Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24345, for William Beard Nicholson, Rhode Island
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(3-176)
SERVICE
Continental (R.I.)
Sea Service

Nicholson, William Beard
Marvel

NUMBER
W.24345
B.L.Wt 30.914-160-55

CONTENTS
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18636
New York
William B Nicholson of Preston in the state of N.York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Varnum of the R. Island line, for the term of one year

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 26th of Novr 1819

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of May 1822 and sent to John Noyes, Esq Norwich, N. York

Arrears to 4th of March 1822 218.36
Sem-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1822 48.00
2 yrs 3 mos 5/30 4/31 {total} $266.36

Pd. 147
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818
21st May 1820

Chenango Coty
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5531
Wm B. Nicholson, Chenango County, N.Y.
26 Novemr 1819

private in Col Varnum's regt Rhode-Island line, 1 year. Decmr 1775 to Decr 1776

The service of the applicant, 9 months, in continuance, on Contl. Establishment, must be proved by two or more disinterested and credible persons, certified as such, by the judge.

John Noyes, judge
Norwich, N. York
Recd 24 Decr 1819
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District of New York
Chenango County ss
On this twenty sixth day of November 1819 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the said County of Chenango for the said district personally appeared William B. Nicholson aged sixty two years resident in Preston in said County of Chenango in the said district who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, that he the said William B. Nicholson enlisted for the term of one year about the last of November or first of December in the year 1775 at Prospect Hill near Boston in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Flagg of the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Mitchel Varnum of the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Nathaniel Green in the Rhode Island or Massachusetts line on the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States untill some time of December 1776 when he was discharged from service in Peekskill in the State of New York that he was in the Battle of Haarlem Heights and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
Wm B Nicholson
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
John Noyes Judge
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I John Noyes Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William B. Nicholson did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding [sic] declaration against the common enemy for the the term of nine months at one time on the Continental establishment and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directives of the aforesaid act of Congress I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his Country for support
November 26th 1819
John Noyes Judge

State of New York, Chenango County Clerks Office
I hereby certify that John Noyes was at the time of taking the above affidavits a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County duly qualified

Witness my name and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 1gth day of December 1819
Perez Randall Clerk
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State of New York
Oneida County ss
On the 3 Decr 1819 Before me came Lorin Robbins to me known as a man of truth & veracity, who being sworn did say, that in the year 1776 he was a soldier or musician in Col Varnums afterward Col Crary's Regt of Rhode Island troops and well knew William B. Nicholson who was then a soldier in Capt Flaggs company in the same Regt. This deponent knows that the said Nicholson enlisted for a year and that he served out his time, and was a faithful soldier
Lorin Robins

Sworn 3d Decr 1819
Before me
M.S. Miller
Dist Judge of Oneida

Clerks Office Oneida County ss
I certify that Morris S Miller was first Judge of the Count of Oneida at the time of taking the above affidavit that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the same is of his own proper hand writing witness the Seal of said County this third day of December 1819
Harris A Bloodgood Clk
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Chenango County ss
Preston November 22th 1819
Personaly [sic] came before me Adin Palmer and saith he was acquainted with William B Nicholson in the service in the year 1776 the years since and was as good and faithful soldier the said deponent saith the said Wm B Nicholson inlisted [sic] under Cpt Ebenezer Flag in Cornal [sic] James Michel Varnum Regiment General Greens Brigade and was acquainted with the said alicant [sic] til some time in the month of December 1776 when the regiment was tour the Hudson River and he saw then no more til he was Discharged and returned home the aplicant was [illegible] with and left behind the said Regiment
This sworn before me Nov 22th 1819
William Kelsey [illegible] of and for the said County of Chenango and state of New York
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District of New York ss.
On this 12th day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common please in & for the County of Chenango, and State of New York, being a Court of Record for the said County, William B. Nicholson, aged sixty four years, resident in the town of Preston in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: in order to obtain the provisions made by the Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and the first of May 1820, that he the said William B. Nicholson enlisted for he term of one year, about the last of November or first of December in the year 1775 at Prospect Hill near Boston in the State of Massachusetts, in the company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Flagg of the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Mitchell Varnum, of the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Nathaniel Green in the Rhode Island or Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment. that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States until some time in December 1776 when he was discharged at Peekskill in the State of New York that he was in the Battle of Harlem Heights. I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or an part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March
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one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
One pair Steers, one Cow, lame in his hind feet, one heifer, one calf, six Sheep, small Iron bar, one hoe, 2 old Seytlers, 2 chests, 1 small trunk, 1 old [illegible], &c 2 wheels, 1 Reel, 6 plates 1 Bason 1 tea foot, three iron spoons, 6 tea spoons, six cups & saucers, 4 knives & fork, 1 Table, 1 Stand, six old chairs, 1 small spider 1 Saw Iron, small Grindstone, 7 arrow teeth, 1 small kettle, shovel and tongs, 1 small skillet, 1 reed good, and 2 poor ones, 4 pails, 2 tubbs, [sic]  small Looking Glass. My occupation is that of a Shoe maker, but by lameness which as followed me from the time I was in the service, I am unable to do but very little. My Wife is sixty one years of age has been unwell for more than twenty years
Wm B Nicholson

