Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6695, Lambert Clement, New York
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Service: New York
Clement, Lambert (Mary)
Number: W. 6695
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Left side:
Increased from $30.88 
Reported to Pen Agt
Cert to Pen Agt 17. Aug 1840 
To Ohio - Pittsburgh from 4th March 1840 - 3d Sep 1840 Notification to William S. Clarke Middleburg Summit County Ohio 

Right side:
Ohio Pittsburgh. 
["Albany" stricken] 24, 663 
Lambert Clement 
of Montgomery Co. in the State of N. York 
who was a Pri.Inf. & Batteau'n in the company commanded 
by Captain Lefler of the regt commanded 
by Col. Fisher in the N. York
 line for 18 months & 8 days 

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 60 Dollars 88 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Increased from $30.88 

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of March 
1840 and sent to Hon P. J. Wagner, H.R. 

Arrears to the 4th of [blank]
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank] 

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book E. 2. Vol. 4 Page 12
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Left side:
Reported Jany 24/ 49 

Right side:
3313 Ohio Pittsburg 
Mary Clement,
widow of Lambert Clement
NY 
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a Priv of Infty & Batteauman 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
60 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 
24 day of Jany 1849 and sent to 
Erving Taintor 
Harford Cortland Co Ohio

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 336 Vol. 4.
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[SEAL]
State of New York }
Montgomery  County } ss.
On this 11th day of September one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Hon Abraham Morrell first Judge and Samuel A. Gilbert, Henry S. Dievendroff, John Hand and David Spraker Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County now sitting Lambert Clement a resident of the town of Stratford in said County of Montgomery and State of New York aged Seventy five years and three months who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That in the summer of 1775 he this applicant then a resident of the town of Johnstown at the age of Eighteen years was enrolled in the Militia Company of Capt John Fisher in Colonel Frederick Fisher's Regiment and during the Summer of this year was several times called out a few days at a time at one time went by order of Col. Fisher and helped to build a fort or block house at Mayfield which took two weeks to the best of his recollection all the service he did in this year was not less than two months - in the year 1776 this applicant served as a Corporal in Captain Fisher's company and Col Fishers regiment, that in the month of June in this year this applicant marched to the Fort at Herkimer and from their [sic] to Fort Schuyler, now Utica, and Fort Stanwix -  was at the last named Fort when the news came that Independance [sic] was declared.  That he was in actual service in this year at least three months. That in 1777 the applicant still in Capt Fishers company in Col Fishers Regiment, in May was ordered to Fort Plain was there stationed one month then marched to Fort Herkimer [doing?] duty in the garrison and going on Scouting parties untill
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the Last of July when orders came from General Herkimer for the Militia to March to the defence [sic] of Fort Stanwix. That on the first of August this applicant Marched with the company of Captain Fisher as far as Oriskany and was in the Battle at that place on the 6th August 1777 - that after the Battle the remnant of Capt Fishers Company returned to Fort Herkimer and this applicant was then drafted and put under the Command of Captain Yeoman's in Col Fishers Regiment and marched to Fort Stanwix and placed under the Command of Colonel Gansevort, that he served under Col Gansevort one month, was then Verbally discharged when he returned to Johnstown where he remained until the Spring of 1778 when on the 1st of April in that year he enlisted into the Batteau or Naval Service in the Company of Capt John Lefler in which service he Continued untill the 1st day of January, a period of nine months, when he was Verbally discharged at Albany when he returned to Johnstown and was again Enrolled in the Company of Capt Fisher but did not do much duty during the winter - in the Spring of this year Capt Fisher was killed by the Indians at Caughnawaga and his brother Col Fisher was scalped and left for dead, but recovered, after the death of Capt Fisher the Command of the Company devolved on Captain
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Wemple in whose Company this applicant continued untill the close of the war, in the Campaign of 1779 he was Several times called out on Sudden Alarms but not Absent for more than about ten days at any one time, during the Campaing [sic] of 1780 this applicant Volunteered into the Company of Capt Yeomans for three months, was Stationed at Fort Plain doing duty in the Garrison, during this tour was at the Battle at Stone Arabia was discharged and returned home the first of November and after which he was not actively engaged during the war except at the Battle at Johnstown when and where he volunteered with the Company of Capt Wemple and fought under Col Willet this was in the month of October 1781 - was from home at this time only ten days. 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. To the Questions directed to be propounded he answers first  that he born in the town of Johnstown on 4th day of June 1757 - Second that he has a record of his age in his bible now at his house in the town of Stratford - Third that he was living in the town of Johnstown when he entered the service that he lived in the said Town since the revolutionary war untill the Spring of 1808 when he removed to the town of Stratford where he now resides - fourth that he entered the service in the first instance by being ordered by Col Fisher, at other times by draft, as a volunteer
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And being ordered by Superior Officers as herein stated - Fifth Col Gansevoort. Col Willet and General Van Rensselaer were with the troops, as also the Militia Regiments of Col Fisher, Col Harper, Col Klock, and Col Waggoner were occasionaly [sic] Stationed at the forts along the Mohawk, the general circumstances of whose service, as was the service of this applicant, was defending the frontiers, the forts, and stations thereon -Sixth that he never received any other except a verbal discharge, - Seventh That I am acquainted with Ebenezer Bliss, William Crossman and others who I believe will testify as to my character for veracity and their belief as my services in the Revolution 
Lambert (X his mark) Clement
Subscribed and Sworn the day and year aforesaid in open Court. 
[Signed] Geo: D Ferguson, Clerk
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I Jacob Van Vechten, do certify that the Register of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of the City of Schenectady in the State of New York, Contains the record of the marriage of Lambert Clement of Caughnawaga and Mary Vedder of Rosendale, on the twenty eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven; and is expressed on the said Register in fair legible letters and figures as follows:-- "Lambert Clement van Cagnawaga met Maria Vedder Van Rosendal - Bevestight Feby. 28. 1787." 

