Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25582, James Field, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn. 
Field, James
, Anna
or
, Anna Hurd

NUMBER
W. 25582.

Contents
(Empty)
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(Left Side)
Dead.
The letter to Hon' G. Hand (page ripped)
26. 1837. do(same) to Bates, Cooke
July 30, 1838

(Right side) 
[16.029 corrected to]
17.029
New York
R. 
James Field, _ , 
of Niagara in the state of New York
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
 Colonel Sherman of the Connecticut
 line, for three years.
_______
Inscribed on the roll of New York -
 at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2nd of May 1818 --
_______
Certificate of Pension issued to 20 of May. 1820. and sent to Charles Townsend Esq.
 Buffalo, Niagara County, New York
________
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 - $176.77.
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 September 1829  $40.00
22 months 3./31     $224.77

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
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5027
New York, A. 
Anna Field
widow of James Field
Con who served in the Revolutionary
 war, as a Private
________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
 80. Dollars
 per annum, to commence on
 the 4th day of March, 1848. 
________
Certificate of Pension issued the
 18th day of August 1849.
 and sent to
 P. B. Porter,
 Niagara Falls,
 N.Y.
________
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
 February 2, 1848, Page 70. Vol. 4.
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A list of persons married by James Murdock. 
"   "   &   "   "
"   "   &   '   "
" James Field & Anna Hurd Spencer. 
I hereby certify that it is a true copy of the record
 with the exception of the date which is expressed
 on the Record in fair legible figures as follows
 1787 March 29.
 
Mr. Merritt Hurd, Clerk of
 Congregational Church Sandgate, 
Sandgate Sept. 15, 1838

State of Vermont}
Bennington County} I Merritt Hurd above
 named depose and say that I hold the office of
 Clerk of the Congregational Church in the County
 Town and State aforesaid and that the above
 is a true extract from the Records of said
 Church with the exception above named as
 certified by me. 

Merritt Hurd, Clerk of
 Congregational Church Sandgate

Sworn before me
 Sylvester Deming, Justice of Peace. 

State of Vermont}
Bennington County}

I Henry Robinson Clerk of Bennington
 County Court hereby certify
 that Sylvester Deming Esq. whose Signature
 appears above was at the date
 thereof & state is a Justice of the Peace in &
 for the County aforesaid duly qualified by
 Law as such, & that his signature is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of Our Town Court & subscribed my name at Bennington
 this 15th day of Sept. A. D.  1838.
Henry Robinson
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James Field,
 Private, 
Connecticut line, 
2nd May, 1818. 
Sherman's Regiment

The Judge must certify
 that the applicant is in
 indigent circumstances
 and a pension will be
 granted. 

Adm'd 20 May 1818
Charles Townsend, Esq; 
Judge, 
Buffalo, Niagara
 County, New-York.
Received 20 May 1818
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State of New York}
Niagara County}

On this second day of May in the year One thousand eight hundred and eighteen before the subscriber one of the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County personally came James Field aged Fifty three years a resident of Niagara in the said County who being 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 the said James Field in the month of November or December of the year 1780 at Derby in the State of Connecticut enlisted in Capt. Douglass company in the Regiment under the command of Col. Sherman of the Connecticut line of Continental Troops - that he continued to service in said Corps or in the Service of the United States until the end of the Revolutionary War when he was discharged from Service at West Point in the State of New York - That about eighteen months of that time he served as a musician in said Corps and the remaining time as a private.  That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence
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now in his power of his said services. 

Sworn to and declared before me this day and year aforesaid. 

Charles Townsend
Judge of Niagara Common Pleas

James O. Field 

Niagara County ss (namely) ___

I Charles Townsend, Judge, in as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Field did serve in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy as stated in the preceding declaration, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress. 

Dated May 2, 1818
Charles Townsend
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State of New York
Niagara County
Clerks office

I Frederick B. Merrill Clerk of the County
aforesaid do hereby certify
 that Charles Townsend before whom
 the preceding affidavit and certificate
 appears to have been made is one of the
 Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in
 and for said County acting as Judge
 under the authority of this State and that
 the same so signed is his Signature. 

In Testimony whereas I have
 hereunto set My hand and affixed the County Seal
 at Buffalo this Second day of May in the year of our
 Lord one Thousand Eight hundred & Eighteen. 