Sworn to and declared on the 12th day of February 1822 before Uri Tracy, John Noyes & Isaac Sherwood Judges of Chenango County Court of Common Pleas

Chenango County Clerks Office
I Perez Randall, Clerk of the County of Chenango and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Records of said Court: And I do further certify that the total amount and Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is fifty nine dollars and eighty five cents in the opinion of said Court

In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 12th day of February 1822
Perez Randall Clk
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4036
New York Albany
Marvel Nicholson widow of William B. Nicholson RI who served in the Revolutionary war as a private 
Incd from $40

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued toe 24th day of Sept 183[illegible] and sent to Hon D. S. Dickinson
Senate U.S.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Pae 160 Vol. 4

168045
Sept 2-1855 EB
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State of Connecticut
New London County & Town of Preston
William Beard Nicholson of Newport State of Rhode Island and Marvel Palmer of Preston were married September 14th A.D. 1788
I Henry Haskell Clerk of the Town of Preston in said County do Certify that the above is a true Copy of the Records with the Exception of the Date which is expressed on the Records in fair legible figures as follows "September 14th A.D. 1788
Henry Haskell Town Clerk of Preston Connecticut

I Henry Haskell above named depose and say that I have the office of Town Clerk in the County Town & State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Record of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Henry Haskell Town Clerk of Preston Connecticut

New London County ss
Preston October 14th AD 1841
Sworn before me Isaac Gallup Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
New London County ss
I John D Witt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby certify that Isaac Gallup Esqr before whom the above deposition of Henry Haskell was sworn was on said 14th day of October 1841 a Justice of the Peace in and for said New London County and that full faith and credit is due to his Official acts as such, and that his signature above written I believe to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 15th day of October AD 1841
John D Witt Clerk
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Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September in the year 1822, at N. York by the Br: Bt: R.I.

Recorded by Ebenr Stout Clerk, in Book B, Vol. 5, page 147
Examined and countersigned by J. L. Edwards
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War Department 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM 
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818 and 1st May 1820 William B. Nicholson, late a private in the Army of the Revolution, inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the N. York Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty sixth day of November on thousand eight hundred and nineteen. 
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty eighth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
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No 8097
Papers on application of Marvel Nicholson for Pension under Act of July 7 1838

V
8097
Marvel Nicholson
NY
Act 7 July '38

m 88. d31

admd
12 mo pri
40$

No declaration

John Wait esqr
Norwich Chenango Co
NY
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State of New York
Chenango County SS
On this twelfth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chenango in open court Marvel Nicholson a resident of the Town of Preston in the County of Chenango and State of New York aged Eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to Certain widows" That she is the widow of William B. Nicholson who was a private in the Revolutionary Army. That she has always understood and believes that the said William B. Nicholson enlisted into the Continental Service near the commencement of the Revolutionary war and served during the period for which he enlisted and then enlisting for a second term & served during the period of his said second enlistment. That she is unable to recollect the periods for which he enlisted nor the precise time of his entering the service.
That he enlisted into the Service being lame in one leg and on that account was not draughted. That he served for a time during the war on board a ship it was named as she thinks the "Providence" That she from age & infirmity is unable to recollect more distinctly the particulars of his service in the Army of the Revolution
That the said William B. Nicholson was a pensioner under the law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818 and 1st May 1820. And the Certificate of the same is dated the twenty eighth day of May 1822. And is "Recorded by EBEN Stout Clerk in Book B. Vol 5 page 147" To the papers on file in the Pension Department & on which said pension & certificate was granted She respectfully refers for a more particular account and statements of facts relating to the service of said William B Nicholson in the Army of the Revolution
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She further declares that she was married to the said William B. Nicholson on the fourteenth day of September A.D. 1788 at the Town of Preston in the County of New London and state of Connecticut And has ever since lived with him as his wife until the time of his death. That her husband the aforesaid William B. Nicholson died on the twenty ninth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty one; That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz on the said fourteenth day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight. That at the time he entered the service he resided in New Port in the State of Rhode Island
Marvel Nicholson X her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before
Alfred Purdy Clerk