I, Jacob Van Vechten above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Pastor of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Schenectady aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of the said Church, as certified by me. 
[Signed] Jacob Van Vechten Pastor 
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 25th January, A.D. 1847 
[Signed] B.V.S. Vedder, J.P.

STATE OF NEW YORK, }
County of Schenectady, }
CLERK'S OFFICE.  } ss.
I, SILAS H. MARSH, Clerk of the County of Schenectady, Do hereby certify, That Benjamin V.S. Vedder Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to said Affidavit and Certificate is genuine. 
[SEAL]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, this 25th day of January 1847. 
[Signed] S.H. Marsh Clerk
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State of Ohio} 
Summit County} ss: 
On this twenty sixth day of February, in the year 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Summit in the State of Ohio Mary Clement a resident of Coventry in said County aged Eighty years, - she not being able in consequence of bodily infirmity to appear in open Court, - who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the Acts of Congress passed March 3, 1843, and June 7, 1844. That she is the widow of Lambert Clement late of Coventry aforesaid deceased, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and as such a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $60.88 per annum - that she was married to the said Lambert Clement at Schenectady in the State of New York February 28, 1787, - that her husband the aforesaid Lambert Clement died at Coventry aforesaid March 31, 1842. that she was not married to the said Lambert prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794, Viz at the time above stated. 
For proof of his services she refers to his papers now on file in the Pension Office at Washington. 
For proof of the marriage, to the accompanying papers.
Mary (X her mark) Clement
Sworn to and subscribed on the day} 
and year above written, before me} 
[Signed] John Hoy Associate Judge 

I Lucius S. Peck Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Summit in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that John Hoy Esquire is a Judge of the said Court duly commissioned and qualified, and that I am well acquainted with the hand
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writing of the said Judge and believe that the signature to the foregoing instrument purporting to be his is genuine. And I further certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to the said Judge that Lambert Clement a pensioner of the United States, died at Coventry in the said County of Summit, on the thirty first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two, leaving him surviving the above named Mary Clement his widow. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at the Court House in Akron this twenty sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty Eight 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Lucius S. Peck Clerk 
By N. B. Stone dept.