F. B. Merrill
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2068
846
Application of
 Anna Field (Widow
 of James Field who was
 a pensioner under the act
 of 18 March 1818) for a pension
 under Act of 7 July 1838.

Admitted 
Private 2 years

Residence Niagara, Niagara County, N. Y.

Direct to Bates Cooke, Lewiston, N. Y.
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State of New York

Niagara County. On this Seventh day of September 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas held at Lockport in and for the county of Niagara State aforesaid Anna Field a resident of the Town of Niagara in the County aforesaid aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the promise made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 Entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain Widows".  That she is the widow of James Field late of said Town of Niagara deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolution. That he served in the troops of the State of Connecticut in the United States service as will more fully and at large appear by reference to her application for a pension under the act of 18 March 1818 on which he received a pension certificate and drew a pension. 

She further declares that she was married to the said James Field on the Twenty ninth (29th) day of of March, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven (1787) that her husband the aforesaid James Field died on the Thirtieth day of June 1823.  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, at the time above stated. Anne Field.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me.  In testimony whereof has hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said court this 7th day of September 1838. 
H. A. Cooke
Clerk of the Court of common Pleas for Niagara County State of New York.
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State of New York
Niagara County ss (namely) Bates Cooke of Lewiston, County and
 State of New York being first duly sworn according to law doth
 depose and say that he was acquainted with James Field late
 of Niagara in the County of Niagara, State of New York from the
 year 1807 or 1808 until the time of his death, and also with
 Anna Field his wife from the time aforesaid till the present
 time.  That said James Field was a pensioner of the United 
States under the act of 18. March 1818 as this deponent was during
 his lifetime informed and believes truly - That Anna Field
 the applicant for a pension as his widow is the same person
 who lived with said Field until his death as his wife and
 as this deponent believes, was so and that she has not since that
 time been married to any other but continues, his widow. 

Sworn to and subscribed this
 22nd day of September 1888.
Bates Cooke

Before me
Lathrop Cooke
Justice of the Peace

State of New-York,}
Niagara County Clerk's Office,} ss
I Hiram A Cook do hereby certify that
Lathrop Cook before whom the annexed
instrument of writing purports to have been proved or acknowledged, was
at the time the certificate of such proof or acknowledgement bears date, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn, authorized by Laws of said State, to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his writing, and verily believe his signature subscribed to said CERTIFICATE, of proof or acknowledgement, is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said County, at Lockport, this Twenty second day of September A.D. 1838.
H. A. Cook, Clerk
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O. W. & N. Div.
W. 25582
L. W. B. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
November 13, 1896.

Madam:

Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of James Field, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension on May 2, 1818, at which time he was 53 years of age and residing at Niagara Niagara County, New York, and his pension was allowed for three months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Douglass and Col. Sherman. He enlisted at Derby, Conn.

His widow, Anna, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Miss Whitney,
1110 Main Street,
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
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WIDOW, &c. (etc.)

File No. 25.582
Anna Field
Widow of
James Field
Private Revolutionary War
---
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 240

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov 13, '96
see opened
Miss Whitney
Niagara Falls
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Paid at the Treasury 
was the act of the 6th April
1838, from 4 Sept 1838 to
4 March 1839. Agt Notified
7 March 1840
__________
See letter to Anna Field, April 13. 1843

Albany 846
_________
Anna Hurd Field
widow of James Field
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818 and who died on the 30th June 1823 of Niagara Co, in the State of New York
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain _____ of the Regiment commanded
by Col. Sherman in the Connecticut
line for 2 years
_______
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
________
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Nov.
1838. and sent to Bates Cooke, Esq. Lewiston N.Y.
_________
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '38   200.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '39.   40.00
_______
$240.00
_______
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk,
Book A.  Vol. 2  Page 77
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55(8?)2
Albany
New York
________
Anna Field
widow of James Field
who was a Private
in the Conn. Line
______
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars no
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
________
Certificate of Pension issued the
22 day of May 1844
and sent to
Honorable W. Hunt
House of Reps
_______
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book  A
Vol. 1   Page 271
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5818

conn

NY
March 3d 1843
Anna Field
$80 per annum
Hon. W. Hunt
House of Reps
May 9 '49

(W. Hunt
H. of Reps.)
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State of New York
Niagara County ss