State of New York
Chenango County ss
I Alfred Purdy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County the same being a Court of Record do certify that the above declaration of Marvel Nicholson was subscribed and sworn to in open Court on the day & in the year above written before me, the Clerk of said Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 12th day of October 1841
A Purdy Clerk of Chenango County
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168075 Act March 3/55
June 14 /55
Marvel Nicholson wid. of William B. Nicholson private

Revolutionary War

Pensioner under Act Feb 2/48
NY Feby 48 4036
Ad: 160 Ag from 19/56
Boynton

RdF
W. N. Mason
Norwich NY

Vol N 87

No 30914 iss Jun 23/36
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168075
Claim of Marvel Nicholson
widow of Wm B. Nicholson to Bounty land
Act March 3d 1855

Revolutionary War

Rhode Island

Presented by W. N. Mason
Norwich N.Y.
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State of New York
County of Chenango ss
On this ninth day of June A.D. (1855) one thousand eight hundred and fifty fie personally appeared before me a Special County Judge within and for the County and State aforesaid Marvel Nicholson aged Ninety five years a resident of Preston in the state of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William B. Nicholson deceased who was a private in the revolutionary war (in what company or Regiment she cannot remember or state) that her said husband enlisted at some place in Rhode Island according to her best recollection and belief and continued in said service in actual service for fourteen days and upwards and she can not state where or at what time he was discharged
She further states that she was married to the said William B Nicholson in Preston in the state of Connecticut on the fourteenth day of September A.D. 1788 by one Levi Hart a Presbyterian clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Marvel Palmer. that her said husband died at Preston in the state of New York on the 29th day of September A.D. 1831 and that she is now a widow
That she has now in her possession a pension certificate given to her as the widow of said William B Nicholson under which she receives ninety six dollars per annum, said certificate was issued under act Feb. 2, 1848 from "Department of the interior" and is dated Sept 24th 1850. And she begs leave to refer to the proof on file in the pension office upon which said certificate issued. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1853
Marvel Nicholson X her mark
Witness
Wm Nicholson
Benjamin Franklin
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We William Nicholson and Benjamin Franklin residents of Preston in the state of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Marvel Nicholson in our presence and that we are well acquainted with the applicant and believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and further that she is now a widow
Wm Nicholson
Benjamin Franklin

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. And that the claimant is so infirm that she can not write her name or state more particularly the facts in relation to her said husbands service
W N Mason Special County Judge of Chenango County