Crosswise:
13709 act 43 9501
Mary Clement 
Widow of Lambert
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1787
Rejected husband died 21 March 1842

Admd Acts 3 March 1843 and 17 June 44
18 mo 80 days pri
$60.88 per ann
from 4 March 1848

Erving Taintor
Harford
Cortland Co, NY
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
August 18, 1931 
Rev & 1812 Wars Section
MCS

Miss Ethel R. Clement 
P. O. Box 21 
Bath, New York 

Dear Madam: 
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 6695, that Lambert Clement was born June 4, 1757, at Johnstown, New York. 
While living there he enlisted and served at various times from sometime in 1775 until sometime in 1781, amounting to about twenty-three months and ten days in all, as private and corporal with the New York troops under Captains John Fisher and Yeomans and John Wemple, in the batteau service under Captain John Lefler, and under Colonels Frederick Fisher, Gansevort and Marinus Willett. He was in the battles of Oriskany, Stone Arabia and Johnstown. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1833, at which time he was living in Stratford, Montgomery County, New York, having moved there in 1828 from Johnstown, New York.
He died March 31, 1842, at Coventry, Ohio. 
The soldier married February 28, 1787, Mary Vedder of Rosendale, New York, and he was then living in Caughnawaga. 
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 26, 1848, while a resident of Coventry, Ohio, aged eighty years. 
Their son, his name not given, was living in Summit County, Ohio, in 1840. 
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator
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Left side:
1910 Aug. 19 Hist to Eleanor Clement Drake V.L.M.
1917 Nov. 19 Hist to Adriene L. Otis 
1931 Aug. 18. Hist to the Ethel R. Clement. MCS

Right side:
Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 6695  
Mary Clement 
Wid. 
Lambert Clement 
Pri. Rev. War 
Act: Feby 26/48 
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 115 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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W.D.G.
3 -- 871. 
RECORD DIVISION. 
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Briefed by A. Mac D.15/8'/10 
Claim No. 
Certificate No. 
Claimant   res. Ohio
Soldier  Lambert Clement 
Service  N. Y. 
Additional Service. Rev.
No ____ claim, State records _______, 191__. 
No claim, combination records _______, 191__. 
REMARKS: 
Wid. F. 6,695 
Chief Division
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Postmarks:
RECORD DIVISION AUG 12 1910
U.S. PENSION OFFICE E AUG 12 1910
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Hudson Ohio Aug 10 1910
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C. of
the Revolutionary department:

Dear Sir: Have you the records of a soldier by the name of Lambert Clement? Who was in the war of the Revolution and who enlisted in the army from the state of New York: And if so- Can you give any information regarding when his last pension papers were recorded. He came to Ohio in 1839. He died in 1840 in Coventry of Summit-Co. Ohio. His widow drew the first pension after his death and she then sent his discharge papers to a son in Stratford New York state
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She died in the year of 1850 and never knew if her son Lewis Clement ever succeeded in getting any results from those papers. Lambert Clement was my Grandfather, and I would like to receive what information you could give me if anything had been done in regard to the matter.
Very truly yours
Mrs Eleanor Clement Drake
Hudson
Summit Co
Ohio

[Stamp] AUG 12 1910
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Lambert Clement O. Pittsburgh
Act 7 June 1832 $60.88 pr anm
To what time was he last paid?
G.C. A
Pension Office
Sept 19 1848

paid to 4' March 1842
[Signed] W Tyson
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Postmark:
U.S. Pension Office. O NOV 15 1917
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Revo Sec.
To Some one [?] at Pension Office- 
Washington D.C. - 

I would like very much to have a little more data to complete my D.A. R. papers- regarding Lambert Clement. I have this taken from a County Record, Born June 4-1757 in Johnstown N. Y. Montgomery Co. - at the braking [sic] out of the Revolutionary war he was captain of the Johnstown militia company which was called to active service. He served through the war, was in many battles & skirmishes, was present at the surrender of Burgoyne and came home a Colonel. 
In 1837 he moved to Ohio where he resided until his death in 1843. Came you help me out with any thing more. This is taken from a printed sheat [sic] torn from a book and no way of know just what [illegible]. 
Thanking for in advance for any information. 
Very truly
Adrienne L. Otis
118 Buckley St 
Kalamazoo Mich.
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The State of Ohio }
Summit County ss.} 
On this 15th day of July A.D. 1840, personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of Summit Lambert Clement who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captains Fisher & Wemple in the Regiment commanded by Colonels Fisher & Willet in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of New York from where he lately removed, that he now resides in the state of Ohio where he intends to remain and wishes his Pension to be payable at Pittsburgh Pa in future. The following are his reasons for removing from New York to Ohio, viz:- having become aged and infirm he thought it advisable to put himself under the protection of his son living in the last mentioned state.
Lambert (X his mark) Clement
Sworn and subscribed to before me}
the day and year aforesaid.} 
[Signed] Elijah Mason Justice of the Peace 

