revolutionary Army and marched to the State of New York at Horseferry
and were almost (????) four months
The Regiment was commanded by Col Williams, Lieut Saml Davidson Sam McClellan  late of sd (???) deceased was Major. Two of my brothers then belonged to the Militia & went in this expedition, one of
them died. Samuel McClellen now of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, with whom I am acquainted and who is on guard
Gen McLellen was also there a number of the militia & went in that expedition Soon after the militia returned from scirmishes the enemy (????????) the militia was called out & served a term of about a month in Orchard Island and according to my recollection & belief the said
Samuel McClellen was in that expedition. I also say that
l
The remainder is too difficult to transcribe with too much guessing to make any real sense
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I Eliphalet Lyman of Woodstock in the County of Windham
State of Connecticut testify and say that I was ordained the
Minister of the First Presbyterian Society in Woodstock in the
year 1779. That Genl. Samuel McClellan late of said Society deceased was a member of my Society and lived  in this county before I was ordained that I am acquainted with his son Samuel McClellan now living
in Providence in the State of Rhode and I recollect that
immediately after New London was burned by ???? in 1781
Genl. McClelland was in the Revolutionary Army and
stationed at NewLondon and who used then
from Hebon Ct the line that place was destroyed untill
the conclusion of the war. I have no doubt and do believe
Samuel McClellan the younger was in the Army
with his Father while at said NewLondon
Dated at ?????  the 30th day of July 1832
Eliphalet Lyman


State of Connecticut Windham County Set. July 30th 1832 
Then personally came before me The Revd Eliphalet Lyman of Woodstock in sd County and made solemn Oath that the facts stated in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed are true
William Bowen Justice of the Peace

I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of
Windham in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that
John McClellan and William Bowen Esq before whom the
within and foregoing affidavits annexed hereunto were made are
duly enrolled as Justices of the Peace in and for said Windham County
that the foregoing signatures of their names are in their hand writing
and that full faith and credit ought to be given to their acts as
such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Public seal of said
Court at Brooklyn in said County this 31st day
of July A.D. 1832
 Armin Bolles Clerk
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Samuel McClellan of Providence in the County of Providence
do further make oath in addition to the declaration be made
before the District Court of the United States within & for the Rhode 
Island District on the 9 of August AD 1852 hereto annexed viz
he further declares that the reason why he did not 
procure a Clergyman to certify as to his services in the usual
form was, because there was no clergyman residing in the
City of Providence who knew any thing of his services
That he did get the Rev. Eliphalet Lyman's certificate a
Clergyman residing in Woodstock Conn, being the place of
his nativity from whence he joined the Army. Which certificate
is hereto annexed - he also procured the depositions of John
McClellan & William Bowen both of said Woodstock who
testified to his services in the Army--said witnesses are both
credible & respectable witnesses & were certified to
he such by said District Court, as will appear by the certificate
of said Court. In addition to which he now produces
the deposition of William Wilkinson who is personally acquainted with the deponents aforesaid to which he refers.
And he further maketh oath that between the year 1776 &
the end of the war he served as he has stated, to wit, twenty
months as an officer & four months as a private-- for
which he claims a pension - Saml McClellan
Rhode Island District of
In Providence Dec 24 1832
The above was duly sworn to before me by
said Samuel
Benjamin Cowell
Commiss Dist Court
R I Dist
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William Wilkinson of Providence R.I. on Oath testifies
that the Rev. Eliphalet Lyman is a Clergyman in the
Town of Woodstock Ct. He has known him as such for
more than fifty years. He has also been personally
well acquainted with William Bowen and John McClellan
Esquires of Woodstock. They are men of the highest standing
and respectability in their Town and are fully entitled
to Credit
William Wilkinson

Rhode Island District
In Providence Dec 24 1832
Personally appeared before me the above
Name William Wilkinson & made
oath to the truth of the above affidavit
by him signed and I further certify
that William is personally well known
to me he is a Gentleman of respectability
& standing & a credible witness
Benja Cowell
Commissn of Dist Court
for R I Dist
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF
AUDITOR FOR THE STATE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
Washington,
Nov. 7. 1901.
Hon. L. M. Kelley
Dep. Com. of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Will you please inform
me whether Samuel McClellan 
of Woodstock, Conn, or of Worcester,
Sutton, or Grafton, Mass was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War
This information is desired
for the benefit of a neice who
wishes to become a D.A. R.
Yours very Truly,
J. O. McClellan
#1234 13th St. N.W.

DEPUTY
NOV 8 1901
COMMISSIONER