STATE OF NEW-YORK
Chenango County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, Thomas Milner, Clerk of said County, and Clerk of the Chenango County Court, (being a Court of Record,) do certify, that W N Mason Esq., before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Special County Judge in and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to take the same. And further: That I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, at Norwich, this Eleventh day of June 1855
A Purdy dep Clerk
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State of New York
Chenango County ss
William Nicholson of the town of Preston in the County of Chenango and State of New York being duly sworn says he is the son of William B Nicholson late a pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 1818. That the said William B Nicholson resided in the said Town of Preston. That this deponent attended the last illness of the said William B Nicholson and [illegible] that he died on the 29th day of September 1831. And this deponent further says that Marvel Nicholson is the mother of this deponent and the widow of the said William B. Nicholson. That the said Marvel Nicholson has not intermarried since the death of the said William B. Nicholson. But is now the widow of the said William B Nicholson late a pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 1818. That the said Marvel Nicholson has resided in the family of this deponent for most of the time since the death of the said William B Nicholson and for the remainder of the time within a few rods [sic] of deponents dwelling. That this deponent was present at the last October term of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chenango where the above named Marvel Nicholson made her declaration in open Court in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay & pension to certain widows" and further this deponent saith not
Wm Nicholson
Subscribed & sworn before me this 24th day of December 1841
James M.D. Carr
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Chenango County Clerks Office ss
I Alfred Purdy Clerk of said County (the same being a Court of Records) do hereby Certify that James M.D. Carr Esqr whose name if [sic] subscribed to the Jurats of the two within affidavits on this sheet written as Justice of the Peace was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County dwelling in said County duly authorized to take the same And that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his signature to said Jurats of each of said affidavits is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 24th day of December A.D. 1841
A. Purdy Clerk
by Nelson C Rexford Dep Clerk
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State of New York
Chenango County ss:
Daniel Noyes being duly sworn says he resided in the Town of Preston in the County of Chenango and State of New York. That he was well acquainted with William B. Nicholson late a pensioner of the United States under The Act of March 1818. That said Nicholson resided in said Town of Preston and died in the fall of the year 1831 according to the recollection and belief of this deponent. That this deponent is also acquainted with Marvel Nicholson the widow of said William B. Nicholson. That this deponent has for a number of years past resided within a distance of between one & two miles from the residence of said William B. Nicholson while living and of the said Marvel Nicholson since the death of her said husband.
That the said Marvel Nicholson has not intermarried since the death of the said William B. Nicholson to the knowledge or belief of this deponent but is still the widow of William B Nicholson late a pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 1818. And further saith not.
Daniel Noyes
Subscribed & sworn before 
December 24, 1841
James M D Carr
Justice of the Peace
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July 19, 1934

William Beard Nicholson-W.24645
Jeremiah Purdy-W.10937
BA-J/AQWF

Florence J. Hale
12 Silver Street
Norwich, New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of William B. Nicholson and Jeremiah Purdy, both pensioners of Chenango County, New York.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claims, based upon the Revolutionary War services of William Beard Nicholson and Jeremiah Purdy.

William Beard Nicholson-W.24345

The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown in the claim, or are the names of his parents given.

William Beard Nicholson, while residing in Newport, Rhode Island, enlisted in Prospect Hill near Boston, late in 175, served one year as a private in Captain Ebenezer Flagg's company, Colonel James Mitchell Varnum's Rhode Island regiment and was in the battle of Harlem Heights. He served another tour, and also, served on board "a ship of War Providence"; no further details of these enlistments shown. It is stated that he was lame in one leg, at time of enlistment, therefore, was never drafted.

He was allowed pension on his application executed November 26, 1819, then aged sixty-two years and living in Preston, Chenango County, New York. He
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died in Preston, New York, September 29, 1831.

The soldier, William Beard Nicholson, married September 14, 1788 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut, Marvel Palmer of Preston, Connecticut. The names of her parents are not given, nor is it shown when and where she was born. The soldier at time of marriage was living in Newport, Rhode Island.

The widow, Marvel Nicholson, was allowed pension on her application executed October 12, 1841, aged eighty-one years and living in Preston, New York.

On June 9, 1844, she was still residing in Preston, New York. She died September 2, 185.

Their son, William Nicholson, in 1841 was residing in Preston, New York.

Jeremiah Purdy-W.10937

Jeremiah Purdy was born June 2, 1761, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.

He enlisted in Newburgh, New York, in the spring of 1777, served as artificer in Captain John Shepard's company, Colonel J. Baldwin's Regiment of Artillery Artificers, and was discharged at West Point, New York, in the fall of 1780.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 14, 1818, then a resident of Chenango County, New York. In 1821 he was residing in Sherburne, Chenango County, New York.

Jeremiah married September 23, 1782, Lydia Thompson. She was born May 13, 1762, the date of her death is not shown. He married July 24, 1832 in Sher-
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[Sher]burne, New York, Susannah Wallsworth.

The soldier, Jeremiah Purdy, died June 16, 1842 in Hamilton, Madison County, New York.

His widow, Susannah Purdy, was allowed pension on her application executed March 9, 1853, then aged thirty-nine years and living in Hamilton, New York.