State of Ohio Summit County ss, 15th day of July A.D. 1840. 
I, Elijah Mason a Justice of the Peace in the County above named, do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz: from my personal knowledge, and the affidavit of Derick Clement who is a respectable person - that Lambert Clement who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate, which he has exhibited before me, numbered 24,663 and bearing date at the War Office, the second day of March 1840 and signed by J R Poinsett Secretary of War. 
Given under my hand & seal on the day & year above written. 
[Signed] Elijah Mason Justice Peace [handdrawn seal] 

I Lucian Swift Dep. Clerk pro tem of the Court of Summit County, certify, that Elijah Mason is a Justice of the Peace as above & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, & subscribed my name, this 27th day of July 1840. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Lucian Swift Dep Clerk pro tem
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State of New York}
Montgomery County} ss. 
personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Lambert Clement who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not Less than the periods Mentioned below and in the following Grades 
["Campaign of 1775 - two months" noted in margin]
For two months during the Campaign of 1775 I served as a private in Capt John Fishers Company of Militia in Col Frederick Fishers Regiment, that in June 1775 he this deponent by order of Coll. Fisher Marched to Mayfield with the Company of Capt Fisher and was actually engaged in the service doing duty in field and garison [sic] for two weeks, during which time he helped to build a fort or block house at that place, that by orders of the same Col and under the Command of the same Captain he was several times during the Summer Called into Service- that he was fourteen days at the fort at Johnstown and kept guard at the Fort and around the jail [?]- that for three weeks he was on duty at the fort at Caughnawaga and for ten days was Sent on a Scouting party from Caughnawaga through Johnstown, Palatine & Oppenheim to the East Canada Creek, the above Service was performed by orders of Col Fisher under the command and with the Company of Captain Fisher during the campaign of 1775 from the first of June to the first of October. 
["1776- 3 mo. Corporal" noted in margin]
For three months during the year 1776 he served as a Corporal in Capt Fishers Company Col Fishers Regiment, Viz in June he marched to the Fort at Herkimer and from there to Fort Schuyler (now Utica) and Fort Stanwix and was actually engaged during duty in the garrison at those Forts under the above named officers untill September a full term of three months.
["1777- 4 mo- Col. Fisher, 1 mo. Col. Gansevort" noted in margin]
For five months in the year 1777, & still under Capt Fisher in Col Fishers Regiment he served as a private viz in May was ordered and Marched to Fort Plain where the detachment was stationed one month then marched to Fort Herkimer where he did duty in the garrison and going on Scouting parties untill the last of July when by orders of Gen Herkimer he Marched for fort Stanwix, that at Oriskany was met by the Enemy that he was at the battle at that place 6th Augt 1777 that he return to fort Herkimer, was there drafted and Marched to Fort Stanwix under Capt Yeomans and placed under Col Gansevort where he served one month, was verbally discharged and returned to Johnstown
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["1778- 9 mo- Capt Lefler, Col. Willet" in margin]
For nine months in the year 1778 he served in the batteau or naval service under Captain John Lefler, viz on the 1st of April 1778 he enlisted as a marine into the said Company of Captain John Lefler being under the immediate Command of Col Marinus Willet and was actually engaged in this Service on the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers untill the 1st of January 1779- the full period of his enlistment, when he was verbally discharged at Albany and returned to Johnstown.
["1779- 1 mo Capt Wemple Col. Fisher" in margin]
For one month in the campaign of 1779 he served as a private in the company of Capt John Wemple in Col Fishers Regiment viz in May he was Stationed at the Fort at Caughnawaga ten days, and during the Summer was twice Marched to the Fort at Johnstown where he did duty ten days each tour. 
["1780- 3 mo Capt Yeomans Col Willet" in margin]
For three months during the year 1780 he served in Captain Yeomans Company under Col Marinus Willet, viz in August 1780 he volunteered into the Company of Captain Yeomans and Marched to Fort Plain and was placed under the Command of Col Willet where he continued to do duty in the field and in the garrison untill November when he was verbally discharged.
["1781- 10 days Capt Wemple Col. WIllet" in margin]
For ten Days he served as a Volunteer in Capt Wemples Company under Col Willet- was at the Battle at Johnstown was verbally discharged and did no more duty during the War.  For the services above enumerated I claim a pension.
Lambert Clement (X his mark)
Subscribed & Sworn Decr. 20th 1833 Before
[Signed] Henry M Livingston Justice
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State of New York} 
Montgomery County,} ss: 
I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the County of Montgomery aforesaid do hereby certify that Henry M. Livingston before whom the annexed supplemental declaration of Lambert Clement purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that his name subscribed to said Supplemental declaration is Genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 20th day of December 1833.
[SEAL]
[Signed] Geo: D. Ferguson
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10
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Harford N.Y.
Dec 19