On this first day of May
Eighteen hundred & forty four personally appeared
before Peter B. Porter Jr. one of the Justices of the Peace
for said County Anna Field a resident of
the town of Niagara in said County of Niagara
aged seventy five years who being first duly
sworn according to Law doth on her oath make
the following declaration, in order to obtain
the benefits of the provision made by the act
of Congress passed on the 3 of March 1843 granting
pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary War. That she
is the widow of James Fields who was a
private in the Regiment commanded by
Colonel Sherman in the Connecticut line
of Continental troops
and that the amount of the pension annually
received by her under the act of July 7th 1838
was Eighty-- dollars
She further declares that she is still 
a Widow

Anna Field

Sworn & Subscribed on the
day & year above written
before me, the said declarant
being personally well known
to me

P. B. Porter, Jr. 
Justice of the Peace

County of Niagara
Clerks Office

I James C Lewis Clerk of said County do hereby certify that
Peter B. Porter, Esq. before Whom the foregoing declaration
purports to have been sworn was at the time thereof a
Justice of the (of the) peace in and for said County duly
qualified as such and that his signature above written
is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and affixed my official Seal on this 2nd day of May AD 1844
James C. Lewis, Clerk
of Niagara County
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This certificate attached is sufficient. 
G. W. Gage
per Skeel.
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of
2d February 1848 entitled "An Act making further
provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the
Revolution
_____
State of New York
Niagara County ss:

On this sixth day of June 1869
personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice 
of the Peace in & for said County duly authorized to
administer oaths Mrs. Anna Field a resident
of the Town of Niagara in the County of Niagara
& State of New York aged 81 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 act of Congress
passed the 2nd February 1848 granting pensions to
the Widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary war; that she is the widow
of James Field who was a soldier in the
Connecticut Continental line in the War of
the Revolution and that she has drawn a
pension at the rate of Eighty ($80) dollars
per annum under the act of 17th June 1844
She further declares that she is still
a Widow.

Anna Field

In Presence of
T. G. Hulett
Anna H. Reynolds

Sworn & Subscribed on the day & year above
Written before
Theodore G. Hulett, Justice of the Peace

I certify that declarant is personally known to ┃
me and that she is the individual she represents
herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Theodore G. Hulett, J.P.
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State of New York,
Niagara County Clerk's Office.} ss.
---
I Certify that Theodore G. Hulett, before whom
the annexed instrument in Writing was proved or acknowledged, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said
County, duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his
hand writing, and verily believe the signature to said certificate is genuine, and that the annexed Instrument is executed according to the laws of this State.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official
seal at Lockport, in said County this 15 day of June 1849
G. W. Gage, Clerk of Niagara County.
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2068
[Postal Stamp:]
Lewiston, OCT 24?

October
NY
7 July 1838
1 Oz. 
 $1.00

[Faint printing:
Env taken in 
Canada is not 
Sufficient]

J. L. Edwards, Esq. 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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State of New York
Niagara County} ss. 

Augustus Porter of
 Niagara in Said
County being duly sworn sayeth that
he is personally acquainted with
 James Field and with his pecuniary
 Circumstances;  That he
 has a farm of about One hundred
 & Sixty acres which is encumbered
with Judgments & Mortgages, to about
 the value of it, that his other
 property does not amount to more
 than his debts as this deponent
 believes, and that
 he is so reduced in his circumstance,
 as to need assistance for his
 Support and further sayeth not. 
Augustus Porter

Sworn to and
Subscribed this
5th Nov. 1819
Charles Townsend
Justice of the Peace
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James Field being duly sworn sayeth the 
within statement of Augustus Porter
respecting the circumstances of this deponent
is true, and that the within mentioned mortgages
& Judgements existed prior to the month
of May 1818 and further sayeth not. 

James Field

Sworn to an subscribed
this 8th day of November 1819
before me
Charles Townsend

I certify that having having no personal 
knowledge of the circumstances of James Field
 I have taken the testimony of Augustus
 Porter, a credible witness relative thereto which I herewith
 transmit, from which and from the deposition 
of the said Fields I am satisfied, his
 circumstances are as therein Stated. 
Dated Nov. 8, 1819
Charles Townsend
Judge of Court of Common Pleas
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April 13, '43
Conn
Anna Field
March '38

Postage: 25
Stamped:
Niagara-Falls, N. Y. 
Apr 6

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
War Dept. 
Washington
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Niagara Falls Apr. 4. 1843