You are furnished the following family data, as found in the claim:

Cyrus B. Purdy born Augusy 7, 1783
Betsey Purdy born April 2, 1786
Willard Purdy born March 19, 1789
Monmouth Purdy born December 7, 1792
Sally Purdy born April 29. 1795
Laura Purdy born March 7, 1798
Jeremiah Purdy, Jr. born July 18, 1800
Rhoda Purdy born April 25, 1803
Thomas R. Purdy born February 23, 1806
Lydia H. Purdy born July 15, 1833
Esther Ann Purdy born August 21, 1836
Milton B. Purdy born August 29, 1837 or 1839
Lucy M. Purdy born July 16, 1842

Married
Cyrus B. Purdy Laura Yeomans March 12, 1807
Betsey Purdy to Earl Rice April 2, 1807
Willard Purdy to Lucina - July 13, 1815
Monmouth Purdy to Polly Gilbert May 29, 1817
Monmouth Purdy to Lydia Babcock, 2nd wife February --, 182-
Laura Purdy to Chester Williams December 22, 1823
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Family data continued- married
Jeremiah Purdy, Jr. to Eliza Blair October 8, 1828
Thomas R. Purdy to Sally Ann Stone March 8, 182-

Monmouth Purdy, brother of the soldier, Jeremiah Purdy, was a carpenter by trade, and the soldier was an apprentice to him, during "some part of the war".

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator
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4036
New York Albany
Marvel Nicholson widow of William B. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Feby 1849 and sent to J.M.D. Carr Norwich N.Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 160 Vol. 4
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5245
New York Albany
Marvel Nicholson widow of William B. who was a private in the Revolution
Incd from $40

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Sept 1850 and sent to Hon D. S. Dickinson Senate U.S.

(Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.)

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 81
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6502
Albany New York
Marvel Nicholson widow of William B Nicholson who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 29th Sept 1831 of Chenango Co  in the State of NY who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain - of the Regt commanded by Colo Varnum in the RI line for 1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Jany 1842 & sent to John Wait Norwich, New York

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 %200.00
[total] $200.00

Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk, 
Book A Vol. 2, Page 95
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[check mark]
V
8097
N.Y.
Suspended
Let to John Wait
Decr 9th 1841
Act 7 July '38
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30914
Mer Accos
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6502
New York Albany
Marvel Nicholson Widow of William B. Nicholson who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 29th Sept 1831 of Chenango Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain - of the Regt commanded by Col Varnum in the Mass line for 

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Incd from $40

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Sept 1850 and sent to Hon D. S. Dickinson Senate U.S.

Total amount, $[blank]

(Act July 7, 1838.)
Recorded by H R Weightman Clerk, 
Book D [vol] 1 Page 171
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Rep'd
Let to J.J.D. Carr Feb 6 49

5245
Albany, N. York
Marvel Nicholson widow of William B. Nicholson who was a private in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4 day of April 1844 and sent to John Wait, Norwich, N. York

(Act of March 3, 1843.)
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1. Page 110
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No 8097
Dec 6 1841
N.Y. 
July 7 1838
Marvel Nicholson
1818

[post mark stamp]
NORWICH NY

[stamped] FREE

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Norwich New York Dec 2d 1841

Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you papers on the the [sic] application of Marvel Nicholson for Pension of her husband under the Act of July 7, 1838.

I send you also the pension Certificate of her husband from which you will be able to [illegible] the reference to the papers on file & upon which his pension was granted.

The declaration is from the form furnished by the pension Department as nearly as practicable

Should there be any informality or deficiency in the papers sent please advise me of the defect
Very Respectfully
Your Obdt Servant
John Wait
Norwich
Chenango Co N.Y.

Jas. L. Edwards Esq
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Dec 30 1841
N.Y.
Marvel Nicholson
[stamped post park}
NORWICH
DEC
24
N.Y.

[stamped] FREE

James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Norwich Chenango Co. N. York
Dec 24 1841
In the matter of the application of Marvel Nicholson Widow of Wm B. Nicholson pensioner for pension of her late husband

Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you two additional affidavits to the point required in your late letter to wit viz "That Marvel Nicholson is the widow of William B. Nicholson late a pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 1818"

The papers accompanying the application were sent to you about a month since. The papers were not returned but a letter was a short time since rec'd requiring additional evidence to the point above mentioned.

Should the papers in any respect prove defective on examination Please write me & suggest the defects.

If on the other hand the papers are found to be sufficient  Please send me the certificate with the requisite instructions to render it available
Verry [sic] Respectfully
Your Obdt Servant
John Wait

James L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
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5616
March 19 1844
[stamped post mark]
NORWICH
MAR 24
N.Y.