Crosswise: 
Cole
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O
8404
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Harford Cortland Co. N.Y. Dec 18th 1848. 
Hon. J.L. Edwards.
Sir: I have the honor herewith to transmit to you a Declaration in the case of the Mary Clement widow of Lambert Clement of Ohio. She requests that she may be placed on the list of pensioners that are paid at the Agency for paying pensions at Pittsburgh Pa. as it will be more convenient for her to receive her pay at that place than at Cincinati [sic].
Any communication you may wish to make respecting this matter you will please direct to me at this place. 
Respectfully your humble servant 
Erving Taintor
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Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Harford N.Y.
March 23

Crosswise:
Mch 28/48
Erving Taintor
Mary Clement Wid
of Lambert
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Harford Cortland Co. N.Y. March 22. 1842 

Hon. J. L. Edwards 

Sir:-- I have the honor herewith to transmit to you the Declaration and proof of marriage of Mary Clement widow of Lambert Clement late of Coventry Summit Co Ohio, who was at the time of his death a Revolutionary Pensioner. 
After due examination of the within papers you will please send me the result, also any communication you may wish to make concerning them. 
Yours Respectfully 
Erving Taintor
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Lambert Clement Wid.F. 6695 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE
1775 | served at various times, in all 18 mos and 8 days | Pri & Corp. | Capts. John Fisher, Yeomans, John Lefler (in batteau service), John Wemple/ Cols. Frederick Fisher, Gansevort, Marinus Willet | NY

Battles engaged in, Oriskany, Stone Arabia, Johnstown 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Johnstown N.Y. 
Date of application for pension, Sept 11 1833 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Stratford Montgomery Co. N.Y. 
Age at date of application, born at Johnstown N.Y. June 4. 1757, died at Coventry Ohio, Mch. 31. 1842.
Remarks: Soldier married at Schenectady N.Y. Feby 28, 1787 Mary Vedder 
She was allowed pension on an application executed Feby 26, 1848 while a resident of Coventry, Ohio, aged 80 yrs, date of her death is not stated. A son was living in Summit County Ohio in 1840, no name stated.
Very respectfully,
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PHONE 12S 
LAW OFFICES 
WILBUR F. KNAPP 
BASCOCK BUILDING 
BATH, NEW YORK 

August 4, 1931.  [Receipt mark: Received Aug 5 1931]

Director of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 

Gentlemen: 
The War Department has directed me to you for some assistance in getting a record of my Revolutionary ancestor. 
CLEMENT, LAMBERT ( LAMBERTUS ) 
Born June 4, 1737 Johnstown, N. Y. 
Married February 28, 1787 
Died, March 31, 1843, Coventry, Ohio 
I wish to get all the data possible on the above and shall be glad to compensate whoever searches the records for me. 
The War Department informs me that their office records show that he served with Colonel Fisher's Regiment of N.Y. Militia in the County of Tryon. Neither his rank or period of service is shown, but he signed various receipts for sums received for services after the close of the war.
Will you kindly aid me in this matter? 
Assurring [sic] you of my deep appreciation for anything you may do along this line, I am, 
Respectfully yours, 
(Miss) ETHEL R. CLEMENT, 
P. O. Box 21,
Bath, N.Y.
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FREE
[Postmark] MIDDLEBURY OH JUL 30 

J.L. Edwards Esqr,
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Crosswise: Mr. Evans
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Middlebury, Summit County Ohio
July 28th A.D. 1840.