Sir, 
My husband James Field was a private in
the United States Army or militia, and as his widow
I obtained a pension of 80. Dollars Annum from the
United States. When the last year's pension was paid
the Pension Agent at Albany insisted upon having the
original certificate then in my possession given up,
and it was accordingly delivered to him. In the
form now furnished by you in order for claimants to
obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3rd of
Mar 1843. There are certain things required to be testified 
to, which cannot be done with the necessary exactitude
without having the Certificate granted by the Department, a
copy, or record of it - To aid me in this input you
will greatly oblige by furnishing me from the minutes in
your office the facts of the service of my husband James
Field - His rank (that however I know) the army, or military,
Regiment & Corps in which he served, and any information
or forms necessary for me to have in order to obtain the
benefit granted to me under the late act of Congress
Very respectfully I am,
Anna Field

From Mrs. Anna Field
Niagara Falls,
N. York
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Rev 7/ay
5542
Con 10
Paid
John S. Williams Esq
P. O. Department
Washington
D. C.

Postal stamp:
Niagara Falls N. Y. 
Aug 14

J. S. Williams
P. O. Dept
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Niagara Falls NY August 11th 1849

J. S. Williams Esq

Dear Sir
One of my neighbors
old Mrs. Field very poor & very deserving
she drew a pension under the act
of 1844 till March 1848. It is said
that the department require to have
the name placed anew on the pension
list to obtain the benefits of the Law 
of Feby 1848 - The enclosed affidavit 
I am informed will be sufficient to
to get her name so placed as to
entitle her to the pension under the
act of Feb. 1848
Will you as an act of Kindness
& Charity to a most deserving person
take the herewith to have her name
placed on the pension roll if
the enclosed is sufficient - if not -
please advise me

Yours truly, 
P. B. Porter
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
January 24th, 1840.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States,"  Ann Field, ____
a Pensioner on the Rolls of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at
the rate of Eighty Dollars and ---------Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4 of Sept. 1838, 
to the 4th March 1839

Respectfully, yours

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Jan 21. 

Postal stamp:
Washington D. C. 
Jan 20

For
G. Hand

J. L. Edwards Esq
Washington
D. C. 

Hon. G. Hand 
H. R. (House of Reps)
Free

(Faint print)
March
An?
Ja's (James) Field
Julyy? Act 1878
20 May 20
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Washington January 20th 1837

Dear Sir

Will you have the goodness
 to answer the within enquiry & send
 the  hlll/ to me.

Yours, 
Gideon Hard

J. L. Edwards Esq. 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Lewiston N.Y. 24. Sept. 1838.

J. L. Edwards Esq.

Sir: Enclosed I present the claim
of Mrs. Anna Field of Niagara in this County for a
pension under the act of 7th July 1838 a widow of James
Field deceased. Accompanying the declaration you will
find record proof of the marriage duly certified and my
affidavit as to her identity and continuance as a widow
Please have the claim examined and communicate to me
the result.

I am very Respectfully
your mo(st) ob(edient) servant,
Bates Cooke


(Please turn over)
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There are two or three my aged and decrepit persons in Canada
scarcely able, if at all able to come within one jurisdiction please
inform me if an oath administered by the Canadian authorities
would be accepted as valid either by way of making declaration for
a pension, or for drawing the money at the stated period
B.C. (Bates Cooke)
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July 30 
Jas Field
N York 1828

Postal stamp:
Lewiston July 31

20 May 1828

J. L. Edwards Esq. 
Comm. of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Lewiston 21st. July 1838

J. L. Edward Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions,

Sir: Mrs. Anna Field
(Widow of James Field (who was a pensioner
under the act of 18 Mar. 1818 & who died about 1829
or so) desires to know if by the act passed during the
last Session of Congress she will be entitled to its benefit,
she having been married after her husband's
last term of Service -  If she is, please forward me a
form of application under the new act.

I have the honor to be
Very respectfully yours,
Bates Cooke
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Pension Office
Will you kindly
tell me, what service
James Field did
during the Revolution
for which his wife
drew a pension during
her life?  Any
information in regard
to James Field will
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gladly be received.
Also let me know
if there will be
any expense in regard 
to this information.
Anna Spencer Field
was the name of
James Field's wife

Direct to
Miss Whitney
1110 Main St
Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
Nov. 5th 1896.