Ny 
M Nicholson 1813
3 March 1843
$40 per ann
John Wait
Norwich
N.York

[stamped] FREE

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington CIty
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Norwich Chenango Co. N.Y. March 23 1844

Dear Sir
Enclosed are papers prepared & sent to the Pension Agent at Albany for the purpose of disbursing the pension of Marvel Nicholson under the Act of March 3 1843

I learn from the Pension Agent that a new Certificate is requisite (The old one a copy of which is in the papers enclosed having been returned to the department

Please send to me the requisite Pension Certificate under the Act of March 3 1843

I send the enclosed papers presuming that the requisite data will be found in them
Very Respectfully
Your Obdt Servant
John Wait

J.L Edwards Esq
Comr Of Pensions
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Payment to be made at Albany by Thos W Olcott Esq Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 160 Vol. 1
Leo Jenkins
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
WIDOW'S PENSION
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Marvel Nicholson widow of William B. Nicholson who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the list at the rate of forty dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the War Office of the United States this 26th day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty nine

W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned
J. G. Berret
Commissioner of Pensions
LM

Cancelled
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Washington September 23rd 1850

Sir,
I have received from H. Hubbard Esq. the inclosed [sic] pension certificate in favor of Mrs Marvel Nicholson together with her affidavit stating "that she believed herself entitled to an increase of pension and asks whatever may be found due her under any of the acts and resolutions which are applicable to her case." Be please to cause an examination to be made, and return the Certificate with your decision upon the same, also the name from whom received as I have no communication upon the subject.
Very respectfully
Your obt servt
D. S. Dickinson
pr Geo. R. Herrick

J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
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168075
[stamped post mark]
NORWICH
JUN
11
[illegible]

[stamped] FREE

Hon L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear sir will you please send to me a certificate of Mrs Nicholson Pension and oblige yours
James M. D. Carr
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Norwich Chen. Co. N.Y.
July 2 1934

The Veterans Administration
Wasington D.C.

Gintlemen [sic]
May I received the Revolutionary War Service of William B. Nicholson who served in the Rhode Island line also of Jeremiah Purdy who served in the New York line?

They received pensions in Chenango County, New York.

Am interested in any family data

Very truly yours,
Florence J. Hale

12 Silver St.
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Revy Widow, &c

File No. 24345

Marvel Nicholson wid of William B Nicholson
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:-Vol N, Page 86
(Arrangement of 1870.)

1934 July 18 [illegible] Florence J Hale [illegible]
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5416
Pension papers of Marvel Nicholson

Get frm of application for a pension under act 3 March 1843 at Mr Henry Bookston
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Act of July 7 1838 & Act of March 3d 1843
State of New York
Chenango County ss.
Be it knows that before me Smith Johnson a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Marvel Nicholson and made Oath in due form of Law that she is the Identical person named in an original certifficate [sic] of which the following is a true copy

War Department
Five Years Pension
I certify that in conformity with the Act of July 7th 1838 Marvel Nicholson of New York, widow of William B. Nicholson de'cd who was a private in the Revolution & died on the 29th day of September 1831 is entiled [sic] to receive Five Years pension at the rate of Forty dollars per annum commencing on the fourth day of March 1836. And in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said Five Years the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death. Given at the War Office of the United States this eighth day of January one thousand Eight hundred and forty two
"John C. Spencer
Secretary of War"
L.S.
Examined & countersigned
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
That she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above mentioned William B. Nicholson & that she now resides in Preston in the County aforesaid. And has resided there for the space of twenty two years last past and that previous thereto she resided in Tonnington in the State of Connectticutt [sic]. That the Pension Certificate of which the above is a copy was returned to the Pension Office at Albany in the month of March 1842 on her receiving the amount of said Five Years pension pursuant to the regulations of the Pension Department in such case made to the truth of which Statement I am fully sattisfied [sic from personal knowledge & acquaintence [sic] with the said Marvel Nicholson.
Marvel Nicholson + her mark
Subscribed & sworn before me this 8th day of March 1844
Smith Johnson Justice of the Peace
William Nicholson
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Know all men by these presents that I Marvel Nicholson of Preston Chenango County New York a pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute & appoint Daniel Noyes of Preston aforesaid my true and lawful attorney for me & in my name to Received from the Agent of the United States paying pensions in the City of Albany my pension from the fourth day of March 1843 to the fourth day of March 1844 
Witness my hand and seal this eighth day of March 1844
Sealed & delivered in presence of Smith Johnson Justice of the Peace
William Nicholson
Marvel Nicholson X her mark