J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Dear Sir;- 
Enclosed is Lambert Clements application for a transfer from the Pension Roll of the State of New York to Pittsburgh Pa where he wishes to draw in future -- he is now a neighbor & has wished me to forward this because I had done the same some time since for a Mr Norman Newell pensioner vis. forwarding his transfer (or certificate) you may send to my address -- at this place.
Very respectfully yours &c. 
[Signed] William L. Clarke
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f[ree]
James L Edwards Esqr
Comr. of Pensions
War Dept.
City of Washington
[Postmark] ALBANY NY AUG 29

Crosswise:
Aug. 22, 40.
Mr. Evans
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MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency, 
20th Aug 1840 

JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 17th Inst I have to state, that Lambert Clement - a Pensioner under the Act of the 7 June 1832 - at 60.88/100 Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4th day of March 1840 
I am, Sir, 
Very respectfully, 
Your ob't serv't,
[Signed] Tho. M. Cook 
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.
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State of Ohio}
Summit County} ss: 
On this 23rd day of November 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Judge of the court of Common Pleas, in and for the county aforesaid Mary Clement of Coventry in said county of Summit, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed February 2nd 1848, entitled "An act making further provisions for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution," that she is the widow of Lambert Clement, late of Coventry aforesaid, who was a Private of Infantry, and a Batteauxman, and died on the 31st day of March 1842, that she was inscribed on the pension list in conformity with the acts of 3rd March 1843 and June 17th 1844, at the rate of sixty dollars and eighty eight cents per annum, that she has not intermarried but continues a widow. 
For proof of the services of her husband, and her marriage she refers to papers now on file in the Pension Office at Washington. 
Mary (X her mark) Clement 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me 
[Signed] John Hoy Associate Judge

The State of Ohio,} 
SUMMIT COUNTY, ss.} 
I Lucius S Peck Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Summit, and State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that John Hoy Esquire, before whom the foregoing and annexed Declaration was taken, was at the time of taking the same, an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit are due, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine as I believe: 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Akron, this 2d day of December A.D. 1848.
[SEAL]
Lucius S. Peck CLERK.
By N.B. Stern Depty
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Peter Dygert
for Lambert Clement

[Ribboned Seal]
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Left side, upside down:
P.J. Wagner

Right side:
Lambert Clement
for Increase
Feby 28th, 40

Hon. P.J. Wagner
HR [House of Reps]
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Lambert Clement of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Thirty dollars and Eighty eight cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year. 
Given at the War Office of the United States , this 3d day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four 
[SEAL]
[Signature is torn off]

Examined and} 
Countersigned.}
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L. Clement
Payments to be made
at New York
by the Prest. Mechanics' Bank &
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of New York

Recorded in the Pension Office, 
in Book E. Vol. 4 
Page 130 by D. Brown,
Clerk.
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State of New York} 
Montgomery County} ss. 
On this 3rd day of June 1839 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Lambert Clement who being duly sworn doth depose and swear that in the year 1778 he this deponent in the month of April enlisted into the Boat Service in the Company of Captain John Lefler and Served in the said Company the full term of nine months being the whole time in actual service for the United States on the Mohawk river boating provisions and military stores from Schenectady and Fort Stanwix and for which he claims an increase of his pension allowance 
Lambert (X his mark) Clement
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of June 1839. 
[Signed] Laurence Marcellus J.P.  
I certify that I am acquainted with Lambert Clement the above deponent and that he is a creditable person and his statement is entitled to Credit
[Signed] Laurence Marcellus JP
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State of New York}
Montgomery County} ss. 
On this 3rd day of June 1839 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Peter Dygert who being duly Sworn doth depose and Swear that in the year 1778 he this deponent performed a tour of nine months in service of the United States as a boatman in the company of Captain John Lefter and that Lambert Clement was also a boatman in the same Company and Served with this deponent the full term of nine months which service was performed in the said Company of Captain John Lefler on the Mohawk River from Schenectady to Fort Stanwix for the year 1778 from the first of April to the last December and were discharged on the first day of January 1779 and further he says not. 
[Signed] Peter Dygert 
Sworn to and subscribed Before me this 3rd day of June 1839. 
[Signed] Laurence Marcellus J.P.