State of New York
Chenango County ss
Be it known that on the eighth day of March 1844 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Marvel Nicholson above named & acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & Deed. And I certify that the reason why the said Marvel Nicholson did not sign her name to the affidavit & power above written is her inability to write.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year last above mentioned
Smith Johnson Justice of the Peace

Chenango County
Clerks Office ss
I John Latham Clerk of the County of Chenango do hereby certify that Smith Johnson Esq was on the date of the above Certificate To wit on the 8th day of March 1844, a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly appointed and qualified And that the several signatures purporting to be his on the above and within is Genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Affixed my Seal of Office And Subscribed my name this 12th day of March 1844
John Latham
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State of New York
County of Chenango ss
On this twelfth day of September 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of said County Marvel Nicholson a resident of Preston in the County of Chenango aged eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of William B. Nicholson who was a soldier of the war of the Revolution the names of the Officers under whom he served she cannot now recollect.
She further declares that she is still a Widow, 
Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year above written before Smith Johnson Justice of the Peace
Marvel Nicholson X her mark

I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me & that the reason she did not sign her name is her inability to write from old age & decreptitude
Smith Johnson Justice of the peace
The letters "la" in the declarants name erased before execution
Smith Johnson Justice of the peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
Chenango County, ss.
I Nelson Pellet Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Smith Johnson the person subscribing the annexed Certificate and before whom the same was taken, was, on the 12th day of September 1848 therein mentioned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Chenango; and that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the name subscribed to the said Certificate is his proper and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 12th day of Febuary [sic]  A.D. 1848
A Purdy Dep Clerk
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Inc'd to $96 per annum deducting former payt at $40 per annum
Acts '38
43 & 44
'48
Albany Roll

Hon D. S. Dickinson
U.S. Senate

D.S Dickinson
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State of New York
Chenango County Ss:
On this 16th day of September, 1850 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Marvel Nicholson and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of William B Nicholson who was a Revolutionary Pensioner; that she is now on the roll of the Albany Agency at the rate of $40. per annum; that she believes herself entitled to an increase of pension, and asks whatever may be found due her under any of the Acts and Resolutions which are applicable to her case
Marvel Nicholson X her mark
Subscribed and sworn before me this 16th day of September 1850
by Marvel Nicholson known to me to be the person mentioned in the foregoing declaration & I also certify that she is unable to write her name from extreme old age and debility
H Hubbard
Justice of the Peace

State of New-York,
Chenango County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, Nelson Pellet, Clerk of said County do hereby certify, That, H. Hubbard Esq before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly qualified and authorised [sic] to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate, is genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 17th day of Sept A.D. 1850
N. Pellet Clerk.
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State of New York
Chenango County ss
Adin Palmer aged Sixty three years being duly sworn according to law Deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with William B. Nicholson named in the foregoing declaration in the year 1775 and was knowing to his enlisting at prospect hill near Boston about the last of November or first of December in the year 1775 for the term of one year in the Company commanded by Captain Flagg of the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Mitchel Varnum of the Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Green in the Rhode Island or Massachusetts line and I was knowing to the above named William B. Nicholson's serving one year at that time in the continental establishment and that he was discharged in the month of December 1776 your deponant further saith that he served in the same Regiment at the same time
Adin Palmer
Sworn and subscribed this 12th day of October 1821 I further certify that the above named Adin Palmer is a man of truth and veracity and a disinterested witness
John Noyes Judge of Chenango Common Pleas
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Chenango County Clerks Office
I hereby certify that John Noyes Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly sworn as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 23d day of February 1822
Perez Randall Clerk
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Name Nick, Henry
Grade Private
Line Pennsylvania
Warrant Numbers 10144 and 14065
Acreage 100
Issued March 5, 1794 to Eve Nick, Adm't

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volume 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Name Nick, John
Grade Private
Line Crane's Continental Artillery (Massachusetts)
Warrant Number 4778
Acreage 100
Issued Oct. 28, 1791 to not shown

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