I Certify that I am personally acquainted with Peter Dygert the above named deponent that he is a man of truth and that his statement as above is entitled to full Credit 
[Signed] Laurence Marcellus J. Peace

State of New York
Montgomery County 
Clerks office. ss.
I do hereby certify that the above named Lawrence Marcellus Esquire whose name is subscribed to the Jurats of the foregoing Affidavits &c was at the time of their respective dates a Justice of the Peace for said County and duly authorized by the Laws of the said State to administer Oaths and that his Signature Subscribed to the Same is genuine 
[SEAL]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this 1st day of August 1839 
[Signed] A.J. Connie Clerk
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8404 
Ohio Cincinnati
Mary Clement 
widow of Lambert Clement 
who was a Pri of Infy & Battxn  
in the Revolution 
Husband died 21 March 1842 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
60 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 
21st day of Sept. 48 and sent to 
Erving Taintor 
Harford Cortland Co. 

[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.] 
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 202. 

Reported
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New York No 24,663 
Lambert Clement 
Mongomy [Montgomery] Co. in the State of N. York 
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Fisher in the Regt. commanded  
by Col. Fisher in the N. York Troops 
line for 9 months & 8 days 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 30 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Feby 1834 
and sent to Hon. C. Mc Vean H. R. 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 	77.20 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '34 	15.44 
[=] $92.64

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book E.  Vol. 4  Page 130
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State of New York} 
Montgomery County} ss. 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County of Montgomery Abraham Philips of Ephratah who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Lambert Clement during the revolutionary war that he was in the service of the United States in Capt John Fishers Company of Militia in Col Fredrick Fishers Regiment during the years 1775, 76 & 77 at diferent [sic] periods, in the whole at least to the best of my recollection nine months. That in the year 1778 in April he knows that the said Clement was in the Batteau or naval service in the Company of Capt John Lefler and continued in that service untill 1st Jany 1779 when he was discharged. That after this tour he at several times saw the said Clement doing duty in the service of the United States but the particular periods he does not now recollect 
Abraham (X his mark) Philips
Sworn & Subscribed this 9th day of September 1833 before me 
[Signed] Henry M Livingston J. Peace 

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Abraham Philips that he is a man of truth and veracity and that his statement is entitled to Credit 
[Signed] Henry M Livingston J. P.
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State of New York} 
Montgomery County.} ss: 
I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of Montgomery County, do hereby certify that Henry M. Livingston before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the date thereof a Justice of the peace in & for the said County, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that his name Subscribed to the said affidavit & also to the within Certificate of Character is Genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said County this 11th September 1833 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Geo: D. Ferguson
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Lambert Clement 
Pension 28,159 

Admitted 
Private 9 mo & 8 day
Capt Lafler 
1778- 9 months 9 --
Batteauman 

Hon. P.J. Wagner 
House Reps NY
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We Ezra B. Gilbert a Clergyman in the town of Ephratah and James Voorhees residing in Johnstown hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Lambert Clement who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
[Signed] EW Gilbert
[Signed] James Voorhees
Sworn & subscribed this 11th day of Sept 
one thousand Eight [hundred] and thirty three 
in open Court. 
[Signed] Geo: D Ferguson, Clerk. 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after an investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states: And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Ezra B. Gilbert who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Ephratah, and the said James Voorhees who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Johnstown (both towns being in the said County of Montgomery) and is a credible person, & that their Statement is entitled to credit 

I, George D Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County, do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Lambert Clement for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 11th day of September 1833.
[SEAL]
[Signed] Geo: D. Ferguson